when i spoke with you last week i explained the three points of the compass dpa can be used to hit. the first one is mobilization of the industrial base. this can involve things like repurposing from distiller like per -- per note card from liquor to. with respect to the second point of the compass, allocation of resources we have two issues there if you look at the manufacturer itself, what you want to make sure is that the supply chain which can do seven tiers deep has enough components in the supply chain so we can make what we need, and once it's made you want to make sure it goes to the right people. then the third point of the compass which addresses what you're talking about, is basically bus them, i call it, hoarding of critical or threatened materials. let me walk through what the president did today in terms after strong action, what we've done, dpa across those three points. the first order president trump signed was vigorous, swift, was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana in trump time, which is to say as fast as possible. as the preside

that's a beautiful case of using the dpa. now, what's going to happen tomorrow is the president is going to sign another order which is in the works. this is interesting. there is a black market spring up which you have described where we're having people bid against each other. brokers come in. they're bidding and bidding on all this different ppe. it's driving the price up. and guess what? you know where it's going? the domestic sources here are being exported. when president trump heard about that, he said that's not going to happen anymore under my watch. so tomorrow we're bringing that order. and what it's going to do is it's going to empower customs and border protection with the help of people like the post office and express mail consigners like ups to basically deal with that issue. so we are going crack down unmercifully. i would say to the hoarders out there, the brokers who are trying to make money off the misery of people in this country around the world, that's got to stop. you've got inventory, what you need to

could this be a first step to do that, to use the dpa to ramp up u.s. manufacturing here. >> it's a good way to exercise our capability. but unless we continue to need ventilators in land quantity, these are industries that will switch back. here in the united states and the rest of north america and mexico, there is tremendous capability to manufacture things that are currently being

let me give you the bigger view of the dpa. what we have is a nation at war. we have a wartime president standing behind me. the defense production act is one of the most powerful weapons this administration can use to fight the invisible enemy of the virus. when i spoke last week i explained the three points of the come as dpa can be used. the first is mobilization, can involve things like repurposing from, say, a distiller from liquor to hand sanitizer and can involve expand production, which is having honeywell open a new factory. and allocation of resources, two issues. if you look at the manufacturer itself, you want to make sure that the supply chain which can go seven tiers deep, has enough components so we can make what we need and we also want to be sure it goes to the right people. the third point of the compass which addresses what you are talking about, is base commit hoarding of critical or threatened material. let me walk through what the president did today in terms of strong action and dpa across those points. the first was vigorous, shift, the

>> think is -- i don't think any of us knew about the dpa, but there is a force side of the dpa. you force a dpeen do something. there is a second side of it. really a hand up. the company has done everything to support this effort. and have ramped up production. i'm on phone with them multiple times a day. this is the hand up. this is the government coming in and saying, how with we help you expand your lines. this is the hand upside of the dpa, exactly what the small american heroic companies need. they don't need to be forced. they're all in. they're employees are all in. >> a point of clarity -- >> we don't want to the embarrass people either. >> today, we were on sight with that company finishing out what the capital will be. the company will then turn in a white paperer to the d.o.d. that will move the process forward. >> i understand that the need is enormous. but on march 21st, the administration promised 27 million tests. so far, 5 million have been tested. are they in the pipeline? >> since i was the won who said that, let me explain where we are. where we were. so i wa

i think the criticism on his use of the dpa is a little unfair maybe.a and other agencies have done an impressive job in marshaling resources. most states are saying they have what they need. when it co,s to the vacci if the dpa is needed, i expect he will use it. the other thg, in fairness to trump, there is a growingco ern about opening up the economy. crashing the economy is not a costless act. not just economics. ruins the lives of millions. so this isnt an impor debate to have in balancing the need to get the economy open against public health concerns. why introduced this bizarre constitutionallaim in the mix, i have not the faintest idea. laura: california's governor has outlined his condition reopening the state. is he on a collision course with the president? jonathan: he may be. der the constitution, the default position is with the states when a federal shove is made, the states can shove back. the 10th amendment in the constitution says a rights not expressly given to the federal government are reserved to the state individuals. t be more cl

that's a beautiful thing in a beautiful case of using the dpa. know what's going to happen tomorrow is the president is going to sign another order which is in the works. this is interesting. there was a black market springing up which you have described, having people bid against each other, brokers come in bidding on all this different ppe driving the price up and guess what? you know where it's going? the domestic sources here are being exported. when president trump heard about that, he said that's not going to happen anymore on my watch so tomorrow, we're bringing that order and what he's going to do is he's going to empower customs and border protection with the help of people like the post office and express mail consignors like ups to basically deal with that issue. so we are going to crack down unmercifully and i would say to the hoarders out there in the brokers who are trying to make money off the misery of people in this country and around the world, that's got to stop. if you've got inventory, what you need to do is pick up a phone a

we'll comply with the dpa.rtant that we had that to help us aggressively go after that because of the consequences on a humanitarian level. and then the u.s. exports to canada can be a challenge. finish we are, we are often the sole provider to health care providers in canada. we, it's important if we're going to stop those exports, that we all understand the consequences. and that's, the dpa has 2007 us that clarity -- given us that clarity, and we'll comply. maria: so what do you think the consequences will be if the u.s. does not get the proper number of respirators and ventilators and protective gear like masks and gloves, if millions and millions of people in america die, mike? >> yeah. i, we are all in doing everything we can. we are, as i said, bringing everything we can in. it's difficult for us to play god. we are really working to make the best decisions. we're partnering with fema in the u.s. and partnering with the government to help us really navigate this. we're putting everything we can in our po

with this invocation of the dpa, as far as i understand it, the plants are not allowed to close. the situation will clearly get worse. not as part of the epa protective order, there is no requirement to keep workers safe. message to thete big operators. does a worker than have rights under osha, or could they come to osha with concerns? what kind of protections might they receive? >> they do have rights under osha. they can go to osha, but right now osha is not going to help. this is the tragedy of this. not really toed provide and that they will not do inspections. now they said they will inspect only in high hazard facilities, hospitals and nursing homes. other facilities, like meatpacking plants commit where we have thousands of sick workers, osha is not. osha has gotten thousands of complaints and they are telling workers there is nothing they could do. i wish i could advise workers that they can refuse dangerous work and be safe, but osha has made clear they will not support workers in this. mean to be the bearer of bad news, but what is going on in many states, especially o

we'll comply with the dpa.ant that we had that to help us aggressively go after that because of the consequences on a humanitarian level. and then the u.s. exports to canada can be a challenge. finish we are, we are often the sole provider to health care providers in canada. we, it's important if we're going to stop those exports, that we all understand the consequences. and that's, the dpa has 2007 us that clarity -- given us that clarity, and we'll comply. maria: so what do you think the consequences will be if the u.s. does not get the proper number of respirators and ventilators and protective gear like masks and gloves, if millions and millions of people in america die, mike? >> yeah. i, we are all in doing everything we can. we are, as i said, bringing everything we can in. it's difficult for us to play god. we are really working to make the best decisions. we're partnering with fema in the u.s. and partnering with the government to help us really navigate this. we're putting everything we can in our powe

please. >> i don't think any of us knew very much about the dpa but there is a sort of a fourth side of the dpa where you force a company to do something but there is second time it where it is a hand up. the company we're talking about has done everything to support this effort. they have ramped up production. i'm on the phone with them multiple times a day. this is the hand up. this is the government coming in, saying how can we help you expand your lines? there is no asynchrony at all. this is the hand up side of the dpa which is exactly what these small, american, heroic companies need. they don't need be forced. they're all-in. their employees are all-in. >> we don't want to embarass them. bret. >> today we were on site, folks on-site with that company finishing out what their capital projections will be in order to ramp up. it is actively in process. reporter: i fully understand the need is enormous, on march defend first, the administration promised 2million tests by end of doctor 27 million. by end of march. so far 4 million have been tested. where are the 23 million people h

>> i think this is -- i don't think any of us knew very much about the dpa, but they're's a force side of it, but the company we're talking about has done everything to support this effort. and have ramped up production. i'm on the phone with them multiple times a day. this is the hand up. this is the government saying how can we help you expand your lines? so this is the hand-upside of the dpa, which is exactly what these small american heroic companies need. they don't need to be forced. they're all in. >> so point of clarity -- >> and we don't want to embarrass people, either. go ahead, brad. >> today, we were on site with that company, finishing out what their capital projection also be to ramp up these four lines i spoke about. the company will then turn in a white paper to help move the process forward. >> i understand that the need is enormous, but march 21, the administration promised 27 million tests by the end of march. so far, roughly 4 million people have been tested. so where are the other 23 million or so tests? are they in the pipeline? help us understand that discrepanc

the dpa is a great tool to use but they are not using it. one last question. >> i want to make a quick addition to that, as part of the cares act, i joined up with patty murray and lamar alexander in calling on the national academy of sciences look at the dependencelong-term on foreign medicines and medical devices and medical supplies, so in the future we cannot just determine that the individual product is safe and effective, but also available in the united states if we run into a pandemic or terrorist attack. we hope this will give us a long-term roadmap. the short-term is the offense production act. the president has the authority and he says he will use it. what is he waiting for? we need these tests if we are going to consider opening the economy. sen. schumer: last question? , seattleyan gleason times, go ahead. >> thank you for talking with us today. if the the plan administration drags its feet, or doesn't come to the table and come up with a comprehensive testing plan? is there something in the works to try to roll this out in sta

had we invoked the dpa, could we have? or even invoking it because the entire world is scrambling for the same set of supplies that was just no supplies to be gotten? what is the reality? >> a couple of things. invoking the dpa and actually mobilizing that. also mobilizing the fda waited until about february 29th to do the emergency use authorization. that probably should have been moved up earlier. to your point, even with the dpa, some of these chemicals that are manufactured mainly in china to stand up those facilitates and make sure they are high quality, it would take time, so this is not a question of -- again, this is a race against time, which we don't have. and i think the bottom line, honestly as a health professional, chuck, is people like myself and my colleagues are doing what we can to tell people stay home as much as possible if you can to buy health care officials more time. >> let me ask you this. what is the type of businesses you would let reopen first if you -- if you were in charge? it does feel as if

>> i think -- i don't think any of us knew very much about the dpa. there is sort of a fourth side reinforce the company to do something. there is a second side of it which is really a hand up. the company we are talking about has done everything to support this effort and have ramped up production. i am on the phone with them multiple times a day. this is the hand up. this is the government coming in and saying how can we help you expand your lines? there is no asynchrony here at all. this is the hand up side of the dpa which is exactly what the small american horror companies need. they don't need to be forced. they are all win. there employees are all in. >> president trump: we don't want to embarrass people either. >> today we were on site with that company fishing out what their capital projections will be in order to be able to ramp up these additional four lines. that company will then turn in a white paper to the dod. it's actively in process. >> reporter: on march 21st the administration promised 27 million tests by the end of march. so far,

that person has the ability under the present law under the dpa to say these ten factories are going to make these tests. and these 20 factories are going to the supply chain and supply the factories with the tests they need. then you give the tests to the states, and the state can implement the testing in the best way possible. but there will be no way to ramp up and get the number of tests and talk siauxiliary things lik swabs. you're exactly right, willie. it's hit and miss. yesterday there was a meat plant in kansas where there was a lot of corona. the governor had to call in the national guard to air-drop an adequate number of tests. you can't do it on an ad hoc willy-nilly basis. what about other places, and other meat plays in so many other places. you have to ramp up the manufacturing. you know the report they issued yesterday it was pathetic. it didn't have any details. and at the end, it said, let the states do it. no one in the administration has given an answer specifically as to how the state should do it. that's one of the reasons i think we need hearings. i want to hea

>> i don't think anybody knew about the dpa but there is a side of the dpa where you force a company do something but there is a second side of it which is really a hand up. the company we are talking about had done everything to support this effort and have ramped up production. i'm on the phone with them multiple times a day. this is the hand up. this is the government coming in and saying, how can we help you expand your lines? there is no asynchrony at all. this is the hand up side of the dpa. this is exactly what these small american heroic companies need. they don't need to be forced -- they are all in. pres. trump: we don't want to embarrass people, either. >> today, we were on site with that company finishing out what their capital projections will be in order to be able to ramp up the additional four lines we talked about. the company will turn in a white paper could the dod that will move the process forward but it is actively in process. >> i know the need is enormous but in march we were promised 47 million tests. roughly 4 million people have been tested. did the other t

to invoke the dpa because right now the supply system is scattershot, catch as catch can. it's a spectacle that hospital chiefs, mayors and governors have to be calling private companies and countries across the world to get the supplies that we should have ready and available to them. >> so what is your assessment as to why the president has exercised portions of the defense production act but has not utilized appointment of a military czar, as you put it, military leadership. if you're saying in your conversation, the vice president is receptive to it, what is it going to take, who is going to be able to get at the president to make that selling point? >> i called the president two weeks ago and suggested this. and he said, we should do it. and he said to someone, he must have been in the oval office, let's get it done. but then a few hours later, he said he wasn't going to do it. i don't know why. >> what's behind the reluctance? >> maybe, you know, there's a view, let the private sector do what it wants. but we're in wartime. in wartime, the private sector didn't have

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you say when you saw this reporting that you had no idea the dpa was used so often.h would expanding it have helped the front lines workers here? >> well, i figured there had to be some purpose behind the reluctance in enacting this or implementing it fully both -- on two fronts. one on the ventilators, which we know that the president did try or did successfully implement it against gm to sort of start the ventilator process there. i have a bigger concern. and my concern is if all the physicians and nurses in the country and in the world are asking for protective equipment, why are we not implementing that? every manufacturer of textiles in the united states right now should be in line to make n95 masks for us and for the rest of the world. and come to find out that now i'm learning today from his report that it's been used hundreds of thousands of times for defense acquisitions. i can't believe it. and i know it's going to anger physicians and nurses out there on the front lines. we need this equipment. we are rationing it now, and it is going to get worse. so we'r

he said, get the dpa enacted, get it going, and they said yes.s later he said no. i don't no who whispered in his ear or what got into his head. i do not know a single reason during this emergency crisis why we shouldn't invoke the dpa. it will work. we put a billion dollars in covid-3 just to help implement that, you know, for this military man or it could be a fred smith, military and business, but someone who knows logistics, someone who knows nonpolitical how to get from place to place and thing to thing. >> yeah. >> why he hasn't done it, i don't have any good reason. >> so, senator schumer, will you be speaking to mitch mcconnell today, who obviously is dragging his feet on moving towards another relief bill and is attacking nancy pelosi for whatever reason? in light of the new number, the 6.6 million -- >> god. >> -- number, the shocking number, will you be talking to mitch mcconnell today? >> well, i could talk to him. look, i think we need a covid-4 for a lot of reasons. one reason is we have to deal with the immediate. we're not going t

dpa administration has used in some cases, including yesterday indicating it might be deployed in someashion to ramp up the testing capability. in the case of the ventilators, this is a good news-value story. the anticipated need for the ventilators has not been what was expected. me, as, the experts tell reflection of the fact what we are all doing right now, staying at home, staying apart from each other, is working. cases where the administration has responded. there are some big gaps in there as well. we need to make sure as we march forward here we don't overlook the fact the testing is lacking in the personal protective equipment -- it's a correlated issue. you have to be fully garbed to do the testing. as we march forward we need to make sure those -- the supply chain is running smoothly. certainly in this country, if we turn on a dime world war ii style, we can do it. host: you can watch the full documentary tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on most pbs stations. you can watch it online at pbs that work/frontline -- pbs.org/frontline. isabel from new york. caller: hi. i'm impressed

with this invocation of the dpa, as far as i understand it, the plants are not allowed to close. the situation will clearly get worse. they have not been replaced. the workforce has gotten much larger, but the number of inspectors is getting lower. it is really very unfortunate what is going on with osha right now. i left in january, 2017. i have not been replaced. there has been no assistant secretary in 40 months. the position was empty for so long and there was no nominee, so by law, she continued to be the acting assistant secretary. half of the senior positions are empty. agency is filled with dedicated professionals who want to do everything they can to protect workers, but they are working with one -- they are not working with one hand tied behind their back, they are working with two hands tied behind their back. host: when it comes to inspectors, isn't that a systemic problem -- no matter what administration, the number of inspectors that are concerned? guest: absolutely. osha has been starved. congress is who gives osha money and we had a big bump when the democrats too

when it comes to the vaccine, if the dpa is needed, i expect he will use it. other thing, in fairness to trump, there is a growing concern about opening up the economy. crashing the economy issnot a cost act. not just economics. it ruins the lives of millions. so thi is an important debate to have in balancingtohe nee get the economy open against public health concerns. constitutional claim in the mix, i have not the faintest idea. laura: california's governor has outlined hison condi reopening the state. is he on a collision pourse with thsident? jonathan: he may be. under the constitution, the default position is with the states when a federal shove is bmade, the states can shok. the 10th amendment in the constitution s all rights not expressly given to the federal government are reserved to the state individual you could not be more clear. the interesting thing is if this were to go to the courts, the biggest problem you would ce would be the conservatives on the supreme court, including his own tws. appoint they will not like these arguments. laura: jonath

. >>> a guy in detroit used his own money to buy dpas fgas for s in his hometown. he says all it takes is a small gesture to show people you care about them. >>> new hot spots have been emerging in the united states, but new york remains the epicenter. the state represents nearly 40% of cases nationwide. and this is expected to be the toughest week yet. we're joined by nbc's kathy park >> reporter: good morning. here at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the u.s., new york city, we are bracing for another grim week ahead. the resources are coming together, but more aid is on the way. meantime, other parts of the country are bracing for their cases to surge this week as well disturbing images outside this brooklyn hospital as bright orange body bags roll out to temporary morgues. another reminder that front line workers in new york city are deep in a fight without a clear end date. >> we're doing our best, but we don't know when it's our time to face the consequences of dealing feeling like we're completely nearing the peak or the plateau of the crisis. he

that's included the dpa action with gm. we have also issued what would be called rated orders with all of these vendors to allow them privileges so to speak within their supply chains. written the contract. 100,000 plus ventilators we are talking about and then continue to work with them to ensure that the ventilators actually show up. as we did that, we realized that downstream supply chains needed some additional defense production act work as well. go to the air bridge. 80 flight schedule. 37 complete. 43 on the horizon. you can see the numbers of material that's been brought in to supplement. now i'm going to go through a series of slides. new york first. dr. birx provides me a geographic reference to align the supply chain. those cities, you see a little bit of a theme. i'll be talking about the cities and geographic areas. align the supply chain to those geographic areas to get as much there while we realize the rest of the nation needs supplies as well. and then we aligned the supply chain to site of care. public hos

spoke last week, i explained the three points on the compass dpa can hit. the first is mobilization of the industrial base, things like distilleryg from a to hand sanitizer. it can also involve expanded production, which is having honeywell, which makes n95 masks, open a new factory in rhode island. in respect to allocation of resources, we have two issues. if you look at the manufacturer, you want to make sure the supply soin has enough components we can make what we need and once it is made, you want to make sure it goes to the right people. the third point in the compass addresses what you are talking them, iasically bust call it, hoarding of critical material. through what we have done. the first-order the president signed was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana, as fast as possible. the president spoke today to the ceo of gm. that is moving forward at the same time the ford project is moving forward in ross and ville, michigan. i issued a challenge to those companies, a la ford versus for robbery, this is ford versus g

the president isn't using dpa on testing.re scrambling, this small group of people, to try and figure this out. and also inform the public. they are standing, just saying, on a practical, physical level, as they work 24-hours a day, and we're looking at 18-months of this, behind the president for two to three hours. he is peawasting their precious time, some would say, so he can bloviate and have little fights with reporters and make sure, you know, that's noticed and talked about. it is, for me, that is the deepest insult to this entire process, that he is wasting his top scientists' time. these people are tired. they're working hard. they have to listen to him tell lies and find a way to navigate trying to get the truth in there. this is crazy. in the middle of a pandemic, when 16,000 americans have died. you wonder, could that number be lower, had the president done his job? a lot of people are asking that question. you write, gene, trump might want to get a head start on packing his bags. he's already talking about voting

the ground truth is for most circumstances the dpa is not necessary because there is maximum productionether. on the supply chain related to testing, there will be a dpa rculpactions but a n greatly pa the testing we need, some of the testing supplies so that particularly by fall when we may have covid circulating with influenza and need drastically more tests than we have now, we'll have the supplies that we need. but the dpa has been used selectively when it's necessary but in most regards, certainly regarding testing it's really unnecessary, but the hand up, you will see, will be implemented as necessary. >> i guess one of the big questions, is that hand up going to be enough? i know you've seen the report from the experts at harvard who say that we're going to need to really open the economy, to get started, we'll need to be testing 5 million people a day in june, up to 20 million in july, and that the guidelines you've laid out can't get us anywhere near that. >> so, we don't believe those estimates are really accurate, nor are they reasonable in our society. what we're talking abo

we have already leveraged the dpa to stop the hoarding and price gouging of crucial supplies. under the authority, this way the department of health and human services working with the department of justice took custody of nearly 200,000 n95 respirators, 130,000 surgical masks, 600,000 gloves as well as manyes -- many, many, bottles, and disinfectant sprays that were being hoarded. all of this material is being given to health care workers. most of it has already been even out. we have given a lot to new york, a lot to new jersey and a lot of other places. in addition to ensure that health care workers of new york have the protective equipment they need, the federal government in the name of the department of defense is providing about 8.1 million n95 respirators. department of defense. and we have already given 200,000 of them to new york city. mayor de blasio needed them very badly. so we got them to mayor de blasio in new york city. they were very grateful. 8.1 million and we will be increasing that number from 8.1 million to more. that is a lot of n95 respirators. today, m

that's why i have asked them to create the -- use the dpa, the defense production act, which is a truman relic almost from the korean war, which would be used. you could appoint a czar that could command factories to make this amount of tests, command supply lines to supply them with what they need, distribute those tests to where they're needed and have a nationwide plan. this is what korea has done. there's a story in today's "washington post" i think, the reason that germany has so many fewer deaths than britain is they had a nationwide regime of testing and tracing and following up. so instead of deciding who signs the check, the president ought to be helping solve the problem. and it seems like too much of what he says, does and thinks is about himself. >> do you think that it's possible that the federal government will never get its act together to do those things and those kinds of solutions, the actual things we'll need to safely open up the country at all will have to be done by some states and those places will be safer and better off than other places where it never happens be

the department of defense announced a dpa action this weekend.hat came over from dod on friday into the white house and was approved on saturday, the contract awarded today, 131 honeywell, and others. beforees act was signed march was ended, towards the end . so essentially, two weeks from that money being put into title iii authority from dod, this action takes us from a baseline of what was being produced domestically of about 30 million masks upwards to, as we go through the fall and into the masks, 120 million domestically. so currently we are filling some of that demand from overseas sources. additive masks here, through , lowerill ramp up dependence on overseas sources and that will essentially secure a big piece of the supply chain. -- five companies, six cities. .exington, north carolina andoygan falls, wisconsin aberdeen, north dakota. increasinge production facilities, to have that ramp up. thank you -- vice pres. pence: thank you, admiral. is, for just the week ending april 11. we have distributed or directed the distribution of 5.3 mi

according to this letter obtained, fema's president says dpa must used in its full capacity. >>> i amtephanie elam in los angeles. gavin newsom signed an order to provide a relief fund for to state's undocumented workers who lost their jobs due to the pandem pandemic. because of their status, they're ineligible for federal stimulus aid. under this order, individuals will receive up to $500, families up to a thousand dollars and the money is coming from a private public partnership with the state adding $75 million into this fund and private fiphilanthropis adding $50 million. >>> store sales increased 27 this month. the rising number of infection among folks who are working and people of color particularly african-american and black workers make up of 12% of the u.s. work force and making a larger share of essential workers of this front line. the number of grocery store workers feeling vulnerable and at risk including my guest pam hill working at the chains in a bett albertsons. thank you for what you do and you and other groceries workers are at the front line in this. everybody has

could this be a first step to do that, to use the dpa to ramp up u.s.ring here. >> it's a good way to exercise our capability. but unless we continue to need ventilators in land quantity, these are industries that will switch back. here in the united states and the rest of north america and mexico, there is tremendous capability to manufacture things that are currently being outsourced to china. liz: china is trying to become a super power in health. with the building of the belt and roads project. the strategic national stockpile. we know hindsight is 00. it was depleted in 2009 and wasn't replenished. congress found there were 100 million n95 respirator masks that weren't replenished that were used during the swine flu. people are saying president trump didn't do enough. but they are saying it's not his problem, it's prior administrations. >> when you inherit something it's easy not to take it on immediately. it wasn't the only problem this president had coming out of the obama years. we need to genuinely review not just the stockpile, but our ability

with this invocation of the dpa, as far as i understand it, the plants are not allowed to close.he situation will clearly get worse. not as part of the epa protective order, there is no requirement to keep workers safe. message to thete big operators. workers are working shoulder to shoulder in really terrible jobs. most americans have no idea what it's like to work in a meat plant. this will make things worse. host: our guest will be with us until 845 a.m. talking about workplace issues. if you want to ask questions -- our guest worked in the obama administration and the author of doubt," the triumph of david michaels, does a worker have rights under osha or can they come to osha with concerns? what kind of protections might they receive? guest: they do have rights under osha and they can go to them but osha has made it clear that they will not help. this is the tragedy of this. not to provided any new requirements and now they have said they will inspect only in high hazard facilities like hospitals and nursing homes but they are doing very few of those. other sorts of faciliti

defense production act to help, peer it in a small company from maine will receive assistance from the dpa increase third nasal swab production 3 million to over 20 million per day. hogan fox news. >> stanford antibody study people in santa clara county today, we learned the results of a similar study, usc and los angeles county. researchers there released to their initial findings. 4.1% that county adult population, has an antibody for the virus. that translates to approximately 220,000 to 440,000 adults who have had the infection. that is 28 to 55 times higher than the nearly 8000 confirmed cases that were reported at the time of the study early this month. now stanford found similar results in santa clara county, usc reducer plan to test new groups participants every few weeks. in the coming months try to keep track of the pandemic spread. joining us now more about the study is dr. for being here, can you tell us more about who took part in the study also the ramification of it. >> sure i would like to point out before we start, study just came out, hasn't been public, hasn't been peer-

because of my actions under the dpa, i can also announce today we have reached an agreement, very chemicalh -- amicable agreement with 3m for the delivery of 55 million high-quality face masks each month. so, we are going to be getting over the next couple of months, 166.5 million masks for our frontline health care workers. so, the 3m saga ends very happily. we're very proud to be dealing now with 3m. ceo mike roman, i just spoke with him, i thank him for getting it done. mike was very happy to get it done. great company. we are getting 166.5 million masks. and mostly that is going to be our frontline health care workers. ok? that's 3m. thank you, 3m. i want to thank apple, one of the great american companies that has really leapt into action. today, apple announced it is now producing plastic face shields for health care workers at the rate of one million per week. one million, and these are the shields you see on television quite a bit. they are the highest level of quality and safety. we are grateful as well to salesforce which has donated 48 million pieces of personal protective equip

maybe it's the ventilators announce iing the dpa to get th delivered across the country. but yet even though that was likely going to happen, we're going to see a briefing a after two days on monday. so we'll be watching to see what happens there. one other thing you said about letting the experts do the talking. that was very close to something dr. bu -- birx said today. some of the information got lost in all of the conversation a about his side comments. i think that's important to note being that it was given in a medical briefing, and as you said, those pond ergs, those musings, those were not medical grade. so people are watching this to learn information about what it is they need to do. and the messaging then changes from this study that they were presenting to companies, to health care clinics, to a poison control. we are getting calls about ingesting this. this is incredibly dangerous. that's why the message shifts. it's done in a medical setting. now we have heard from officials that they are going it try to shift the messaging out of the white house. really ge