joining me now is democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois.he's a member of the senate armed services and small business committees. and was recently named to a congressional task force advising president trump on how to best reopen the economy. welcome, senator. >> it's good to be on, al. >> tell me what you hope will come out of the task force in terms of reopening the country. we're seeing some states already moving -- some of us saying way ahead of time that they should be. what do you hope your being on the task force can do and what do you hope the task force can do? >> well, i'm pushing very hard for us to ramp up the number of tests we're able to do. we can't move forward without widespread testing, without knowing exactly how many people have the virus and being able to move forward in a way that we don't have to go backwards. you don't want to move forward and then have another spike and have to put people back into a shelter in place order again. so my role was make sure that we look forward in a methodical way with full testing. un

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joining me is tammy duckworth.or duckworth was appointed to the task force to reopen the government. you were traveling so weren't on the tone call but my sense from the reporting is that there is a lot of frustration with the failure of the white house to take a proactive lead on testing particularly. is that sort of where you're at? >> that is exactly where i'm at. you know, really the numbers that they've been giving us on how many test kits are available and how many are going to be getting out to the states has never been consistent and delivered on anything. bottom line, if you are a parent with a 5-year-old child like i've got, you want your kid to be safe. you want your children to be safe. if you're jobless like i was, like my dad was when i was a teenager, if you were hungry like i was when my dad didn't have a job and i was relying on food stamps. if you're sick and you need a ventilator, all you want is effective leadership. you want someone who is going to provide you with the help you need and not jus

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>>and we have to acknowledge that and work with them illinois senator tammy duckworth agrees we need to make sure weget revenue directly into the local municipality, government's coffers last week democrats tried and failed to attach local and state funding to an emergency plan for sma business loans negotiatio are still underway. in washington raquel martin. police in new jersey say 17 boes were discovered at one of the ste's largest nursing homes this week. >>the police chief said the bodies were piledup in a makeshift morgue as the facility was overwhelmed and the deaths are from covid-19 f or other diseases, but the new york times reports, 68 aths have been linked to e facility and 26 of those tested positive for conavirus today new jersey's governor phil murphysaid the discove of the bodies is nacceptable. >>i'm also outrage the bodies of the dead were allowed toile up in a makeshift morgue at the facily. new jersey is living or long-term care facilities deserve to be cared fo with respect compassion. and dignity. we can and must. >>we're also learning that 22 residents in a sta

i didn't do anything about the affair with was talking about arafat was senator tammy duckworth of illinois says even if tariffs are removed the u.s. still depends too much on china so we take the tariffs often try to worse too dependent on we need around goods and keep that capacity here in the u.s., it's unclear if or when the an ounce a change in us tariff policy reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. >>still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news do you wear glasses or contacts. why some experts believe that one may be better than the other welcome back the time now for 25 do you contact lenses. well you may want to switch to eyeglasses during this pandemic to ease price talk to an optometrist take a listen. >>doctor michael minson with unc health says he's getting calls from patients who wear contact lenses wanting to know if they should switch to glasses also available to you. >>this he says glasses can help protect you from any harmful could come from a person coughing or sneezing it also helps to reduce the amount of times you touch your face. >>but we do know is that one of t

joining me is senator tammy duckworth of illinois. thanks so much for being on the program.his is clearly a significant, you know, the state is having an unbelievable difficult. time. it is arguably one of the centers to watch in the united states, particularly in chicago. what do you need right now in the state of illinois from the president of the united states from the federal government in terms of testing? in terms of other needs? do you feel as though the state is getting what it needs from the federal government? >> well, we need the test kits and the president long promised test kits. and he has not provided them per his promise. time and time again he said he will send us these test kits. we haven't received the sufficient quantities. that's the key to actually test people in a widespread manner and to be able to do contact testing. contact tracing i mean to know where people have been. we also need ventilators. the president has been promising us ventilators and ppe. my goodness, in fact, our governor had to fly an aircraft to china on our own to go purchase ppe an

we want to bring into the conversation democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois who is kind enough. senator, we're all parents here. and no matter what age your children, you know how difficult it is during these times. you of course have the littlest one of all at home and say nothing to the fact that we're battling this propaganda from the white house and undoubtedly you will have some americans looking to see where they can get their pine scented internal cleaning injection today. and it is just all kinds of wrong. >> oh, my gosh. you know what, i'm so glad that i had my conversation with a 5-year-old about not ingesting tide pods. even she knows that injecting bleach into the human body is not a good thing. this is a ridiculous thing that the president said. but speaking to what you said earlier, i mean if this president came out and actually apologized or said you know what, i misspoke, i was wrong, on anything that he said, it has been a lie or mistruth in his last 3 1/2 years in office, you could come that every day until november and still not get through every lie that he'

amy klobuchar, elizabeth warren, kamala harris, tammy duckworth and tammy baldwin are rumored to be topers. the deadline for voters to cast their ballots for the ohio primary is this week. they must be postmarked by today or can be hand delivered by tomorrow, after the state's department of health ordered in-person polling locations to close on primary day amid covid-19. the original election date was march 17th. rob: college campuses across the country are closed right now because of coronavirus but some professors and students are using the pandemic as a learning opportunity and a chance to get real world experience. fox's katie burr has more. >> reporter: this is what a lot of college campuses look like right now, quiet and empty, while closed for the semester to stop the spread of the coronavirus. while classes continue online, some students are using their extra down time to get some hands-on experience. >> the engineering students are hungry and eager to use their skills to do something to help out with the pandemic. >> reporter: aat rowan university, dozens of students are volunt

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the other close contenders were kamala harris, tammy duckworth.er down where people like stacy abrams and elizabeth warren. i haven't checked the bookmakers in london. maybe there are betting odds on this, who knows at this point. but do you have a sense when you talk to people who's in the lead do you think at least among the chattering class? is there a dark horse in this race like i think you could argue tim kaine was back was back then for hillary clinton in 2016 >> right. kaine is a good example of the process actually mattering, the campaigning with tim kaine was probably better than hillary expected. their chemistry was good, she felt he was a good partner. biden will be looking for a good partner and a good governing partner. i do believe he really likes amy klobuchar. i think that -- some people think she's not an obvious choice like kamala harris an african-american might be a more obvious way to balance out the ticket. but i think he really does like amy quite a bit. having had that job, i think he really does want a partner. i think an

warren, surprising newcomers like michigan governor gretchen whitmer, and illinois senator tammy duckworth talking up senator amy klobuchar saying she is the current favorite for biden's vp pick. but the news today came from senator bernie sanders who officially endorsed biden. take a listen. >> today i am asking all americans, i am asking every democrat, every independent, i am asking a lot of republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which i endorse. to make certain that we defeat somebody who i believe, and i am speaking just for myself now is the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country. >> bret: a streaming endorsement there. bernie sanders who had on their bingo card that he would endorse before elizabeth warren? i don't know, but your thoughts on the state apply? >> jesse: i honestly don't think anybody cares, bret. i don't think it generated that much buzz when sanders dropped out last week. and then was that supposed to be a big endorsement? it was like two gray-haired men leaning over and falling asleep on television. it was th