even as poll workers in florida illinois are coming down with cold it after their state's primaries president trump remains dedicated to in person voting for the november elections for him the risk of the corona virus spreading in crowded polling locations pales in comparison to the dangers of alien voting thousands and thousands of people sitting in somebodies living room signing ballots all over the place no i think that mail in voting is a terrible thing now despite his long record of sober analysis it is perfectly healthy to be skeptical of the president's claims i know the one percent is insulated because they really not understand that most other people don't have living rooms that can fit thousands of people imagine the catering and what incentive anyway does the criminal underworld have to commit massive voter fraud does he think gangs of bandits are whole the way to living room somewhere counterfeiting money stripping stolen catalytic converters for precious metals and filling out scores of ballots for joe biden show now while election fraud in the form of rigged diebold machines or

it's california, texas, new york, florida, illinois, pennsylvania, ohio and new jersey these are the restarts that must go well in order to bring the american economy back quickly. texas, obviously one of them what else needs to happen with the other states extrapolating beyond what is happening with texas? >> they're all going to have to be guided by the medical guidelines the guidelines of science and data that's what we're trying to do here it's twhat the governor is tryin to do. we're the second largest in the country. california is number one new york is the financial center of the country and the world i would argue we're the heartbeat of the capital system. it's important, with 29 million people, 10 million more than new york that we get this right. that's what we're trying to do here it's going to be a slower process. we're doing it gradually the governor is gradually opening up guided by medical guidelines i think there's a good lesson here to understand the shape and recovery for the rest of the country, including those other states as well they all have to do it according

pennsylvania, florida. illinois, louisiana, out in california. states have about 15,000 cases. more than a half million in the united states. the death count approaching 21,000. sadly. if you look day by day at the case count, you see early march, it starts to go up. here's where we are now. this is the point that the experts are looking at. is it beginning to flatten. the five-day averages, it appears the caseload is beginning to flatten. that's what the experts are hoping for as they look at this. if you look in new york, you see the same thing, you see the spike in cases. if you look at the five-day average, back here is when the stay-at-home order went into play, you do see the beginning of a flattening here. if you look at other states in the snapshot, new jersey had the giant spike. is it beginning to flatten out? michigan, new jersey and pennsylvania, case count not as high. the question is, is social distancing, other mitigation, are those steps beginning to flatten the curve. the week ahead will be critical there to see if there are spik

in fact, florida, illinois, north carolina and south carolina all saw their deadliest days of this pandemic just this week. despite all of that, white house guidelines on social distancing and other mitigation efforts officially expire today. and the president will not be extending it. instead governors, they are taking the wheel. nearly a dozen states have already lifted restrictions allowing businesses to reopen. today, six states, florida, texas, nevada, alabama, arizona and idaho all lifting stay-at-home orders for their populations. and as i said, we heard yesterday from two men who gave us some good reason to be cautiously optimistic about where we're headed. we heard from federal reserve chairman jay powell who said the fed will keep fighting the economic fallout from the virus, and we saw it from dr. anthony fauci who praised, quote, clear-cut evidence that the antiviral drug remdesivir cuts down the time patients are spending in the hospital. here's what he said earlier on the "today" show. >> it's the first step in what we project will be better and better drugs coming along. so i

there is not enough in the federal stockpile to take care of new york and illinois, texas, and florida and california. it is not an option. the only option i see is a national deployment. everybody said this is war time, it is a war and the virus is the enemy. where new york, helped new york today, thank you, state of oregon. we are dealing with this curve today and this intensity. and then, nationally, we shipped -- shift the resources that are most impacted. new york city and new york state on a microcosm, we shift resources from the bronx to brooklyn to queens to nassau. shift national resources and state resources from new york to florida to illinois, whatever is next on the curve. we will do that in any event. we get through this, people have been so beautiful to us. it is the new york way. we are going to quantify -- codify everything we have learned and we can pass this curve, whatever part of the country goes next, we will be there with equipment and personnel and however we can help. the federal government is deploying possibly 1000 personnel to new york, doctors and nurses an

many states in new york, new jersey, michigan, pennsylvania, arizona, california, colorado, florida, illinois, new mexico, oregon, washington, wisconsin, ohio, they're doing a lot of work in just those states plus additional that will be announced probably tomorrow. they are doing some job, the army corps of engineers, what a job they are doing and fema what a job they are doing. as we deploy the power of our military we are also deploying the skill of our doctors, scientists and medical researchers, we continue to study the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine and other therapies in the treatment and prevention of the virus and we will keep the american people fully informed in our findings. hydroxychloroquine, it is looking like it is having some good results. i that would be a phenomenal thing. but we have it right now, and approximately now it's increase to 1500 people i spoke with doctor zucker in new york, terrific guy by the way, doing a good job and i spoke to governor cuomo last evening and this morning about it so it is been there for about three and half days but i think many other

many states, in new york, new jersey, michigan, pennsylvania, arizona, california, colorado, florida, illinoisew mexico, oregon, washington, wisconsin, ohio. they're doing a lot of work in just those states plus additionals that are being -- will be announced probably tomorrow, but they're doing some job. the army corps of engineers, what a job they're doing. and fema, what a job they're doing. as we deploy the power of our military, we're also deploying the skill of our doctors, scientists, and medical researchers. we continue to study the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine and other therapies in the treatment and prevention of the virus and we will keep the american people fully informed on our findings. hydroxychloroquine, i don't know, it's looking like it's having some good results, i hope that would be a phenomenal thing. but we have it right now in approximately now it's increased to 1,500 people. i spoke with dr. zucker in new york, terrific guy, by the way, he's doing a good job, and i spoke to governor cuomo last evening and this morning about it. so it's been there for about 3 1/2

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to brolyn to queens to nassau, shift national resources and state resosur from new york to florida, to illinois, whatever is nt on the curve. >> sreenivasan: former vice democratic convention already postponed to august may have to be a virtual convention. >> we may not be able to putin, 20, 30,000 people in one place, and that's very possible. i t think you just havefollow the science. listen to the experts, listen to the faucis of the world. >> sreenivasan: around the world as of this afternoon there ,re more than $1.2 million confirmed casefficials in britain reported 621 deaths from corovirus today and nearly 48,000 people in the uk are infected, including prime minister boris johnson andhe heir to the throne, prince charles. >> nine three-year-old queene elizabeth ackdged the pain that many e going through and said, quote, those that comeil after us say that the britains of this generation were as strong as any. ♪ ♪ >> sreenivasan: and inan empty st. peter's basilica pope ancis celebrated palm sundayng and the beginf holy week, the ceremony would usually have been held outdoors withtens of

shift national resources and state resources from new york to florida to illinois, whatever is next on the curve. we will do that in any event. we get through this, people have been so beautiful to us. it is the new york way. quantifying to everything we have learned and we can pass this curve, one of the part -- whatever part of the country goes next, we will be there with the personnel and however we can help. the federal government is deploying possibly 1000 personnel to new york, doctors and nurses and respiratory technicians. the immediate priority is to deploy those people to help the new york city public hospitals. the new york city public systeml system was a that was stressed to begin with, before any of this. so, obviously, you add more stress to institutions that were under stressed, it only makes the situation more difficult. we are going to deploy all of the federal personnel who are under 25,today, three to the new york city public hospital system. i talked to the hospital administrators on a daily basis. we get them on a conference call and we do this shifting of supplie

shift national resources and state resources from new york to florida, to illinois, whatever is next on the curve. we are going to do that in any event. we get through this, people have been so beautiful to us, and it is the new york way. we're going to codify everything we've learned, and we get past this curve whatever part of the country goes next, we will be there with equipment, personnel and however we can help. federal government is also deploying approximately 1,000 personnel to new york, that's doctors, nurses, respiratory technicians. the immediate priority is to deploy those people to help the new york city public hospitals. the new york city pluck hospital system -- public hospital, hnh, was a system that was under stress to begin with before any of this so, obviously, you administer -- you add more stress to institutions that were under stress, out only makes the situation more difficult. so we're going to deploy all the federal personnel who are coming in today, 325, to the new york city public hospital system. i talk to the hospital administrators on a daily basis. we

part of a larger states doing so this week which includes florida, illinois, main, montana, oklahoma, tennessee and texas, collectively that would be 46% of the gdp opening up. some democrat governors in coronavirus in hot spots taking different approach. new york governor cuomo says the state will follow cdc and the governor says up state new york may open as soon as may 15th but new york city will still need more time. first phase of reopening will begin with manufacturing workforce. new jersey governor phil murphy says that the entire state will open at the same time but phase 1 could still be several weeks away. he's expected to outline his road map to reopen the state later today. meanwhile president trump is set to talk with u.s. governors today. the administration covid-19 response in a closed-door video teleconference meeting. steven mnuchin said they are open for include ago discussional funding for states. something local and state governments are asking for after senate majority mitch mcconnell said states should be allowed to use bankruptcy amid pandemic, something that di

brooklyn to queens to nassau, shift national resources and state resources from new york to florida to illinois, whatever is next on the curve. we're going to do that in any event. we get through this, people have been so beautiful to us, and it is the new york way. we're going to codify everything we've learned and we get past this curve, whatever part of the country goes next, we will be there with equipment and personnel and however we can help. federal government is deploying approximately 1,000 personnel to new york, that's doctors, nurses, respiratory technicians. the immediate priority is to deploy those people to help the new york city public hospitals. the new york city public hospital system, hnh, was a system that was under stress to begin with, before any of this. so obviously you add more stress to institutions that were under stress, it only makes the situation more difficult. we'll deploy all the federal personnel who are coming in today, 325, to the new york city public hospital system. i talked to the hospital administrators on a daily basis. we get them on a conference call, w

local media in illinois are asking questions about the governor, the governor's family, flying to floridander the shutdown orders. your final word on that? >> well, it is a part of a long-running stream of elected officials in illinois who tell their citizens to do one thing. they order them to, then do something completely different. we saw the same exact thing with the mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot, stay at home, hair services can't be done, she went and got a haircut because she insists important public official. she needs seen on television. she is more important than you are. disgraceful way to act. she should lead by example. in both cases neither of those officials are. elizabeth: vince, great toe have you on. come back soon. >> thank you. elizabeth: president trump said china, quote, will do anything he can to make him lose re-election. he believes china wants joe biden to win in november. china denies this. this is another growing controversy. we'll take it to former cia senior analyst fred fleitz. that story is next. stay right there. ♪. at fisher investments, we do things di

. >> reporter: in virginia, illinois, florida, texas, have been serving up hot meals for those in thees. here in the shuttered streets of new orleans where covid-19 hit hard. >> spent the morning listening to john prine songs, crying and cooking vegetables, which is pretty and apropos for the situation we're in. >> reporter: he has been in the kitchen for the past two weeks, cooking and delivering hundreds ofls t l hostals. >> mixed of emoons. weing something good, but the whole staff is laid off. it's hard. >> reporter: back in new york city, dumplings delivered to the hospital with personal messages of hope. >> this is small way to say thanks for doctors and nurses. >> reporter: it's not just tasty plates being donated. for some, a cup of joe is just as soothing. mud cup coffee gave away 200 pounds of freshly-roasted cold brew coffee to first responders, planning to match each cup sold online to one on the front line. >> if we do a tiny bit we can make a big impact. >> reporter: she knows the need to feed workers could extend for months. >> this is going to be an opportunity for nei

orders continue to take place over the weekend people in at least 5 states including colorado, florida and illinois held demonstrations calling for a reopening of their businesses. globally countries like germany, spain and italy have started easing restrictions on certain retail stores. in the u.s. florida officials reopened some beaches while texas state parks are allowing visitors to enter if they wear face masks. >> let them get the virus. let it run its course. >> we understand the health risks, we understand the need to take your each other but we also understand the need to keep the economy going. >> reporter: health officials are calling for an increase in testing before life fully returns to normal. harvard researchers say the country would need to triple its tests to 500,000 per day in order to open by mid-may. >> once we have access to quality testing that is highly specific and tests in specific we can weed out anyone who has an infection, is a carrier but isn't exhibitito increase test production by at least 20 million per month. in atlanta john jakus siri ktvu fox 2 news. >>> happenin

part of a larger list of states doing so this week including florida, idaho, illinois, maine, montanaoklahoma, tennessee, and texas. this following a weekend of formal protests throughout the nation like the let us fish rally in washington, but also people simply fleeing the confines of their home, whether to the crowded beaches of southern california or to houses of worship like in tennessee. church-goers sitting six feet apart in face masks, packing pew there's. meantime, two different democrat governors in two hot spots taking two different approaches at this stage. governor whitmer in michigan defending her aggressive lockdown measures, governor cuomo in new york seemingly more ready to open things up soon. >> it was hitting us incredibly hard and that's why we had to have a unique solution. even though it was more aggressive than other states, we have started to push down the curve and we've saved lives in the process. >> this is a balance that we, collectively, need to strike. i want to get back to work, i want to get back to work, my kids want out of the house, i need to do som

so those are massachusetts, california, florida, georgia, illinois, maryland, and kentucky. and so that makes it particularly, i think, troubling that georgia is one of the places that is on the upswing and that they're thinking about reopening. one more thing, and that's the model that the white house has been using, which is the university of washington model. they recommended given the trajectory of georgia cases that georgia not reopen until june 15th, okay, not april 15th, not may 15th, june 15th, and so the governor is really sort of overriding the -- even the guidelines that the white house is using. your thoughts? >> i think this is a very tricky virus, it spreads very rapidly with a very short incubation period of five days. and we are learning a lot about what we call asymptomatic transmission. maybe eight out of every ten people that have this virus actually have very little to no symptoms. so as a result of that, it is very hard to control the transmission because you could be asymptomatic and be transmitting to other people and that's part of the challenge that

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with 50 other states bidding on a ventilator and you see the big go up because california bit illinois bit florida bit new york bids california rebids that's what are we what we do in new york city mayor bill de blasio calling on all veterinarians and plastic surgeons to lend their ventilators if you've got a ventilator in your office in your operating room we need it now it should not be sitting there doing nothing new york plastic surgeon ryan 9 seen hitting the mayor's call for help there are many types of surgeries that still need to be done now for. you know patients who have certain types of cancer or life threatening infections or life threatening fractures those surgeries can be performed with ventilators from offices like mine and the ventilators which could have been used for care patients can now solely be used into care units so we are able to provide a significant lifesaving resource to the os well officials are still working to flatten the curve in new york governor cuomo believes the apex will hit the state at some point in april reporting in new york trinity each others are taking

. >> you see the bid go up because california bid, illinois bid, florida bid, new york bids, california rebids. >> they shouldn't be doing that. if that happens they should be calling us. >> reporter: the president dismissing the issue even as states with both democratic and republican governors appeal for the federal government to take over the process altogether. and despite the message about social distancing, some states have not imposed restrictions. florida is limping activity only in the southern part of the state and mississippi issued a shelter in place order for only one county. >>> next to the troops on the front lines. here in new york 20% of all emt workers are out sick. with the city's death toll now topping 1,000, some much needed backup has arrived. this the overwhelming crush of coronavirus patients in new york city. >> 50 ambulances. you're going to start to see a lot of ambulances on the street that don't look like what you normally see. >> reporter: 250 ambulances along with 500 emt workers have now arrived in queens from across the country. >> personally seeing some

and several states are now reporting between 200 and 500 deaths including california, illinois and florida. >>> here in new york supplies are being brought into a cathedral that's being turned into a field hospital. data shows the state is reaching a plateau but on tuesday the state averaged one death every two minutes. >>> in los angeles, a new rule when it comes to wearing a nonmedical mask. beginning friday essential workers and their customers including those at grocery stores will be required to wear them. abc's megan tevrizian reports on the other new developments this morning. >> reporter: as the coronavirus death toll approaches 13,000 people nationwide, african-americans are being hit especially hard. in chicago they comprise 30% of fo72th>> it athere getng >> reporter: but dr. anthony fauci warning americans not to stigmatize any group emphasizing that pre-existing conditions are causing the worst outcomes for minorities. >> their underlying medical conditions, the diabetes, the hypertension, the obesity, the asthma, those are the kind of things that wind them up in the icu and u

bidding on a ventilator and you see the big go up because california bit illinois bit florida bit new york bids california rebids that's what are we what we do in new york city mayor bill de blasio calling on all veterinarians and plastic surgeons to lend their ventilators if you've got a ventilator in your office in your operating room we need it now it should not be sitting there doing nothing new york plastic surgeon ryan 9 seen hitting the mayor's call for help there are many types of surgeries that still need to be done now from you know patients who have certain types of cancer or life threatening infections or life threatening you know fractures those surgeries can be performed with ventilators from offices like mine and the ventilators which could have been used for intensive care patients can now solely be used for into the care units so we are able to provide a significant lifesaving resource to the hospitals while officials are still working to flatten the curb in new york governor cuomo believes the apex will hit the state at some point in april reporting in new york trini

both illinois and florida have reported their highest single day death tolls of the pandemic so far, and in massachusetts, 80 residents have now died at a veterans home. >>> in new york city this video causing outrage. hundreds of people ignoring social distancing guidelines during a rabbi's funeral last night. the mayor calling it absolutely unacceptable, but no arrests were reported. >>> meanwhile, new york's governor share aid picture of this highway sign saying, quote, outside with no mask, fuhgeddaboutit >>> it comes amid a growing debate over when and where americans should be wearing a mask. this morning an about-face adding fuel to the debate over how america should be re-opened. ohio's governor is now reversing his state's policy declaring a face mask is now strongly recommended in the workplace and in stores just one day after he said a mask would be mandatory. >> vice president pence, nice to meet you. >> great to meet you too. >> reporter: and now vice president mike pence is responding to criticism after defying the mask policy at the mayo clinic speaking with employees

in fact, florida, illinois, north carolina and south carolina all saw their deadliest days of this pandemication efforts officially expire today. and the president will not be extending it. instead governors, they are taking the wheel. nearly a dozen states have already lifted restrictions allowing businesses to reopen. today, six states, florida, texas, nevada, alabama, arizona and idaho all

amy: biden previously supported in-person voting during march primaries in illinois, florida, 17 and arizona. we will go to wisconsin for more on what the milwaukee journal sentinel called the most undemocratic election in the states history after headlines. in florida, hundreds of people queued in long lines tuesday to receive paper applications for unemployment benefits after an online portal crashed and customer service representatives were mostly unreachable by phone. at one site in a miami suburb, tv channel wplg captured chaotic scenes of people packed tightly together, jostling to push to ththe front of the line to recee an application. more than a half million floridians have filed for unemployment benefits since march 15. florida confirmed nearly 1000 new covid-19 casases tuesday, ad reported 13 new deaths from the disease, bringing ththe state''s official death toll to nearly 300. more evidence is coming to light showing african-americans have been particularlrly hard hit byy the covid-19 outbreak in the united states. in chicago, african-americans are dying at a rate six t

when you take them all together and we're reporting this from florida, but this is a story as you noted in new jersey. we're seeing it in illinois, across the country. the problem here is that in many cases, the reporting of information is lacking. are in sfrainstance, here in florida, same place in illinois, the information the health departments are gathering on the number of cases at specific nursing homes is not being shared with the public. that means loved ones, people who have their parents inside nursing homes are not informed that there are multiple cases. let's take a look at willow woods here in ft. lauderdale where last month seven people died. well, when seven people died there the governor announced that was the location and specifically said he wanted criminal action taken. but since then, everything has remained silent. all the other nursing facilities in the state that have these cases are not being reported. let me tell you the number just in this state. number of cases in long-term facilities, 1,332 cases on the most recent data released by the health department just yesterday. and we're seeing, as you just po

illinois bid. florida bid. new york bids.a rebids. >> we shouldn't be doing that, if that happens they should be calling us. >> reporter: the president dismisses the issue even as states appeal for the federal government to take over the process altogether. and despite the message about social distancing, some states have not imposed any restrictions yet. florida is limiting activity only in the southern part of the state. mississippi has issued a shelter in place order for only one county in the entire state. >>> two cruise ships with coronavirus patients on board are seeking permission to dock in florida tomorrow. the boats carrying more than 1,000 people have been turned away from other ports. nine passengers have tested positive. the cruise line is prosil the p once they disembark. without local permission the coast guard will turn away the ships. >>> the governor of massachusetts is promising to get to the bottom of a deadly virus outbreak at a veterans home. at least 13 veterans have died. 17 more people, both vets and