but noi chose to be flying back h,and foand i'm doing everything that the cdc recommends. ow you it is important for people to understand two things. is disease can hit anyone, it is not just the elderly, he can hit anyone and we all have to be taking precautions for our families and ourselves, and second, it only if everyone literally abides by these recommendations of staying in distancing, that we will be able to get over this faster. otherwise, we are in for a much longer period. >> as you know, one of the biggest challenges has been the lack of testing availability. but we are seeing people like rive congress and nba players who don't show 10 -- symptoms be tested. what are you doing to t lp boe availability in york, washingtone we have w had the most cases but in some cases, the least help. >> we prioritize that, so the cdc director testified in front of congress, i said to them, why are we using these tests? that was the biggest misstep, we ought to have been using those test like r many ot countries were using, in getting them widespread. now we are putting tremend

there is mothat you need, though, can you talk to what you and other mayors are asking the governor foand also the federal government? >> certainly, gov. newsom has been tremendous, his team is working around the clock, anwe reallyappreciate him leaning in a big way. we are asking for more help, obviously, we would love to have more dollars to do all nt that we to do, but we are also asking the state to help eliminate some barriers, we think this is a real opportunity for us to build a te lot of emergency sh for example, both to move homeless out of shelters, and off the streets but also, to help us t expansion of patient beds that we critically need. and for that, we need the elimination ofsome of the standard barriers, whether it is, or other state permit requirements, so we can move quickly, and the ability topuus ic land, for example, from utility districts, or caltrans, to do so. just being able to accelerate our efforts would be hugely helpful. >> all right, thank you so much four time and good luck. >> thank you, it's been a pleasure. >>> the white house is working with congress on