on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contact trace but also much more surveillance state governments have also begun to ramp up other precautions washington will soon join. several states including california in requiring people to wear facial coverings in public as the economy reopens but testing remains a primary defense against the virus with u.s. experts saying the current number of tests would need to be doubled to control the spread. so you look now at some other stories making headlines around the world today french pharmaceutical companies hanafi expects approval for a coded $900.00 vaccine in the 1st half of next year so if these program is one of dozens sprinting to deliver a vaccine to help end the coronavirus pandemic. heavy rains have triggered floods and landslides in parts of eastern and central china more than $200.00 hectares of farmland and hundreds of houses were flooded in eastern on hwy province in central hunan province the r

on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contact trace but also much more surveillance state governments have also begun to ramp up other precautions washington will. soon joined several states including california in requiring people to wear facial coverings in public as the economy reopens but testing remains a primary defense against the virus with u.s. experts saying the current number of tests would need to be doubled to control the spread. of this brain my he's the spokesman for the world health organization in geneva a surgeon cases in many u.s. states u.s. president on trump says it's because the u.s. is testing so much is that true. but of course when you test you see more that's script and so if you test more you will normally also find more but the u.s. is accounting for quarter of the world's cases so we have now just reached 9000000 cases worldwide and short of 500000 that's and again the u.s. is accounting for the quantiles to both cases

on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contact trace but also much more subdued aliens if you want to get your arms around and understand exactly what's going on in communities spread so it's the opposite we're going to be doing more testing not less but president trump when asked if he was joking about calling for less testing said that he wasn't and praised the u.s. response i don't kid let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world we had better than anybody in the world our best for the best in the world and we have the most of them by having more than we find more. we did want to buy but one in 5000000. figure that one replied that if you look at other countries they did 1w2w3w because we did 25000000 way more by double triple quadruple any other got. a tsunami warning has been issued for the coast of central america following a major earthquake in southern mexico the epicenter of the magnitu

down on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you heard from admiral gerar not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contect trace but also much more surveillance if you want to get your arms around and understand exactly what's going on in communities spread so it's the opposite we're going to be doing more testing not less silicon valley is pushing back against president trump's latest executive order to limit the entry of immigrant workers it's estimated that more than 200000 skilled workers skilled workers i'm sorry will be affected by the new plan the restrictions come into effect on wednesday. president trump has also spoken out against protesters who are attempting to topple a statue of the former u.s. president andrew jackson is now threatening that they could face 10 years in prison demonstrates is tied around the statue as they tried to bring it down for round jackson a slave owner has been targeted recently for his legacy of forcing base of americans from the land trump says that he considers the former president a

on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing specifically identify people in the identify isolating contect trace but also much more surveillance if you want to get your arms around and understand exactly what's going on in communities spread so it's the opposite we're going to be doing more testing not less. meanwhile trump is holding a rally with students supporters in arizona which is emerging as one of the covert 1000 hotspots earlier here inspected newly built sections of the wall along the mexican border. voters in 6 u.s. states have been choosing the candidates they want to run for seats in congress and some local contests to one of the states is kentucky where some of not been able to cast a ballot officials close thousands of voting stations because of the pandemic fewer than 200 are available but especially sparse in areas where black voters live prompting accusations of voter suppression north korea's state media says the leader came leader kim jong un has suspended plans of military action against so

on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing specifically identify people in the identify isolating contect trace but also much more surveillance if you want to get your arms around and understand exactly what's going on in communities spread so it's the opposite we're going to be doing more testing not less donald trump is visiting our a zone one of the states that's emerging as a covert 1000 hot spot while he was there he inspected in nearly billed sections of a wall along the mexican border zone a announced 3 and a half 1000 new coronavirus cases and tuesday that's a daily record despite the outbreak trump later held a rally with students supporters and one of the country's biggest mega churches in the city of phoenix and once again attacks china for its handling of the pandemic north korea's state media says the key leader kim jong un has suspended plans for military action against south korea tensions rose after activists in the south and flew propaganda leaflets across the border at least 2 syrian soldiers

on testing that just is a fact in fact we will be doing more testing as you've heard from admiral gerar not only testing to specifically identify people in the identify isolating contect trace but also much more surveillance if you want to get your arms around and understand exactly what's going on in communities spread so it's the opposite we're going to be doing more testing not less but president trump when i asked if he was joking about calling for less testing so that he wasn't appraised the u.s. response i don't kid let me tell you let me make it clear we have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world we had better than anybody in the world are that's the best in the world and we have the most of them by having more than we find more. we did want to buy but one in 5000000. they get back one the 5000000 if you look at other countries they did 1w2w really make a big god we did 25000000 way more by double triple quadruple and the other guy. steve clemons is the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line and washington editor at large for the hill he joins us now live from was

our first witness is admiral brett gerar. in his capacity he is the principal medical advisor. prior to joining hhs he served as ceo of virus site, llc and executive vice president of texas a&m's center. >> i'm honored to be here to update you on our nation's progress. and to provide details during the pandemic response. on march 12th secretary azar requested i lead including oversight and coordination of the fda and cdc with regard to testing. since then the nation has performed more than 20 million covid-19 e.t.s now paced to perform more than 3 million per week. the nation's capability will continue to increase so we'll have the capacity to perform 40 to 50 million tests per month by september. to meet the complex health challenges we implemented a phased approach that will allow the nation to meet the specific testing needs at each stage of the pandemic especially now during reopening when the need for testing is the greatest. in early march hhs and fema developed and implemented 41 community based drive-thru testing sites in locations prioritized by the cdc in collaboratio