i know it means a lot for them, economi commissioner howard zucker. let us know what you need so we can get the word out. >> new yorkers are very generous of heart and they've been very creative to finding solutions to things and it makes me very proud to be a neworker and the generosity does stop from the top from your government, your brother, and i appreciate your show. >> we'll see how he does over time. doctor, thank you for being here tonight. i appreciate it. >> the battle is ramping up. it's not just about new york. new york has always been the future for everywhere else. you're seeing it on the west coast, you're seeing it in louisiana. in california a big dose of help arrived today while a new rule just went out after people were ignoring the warnings about risky behavior. we're going to check in with the mayor of los angeles. he's got an update about a big surge in cases and what they believe is behind it next. can my side be firm? and mine super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep num

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howard zucker, commissioner of health. the president and ceo of the greater new york hospital association. to my left, michael dowling. larry schwartz, former secretary to the governor who has been volunteering to help us here. michael israel president and ceo , of westchester medical center, and dan cresswell, commissioner new york city emergency management department. them all very much for being here. we had a great meeting. i will refer to it in a moment. let me wish everyone happy national doctor's day. this is a day that doctors are truly busy and truly stepping up to their oath and passion and literally saving lives. we honor all of the doctors in the state of new york today. let me also think the people -- let me also thank the people from the javits center. the javits center has done many magnificent exhibitions and transformations and they never cease to amaze me. this is a transformation i don't think anyone could ever anticipate. 2500 beds as an emergency hospital. it is a partnership between state and federal

commissioner of health doctor howard zucker my but, general patrick murphy who knows more, and to his left is general agreement shield. thank you for being here today. this is an amazing accomplishment, transformative, the javits center looks entirely different. this is a place that is literally going to save lives. let me go through some facts, where we are, and make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and do such a great job on this facility. the increase in the number of cases continues. we see the trajectory going up. a plan of action all along, when one flattened the curve, we increase capacity. flattening the curve meaning if you do it as well as you can do it hopefully there is no high point of the curve, no apex. it is a flatter lower curve. so the hospital capacity to keep up with, that is what this is about, not overwhelming hospital capacity and at the same time increasing the hospital capacity that we have. if it does exceed those numbers which it will in most probability that we have the additional capacity. flattening the curve, these are the measure

with him for many years and he's been helpful on this mission our commissioner of health, doctor howard zucker, to my left is general patrick murphy, obviously more about him in a moment and to his left is general raymond shield. thank you for being here today. this is an amazing compliment . it's transformative in just one week. the job center looks entirely different. this is a place that's literally going tosave lives. go through some facts , if i can. on a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. the increase in the number of cases continues. we still see thattrajectory going up . those are the dates frommarch 3 to march 20 . strategy, plan of action, along, step one flatten the curve comments that you increase hospital capacity. flatten the curve meaning the , if you do it, as well as you can do it, hopefully there is no high point of the curve. there is no apex. it's a flatter, lower curve . why? so the hospital capacity can keep up with it.that's what this is all about, not ov

thank you commissioner howard zucker, thanks for being with us, i know you're busy, let us know what you need so we can get the word out. >> new york is a very generous of heart. been creative in finding solutions. makes me proud to be a new yorker. starts from the top, the governor, your brother, and i appreciate it. >> we'll see how he does over time. thanks for being with us tonight, i appreciate it. >>> battle is ramping up, it's not just about new york. new york has always been the future for everywhere else. you're seeing it on the west coast, in louisiana. in california a big dose of help arrived today. a new rule just went out after people were ignoring the warnings about risky behavior. we're going to check in with the mayor of los angeles. he's got an update about a big surge in cases and what they believe is behind it. next. is. and take. it. on with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some... rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive

and the new york city -- the new york health commissioner was on howard zucker was on with chris cuo cuomo earlier tonight and said they did know they were in storage and that the president was not telling the truth there. john, the president seemed to be talking out of both sides of his mouth today. is he invoking the defense production act? or not? which is it? >> he says he is. and he appointed peter navarro, who works in his white house, not a manager. he is an economist on the fringe of the economic profession. so it's not clear how effective that appointment will be. and gm announced, after the president signalled that he was going to invoke the act, that it was going ahead with the partnership that it had already undertaken with a plant in indiana. so the administration's been reluctant to use the authority because business objective because free market in the white house probably was a slippery slope to government control of business. so it's not clear whether -- what he did today was simply to call out gm and -- and criticize them in hopes of getting them to move faster. or

zucker, howard zucker, i believe, the commissioner there in new york, pointed out, there is cases, you know, everywhere around the country. so, you know, is there a reason to sort of, in this case, single out new york? yes, new york has the most cases, they're earlier on the curve, but as dr. del rio just said, these other cities are just a few days behind. second of all, we should all sort of be quarantining, right? as much as you can, work from home. kids are home from school. you know, don't go out as much. that has been the general advice. i guess lot of other people, somebody flies to florida, if they have to -- again, for some particular reason -- in florida, so the person is then supposed to quarantine in florida? is that going to work? is it really going to be enforced? you know, the virus is here, john. it's spreading. that's clear. the numbers that we're looking at, they are numbers that reflect the image of this country 10 to 14 days ago. it has spread a lot over the last 10 to 14 days and i don't know that singling out new york city for quarantine makes sense in that regard

howard zucker, health commissioner, the secretary to the governor, we have a lot of interesting newstoday. things are moving. current status, we still have the trajectory going up. we have not turned the trajectory, nor have we hit the apex. remember what that line is going to do. it's going to go up, reach a high point, tip, go back down. we're still on the way up the mountain. number of infections that have been coming in, 80% still self resolved. about 15% of the people who test positive require hospitalization. and then there are degrees of hospitalization. but the total universe that requires hospitalization is 15%. we use projection models. we have cornell weil, which is a great medical institute that does projection models, we use mckinsey, the department of health does projection models. the projection models are important because they are projecting the possible trajectory and projecting the possible need. so we're planning for a need. the projection models do that. the projection models are just that. they are models of projections. they're not necessarily definitive, but i

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stored in new jersey when the governor has addressed it and also the new york health commissioner, howard zucker has addressed it as well saying they know that it's there. they're stockpiling them. they don't need them at the moment and when they do, they'll get them. jeremy, i want to get to you now. you pressed the president about the comments he made on friday about not calling unappreciative governors. let's play it, and then we'll talk about it. >> i'd also like to ask you about some comments on friday. you were talking about governors of different state, and you said i want them to be appreciative you. also said if they don't treat you right, i don't call. these are direct quotes, sir. >> excuse me, ready, ready? ready? take a look at what i said. i want them to be appreciative of me, okay, and then you cut it off, because it's fake news. >> you and of your administration, absolutely. >> let me finish. you just said it again. you know the answer is lie. >> coy read you your full comment, sir, if that would be easy. >> your statement and your response and your answer is a lie, because here

first, let me tell you that i've worked very closely with howard zucker, your health commissioner in albany. february 29 he requested that e could co-use our e.o.a. to bring up the wadsworth lab. f.d.a. approved it the same day. february 29. actually we're on the phone last night because he's one of the first state labs now to try to go to a much more automated, what we call high through-put system. i'm hopeful that the -- because we can't just do it. they have to verify and i'm hopeful that the verification run that should have been completed last night and they'll be the first public health lab to be able to use the very high through put system. secondly, i want to say the same day, february 29, the administration gave regulatory relief to any pre-approved lab that wants to develop the test, to develop the test and use it. so there's no delay from the united states federal government perspective. some major medical centers, for example, in the state of washington, and others, are up and running and doing their test. all they have to do is be approved to do clinical testing and then

howard zucker. to my left is general patrick murphy. and to his left is general raymond shields.n amazing accomplishment. it's transformive. in just one week the javits center looks different. it will save lives. let me go through some facts if i can on a daily update of where we are and i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. the increase in the number of cases continues. we still see that trajectory going up. those are the dates from march 3 to march 25. strategy, plan of action all along, step one flatten the curve. step two increase hospital capacity. flatten the curve meaning the -- if you do it as well as you can do it, hopefully there is no high point of the curve. there is no apex. it is a flatter, lower curve. why? so the hospital capacity can keep up with it. that's what this is all about. not overwhelming hospital capacity. and at the same time, increasing the hospital capacity that we have so if it does exceed those numbers, which it will in most probability, that we have the additional capacit

howard zucker starting from my left who everybody knows our great health commissioner. the governor 2010 to 2011. he also was the top assistant in the attorney general's office when i worked there. former federal prosecutor and he is now with mcandrews and forbes. the budget director. carol kennedy cuomo. she will be helping us out and gives me great joy. when i was her age, i came and worked with my father in this room as special assistant to the governor. for $1 a year. my father never gave me the $1 a year. i will give you the $1 a year. but it is -- she is not working for obvious reasons and she is here to help. that's a joy to me. melissa derosa who everybody knows worked for president obama. she was staff to the attorney general and working with me for seven years. current secretary to the governor, larry schwartz, former deputy county. former secretary to governor patterson and former secretary to the governor under governor cuomo 2011-2015. and bill mulroe, a financial expert. the reason i wanted you to meet these people in some ways it is like putting the band

first, let me tell you i've worked very carefully -- closely with howard zucker, your health commissioner in albany. february 29th he requested that he could co-use our era to bring up the lab. fda approved it the same day, february 29th. we were on the phone last night because he's one of the first state labs to try to go to a much more automated high put-through system. i'm hopeful. we can't just do it. they have to verify. i'm hopeful that the verification run that should have been completed last night and they'll be the first public health lab to be able to use the very high system. february 29th the administration gave regulatory relief to any preapproved lab that wants to develop the test to develop the test and use it. there's no delay from the perspective. all they have to do is be preapproved to do clivengal testing and then they have to verify themselves that the test works. they have 15 days afterwards to file. so they can actually go forward on february 29th, if they choose to go forward, and develop that test. third is we've worked -- there are three new york labs that have r

to new rochelle outside new york city, that was recommended by new york's health commissioner howard zuckerontrol, on board with this plan? >> yeah, we're working with cdc, the fda, the whole alphabet soup of health care agencies. and yes, this is in line with everyone's guidance. and it's also common sense, by the way. you have one of the densest clusters in the united states. this is unique in the nation, jake. what do you do? no gatherings, get testings for as many people as you can, get logistical support. it's making it happen. it's not the concept. the concept is inarguable. what our government nationwide is dealing with is the actual capacity and the ability to do what it needs to do, to respond, to mobilize. that's our challenge. >> so one of the things that is so shocking to me is that the life care center, that nursing home outside seattle, in kirkland, washington, where 19 people have died already there, the idea that there are 180 employees, 65 of them have symptoms, none of them, not one of them has been tested, forget whether or not the test goes to the proper lab, not one of