what is he trying to accomplish with a comment like that, calling jay inslee a snake? >> he's distracting from his problem. >> the enemy right now is coronavirus. it is not jay inslee, and to speak to lonnie chen's point a moment ago about the whole of government approach and trying to speak with a single voice, the problem the trump administration is having right now to sort of cut to the chase is it can't do that because the president is saying things that are distracting from what would be the whole of government approach to this, not only within the trump administration at the political level, but at the career official level, and at the state government level working in coordination with the trump administration. jay inslee the democratic governor of washington and mike pence the vice president of the united states obviously on the same page, here's the president of the united states attacking the governor of the state over the coronavirus. this is a disaster for the white house from a public relations standpoint. you have a situation where what the president is s

joining us now for the interview is washington state's governor jay inslee. governor inslee, thank you so much for making time. i know you're very busy and not doing a lot of national press. i appreciate you being here. >> mm-hmm. you bet. >> so let me just ask you for your overview in terms of how things are in the state, and let me ask you about the resources that you perceive the state as needing that you don't have right now. >> well, i'm going to start with what we do have, which is a very united state that understands the seriousness of this. obviously we've lost 22 of our citizens already, and i think one of the virtues or strengths we bring is the recognition of science. we listen to, believe in, and follow science in our state. and now people are really united in all being leaders. it's one of the things i've stressed in this, this all of us can be leaders in following good decision-making of not going to work when we're ill, of washing our hands, of caring for our people who are most susceptible to this, which are those of a certain age and people wi

then jay inslee on the outbreak in his state. later president trump speaking to reporters at yesterday's house coronavirus task force briefing. >> first of all, i would like to thank all of those who have made this extraordinarily possible in such extraordinary measures. -- extraordinary conditions. it is difficult to understand the degree to which the world has changed since the last time we met. in just the wink of an eye, a virus that appeared at the other corner of the world has become a pandemic, killing across the world, including here in europe, from one day to the next. our lifestyles have changed. we have seen the shelves empty, the doors closed, and we have moved from a daily routine to a fight for our life. at the moment, we have seen the way in which we have come so fragile and susceptible. we have seen a tragedy at the heart of europe at a scale that was completely unimaginable just a few weeks ago. my heart goes out to a of those victims and families. and we would like to pass on our best wishes to those who are fig

the governor of washington state, he called jay inslee a snake.nslee had the opportunity to fight back on sunday. the administration is very shaky. jay inslee going out of his way to say the vice president is in charge now, it is better. >> right now the agency government is being diligent and helping our state. the vice president has been helpful in this regard. we are focusing on people's health and not on ballpolitical gains right now. that's what we need to do. >> it is interesting he went out of his way i am going to deal with the president later. and in an odd way offering support to pence at this difficult time. >> i think the package, one is the emergency package suggest that is actually they'll get it done but they'll come together and set aside some of their concerns. democrats drove a much larger package through the president's success. he had no problem with it. this will happen. really hard to think about this is the health response. not the test itself going to the hospital or e.r. or going to the doctor and probably does not have pa

governor jay inslee has to answer the question add does bear.ot of people in conserving. >> jay inslee has been adequate the administration. but interesting is that california governor, that's that's more losses against side trump administration of administration than any governo out there and it's not a fan of the administration, he had a private college president trump and said everything i could've hoped for, everything that he said they follow through on. richard, these governors on the front line of this thing, there are some praising this democrats ,. >> no one our praise the president because we have to have an effective leader to get us through this crisis. one of the larger problems of rehab and the white house is doing everything in their power to get in front of his making sure the people have access to tests. not the swabs but those actual test. saying yes, you are positive or no, you are negative. this is where the white house has been behind. i think the president's focus o economic impact instead of the human impact in that is ner

. >>> in the state hardest hit by the coronavirus, washington state, governor jay inslee is taking dramatic measures to try and slow the outbreak. he is banning gatherings of more than 250 people in the seattle area. health officials say at least ten long-term care facilities in that area have reported cases, and patients have died at three locations. jonathan vigliotti reports from the facility that is at the epicenter of this outbreak. >> reporter: this is how bridget parkhill and her sister now visit their mother who recently tested positive for coronavirus at the life care center in kirkland. how did you process that? >> it wasn't a shock t was positive. it should have been a priority to get everybody tested so they could get all the negative people out of here before they turned positive. >> reporter: but a shortage of tests meant only the critically ill were prioritized. at least 11 other long-term care facilities in washington including the josephine caring community now have infected residents or staff. >> the facility is in lockdown. so no visitors, no consultants, and no families.

. >> reporter: governor jay inslee took dramatic steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, banning gatherings of more than 250 people in three of the state's most-populous counties. >> and the decisions we probably will be making in the upcoming days are going to be profoundly disturbing to a lot of the ways we live our lives today. >> reporter: the ban, which goes through the end of march, would primarily cover professional sporting events and religious gatherings. all told, four million people are being asked to limit their risk of exposure. seattle just closed its schools, the first major city to do so. at least 30 people have died in washington state from covid-19, with more than 260 confirmed cases, and they estimate 60,000 others in washington state may not even know they have the disease. >> there is no magic silver bullet at the moment medically, but there is a very successful effort that we can take to slow the spread of this disease. >> reporter: washington state isn't the only place banning large groups. washington, d.c. health officials recommend any nonesential gatheri

we will ask governor jay inslee if he is getting enough help from the federal government. connecticut senator chris murphy will also be here as well as surgeon general jerome adams and former fda commissioner scott gotly plus at some european countries see a dramatic case spike in the case of the coronavirus cases this weekend we will have a report from italy where 16 million italians are quarantined all of that and more is ahead on "face the nation". >> brennan: good morning, welcome to "face the nation", we begin again this morning with the latest on the coronavirus. as the situation both here and around the world has gotten even more serious. there are now 460 u.s. cases of covid-19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, in 33 states and here in the district of column i can't. 19 people have died, 16 of them in the state of washington. the governor of washington jay inslee joins thus morning from seattle, good morning to you, governor. >> good morning, good morning. >> brennan: you have got morest, ntowa, t a wed one ys affected. why haven't you been able to contain

>> jay inslee has been a great leader through this. we have only one mission and that is to fight this virus. we are not going to get into finger pointing or blame at this point. there is going to be a lot of lessons all of america has to learn. what we know right now is we have to come together to fight this virus and the only way we can do it as a community is by social distancing. we closed down our businesses, had people stay home. it has been a huge and crushing blow to seattle and his community. it is the only thing that will protect our front line workers. we have a lot of frustrations, still. we still have almost no testing in the seattle area. we are running blind in many ways. the actions we take are largely because we have some of the great research scientists here today. we are thankful for the help we're getting. but all of america today needs a nationwide system. we cannot win if we have the hunger games state versus state, city versus city. we've got to come together as a country and the nation has to lead. >> major durk

and former trump administration officials like tom bosser and scott by governors like washington jay inslee who today announced they are shutting down events over 250 people. the reality is we have to take dramatic steps and we are only now at this late hour starting to see those steps in action. from more on where we stand now, i'm joined by dr. emanuel. former obama white house health policy adviser. and dr. peter hotez, dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. dr. manuel, let me start with you. where do you see us now and are we doing enough in terms of large scale social disruption and changes to slow the transmission of this epidemic? >> so first of all, i've been saying for several weeks now that it's going to get worse before it gets better. parsely, it's going to get worse because we have testing that's just going to show us how prevalent the illness is. it's also getting worse because we know we have more community acquired infections. as i mentioned to someone today, you know, one week ago we were not even talking about new rochelle and now i

. >> despite a rift between president trump and washington governor jay inslee, federal help is gettingere and there are some hopeful signs but also some mixed messages coming out of washington state. two new studies done by the institute for disease monitoring or modeling conclude that social distancing is happening and it is working to slow the spread of the coronavirus. researchers track facebook data which shows users spending much more time at home and a lot less time in large groups socializi socializing. tweeted seattle, we have made a huge impact on slowing the transmission of this virus and those who went on to say that the job isn't nearly done. >> bill: it's to suggest the number of cases are slowing down there. is that somewhat of a silver lining we can pick up in the pacific northwest? >> unfortunately not. i think they jumped the gun because right after that happen, we had a spike in cases. they had their highest spike in cases of doubling the previous highs. in testing per capita, but also yesterday, jay inslee announced a big crackdown on businesses and individuals who v

. >> reporter: governor jay inslee outlined new rules for nursing homes including limiting patients to one visitor per day, and screening employees and volunteers for symptoms at the start of their shift. >> the number of people who were infected in an epidemic like this will double in the state of washington unless we take some, some real action here. >> reporter: and if you have a loved one in a nursing home or facility like this, experts have recommendations. they say call the facility, check on their staffing and cleaning procedures. they are also recommending keeping your distance. call or use facetime if possible. >> jonathan vigliotti reporting. if you have a loved one in a nursing home, best advice we can give you is to keep them there. health officials say it could be risky to move them at this point. >>> what else do you need to know about this quickly spreading virus? here's our dr. jon lapook. >> coronavirus is spreading quickly. more than 100,000 cases have been reported in at least 90 countries including hundreds in the united states. and we are now seeing what's called c

the seattle times reports governor jay inslee is expected to make that announcement today.out that and a lot more with the mayor of seattle, washington, jenny durkan. thank you, mayor, for being here. i understand you don't want to get ahead of the governor. can you talk to us about the thinking behind what is expected to be this announcement, banning mass gatherings? >> yes, and thank you for having me. we have been really hampered at the early stages of this because we did not have enough testing to detect the spread of this in our community. so we relied on a lot of -- we have some of the preeminent medical researchers there. working closely, the governor, the county executive, public health officials, myself and other mayors in the area, we looked to say do we have any evidence about how much this has spread in the community? and our best modeling using the data and science, they have actually looked, they have now typed the genome for this virus, is that we think we have as many as 1100 cases in our community, and it will double approximately every week if we don't do

joining us is washington governor jay inslee. thanks for being with us. sorry it's under these circumstances. four more deaths in washington state today. what's the latest you can tell us? >> well, first, we're mourning for these folks. we're honoring our first responders. the firefighters and police officers are responding. we want to take care of them. we are now very seriously ramping up our capacity to deal with this, both in our testing. we went out early in our state. i'm glad we did. to establish our own local state ability to test for these samples and that's now expanding dramatically. we're also looking at our surge capacity for our medical care ability because if this continues to expand it could be real stress on our medical delivery system so we're looking for a way to surge, to have both facilities and equipment and personnel. as you indicated at the top of your show, we're starting to think about the ways that we might able to prevent spread through large groups. but most importantly, i'll reiterate, the people who are the most important ac

they know that the president is dramatically offkey when he calls the washington state governor jay inslee a snake. >> absolutely. there's nothing political. you can't be political in a pandemic. it's about the people. when we can't all of our people, we're denying them information. the guidelines say of how you handle a health crisis is information. and we have a white house that we found out in news reporting is actually shut down information on number of infections, where they're occurring, where the quarantines are, and when you think about that it's part of what is driving fear. so, people get more afraid when president trump attacks the governor of washington because it suggests that people are not in control and are not handling it. people are afraid when they don't know how significant the problem is, what they should avoid and how they can empower themselves and it's one of the reasons why you see major bill de blasio, governor cuomo do everything to say to people, here's what we know, here's what we're doing, and also, you know, going back to the doctor's point, one of the thing

just moments ago, governor jay inslee announced a drastic, new measure aimed at stopping the spread ofin seattle. omar, tell us what the governor announced here. >> reporter: yeah, brianna, governor jay inslee is just finishing up a press conference right now at the moment and he just announced that they would be prohibiting events that included more than 250 people in three counties here in the seattle area, including, of course, seattle itself. it was a decision he said he did not take lightly. and while he has been satisfied with the response of the state so far, he felt that they needed to take a more vigorous approach to stop the spread of the coronavirus here in the state. as you know, this state has been hardest hit throughout this entire country. more than 200 cases. we have now seen over 20 deaths, at least 19 stemming from one single facility. we know the elderly and those with underlying health conditions have been the most vulnerable in this. and today's announcement comes right on the heels of an announcement he made yesterday limiting the number of visitors that could go

with the virus now in 10 nursing homes in king county alone, governor jay inslee is sounding the alarm, imposing some of the strictest requirements in the country for older adults at all long-term facilities in the state, including limiting visitors to one per day, requiring visitors to wear special protective gear, and screening employees for symptoms before each shift. >> there are 1,000 people infected today. in seven or eight weeks, there could be 64,000 people infected in the state of washington if we don't somehow slow down this epidemic. >> reporter: adults 60 and over are at higher risk for the virus, especially those who have chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, or lung disease. the c.d.c. is now advising them to stock up on groceries and medicines, stay home as much as possible, and keep space between themselves and others. and in a sign of chaos unfolding behind the scenes, life care says they believe several of their residents may have died overnight in the hospital, but, they say, they have not been able to get a hold of state health officials to co

i knew how much that cash meant to me. >> governor jay inslee talking about getting cash directly to employees immediately through unemployment insurance meanwhile the governor of illinois acrused the trump administration of being unprepared for the tightly packed crowds the travel ban caused across the country. >> as people were flooding into o'hare, they were stuck in a small area, hundreds and hundreds of people. >> travelers around the country who arrived from europe over the weekend were forced to stand chest to back for coronavirus screenings. in some cases they waited in those crowds up to seven hours. joining me now from atlanta's hearts field airport, blayne alexander. blayne, not great. >> yeah. we are actually just seeing our first test of how things are going right now. we're standing right outside these doors. this is where the passengers are coming out after having gone through screening. i want to bring in damon. you just landed from charles degall airport in paris. i want to ask you about your experience because you were watching those crowds over the weekend, but you

governor jay inslee that was really informative and i thank you for taking time. >> you bet. wash your hands. >> i will. >>> i want to bring in congresswoman alicia, democrat from michigan and former cia middle east analyst and assistant -- acting assistant secretary of defense under president obama. so my understanding is here is my understanding of the play. a deal was struck between nancy pelosi and steve mnuchin now everyone is waiting to see in the gop caucus if the president tweets a thumbs up so they can vote for it? >> that is my understanding. yeah. that we're literally waiting to see sort of white smoke from the white house via tweet and then until and unless we see that tweet, we're not going to have a vote from the republicans. they don't want to vote until they see how he thinks about it. >> to be clear, this has been negotiated with the trump administration. nancy pelosi negotiated with treasury secretary steven mnuchin in the president's administration, is that right? >> that's my understanding. i was in with the speaker yesterday when she had to be interrupted

tonight in washington state, governor jay inslee is also asking the president to declare a federal majorter in his state, as well. again, to help them deal with the spiraling crisis of the coronavirus epidemic. the governor's request comes as king county, washington, which includes seattle, now reports a total of 793 confirmed cases. that's up 100 from yesterday. king county is also now confirming 67 deaths. seven deaths confirmed just in the past 24 hours. regardless of what the federal government ends up offering, a hard-hit community like king county, washington, local officials there have not been waiting around for help. chief among the early identified needs in king county is having enough room in the hospitals there. preserving hospital beds so sick people can be safely isolated and so that everybody who needs care can get it. way back on march 2nd, the king county executive, man named dow constantine, announced that the county would plan to buy a motel to convert it into a facility where people could be isolated. the county looked at properties that fit certain criteria, like hav

we spoke with the washington governor jay inslee on the show the other day and i asked him about thathat point, 100 plus cases in the state and he said epidemiologically what we think we probably got is closer to a thousand cases which within seven weeks we expect washington state to have 64,000 cases. in that one state. in the united states, more broadly, we don't know. because our government still hasn't gotten it together to test people. at any noticeable level. still. south korea has been testing 10,000 people a day, since february. we found out about our first cases around the same time that south korea did. they're testing 10,000 people a day and have been since last month. we still haven't tested 10,000 people total over the entire course of this epidemic in this country. we've got more than six times their population. so imagine how big our mushroom cloud can get. but the federal government, the trump administration, botching the rollout of testing for this virus, it continues to set the united states apart. the financial times in london today put out this graph showing how we

washington governor jay inslee held a news conference last night in olympia on the responseoronavirus effort. he talked about the hardships on small businesses and discussed why the government has not had a shelter in place long yet. yes. good afternoon. we are here this afternoon to share with my fellow washingtonian's concerns we have an an update on important matters regarding our statewide efforts against the virus. i will not be issuing any legally binding orders today. but does not mean we will not make legally binding orders. perhaps it will not be necessary with thegtonians act force of responsibility, the force of the sense that we are all in this together. we remain concerned that some in taking all theot measures necessary to preserve life and limb. it's not hyperbolic to say everyone needs to change their behavior, change the way we live temporarily if we are going to prevent significant loss of life. when i say everyone i mean everyone. because we all are potential transmitters of this virus and we all, to some varying degrees are victims of this virus. if anyone is livin

tonight in washington state, governor jay inslee is also asking the president to declare a federal majorisaster in his state as well. again, to help them deal with the spiraling crisis of the coronavirus epidemic. the governor's request comes as king county washington, which includes seattle, now reports a total of 793 confirmed cases, that's up 100 from yesterday. king county is also now confirming 67 deaths, and seven deaths confirmed in the past 24 hours. regardless of what the federal government ends up offering, a hard-hit community like king county, washington, local officials there have not been waiting around for help. chief among the early identified needs in king county is having enough room in the hospitals there, preserving hospital beds, so sick people can be safely isolated, and so that everybody who needs care can get it. way back on march 2nd, the king county executive, a man named dao constantine, announced that the county would plan to buy a motel to convert it into a facility where people could be isolated. the county looked at properties that fit certain criteria, lik

governor jay inslee says the state is reaching out to all suppliers.re in the midst of procuring. >>a whole host of medical equipment. for ventilators to mass to gloves through the private distribution system. >>for now the desperate were determined. this is the best we can do. >>it's both frightening and yet at the same galvanizing around a common cause. >>washington state health officials say some of the equipment from the federal strategic stockpile has arrived and they are in the process of distributing it right now while the hospital is raising money for its covid 19 response and so far it has raised more than $500,000 the goal. $1 million that wrapped up and for news at 5. thank you for being here this hour. >>but our coverage of the pandemic continues at 6 governor newsome making a stark and sobering projection more than 25 million californians. he says we'll get coronavirus if we don't change things but he's asking the president to do now. we have a live report from sacramento coming up at the top of the hour katherine kate joins us the new iph

governor jay inslee declared a state of emergency is the region grapples with 18 confirmed cases. many of them inside a kirkland nursing home. officials are concerned the virus has been spreading undetected for weeks. the governor urges people to continue to take caution. >>> we think folks should begin to think about avoiding large events and assemblies. and we are not making every quest. formally right now for events to be canceled. but people should be prepared for that possibility. >>> no luck for the lions of people who waited in the rain outside of a. the museum remaining close because it's workers are worried about coronavirus. they staged a walkout yesterday. delta and american airlines canceling all u.s. flights to milan amid the widening outbreak. delta's final return trip to the u.s. will be tuesday. americans last light came back yesterday. >>> if you are planning a trip keep in mind most travel insurance does not cover epidemics. in most cases once a virus is known it is no longer considered an unforeseen event. there is no related coverage. but you can get a cancel f

reand thedent has been lashing out at washington governor jay inslee and other democrats as he dealsith corovirus. what does meadows'ea entry to you? >> we've known that there are some of the prident's advisor who are reallyorried about what this outbreak means not a ju a public health crisis but as a political crisis and doesn't suppose an exiential threat to the president's re-election. we reported that with vice president pence's offe taking over, they're insisting on discipline with publich hea and professionals as well to make sure they're speaking with one voice while trying to be as transparent with the public as possibnk. and i that shows that, you know, they are really concerned about the political risk this could fose the president. and they want to make sure, you know, that they've got an eye on re-election while trying to manage this crisis at the same time. oe robert: what it mean for the democratic race when they look at what yasmeen just mentioned, the president putting all his chips on the stock market? does it mean ty'll move president biden? abby: it could potentially

boy, we have a lot more work to do. >> all right, governor jay inslee of washington state, god bless you. our thoughts and prayers are with the people of washington state. let us know if there's anything you need from the federal government that you're not getting. >> the pandemic is expanding deeper into the united states, this week nebraska reported its first coronavirus deaths. the republican governor of nebraska joins me now. thank you very much for joining us. president trump said he will make a decision on whether to relax social distancing guidelines in certain parts of the country such as your state that are not right now hot spots for the disease. but i have to ask you, while nebraska does not have the same kind of case load as other states, you just reported your first two coronavirus deaths. do you think loosening the restrictions is a good idea right now? >> well, i think one of the other things the president said is that this is not a one size fits all answer. that states will be on their own or rather states will be able to make their own decisions. that's what we're do

i was a little confused about whether he was talking directly about jay inslee. he said he was the wiseguy, but he didn't name him specifically, call him out by name you. talk about the two press conference, chuck. and if you meld them two together, you can kind of see the direction that the white house and the president wants to go. the president very positive, very optimistic by the testing they're doing. he also says we've got to get back to work. you transpose that to what dr. fauci was saying and dr. birx was saying and this gives question on the rate of how many asymptomatics we have out there and the rate of transfer. and dr. birx talked about this idea of an iceberg and that we may be looking at the very tip of that iceberg. and many more people in the population could be infected. that's the only way i can square it to get to a point where they think they can do this at a county level at a certain state level because they think there is a fair amount of the population that has covid-19 but hasn't been tested and isn't presenting any symptoms. because the

. >> reporter: washington governor jay inslee declaring a state of emergency after four people tested positive in the state. vice president mike pence leading the white house response. >> the threat remains low. >> reporter: u.s. is institutions travel restrictions to foreigner who is have been to iran and discouraging americans from traveling to italy and south korea. >> we want to lower the amount of travel to and from the most impacted areas. >> reporter: doctors say most people who get coronavirus will recover but people with underlying health conditions as well as young children and the elderly are at risk of dying from it. their advice, wash hands frequently and stay away from people who are sick. >> if you are healthy, you will probably go through a process and you'll be fine. >> reporter: the president will meet with representatives from the major drug companies monday to talk about the development after/coronavirus vaccine, something public health officials said could take more than a year to become publicly available. >>> three members of congress from california are demandi

he said that governor jay inslee whomshington is a governor he would not even call on the phone.tchened to governor michigan as someone who doesn't know what's on her, in a whiney voice, complaining about the federal government. bag.really kind of a mixed but the president has not shied away from scoring political points in the midst of the crisis. >> al jazeera, reporting live, at home in los angeles. thanks indeed. as we reported, there's been a steep rise in the number of virus-related deaths in italy. it's overtaken china now on both the number of deaths and infections. we have a journalist based in milan. he says the true number of infections is believed to be far higher than the number being reported. reporter: it's really hard to say when the peak is going to come here in italy. we expect it every day, but then mock delude ourselves. today is the deadliest day since outbreak.ing of the it's 919 people died in the last hours. it is a massive increase, after when they tested 790 daily. and the death toll now reached 9,134. the confirmed cases are around -- the total number o

national total to 14 vice president mike pence traveled to washington state to meet with governor jay inslee. for more on the u.s. response, here's nbc's alice barr. >> reporter: an escalating response to the coronavirus in the u.s. as the number of cases grows in more than a dozen states across the country. >> the yeas are 96 the yeas are none. >> reporter: the senate passing an $8 billion emergency funding bill to combat the spread. a minnesota facility that makes masks and all protect give gear. before heading to washington state after a state of emergency. so is california where another cruise ship linked to at least two confirmed cases was ordered to remain off the coast. and in new york state, cases doubling to 22 new york city's mayor imploring the federal government to send more test kits the trump administration says they're working on it. >> we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand >> by the end of the week we believe we will have shipped enough for 75,000 people to be tested >> reporter: as health officials urgently warn people showing symptom

in the hopes of staving off more fatalities, washington governor jay inslee closing schools, banning groups of over 250, and warning those violating the bans. >> what are the penalties for not abiding by the ban? >> the penalties are, you might be killing your granddad if you don't do it. >> reporter: the governor saying the fatalities have mostly struck people who are both elderly and ill. and san francisco taking similar measures, banning groups of over 1,000 from congregating. and in nearby san jose at the airport, three tsa agents contracting the virus. 40 miles away in oakland, the grand princess still dockside, offboarding passengers for the third consecutive day. teams in hazmat suits processing them. so far more than half off the passengers taken off. but some say the process is too slow. >> nothing is happening again. >> let's get back to matt gutman. we saw something that drove home why officials say we must slow the spread of the disease. what many call the need to flatten the curve. there's a line through the middle, you see the red. the forecast if we don't take protecti

and i just want to applaud the incredible leadership, the stress that's been placed on jay inslee up up inoregon. i was communicating with governor bulluck in montana. we're all in this together. governor cuomo's outstanding leadership and what governor murphy did today, i want to applaud all of them for all of their work. the governor of ohio, i can go down the list. i want to say, we're all inspired, i think, by one another's work and i think inspired to recognize that we all have insight, capacity and our ability to start sharing these as governors across the state have really, i think, inspired all of us and i think raised the expecttion that we can each do more and do better in our states. we've taken ideas from other states and i hope they've taken ideas from our state as well. we're working hard to address anxieties around testing and let me just say this, we have been quite forthright about the testing issues related to the rna extraction kits that were not part of the original test kits -- >> you've been living to governor gavin newsom giving us an update. you can watch the

i mentioned any new york you have a new some from our california our own governor of california jay inslee up in white 2 state gretchen whitmer out in michigan these are the governors to been really taking the most serious and the most forward steps gina rimando from rhode island is where you could go you could go down the list and i was in the briefing room the other day larry when somebody asked the president. if he were going to buy some masks and buy some testing kits have the federal government do that and send them to the states and the president said no that's up to the governor as he said and i'm no shipping clerk but simply he's let them take the lead and i think they've done a pretty good job we're doing a pretty good job. bill i saw you at the white house with the press crew ask a question over the weekend was your impression and fabien been there what's your impression as to how the president is handling this and what that daily briefing is like. well larry it's rather bizarre i have to tell you 1st of all are you understand there has not been a white house briefing by the pres

i want to applaud incredible leadership, the stress that has been placed on jay inslee in washingtongovernor brown in oregon, just on the west coast. the governor in montana, we are all in this together. not just what jb pritzker is doing in illinois and cuomo, his leadership. i want to applaud all of them for all of their work. the governor of ohio, i can go down the list. we are all inspired by one another. i think, inspired to recognize that we all have insight. we all have capacity and our ability to start sharing says governors across the state have really, i think, inspired all of us. i think it has raised the expectation that we can each do more and do better in our states. we have taken ideas from other stoves. i hope they have taken ideas from our state as well. we are working well to address anxieties around testing. let me just say this. we have been forthright about the testing issues, issues related to extraction kits that were not part of the additional test kits. additions around reagents. now the bigger issue is swabs themselves, specimen samples and having the media

vice president pence went washington state last night praising the efforts of democratic governor jay inslee in the state hit hardest so far. >> i do want to commend governor inslee, your team's effort and the seamless partnership that was forged from the very beginning. >> reporter: today the president offered an entirely different message. >> i told mike not to be complimentary of that governor because that governor is a snake. and the governor of washington, we have many problems. mike may be happy with him, but i'm not. >> reporter: the president's trip to the cdc almost didn't happen today after concerns there may have been employees exposed to the virus. >> mr. president, why aren't you going to cdc today? >> he's actually sent me. i'm going to go down. >> you could -- you could tell them. >> yes, he's sent me. >> we may go. there was -- they thought there was a problem at cdc with somebody that had the virus. it turned out negative, so we're seeing if we can do it. >> jon karl live at the white house tonight. president trump at the cdc declaring that anyone who needs a test kit or a t

firing back of governor's critical of his response to the outbreak, including washington governor jay inslee, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. >> if they don't treat you right, i don't call. >> reporter: abc news, washington. >>> how much money will you receive from the stimulus bill. we have a handy calculator on our web site. abc7news.com. all you h three questions, what was your filing status on your most recent tax form, how many children under 17 did you claim as dependents on the most recent tax form and what's your most recent adjusted gross income. that's it. >>> california is lagging far behind most other states in testing for covid-19. that's what new data from the abc 7 news i-team shows and when you look at the numbers as a percentage of the population, even though counties, dan noyes has -- >> reporter: for two weeks, marrin county has been testing people for covid-19 at this drive-through facility in san rafael fell. not just anyone can come. laney hendricks is the county spokesperson. >> this is a physician referral only site. if individuals do show up without an appoin

week governors around the country is should stay at home orders, including washington governor jay inslee it's time to hunker down. in order to win this fight in washington alexandra, the mound. of course our coverage of the coronavirus continues right on our website kron 4 dot com. >>there you'll find the latest on the outbreaks are in the bay area we have an interactive map that set up for you a lot of information on ways that you can stay safe and keep your family safe all of this is available right now kron 4 dot com you just go to the coronavirus tab on our website kron 4 dot com. well coming up next morning news, south lake tahoe is a popular getaway spot for many people in the bay area. >>but it too is fighting the coronavirus pandemic and immediate requests made by the city's mayor to keep visitors away i have to cancel my trip you should not be heading up there right now even though we do have lots of snow. a little peek outside before we go we want to check in on conditions around the bay area we have some off and on throughout the bay area. so you want to make sure that you hav

you saw this with jay inslee, with other governors as well. because of the federal reaction you've seen governors have to do more. they're recognizing the risks and difficulties of dealing with this crisis. >> that's exactly right. they know it falls on them to protect the people within their state. one of the words that the governor used, which i thought was important when he said this is not political. this is about the facts. president trump is treating this as a political problem. it is not. it's a public health crisis that needs to be addressed with information, and it is really scary what the president is doing right now because he called out a governor from because he didn't like his policy. >> called him a snake. >> he called him a snake, and he did it for political reasons. we can't afford to have that happening now. which is also good that this is now -- the awareness is up so people can look to their state and local government for answers for help, and that's what we're seeing now. i take a press conference from a governor anytime o