the population base in south jersey is so much smaller than northern jersey. good news all around with hospitalizations. gov. murphy: we will get back to you on the development center. you are going to get to the mayor right now. thank you all. i want to thank a distinguished group of colleagues. i will mask up as i do this. the ceo of the red cross new jersey region, thank you for your leadership. the ceo of university hospital. great to be with you again. we will be with you in spirit, even though we have been social distancing. as always, our extraordinary health commissioner. the state epidemiologist. the one and only colonel, thank you. team maple, thank you. the weather is better than we thought it was going to be, even though it is cold. keep your distance. do the right things, not just generally, but specifically in state and county parks as well as if you are golfing. happy mother's day to every mother in the great state of new jersey. thank you, mother's, for everything -- mothers, for everything that you do. we will be with you virtually tomorrow an

the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> thank you mr. speaker. at this time i would be proud to yield to the great gentleman from ohio for two minutes. >> gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. >> is the gentleman from ohio there? there he is. >> today i speak in support of the much-needed coronavirus related economic relief for our states. states. to be clear, it is not the history of the federal government to bail out states. but this is outside of the extraordinary situation we find yourselves into the coronavirus pandemic. havetate leaders in ohio worked to create a responsible and balanced budget. we have created a substantial rainy day fund, but not enough to turn back the economic tide caused by this pandemic. this is a harsh reality we face despite leadership from mike dewine. the first corona governor the wind steps to omit -- mitigate it. impactlth and economic of this crisis would have been worse. the fact remains that prior to the pandemic, ohio was drivi

from new jersey is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, my good friend. >> gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. and the gentleman from texas should unmute. the gentleman is recognized and un-muted. >> thank you for yielding. nothing makes me more proud to work on both sides of the island the american people need us most. i rise today for local governments from both sides, all counties and cities and towns must be eligible to receive direct assistance from the cares 2.0 package being pieced together. in my district, you miss a pal tease have -- municipalities have lost tens of millions from property taxes, and the towns do not have access to the programs as others do. to basicam funds services to our community. municipalities with less than 500 thousand people are in dire need of funds to ensure they don't have to declare bankruptcy in the weeks and months to come as our country begins to process -- the process of recovering under these unfortunate circumstances. t

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can you share where those facilities are from, new jersey, south jersey, over the last 24 hours? gov. murphy: the reports are anecdotal and preliminary. i do not believe there is anything really more color on that. we will give you more. believe me, we are out there at all levels. we will give you a more robust report after the weekend. in terms of our corrections facilities, co-hoarding the process of releasing folks, ramping up testing, using the space to our maximum abilities, it is a combination of steps. that? want to add to >> as of last night, we were up to 36 furlough with many more pending release, and they are continuing to go through that, in addition to the other steps that the governor mentioned. gov. murphy: i have got no insight, brent, on what may have happened this morning with the site, and we will try to -- if you could follow-up, we will get you that information. again, i do not blame people for being frustrated, and we do not regret that for one second. this is a next ordinary crisis. through, andhop our friends at the department of labor have talked through

can you share where those facilities are from, new jersey, south jersey, over the last 24 hours? gov. murphy: the reports are anecdotal and preliminary. i do not believe there is anything really more color on that. we will give you more. believe me, we are out there at all levels. we will give you a more robust report after the weekend. in terms of our corrections facilities, co-hoarding the process of releasing folks, ramping up testing, using the space to our maximum abilities, it is a combination of steps. do you want to add to that? >> as of last night, we were up to 36 furlough with many more pending release, and they are continuing to go through that, in addition to the other steps that the governor mentioned. gov. murphy: i have got no insight, brent, on what may have happened this morning with the site, and we will try to -- if you could follow-up, we will get you that information. again, i do not blame people for being frustrated, and we do not begrudge that for one second. this is a next ordinary crisis. -- and extraordinary crisis. but we have chop through, and our fri

cases ofe 19 confirmed measles in new jersey. i want to urge parents, grandparents and other caregivers to contact your health care provider and find out what special measures are in place for you to safely schedule a well-child visit so your children can catch up on their vaccinations. tolso want to remind parents watch for symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and seek prompt medical care if they suspect their child may have this rare illness. most children with this syndrome have tested positive for covid-19. the state now has 23 reported cases in children between the ages of 1 and 18. all were hospitalized. 15 has been discharged. this syndromewith may require intensive hospital care. your child may experience symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, vomiting, rash, red or pinkeye, red, cracked lips or a red tongue that looks like a strawberry, swollen hands and feet which might also be read and they may also be sluggish or irritable, have abdominal pain without another explanation and an enlarged lymph node or g

look at new jersey.w jersey has got total obligations between unfunded pension and debt of over 200 bill -- yeah, $200 billion. how are they going to pay for that? sure, they want florida taxpayers to pay for them. california, new york, new jersey, that's what they all do, they won't fund their pensions and they won't watch their balance -- they won't watch their budgets every year. i've done that, it's a pain in the rear to watch your budget, but every family does it, every business does it, you have to live within your means. these governors do it every year, they promise a pension plan and don't fund it. >> you've had pretty harsh words for china on the coronavirus outbreak and the latest restrictions on hong kong, you said, quote, we're in a new cold war and the u.s. needs to fight against an adversary. what should the u.s.'s response be? should there be more tariffs? should the president pull out of the trade deal? >> sure. number one, the most effective thing we can do is if every american citizen

these are among the 29 heroes just from new jersey. mr. president, madam president, there are countless more first responders across the country who have lost their lives in responding to this crisis. some of their names we know and some will learn in the weeks and months to come. what we do know is that we owe it -- we owe it as a nation to their families, to their departments, to be there for those families, to be there for those children. their families and the families of all first responders across the country, who have lost loved ones to this virus, deserve to be taken care of. for their sake, i hope the house of representatives will act quickly to pass this legislation and that the president will sign it into law. our first responders in this unprecedented global pandemic, they did not hesitate or equivocate. they did their duty. they stood up. they faced danger. they answered the call and we now must answer the call. we must have their backs, just as they had ours. madam president, i yield the floor. thank you. >> thank you, madam

shootings across new jersey are down 19%.he one category that is concern as of today, shooting murders are up 9% compared to last year at this same time. generally, all trending down with the exception of homicides from firearms. gov. murphy: i know one putting you on the spot, but any quick sense as to why that might be the case why they might be up? ,>> governor, sometimes it is the victim versus where the bullet lands. victims are down to 19% but murders are up. if the amount of shootings are down and victims are up, it points to where they are being struck and the fact they end up gov. murphy: thank you. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, hope you are well. i know you have gotten to know the president pretty well. you said -- he said you are a good governor. do you say he is a good president? what are your differences? if you are trying to make it as easy as possible for folks to vote by mail, why would new -- why would you not send ballots to unaffiliated voters, and he will make the decision on where polling places will

when the england star went to hamburg in 1977 he found himself in wearing this jersey hamburg. wanted his players to stand out it's pink has been used as a colorful football kits befall italian side ward with black ties in 1007 but. keegan and his team mates in the 1970 s. it must have felt as if they were put on the pitch in to choose. a new color psychology this color is associated with loveliness tenderness and gentleness not really useful traits in sports. you can't put the team in kids like this if you bought some of the table set and he knew what he was doing the bonsai play is one smiling for long after they were beaten 60 by the players in pink. several clubs introduced unusual variations of their traditional colors but colors were not the only thing clips experimented with see the writing on the front that changed a lot to. this is probably the most famous dia in the wells. when you got my start i'm tough to come off a 1000000 german marks it marks the beginning of kit sponsorships. the days when football kits only only presented a club's hometown well over commerce wa

new jersey is not alone. states across the country are facing similar fiscal challenges that seemed inconceivable a few months ago. as we know, times of serious trial -- for treasury, our primary goal from day one has been to ensure first and foremost that the people of new jersey have the resources and support they need to address this brutal public health crisis. at the same time, we have been working nonstop to address the fiscal crisis that has grown to unprecedented proportions. it has not been easy. our challenges, like yours, are real. they are like nothing most of us have ever witnessed before. there is not going to be one easy solution. we will need a multifaceted approach. it will require some tough decisions. like many taxpayers, we, as a state, have been living paycheck-to-paycheck for far too long. under the governor's leadership, we had really started to make great strides over the past two years to improve our fiscal condition. doing it the way most families do, shoring up our savings, paying o

these are among the 29 he was just from new jersey. madame president there are countless more first responders across the country who lost their lives and in responding to the crisis some of the names we know some we will learn in the months to come. but we owe it as a nation to the families and departments to be there for those families for those children. for their families and all first responders across the country who lost loved ones to the virus to be taken care of for their sake i hope the house will act quickly to pass this legislation and the president will sign it into law. first responders is the unprecedented global pandemic did not hesitate. they did their duty and stood up to face danger and answered the call. and we must have their backs just as they have hours. madame president i yield the floor. >> and with those unprecedented challenges as we continue to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic and the economicot implosion. that's not all that's going on across the country although some of the challenges that we face are

look at new jersey. new jersey has got total obligations between unfunded pension and debt of over $200 billion. how were they ever going to pay for that? sure they want us to -- florida taxpayers to pay for them. that's what california, illinois, new york, new jersey all do. they won't fund the mentions and watch the budget every year. i did that. it's a pain in the rear to watch what you have to do but you know what? every family does it. every business does it. they have to live within their means. these governors don't. they just borrow more money every year. they promise a pension fund, they don't fund it. >> i want to turn to the issue of china. you had harsh words for china on the coronavirus outbreak and the latest restrictions on hong kong. you said we're in quote a new cold war and the u.s. needs to fight against an adversary. what should the u.s. response be? should there be more tariffs? should the president pull out of the trade deal? >> sure, number one, the most effective thing we can do i

the president knows new jersey.and his team have been extremely responsive in our hour of need whether it was ventilators, as you rightfully point out. we got a huge amount of supplies to test. we're getting personal protective equipment just the other day, confirmed direct to our nursing homes. we just announced $1.7 billion into our hospital systems. listen, i think we've been able to find common ground again based on the science, based on the facts of the reality and in our hour of need, i have to thank the president and his team. they have been there for us and i appreciate that enormously. chris: one area, however, governor, where you haven't gotten help either from the president or from senate republicans is on the question of state aid, federal aid, passed by congress, signed by the president to go to states like yours, to pay for first responders, teachers and all the services with the huge revenue hit that you have taken because of the coronavirus. you said this week, your word, that if you don't get state

these stories speak to our jersey spirit and our jersey values.you all have been terrific in sharing the stories with us. i ask you to keep doing so, but using #and a thanks you on social media. #njthanks you on social media. we are all in after all. let's meet joe midok of westfield. about a year ago decelerate the fourth of july, joe painted a wooden shipping pallet that he had, to represent our flag. his covid-19 raced across our state. joe thought we could use more american spirit and began designing and painting more patriotically themed pallets. he put each up for sale for $50 with the proceeds going to businesses in downtown westfield with his wife audrey who's with him there and their children helping. joe has now raised more than kevin thousand dollars and more orders are coming in. family,u, joe, and your new jersey thanks you for supporting westfield's business community and reminding us while we are proud to be americans. tanisha brunson malone, a forensic technician at hackensack university medical center and that means tanisha perfor

what is the politics in new jersey? do you have the legislature with you?o you have the politicians backing you? of been somethere demonstrations. nothing like the scale we have seen in michigan, but pretty regular demonstrations. i do not begrudge that. we would prefer folks did virtually and they do not congregate, but that bothers me more than the demonstrations. there is always exceptions with any legislature, but we have had a grudge -- a good across the aisle give-and-take, we have needed them. we need laws to get past. we need and ability to borrow money to fill up the norma's budget hole we have -- to fill up the enormous budget hole we have. naturally in any democratic reality there will be folks who do their own things, but for the most part we have been in a good place. david: one of the tricky things is reopening schools. fortunately, most people are not going to school anyway, but you have the fall coming up. a lot of uncertainty about how that will work. as you approach that question, what are the things you are considering about how and when

murphy: welcome to new jersey. we will start over here. just to say, correct me if i am wrong, tomorrow will be .lectronic only electronic only of the monday, the usual time? 1:00. there is a white house vtc scheduled for late afternoon on monday. so with that -- if things change, we will come back to you. >> good afternoon. you say beaches will remain open but stay at home continues. some say it is confusing. non-essential businesses are open for curbside but daycare is closed. what is the latest on daycare. can workers for the businesses use daycare? will you sign the bill's get workers emergency aid? our tennis courts allowed to be opened? is there any sense how much longer the stay-at-home order will remain in effect? or you still don't know based on the numbers? gov. murphy: bear with me. any -- as i have said over the past number of days, we are taking deliberately incremental steps and trying to avoid particularly connected large steps taken together. the data is driving us on this. that is why you would not have seen state parks an

jersey. so, hopefully, the governor sees that, and we're able to open sooner than later. >> sreenivasan: in a report released earlier this month, the new jersey state tourism board estimates that tourism spending will drop this year by about a ird because of covid-19, but that's only if things get back to normal in june. but for me people out on this first day, the reopening might be coming too soon. celenia hernandez got take-out from a favorite boardwalk food stand when she saw it was unexpectedly open yesterday, but she worries that the social distancing being practiced today may not be possible if crowds come for memorial day. >> it's going to be packed. and i know for a fact everybody's been waiting for this day. and now that this day came sooner than what we expected, it's just-- it's just going to be a madhouse at this point. >> sreenivasan: seaside heights has in the past had a reputation for some outlandish behavior. it was, after all, the setting for mtv's infamous "jersey shore" re

we opened our herds and this is another big step, god willing, new jersey new jersey complying with thesed i fully expect folks to continue to do so. >> martha: so as you know, i'm from new jersey. i live here most of my life. a lot of people asked me to ask you this question. we were all asked as people were across the country to flatten the curve. to make sure the hospitals were not overrun. this is exactly how you presented it yourself. that was the purpose. we were never told that we would have to stay in at home or in any form of lockdown until there was a vaccine, which could be quite a long time. so what do you say to people who say that that was not the deal? >> yeah, we have never said you have to stay home until there is a vaccine. i wish there was a vexing tomorrow and i'm sure you do as well. i will say this, the curves have gotten meaningfully better, less icu beds, ventilators and reproduction of the virus is way down in new jersey, no question, but they are still the number one state in america per capita of positive tests, hospitalizations and fatalities. it is a balancing

now let's turn to new jersey and governor phil murphy.ew jersey is in a different situation, obviously, then mississippi. you're under almost total lockdown. this weekend your reopening parks and some golf courses, but you're not reopening your stat state's famous beaches. question, what are the chances that you're going to be in a very different state and largely reopen, memorial day on the start of summer? >> governor murphy: listen, i'll be the happiest guy in new jersey if not america if we are. i think it's too early to tell. for lots of reasons, including our neighbors, we are in a different place than we were --d county parks this weekend. as you rightly pointed out. i have to say yesterday the reports and, compliance was very high in terms of social distancing and not congregating. that sort of behavior as we flatten the curve's and remember, we've been crushed, over 7,700 people have died in new jersey from covid-19, but as we push these curves down and folks continue to comply and keep social distancing, that's the best weapon w

jersey shore plays a big part in that number here the boardwalk is closed it's completely empty. we are told this time of year they average around 60,000 people per day. jose >> kathy park on the jersey shore thank you. >>> we are back in a moment with the bi changes to summer camp following the strict new guidelines to keep your kids safe >>> plus, where this tornado left a lot of death. and the dangerous holiday forecast ahead for millions >>> we're getting our first look tonight at a tornado the reported now 14 million people from south dakota to texas are at risk of thunderstorms, hail, and high winds it could eve bring flooding to those parts on memorial day there has been a powerful earthquake in new zealand. and it happened right in the middle of a t interview with the country's prime minister >> getting a bit of an earthquake here, ryan. quite a decent shake here but if you see things moving behindmy. >> the prime ministe carried on with the show during and after the 5.8 quake hit. >>> and now to a way back, looking at safe activities in the wake of coronavirus tonight, k

this is a very important part of the new jersey economy, the jersey shore.at point pleasant beach, which is about an hour south of new york city. and this is going to be a place where they're going to be testing how this is all going to work for the rest of the summer. here in point pleasant, it is a mixture of personal responsibility, and light enforcement. the boardwalk is still closed here for a while. still figure out how to make that work, with social distancing and the beach access has been capped where they have taken a number of people they think can be safely on the beach, only let you on, if they're under that number, but when it comes to things like masks, masks are not required. they're strongly suggested, while you're in line or if you're close it other people, but if you're on the beach and don't want to wear one, you don't have to. and these are the kind of things that we're seeing. there is different rules all over new jersey, but here in point pleasant, the rule is keep the beach as limited as possible, and then also urge people to wear mask

and fit where the new jersey brigade was.nd lieutenant meme, the rest of the confederate force, will be stopped dead in their tracks by this green regiment, the 70th new york. dwight refuses his left flank, sending the second battalion off to cover his flank, the 70th goes into fight or flight mode, there is no other way to describe it, because joseph hooker at headquarters can clearly discern the only succinct textbook volleys that morning. and every time the 70th new york fires a volley, hooker is in the back and will start clapping, exclaiming, that is dwight, that is dwight, and the green 70th holds for about 30 minutes against almost two dozen confederate regiments. dwight turns around and says, tell colonel taylor we will all die or hold our position, and the green 70th holds. wainwright commanding the union artillery on the line behind them notices how close confederates are getting to the green regiment. he orders his battery to veer left and load canister. a dozen regiments are too much for dwight's 70th new york. th

chris christie the former governor of new jersey and one time g.o.p. rival of donald trump on the busy politics. for the politicking on larry king he says more americans are going to die no matter what the u.s. does about call the 19 the challenge is deciding how to balance the situation so where's the balance find out was chris christie former republican governor of new jersey one time g.o.p. rival of donald trump who went on to serve as head of trump's transition team he joins us from new jersey governor thank you and the united states has about 4.5 percent of the world's population but 29 percent of coronavirus deaths how do you account for that i think a few things are a 1st off it's great to be back on with you i would say this but that 1st off i think we're the most transparent society in the world so i think we're giving accurate information all the time it don't you can say that about the chinese the north koreans the russians i'm i know they were getting accurate information from them and i can't imagine that the chinese don't have more corona

flood of people to connecticut's new jersey. and our relationship and responsibility to our other state neighboring states is important. we want what's best for new york but we want what's best fornew yorkers , not in new york interest to have new yorkers going to a jersey beach is now going to be overcrowded because you have people from new york and new jersey going to that beach. it's not in our interest that people going to connecticut beaches, if those because i'm then going to be overcrowded so we work with new jersey and connecticut. we come up with an agreement that a common all needs. and it was done in good faith . the agreement is new york, new jersey, connecticut, delaware will all be opening beaches for the memorial day weekend . states will have different specific rules about what happens on that beach. the low will be plus or minus a rule, is in the same ballpark. there opening friday of memorial day weekend. he is, that includes local beaches, make sure it does not include pools, pools are close. but no more than

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of industry health professionals from new jersey and wisconsin. they have improved risk factors and claim quote, we can control the risk of exposure to the virus sufficiently to allow us to restart the economy and get our citizens back to work. governor, what is your response to this claim? and commissioner, bespoke of working with elizabeth, trenton, patterson, and newark to increase testing in those cities. what does that look like in practice? gov. murphy: on the first one, i have not seen the plan. the morris county chamber of commerce is a robust and vibrant chamber. i have had the honor of speaking with them, and its leadership is really good. i do not know the specifics as to their plan. and i would be very happy, and i know our team would be very happy to get a look at it. as we have announced here, we have got a commission which is sort of advising us at a strategic level. in fact, we have a full commission call tomorrow afternoon. than i think we have nine sub councils with very specific remits on the economy. and i think that is basical

housed in jersey dylan. 2nd worst in the country larry. we have the 2nd most deaths the 2nd most cases just behind new york and that's for a few reasons i think part of it is we as you know being from the area we are bedroom community to new york city lot of people work in manhattan in the boroughs every day and travel back home to live in new jersey i'm so a lot of that commuting in those packed shorts i'm sure conveyed a lot of this virus early on. second we did not act quickly to close here you know princeton university closed the 4th larry and they even bought airline tickets for the students who couldn't afford it that's an urgent they thought it was the campus yet we did jersey for not for 2 weeks i think really look back on it that's going to have been a mistake and 3rd the biggest mistake is i'm nursing homes we ordered nursing homes to take over 1000 patients and so $54.00 protests in new jersey over $5000.00 people have dollar homes larry and veterans homes that's unacceptable and i think that's what's made us the 2nd worst in th

joining me, new jersey democratic congressman josh got heimer. appreciate your time heading into the holiday weekend. i want to start by asking you what message you would deliver to so many of those in your state and frankly in the neighboring states that will be converging on the jersey shore this weekend. obviously not all beaches in the tri-state area are able to open. but jersey opened a lot of them this weekend. what did you tell those folks? >> everyone loves the shore and the lakes. i say let's go, socially distance, be safe, and the key is if we're doing this, make sure we are smart about it. worst thing can happen is going backwards. i just want everyone to be safe, have a good time, but let's be smart. >> i think the same rules probably apply to places of worship and other gatherings that may be taking place. you obviously saw the president earlier today effectively say he was ordering governors to allow places of worship to open which ignores different communities and levels of the virus that would necessitate different considerations

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