then louisiana governor john bel edwards than update on covid-19 cases in his state pray that is live at 3:30 eastern. you can watch online at c-span.org or list of the free c-span radio app. trump leads the white house coronavirus task force re-think this afternoon scheduled to start at 5:00 eastern. you can watch it live here on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen with the free app. senatorining us is chuck grassley, chair of the finance committee. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill that's being debated by chuck schumer on cnn this morning, saying he think the senate will vote. what can you tell us about when that would happen and what's in this legislation. happen athink it will 4:00 today and it will include 300 $51 million for small businesses -- three hunter 51 billion for351 small businesses and money for hospitals and testing. i doubt if it has been changed a lot from now to the afternoon, and it will go a long ways to helping small businesses get the money they need to start their business up again after the government shut it down. and if there are any fiscal c

right now president trump is meeting with louisiana's governor, john bel edwards, at the white house. we are showing you that live from outside right now. they were discussing the state's plans to eventually reopen after being hit hard by the coronavirus. we will bring you that as soon as we get the live video coming out of the white house, we'll show it to you right away. and coronavirus cases in the united states have crossed a daunting milestone. 1 million confirmed cases of covid-19. deaths have risen above 58,000, double the total in hard-hit italy. president trump is arguing the only reason the number is so high compared to the rest of the world is because other countries are so far behind us in terms of testing. that does not explain the deaths, of course. he is talking specifically about the cases, obviously. now dr. anthony fauci of the covid-19 task force says he is being told that everyone who needs a test should be able to get one by late may or early june. >> this is predominantly admiral, who is telling us who have an increased production. by the time we get to those mon

this morning, governor john bel edwards with a plea. >> i'm calling upon those parishioners to not go, because it is grossly irresponsible. there is not a setting more conducive to the spread of the virus. >> reporter: but tonight, the church's pastor disregarding the governor, welcoming 1,200 people into multiple buildings on the church campus. >> governor, edwards, your jurisdiction ends at the threshold on my church door. we are doing the responsible thing in giving this community hope. >> reporter: still, on this palm sunday, most of the nation's churches observing the social distancing guidelines. at st. michael the archangel church in virginia, parishioners lining up to receive palm fronds in the trunks of their cars. >> we don't want to be guilty of calling people together and spreading this. >> reporter: most states have stay at home orders in place, but the republican governors of nine states are still resisting. and even in places with orders, some people are breaking the rules. in san francisco, folks played basketball and thronged public parks, as officers on four-wheelers

john bel edwards will update reporters on the coronavirus response in his state. we will have that live at 3:30 eastern, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: president trump leads the white house coronavirus task force briefing this afternoon scheduled to start at 5:00 eastern. you can watch it live here on orpan, online at c-span.org, listen with the free c-span radio app. sen. schumer: -- >> here to talk about the coronavirus pandemic, our guest, alejandra castillo. what is your mission? >> the ywca is the oldest women's organization in the country. we were created to provide a , especiallyor women since the first industrial revolution, when women were coming into the city. this is a safe place to be. we have been at the forefront of some of the most pressing issues that have defined women's lives. everything from childcare and afterschool programs, to launching the eight hour workday. there are so many issues defining women's lives, but we are also the largest network of service providers for survivors of domestic violence

governor john bel edwards with a plea. >> i'm calling upon those parishioners to not go. grossly irresponsible. there is not a setting more conducive to the spread of the virus. >> reporter: the church's pastor disregarding the governor, welcoming 1,200 people into multiple buildings on the church campus. >> what if a single one of your parishioners falls ill with covid-19 because they were more or less together today and maybe dies? is it then still worth it? >> it's worth it, because to live as christ but to die is gain. to a true born-again christian death looks like a welcome friend. we do not fear death and the virus as much as we do fear living like prisoners in our homes. >> reporter: still, on palm sunday, most of the nation's churches observing the social distancing guidelines. at st. michael, the archangel church in virginia, parishioners lining up to receive palm fronds in the trunks of their cars. >> we don't want to be guilty of calling people together and spreading this. >> reporter: most states have stay-at-home orders in place, but the republican governors

john bel edwards.go in, and certainly in louisiana, that was one of the hot spots for coronavirus in the early going. since the beginning of april there has been a steady downward trend in louisiana. governor andrew is extending the order through may 15, but it allows certain advertisements. that they put together a report yesterday on how to begin the reopening process. it's clearly become a big concern. the president ramping up the rhetoric against china and how it led at the coronavirus outbreak become a pandemic. the president addressing it yesterday when meeting with small business owners. listen here. speak >> president trump: it should have been stopped at the source, and it wasn't. we have a hundred 84 countries going through. >> secretary of state mike pompeo pushing back on china's claims that the virus originated in the united states, not china. listen here. >> this is classic communist information. we all know them from the soviet days, we know the kinds of things the communist parties do t

coming up this afternoon, louisiana governor john bel edwards will update reporters on the coronavirus response in his state. we will have that live at three eastern. -- 3:30 p.m. eastern. >> president trump leaves the coronavirus task force creepy in this afternoon scheduled to start at 5:00 he -- coronavirus briefing this afternoon scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. eastern. is mr.oining us grassley. let's begin with the fourth economic aid bill being debated. senator chuck schumer said the senate will vote today. when will that happen as well as what is in this legislation? atst: i think it will happen 4:00 today, and i think it will include $351 billion for small business, $75 billion for hospitals, and $25 billion for testing. that is as of late yesterday afternoon, and i doubt if it has been changed in the meantime, and i think it will go a long ways in helping the small businesses get the money that they need to start their business up again after the government shut it down. if there is any fiscal conservatives who wondered about spending all abyss money, the rationale for it is f

at his daily coronavirus briefing, louisiana governor john bel edwards spoke about the recent tornadoes that hit his state, noting there have been no fatalities. on the coronavirus he said louisiana continues to see encouraging figures in testing, case numbers, and hospitalization rates. this is 40 minutes.

later, we will hear from louisiana governor john bel edwards, as his state sees an increase in coronavirus cases. later, president trump hold a briefing on the coronavirus with reporters at the white house. you can see the president's comments live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. you miss any of our live coverage of the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak, watch it any time at c-span.org/coronavirus. from daily briefings by the president and the white house task force to updates from the hardest hit states, it is all there. use the maps to track the viru'' and track cases county by county. it is an easy way to watch c-span's unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. >> our first guest of the morning joins us from washington, d.c., the editor of health care dive to talk about the state of hospitals during the coronavirus outbreak. good morning to you. you. guest: good morning. host: a little bit about healthcare dive to begin with, what is it? guest: >> it is an online publication, and every morning the newsletter comes out gear towards hea

c-span,g up tonight on president trump meets with louisiana governor john bel edwards in the oval office. then house speaker nancy pelosi names democratic members to the new select committee on the governments response to the coronavirus outbreak. later jerome powell on how the central bank is planning to assist the economy. >> president trump met with the louisiana governor john bel discuss theier to coronavirus response wednesday in the oval office. drug trialsabout with hospitalized covid-19 patients and the president also took questions on testing, china and the world health organization. pres. trump: tell them what we did, how good it was. thank you very much. before we get to a very good governor and somebody we worked with very well incredibly well, , the great state of louisiana, i wanted to introduce dr. blithe adamson. she has been with us a few months to help us with the ventilator situation because we took over a government where everything was missing. it was all missing in action. she and a group of super geniuses straightened it out to a point where we are helping other co

now our focus is working with likes as governors governor john bel edwards unveiled plans to open uptates again. and the new guidance we've issued his guidance for how they can do that safely and responsibly. and so not only the gating criteria for when we believe it is appropriate for states to enter phase one are included, but the very specific guidelines for when states open and how they can open in, as the president said, a safe and responsible way are included in the presence guidelines for open up america again. >> guidelines will not be the same? guidelinespence: the currently are incorporated in the guidance that we are giving states to open up america again, but maybe mr. president -- pres. trump: now the governors are doing -- i've had many calls from governors, the governor of texas greg abbott, many, many governors, tennessee, arkansas -- we're speaking to a lot of different people. they are explaining what they are doing. i am very much in favor of what they are doing. they're getting it going. we are opening our country again. do you want to explain that? >> i think you

today the governor john bel edwards said there were 746 newly confirmed cases. that brings the total to more than 17,000. so far 652 people have died in louisiana. the governor also said new cases reported today are lower than previous days, but he added no one can let their guard down or stop social distancing. back with us again tonight, james carville, veteran democratic strategist who rose to national fame with the clinton presidential campaign. he is co-host of the 2020 politics war room podcast. and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. former lieutenant governor of the great state of maryland and the host of the michael steele podcast. well, james, it occurred to me today the last time we spoke you had just walked over from endymion, one of the parade crews in new orleans. at that point it was late in the game for preparation. new orleanians were doing what they do, which is the opposite of social distancing. it was crowded. it was humid. looking back, did they go too late? is that the price your beloved state and city are

governor john bel edwards bragging that the state has tested higher per capita than any other state in the country, and he's crediting that in hopefully flattening the curve. the sheer impact this moment has had on all these people is not to be diminished. we had a chance to hear from an emt on the front lines how treating patient after patient has felt. take a listen. >> when you have a natural disaster, a storm, tornado, hurricane, fire, you get to a point where it's over and then you can rest and recover. for this particular disaster there's no appreciable end in sight. >>> it can certainly feel from you traiting for those first responders on the front lines, but again a glimmer of hope here. there's no timetable on when the social distancing or state at-home measures will be let up. listen to this, steph. we've had decreasing numbers for the past three days, and the people who have needed to be on ventilators, that a very hopeful sign. if history is any guide at all, right now it's 38 deaths per 100,000 people in new orleans. back in 1918, that number more than 700 people per 100,0

. >>> this morning on "state of the union," jake tapper speaks with louisiana governor john bel edwards as the number of cases in his state climbs. what are he and state officials doing to flatten the curve. governor john bel edwards with jake tapper on "state of the union" today at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> the next couple of weeks are going to be really crucial, desch deborah birx said the same thing. what are you feeling? what do you need to know about this virus? we have experts to answer your questions. please tweet us. we're also on instagram. we're going to try to get your questions in a little bit later in the next hour of "new day," so do keep it here. >>> meanwhile, firefighters in florida, they surprised one of their own who is recovering from the coronavirus. this is one of those really beautiful spots in the midst of all of this tragedy that we've been seeing. see this crew here with miami-dade fire rescue? they drove to the hospital in their fire truck monday morning, raised their ladder to the hospital's fourth floor window and held up "get well soon" cards and a sign that r

that from governor john bel edwards of louisiana, the update from his estate. all the daily briefings would get, check them out at c-span.org/coronavirus. i want to put numbers on the screen and the impact this is having on travel and tourism as well as the convention business. according to the u.s. travel association, nearly 6 million jobs will be lost by the end of april as a result of covid-19. terms of annual gdp it is a loss of $502 billion. is the vice barnes president of public affairs for the organization joining us via skype or home in washington d c. ask for joining us. how bad is it going to get? tori: it is really bad already. we expect to lose as many as 6 million travel-related jobs for the end of april. and we don't know when we are going to see the end of this. that, duet businesses to no fault of their own, are completely closed to customers. it is something we have never seen. it is seven times as bad as postnet 11. post 9/11.s we are fielding calls from members and folks around the country looking for help. i get emails all the time because w

announcer: next, louisiana governor john bel edwards updates his state's response to the coronavirus outbreak. gov. edwards: welcome to midcity. welcome. and i want to thank all of you for coming here today so we can share a little bit of what we are doing here today, along with the collaboration with the state government, the local government , and with the military. each one of these hearts behind patientsents a covid who was treated and released from the midcity hospital successfully. we have about 40 hearts. we hope that over the next several weeks we will have many more of these hearts. i want all of you out there, clinicians, the community, military, state, local government, to know that each one of you is a little bit of the part of the heart in here with us. without your help we would not have been able to do this. so thank you very much, and i'm going to introduce governor edwards now, who will have a few words of encouragement. thank you for all of us, and perhaps a little bit of a briefing in terms of what he is expecting in the coming days. thank you. gov. edwards: thank

and then louisiana governor john bel edwards on the efforts and his estate. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span app. president trump leads the the coronavirus task force briefing schedule at 5:00 eastern. host: pbs frontline is that with a documentary about the first coronavirus patient on u.s. soil. it premieres tonight. take a look. [video] 2020, atuary 15, 35-year-old local man from washington lands at seatac airport in seattle. he is traveling from wuhan, china. >> he was having a cough. he had been having fevers at home. >> he's 35 years old and otherwise healthy. >> he began developing symptoms today after he arrived. ♪ >> four days after returning from wuhan, the man goes to a walk-in clinic and describes his symptoms. he tells him where he has been for about six weeks. seriesvestigation into a pneumonia outbreak has it in a fight a previously unknown coronavirus. >> in seattle, a city known for its cutting-edge medicine and technology, as well as ties to asia, officials are on alert. >> the clinic appropriate the iso

people here telling me they are positive from hearing the words of governor john bel edwards yesterday who says there's a glimmer of hope that curve may be flattening but at this point it's still too early to tell. that's why we're seeing statewide mitigation efforts against covid-19 only continue to ramp up. we're standing here in front of this convention center turned field hospital. 1 thou 1,000 beds on the inside. 37 of those are taken. keep in mind, despite the positive signs we're seeing, they are not going to really know until they've peaked, until they get enough decrease days in there to have a full data set to look at. that's why they're keeping this absolutely open. they have a chance to open it to even 2,000 more beds, specifically for people that have been released from hospitals and are expected to survive. they can recover here and self-isolate and people who have been test forward covid-19 can also wait here in apartment suites and hear their results. these buses behind me doing two things. they're bringing -- ferrying workers, first responders to and from this conventi

governor john bel edwards says his state is on track to run out of ventilators on thursday if this pace continues. new orleans convention center now set to open as a temporary hospital monday morning. heeding the calls for help, washington state returning 400 federal ventilators they received to go to new york and other hot spots. despite the grim news there are glimmers of hope. even in hardest hit new york, 75% of those hospitalized have been discharged and are on the mend. >> we see light at the end of the tunnel. things are happening. things are happening. we're starting to see light aho potential light at the end of the tunnel, it doesn't take away from the fact that tomorrow or the next day it's going to look really bad. >> reporter: officials are urging all americans to take precautions before the virus peaks in their area. they say the next two weeks are critical in places like colorado, pennsylvania, and washington d.c. kenneth and mona, back to you. >> andrea, thank you. >>> president trump is once again praising a potential treatment for the coronavirus which is unproven. the

governor john bel edwards today reported 70 new deaths, and says they're still bracing for the worst. >> this is truly a statewide public health emergency. >> reporter: in louisiana, an alarming disparity. more than 70% of the coronavirus deaths are african americans, who are just 32% of the population. >> if you have a disease that is going to kill more people with hypertension, diabetes and heart disease, and you have a health disparity like this, it's not shocking. >> reporter: louisiana has one of the highest rates of people with pre-existing conditions. as coronavirus rages through south, it's hitting a vulnerable population especially hard-- the poor, with little access to healthcare, and blue collar workers, who don't have the option to work from home. beyond louisiana, cases are spiking across the south, including in florida, where hundreds not practicing social distancing lined up for unemployment forms, unable to file online. the virus changing our very way of life. louisiana's transportation secretary, who recently recovered. >> our culture is so unique and so special. we l

. >> at his daily coronavirus briefing, louisiana governor john bel edwards spoke about the recent tornadoes that hit his state, noting that there has been no fatalities. on the coronavirus, he said louisiana continues to see encouraging figures in testing, case numbers, and hospitalization rates. this is 40 minutes. minutes. gov. edwards: how are you doing today? good afternoon, everyone and thank you for being here. this press conference is going to serve as a briefing both on the severe weather experienced across louisiana yesterday and also my daily briefing on covid-19. i want to thank all of our local officials that have joined us today. mayore mayor jamie mayo, mitchell and other elected officials including senators katrina jackson and senator j kathy and senator stewart and representative ackles. we also have representative jones, i think. we do. right there. good to see you. can hear from you congressman ralph abraham and we also have here today with us as i have had every day in baton rouge, the doctor from the department of health you can answer specific questions related to covid

announcer: coming up this afternoon, louisiana governor john bel edwards will update reporters on the coronavirus response in his state. we will have that live at 3:30 eastern, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. announcer: president trump leads the white house coronavirus task force briefing this afternoon scheduled to start at 5:00 eastern. you can watch it live here on orpan, online at c-span.org, listen with the free c-span radio app. sen. schumer: -- >> here to talk about the coronavirus pandemic, our guest, alejandra castillo. what is your mission? >> the ywca is the oldest women's organization in the country. we were created to provide a safe place for women

at his daily coronavirus briefing, louisiana governor john bel edwards spoke about the recent tornadoes that hit his state, noting there have been no fatalities. on the coronavirus he said louisiana continues to see encouraging figures in testing, case numbers, and hospitalization rates. this is 40 minutes. gov. bel edwards: good afternoon. thank you for being here. this will serve as the briefing on the severe weather that was and mynced yesterday daily briefing on covid-19. local to thank all of the officials who joined us today. i know we have mayor stacy albritton mitchell and other elected officials including senator katrina jackson, senator jay morris, representative mike echols. we also have representative jones, i think. we do, right there. it is good to see you, fred. after i speak you will hear from congressman ralph abraham. we also have with us, as i have aen every day in baton rouge, doctor from the department of health and he can answer specific questions when it comes to covid-19 testing and other things related to the coronavirus. we just completed a tour of some of the

we will go live now to baton rouge, louisiana, to hear from governor john bel edwards who has been briefing reporters for 20 minutes. live coverage here on c-span. we are encouraging people to go to sba.gov and fill out an application for the paycheck and protection program. this is a loan designed to provide elect assistance to small business to keep their workers on payroll and the sba will forgive the loan. this is important because it is alone at first but it can be forgiven if employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. so to find out more, please go to sba.gov. i would also like to remind everyone yesterday we launched an alert system that will provide timely updates for covid-19 and other critical kindness -- other guidance from the governor's office. text lacovidease to 67283. already one heard thousand people across00 the state have signed up for alert. additional information is available at coronavirus. l.a..gov. this point i will ask the doctor to come up and explain more about the chart that was up t

. ♪ announcer: louisiana governor john bel edwards held a briefing yesterday in baton rouge's on thete response to the pandemic. he urged all louisiana inns to comply with the stay-at-home order saying it was the best tool available to slow the spread and manage hospital capacity. >> good afternoon and thank you again for being here and those of you tuning in or listening to this press briefing. guess to some degree we have some good news which is the case count we announced today is not as drastic as the one we saw yesterday but it is still very concerning. 1147's case increase was as opposed yesterday's 2700. we reached a

stay >> we will have more coverage related to the coronavirus with louisiana governor john bel edwards scheduled to speak at 4:00 p.m. eastern. later, the white house coronavirus task force with remarks from president trump currently scheduled to start at 5:00 p.m. eastern. we will take you live to the white house when the briefing begins. join us tonight for "washington journal primetime" when author john berry will discuss his book. schultzbbie wasserman on the response to the virus in her state. that and your phone calls starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. and it is all available on demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. in the world with interactive maps. watch on-demand any time unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. tonight on "the communicators," from the annual state of the net conference, internet archive creator brewster kail talks about documenting the internet. >> we collect

today, john bel edwards held a briefing with reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. from baton rouge, this is 35 minutes. everyone.ternoon, thank you for being here. thank you for tuning in on this good friday. ed -- who will speak about the gifts to go campaign. we will also be joint by archbishop, he will be participating today. we do start today on a very somber note and that is late yesterday afternoon, we lost a member of the louisiana legislature to covid-19. newly elected representative spent his life making his community and south louisiana a better place. just about three months ago, he was sworn in to his first term and i know he came to the state capital with excitement and eagerness to serve our state and the people of district 54. ing entire state is mourn this great loss and i ask everyone to keep his family in your prayers right now. all the families who have suffered because they have lost someone because someone remains gravely ill because of this disease. before i get to the latest , i want to take a moment to brief you on another situation that peo

we will go live now to baton rouge, louisiana, to hear from governor john bel edwards who has been briefing reporters for 20 minutes. live coverage here on c-span. we are encouraging people to go to sba.gov and fill out an application for the paycheck and protection program. this is a loan designed to provide elect assistance to small business to keep their workers on payroll and the sba will forgive the loan. this is important because it is alone at first but it can be forgiven if employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities. so to find out more, please go to sba.gov.

coming up we will hear from the louisiana governor john bel edwards as his state sees an coronavirus cases. that is live at 3:30 eastern. hold ahe president will briefing on coronavirus. we will have live coverage at 5:00 eastern on c-span and also online at c-span.org. or you can listen with the free c-span radio app. yesterday virginia governor ralph northam held a briefing with reporters on his response to the pandemic. he discussed safety measures being taken at state prisons, the need for alternative medical scare sites -- medical care sites. he spoke from the capitol in richmond. [no audio] gov. northam: good afternoon and thanks for being here and for watching and listening from home. about to talk to you alternative care sites as we prepare for our surge capacity. personal protective equipment or ppe, and our census. i want to start with our fundamental message, stay home. on monday i ordered a virginians to do just that, to stay home, except for necessary trips out for supplies, medical reasons, work, or to care for another person or animal. i know this is difficult. many sa

a quick reminder, we will hear from louisiana governor john bel edwards this afternoon, live at 3:30, and president trump with his daily report with reporters at the white house at 5:00 p.m. eastern. we will go live to new york to cuomorom governor andrew on his coronavirus update, which started just a few minutes ago. these are relatively straightforward components. if you can do it, it is a business opportunity, it is a state need, it is a national need. please contact us. we will work with you, we will work with you quickly. there will be no bureaucracy, no red tape, and we will finance -- we are not asking for a favor from these businesses -- we will finance what you need in terms of transitioning, and we will pay ae product and i will premium, because we needed. for thethe number empire state development corporation, which is handling this task. , weerms of ventilators lastsed 400 ventilators night to the new york city health and hospital corporation. we released 200 to long island and westchester. as i said, you see those growing numbers in nassau and suffolk, and that is starti

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i spoke with governor -- governor john bel edwards in louisiana. and was encouraged to hear from him that, as you heard dr. birx say, that new cases were down slightly. in fact, we are seeing a trend of some leveling among all the governors i spoke to today. secretary ofat the the v.a. just announced, about --ning up v.a.'s abilities v.a. facilities has been a priority. we are going to continue to send resources and supply and personnel. bothchigan i spoke to governor and mayor of detroit. governor whitmer and i spoke detroitnew program in that will make hydrochloric when available for 3000 patients through the henry ford hospital. they will be tracking in a formal study. urging iesident's assured her we are more than prepared to make hydrochloric when available. duggan.from mayor mike fda,s so grateful to the approving the tests of hydroxychloroquine. he will be able to use the test this weekend to test 150 first responders who had been sidelines because they had been exposed to the coronavirus. they all got 15 minute tests and they are now back i

announcer: we will have more coverage related to the coronavirus with louisiana governor john bel edwards scheduled to speak at 4:00 p.m. later, the coronavirus task force withsk comments expected from president trump. washingtonight for journal: primetime. author john berry will discuss his book "the great influenza." debbie wasserman schultz on the response in her state. that, and your phone calls expected at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. announcer: c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the response to the coronavirus. onis all available on demand c-span.org/coronavirus. briefings, house updates from state officials, track the spread throughout the world with interactive maps, watch on-demand anytime unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. announcer: tonight, from the annual state of the net conference, internet archive creator booster kale talks about documenting the internet. >> we document 800 million pages a day. the total collection is about 800 billion urls. it is kind of huge. that turns out to be only part of what we do. , butso archive television also international televisio

. >> we will take you live now to baton rouge where louisiana governor john bel edwards holds a briefing on the state's response to the coronavirus operate. -- outbreak. 95% of thes: positive results that we announced today are from t ests conducted in commercial labs. the increase of cases appears to be less a sign of exponential growth over the last couple of days and more a sign of a logjam for commercial labs that have developed over a long period of time. many of these tests were taken several days, if not longer ago. that theery good thing louisiana has been able to rapidly wrap up testing. day,ct, depending on the we are somewhere between the third in the nation or fifth in the nation in terms of per capita testing. that said, the reason we have been able to wrap up is we've got more and more commercial labs that have come online. but, our different data systems have to be able to talk to one another and that is a part of the problem. a bigger part of the problem is with private testing, those labs have greatly exceeded their capacity in terms of the tests that they have taken in

at his daily coronavirus briefing, louisiana governor john bel edwards spoke about the recent tornadoes that hit his date noting that there has been no fatalities. on the coronavirus he said louisiana continues to see encouraging figures in testing, case numbers, and hospitalization rates. this is 40 minutes.

now our focus is working with likes as governors governor john bel edwards opened up -- have given ways to open up their states again. ways they can do that safely and responsibly. not only the criteria for when we believe it is appropriate for states to enter phase one are included but also the very specific guidelines for when states open and how they can open. as the president said in a safe and responsible way, it is included in the president's guidelines for open up america again. are verynt guidelines much incorporated in the guidance we are giving states to open up america again. trump: we will be fading it out. i have had many calls from many the governor of texas, greg abbott. i'm very much in favor of what they are doing. they are getting them going. we are in favor of opening the country again. every four -- every governor is adapting where we are and moving forward how to move phase one, phase two, phase three. some of them have made that their own first phase one. we have been very encouraged to see how the federal guidelines have helped inform the framework. all the way th

all over the country, we built the beauty in four days and worked very well with john bell, john bel edwards is the governor there, worked very well and that was a surprise because it sprung up from nowhere, just came from nowhere. so i think we've gotten along very well with andrew cuomo. >> sean: let me move on. was really just slightly a little over a month ago that all the coverage on news with super tuesday. what a difference a month can make. now if we are 210 days away from a general election as of last friday is now on board, i would argue two months in three days a little late in terms of the travel ban, and he has been running these little podcasts of his on his podcast network, but he did say at the time it was xenophobic, it was hysteria, spreading hysteria and fearmongering and had a phone call this week. how did the call with him go? >> president trump: he called me and we had a talk that lasted 15 minutes but it was really a nice talk, a very friendly talk and he gave me some things that he believes, and i thought the call was very nice. we agreed we wouldn't talk about what w