. >> o'donnell: gm and ventec began transforming gm's kokomo, indiana facility virtually overnight, from one that made electronic car components to a ventilator factory. it was ideally suited because both products contain a lot of circuit boards. then they called on a mixture of salaried gm employees and union workers from the u.a.w. george vandermeir has been with gm for 43 years. he used to make sure parts for pick-up trucks met safety standards. he's doing the same now for ventilators, with parts so small they need to be picked up with a set of tweezers. when were you scheduled to retire? >> george vandermeir: yesterday. so i just extended my-- retirement for another month or two just to make sure this gets off the ground and everything-- works well so we can get these ventilators out. >> o'donnell: tracy streeter used to move sheet metal with a forklift at his old gm job. that was before he was laid off because of covid-19. >> tracy streeter: and just brought that plant to a standstill. >> o'donnell: he is one of 46 laid-off workers from a gm plant in marion, indiana who got the call

plant in kokomo, indiana. many of those working in kokomo, mary, told us they get their temperature taken before they go into work? is that going to be the new normal in american manufacturing? >> yit will be. before i walked into this facility today i had my temperature scanned. i think it's a very important part of the protocol. >> in the plant i'm in today, we're wearing face masks and we're wearing face shields. >> reporter: ford also has installed plastic barriers between each work station to enforce social distancing. >> everybody is also wearing watches that buzz if you get within six feet of somebody else. >> o'donnell: that's the first i had heard about these wristbands that buzz when you get within six feet of somebody. >> yeah, we're trying it out. >> o'donnell: the watches ford is testing are made by samsung and use bluetooth technology. >> it also tells you who you have come into contact with tb anbody waseen wear infected it's very easy to trace who they were interacting with. >> o'donnell: ford

yesterday gm was able from start to finish repurpose an auto factory in kokomo, indiana.nd we are rolling those into gary and chicago. this what this country is capable of. i couldn't be more proud of this president. lou: the fact is he is the difference for this country and the direction we take. i think most people are beginning to understand that in this country, those who haven't already figured it out, that he is the right leader in the right place at the right time for this nation. peter navarre so, thanks for all you are doing. we appreciate it. good to see you. testing for the wuhan virus. they have declined 30% in the past week. why is that? is it good news or bad news. the laboratory association said the testing fell from 108,000 to 75,000. the cdc guidelines prioritized hospital patients and healthcare workers. but the cdc testing is up to state's individual medical departments or physicians. is it dropping for something we don't understand? right now it's the latter. the national left wing media trumpeting headlines on a hydroxychloroquine study that cast doub

. >>> vice president mike pence will tour general motors plant in kokomo, indiana. he declined to wear a mask during a visit to the mayo clinic in minnesota. that's where things stand for the moment. joining me from new york's once bustling grand central terminal, and we're hoping not have too many echoes -- echoes here, is my co-anchor for the next two hours, katy tur. what aren't you seeing? >> i'm not seeing people. yesterday we were in times square. look at grand central terminal. that's where all the tourists would go. this is where all the people commuting into new york to work come through. it's one of the major arteries of new york city. this is midday. it's not rush hour, but there's really no such thing as rush hour here in new york city. and there's no one here. the only people that are here beyond us are people who are looking for shelter or new york city's front line and essential workers. they are the ones still using mass transit. 750,000 people come through here every day. now you're just seeing a handful. the frontline workers, the mass transit work

he is in kokomo, indiana, right now.e is getting a cure, if we take the live pictures, that would be great. the president, vice president, we actually lost the shot. neil was showing it to you a few moments ago. vice president is during the gm facility. they put it fact in 17 days. they will make 500 ventilators at that plant in indiana. mary barra is there, marc short, we'll monitor the tour any breaking news or comments he makes with regard to the coronavirus. the vice president leads the coronavirus task force. president trump already speaking today, on the latest efforts by states to reopen as more economic data comes in reflecting the toll the pandemic is taking on this country. blake burman has the latest from washington. blake? reporter: cheryl, one of the top economists over at the white house, kevin hassett says when the labor department puts out the official reading one week from tomorrow, next friday, regarding the april unemployment report, hassett believes the number could be around 19%. earlier this afterno

general motors announced today they are hiring 1,000 new workers at their plant in kokomo, indiana, top build 30,000 ventilators by august. the move comes as car production here in the u.s. has been shut down and many workers have been either furloughed or laid off. on sunday's "60 minutes," we showed you how the automaker has cotooled their factories in a wartime-like effort to fight the coronavirus. well, tonight, a closer look at the workers who answered the call and made it all happen. >> i was on indefinite layoff. >> o'donnell: like so many in the auto industry, g.m.'s mikalean lynch knows what it's like to suddenly be out of work. there's a lot of people that are hurting out there, that don't have jobs. >> yeah, yeah, there is. this isn't my first layoff from general motors, so i know how it feels to not know whether you're going to have another job. so when they made this call and i could come back, it was just wonderful. >> o'donnell: when g.m.'s tracy streeter got the call, he told his wife, who works as a nurse. >> i have a 16-year-old son. she was like, your dad is going to

and he's now one of 16 leading out the experts calling on congress to fund billions of dollars in kokomo team testing before it can safely reopen the country for bursts stormy and i say senate majority leader republican from tennessee and a host of the proud pass a 2nd opinion rethinking american health is bill frist he joins us from his art farm in virginia god it's good to see you again good larry great to be with you appreciate the chance to have this conversation my pleasure tell me about this solo you and 16 other help the actual what do you want the government to do. well the letter the letter went out last monday and went to the president of the united states and to the united states congress and it basically has 3 parts all of which center on the really critical failure that this country has had in the last month but also the opportunity that it's all built around testing we have this enemy the us but right now a lot less you have an s.t.d. you have don't who has it and who doesn't but it does infect people even if they sometimes and so what this letter does it basically says tes

head of the white house coronavirus task force wearing a mask in public during a factory tour in kokomoa today. we have seen the white house coronavirus briefings as an on again/off again event. it's easy to forget that they are dealing with a matter of urgent public health, a matter of advisories, however much these opening states have ignored them, a matter of a growing death toll, testing numbers, discovered cases. talk about what should be transpiring each afternoon. >> brian, i've been watching these white house briefings and every time i think about what a lost opportunity they are because, as you said, this is a pandemic. people are worried about their own lives and the lives of those they love. we should begin these briefings every time with a state of where we are. the cdc was doing these daily briefings until late february and they were fantastic. they started with here is the state of the epidemic in the u.s. here's what we're seeing in different states. here is where the outbreaks, the next outbreaks could be. i think especially as different states are rolling back restricti

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to make ventilators in kokomo indiana to interim time which is to say as fast as possible as the president mentioned he spoke to mary barra today the c.e.o. of g.m. that is moving forward at the same time as the 4 project is moving forward in ross and bill michigan and i've issued a challenge to those 2 companies aleph or versus ferrari this is ford versus g.m. let's see who gets those ventilators out 1st now the 2nd point of the compass which these 2 orders addressed today is this allocation of resources issues the ventilator companies themselves. expressed concern that in this rush to build ventilators there were 3 pressure on that supply chain so would say they requested that we do in the president do this they use the d.p.a. to give this gentleman here is one of the strongest gentleman world terms of applying things is to give him the ability to prioritize that supply chain for those better ventilator manufactured and he will do things like give them what's called the d o rating in the defense procurement which will allow them to get what they need now the 2nd order which the president

reporter: they have been rushing to convert their kokomo indiana plant to make ventilators, somethingy've never done before but they have been training about 1000 workers and repurposing the facility in the last few weeks. they helped our prototypes ready to go by the middle of next week. they hope to be masked producing lifesaving machines by mid april and they will scale up to about 1000 of them, this is video that you see of the employees receiving training and they also have new safety measures in place at the facility. as soon as employees giddens, the healt answer health questiod get their temperature taken, they also had to wear masks once or on the factory floor and keep social distancing once they are there as well. this is providing with a preview of what the new normal of post-pandemic production will look like. so the uaw was concerned when they were working what safety precautions gm has taking but they totally change things pre-these precautions they are using and kokomo will apply to all the facilities once they do start making cars again whether that is in a few weeks

following the defense production and announced the first ventilators have come off the line in kokomo, indiana. they did it in 11 days, from start to finish. the ingenuity of the american worker. gm will ship over 600 ventilators this month alone, with thousands more to come. we have other companies doing something similar. there is a brief clip sent to us by general motors. i think they might want to play that for your benefit. please. [video clip] ♪ [end of video clip] president trump: i know you got nervous when you saw there was a clip ready to be played. that was sent to us by general motors. we thought it would be good to play. it's amazing for what they have done in a short period of time. they are making thousands of ventilators, and there are coming out of the factories rapidly. we have others doing it. these are high-grade ventilators. we are helping a lot of people, at this point, nobody needs them. nobody has needed them for weeks. we are going to have them for other countries. nobody is able to do things like we can do. we will be able to help other countries that are hav

the first was vigorous, shift, the gm order which directed gm to make them in kokomo, indiana in trump time, which is as fast as possible. he spoke to the president of gm and that is moving forward at the same time the ford project is moving forward in michigan. i have issued a challenge to them, let's see who gets those out first. the second point of the compass is this allocation of resource issues. the ventilator companies themselves express concern in the rush to build ventilators there would be pressure on the supply chain. they requested that what we do is use the dpa to give this gentleman, one of the strongest in the world in applying things, to let him apply it. he will give them a d.o. rating. >> we will continue to monitor peter navarro. the president is back in the briefing room, getting ready to answer reporters' questions. we will get back to that. let's sneak in a quick break. much more in "the situation room" right after this. a new t. and it won't be their first experience with social distancing. overcoming challenges is what defines the military community. usaa has be

he wore a mask today when touring the gm plant in kokomo indiana, seen on the right of your screen andrse, we talked about this the other day, received all kinds of criticism for going out without one while visiting the mayo clinic in minnesota. we'll be right back. at leaf blowers. you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. make ice. making ice. but you're not mad because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad get e*trade and start trading commission free today. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. and nutrients to since 1926, nationwide we've been there in person, during trying times. today, being on your side means staying home... "nationwide office of customer advocacy." ...but we can still support you and the heroes who are with you. we're giving refunds on auto

to make vent ventilators in kokomo, indiana. as the president mentioned, he spoke to mary barra, the c.e.o. of g.m. that is moving forward. the ford me time as project is ventilators in kokomo, indiana. rossenville, michigan and i challenge to those two companies, ford versuser if rar -- ferrari, this is ford versus g.m. who gets the order out first. and now we talk about the allocation of resource issues. the ventilator companies themselves expressed concern to build his rush ventilators, there would be pressure on that supply chains. so, they requested that we do, the the president do, use d.p.a. to give this gentleman here who's one of the strongest in the world is to ability to e prioritize that supply chain for those ventilator manufacturers and he will give that's called the d.o. in the defense procurement which will allow them to get what they need. now the second order, which the has to nt signed today do with the other part of the which is once we make go to?uff, where does it and this is a 3m order. several days t we'v

respect to general motor, gm stepped up in 17 days, maria they stood up a factory with ventech in kokomo, indiana and began producing ventilators this week with the help of ups, we put those ventilators on trucks and delivered them to hospitals in gary, indiana and chicago, illinois. that's trump time. the last thing, the last sunday i was in my office working on easter sunday i got an sos from mayor bill deblasio. they needed gowns in new york city, and we work with fema to help them out. president trump has been very good about that, and during that conversation, we had this idea that why not get the garment district revived there in new york to start making gowns, and this is a beautiful thing. what mayor deblasio was engage a woman at the new york economic development corporation, i brought in kim glass from the national council of textile organizations, and as we speak, what's going to be over 1 million-yards of fabric is being delivered courtesy of ups from a factory in north carolina and it's going to go to cutters and sewers in brooklyn, new york that are going to be making gowns

defense production act, gm announced that its first ventilator has come off of the assembly line in kokomothey did it in 11 days from start to finish. a remarkable testament to the ingenuity of the american worker. gm will ship over 600 ventilators this month alone with thousands of more to come. we have other company is doing something similar. i think they said that there is a brief clip that we have of general motors, sent to us by general motors. and i think they might be wanting to play that. for your benefit, please. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> president trump: i know you got a little bit nervous, when you saw there was a clip about to be played. but that was sent to us by general motors, and we thought it would be a good one to play. it's amazing. what they have done in a very, very short period of time. they are now making thousands of ventilators, and they are coming out of the factory very rapidly at a clip that no one can believe. we have others also doing it. and these are very high-grade ventilators. we are helping a lot of people. at this moment, nobody needs them. we have to remember during th

was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana, which is to say as fast as possible. as the president mentioned, he spoke today to the ceo of gm, that is moving forward. the same time as the ford project is moving forward in michigan. i've issued a challenge of those two companies, this is ford versus gm and let's see who gets those ventilators out first. now the second point of the compass with these two orders is this allocation of resource issues. the ventilator companies themselves expressed concern that in this rush to build ventilators, there was pressure on that supply chain. so they requested that we do and the president do is to use the dpa to give this gentleman the ability to prioritize that supply chain for those ventilator manufacturers. you will do things like give them what's called a do rating in the defense procurement which will allow them to get what they need. now, the second order which the president signed today has to do with the other part of the equation which is wednesday make this stuff, does it go to the right folks? this is a 3m

president trump signed was vigorous, swift, was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana in trump time, which is to say as fast as possible. as the president mentioned he spoke to mary barra today, the ceo of gm. that is moving forward. at the same time as the ford project is moving forward in rossenville, michigan. i issued a challenge to the two companies a la "ford v. ferrari," ford versus gm, we'll see who guests ventilators out first. the resource issues, the ventilator companies themselves expressed concern in this rush to build ventilators there would be pressure on that supply chain. so what they requested that we do and the president do is to use the dpa to give this gentleman here, one of the strongest gentlemen in the world in terms of applying things, give him the ability to prioritize that supply chain for those ventilator manufacturers and he will do things like give them what's called the do rating in the defense procurement which will allow them to get what they need. the second order which the president signed today has to do with the other part

today general motors in kokomo, indiana, rolled off the first ventilator. it did it in 11 days from start to finish. that's incredible. repurchasing an auto factory to ventilators. what's going to happen now, even as the president is announcing a great strategic program. ventilators, we are going to see them go as early as thursday into hospitals in chicago and over the weekend there's going to be ventilators delivered to hospitals in gary, indiana. what that tells me is that in this crisis we are able to move fast and flexibly. his mother company want to share with you which is a similar type of innovation. a couple weeks ago, the president was talking about he was concerned about having enough swabs for testing. i called general dynamics, a great aerospace company and said phoebe, i'm going to send you a swab to reverse engineer it and let's see what we can do in terms of doing production to scale. she did that within a matter of a couple days. labs have called 3d printers. 303d printer farm and i found out they are capable of producing a million swabs a

it was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana in trump time, which is to say as fast as possible. as the president mentioned, he spoke to mary barr today, the ceo of gm. that is moving forward. at the same time as the ford project is moving forward in rossenville, michigan. i've issued a challenge to those two companies. a la ford v ferrari. this is ford versus gm. let's see who gets the ventilators out first. the second part of the order addressed today is this allocation of resource issues. the ventilator companies themselves express concern that in this rush to build ventilators there would be pressure on that supply chain. so what they requested that we do and the president do is to use the dpa this gentleman here, one of the strongest gentleman in the world in terms of applying things is to give him the ability to prioritize that supply chain for those ventilator manufacturers. he will do things like give them a d.o. rating in the defense procurement, which will allow them to get what they need. now the second order, which the president signed toda

chicago bears didn't have bush while their their 1st pick in the 2nd round they took a title and kokomo which would be fine if they already had a title and what their roster but the pandemic has come full sports events around the world but tennis star rafael the doubt will be back in action this week from home he's taking part in a virtual version of the madrid open $32.00 players will be involved in the charity event 5 time champion the doll will face off with britain's andy murray. fairly low . investment today and said you've been practicing for like 3 or 4 hours a day. yeah now i am not doing anything else. yet i am obviously i just play it my voice my day. oh really yes 1st much the day i. will have more news from all of the new center in a few minutes but for me the news thanks very much for your time and your company. every generation. our 1st date. talk to al jazeera. what you will force will when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying europeans go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk a

announced that its 1st ventilators come off the assembly line in kokomo indiana great place they did it in 11 days from start to finish a remarkable testament to the ingenuity of the american worker g.m. will ship over $600.00 ventilators this month alone with thousands more to come and we have other companies doing something similar and i think they said that there's a brief clip that we have of general motors sent to us by general motors and i think they might be wanting to play that for your benefit place. and you get a little bit nervous when you saw there was a clip about ready to be played but that was sent to us by general motors and we thought it would be a good one to play it's amazing it said you know what they've done in a very very short period of time they're now making thousands of ventilators and they're coming out of the factory very rapidly at a clip that nobody can even believe but we have others also doing it and these are very high grade ventilators so we're helping a lot of people and at this moment nobody needs them and we have to remember during the surge nobod

reporter: i also asked if general motors has any plans to expand ventilator production beyond that kokomoity. as of right now, they say they could, but there don't seem to be any immediate plans to. stuart? stuart: grady trimble, thanks very much. i notice that gm's stock is still at $18 a share. we better check out 3m. they have been under fire after being accused of selling those face masks to other countries. here's florida's emergency management executive on that story. roll tape. >> 3m has lost total control so what i ask 3m is are they aware their authorized distributors, u.s. companies, are telling me the reason why our orders are being pushed down is because foreign countries are showing up with cash to purchase the orders and when i told 3m that, not only did they not dispute it, i asked them if they put out any guidance to prevent the behavior and the answer was no. stuart: i should tell you the chief executive officer at 3m has been speaking out this morning. hillary vaughn joins us. what's he been saying? reporter: mike roman, the ceo, actually talked with maria bartiromo, say

the first-order the president signed was the gm order which directed gm to make ventilators in kokomo, indiana, as fast as possible. the president spoke today to the ceo of gm. that is moving forward at the same time the ford project is moving forward in ross and ville, michigan. i issued a challenge to those companies, a la ford versus for robbery, this is ford versus gm. errari, versus for this is ford versus gm. haveentilator companies expressed concerns that in the rush, it would put pressure on the supply chain. dpa to give the this gentleman the ability to prioritize the supply chain for ventilator manufacturers. we will give them a rating in defense procurement that will allow them to get what they need. the second order signed today the other part of the equation. once they make the stuff, where does it go? this is a 3m order. to be frank, we have had issues making sure all the production 3m does around the world, enough of it is coming back here. so we are going to resolve that issue with 3m, probably by tomorrow. lose days orrd to hours in this crisis. of the compass, the th

a story last night gm sourcing 400 different parts necessary, to make ventilators making them in kokomoeting about it this morning, incredible to see what we can accomplish in a short password of time when we focus collective energy so what this is an america coming together i hope that stays in our memory for sometime to come. maria: it is true. and lee carter, the corporate sector really steps up in this, probably it is nice to see corporate sector step up the way they have been because of the last several years they have been sort of you know they have been subject of upset for the democrats, and for really those people who wanted to make them pay as opposed to others. >> that is right, you see 75% of americans right now are saying way companies behave making them more loyal in the future the stories coming together at production made people have hope at a thooivenlt bone hopeful more people expectation innovation answers from private sector not government i think really a driving factor behind a lot of us out there also seeing that the way cane behavreceptively makes people more lik