bill. >> bill: kristin fisher from the north lawn, that briefing two hours from now. want to bring an director of the harvard global institute to react to this. doctor, things are coming back. as kristin points out, this would be a massive move forward. what is your take on what you're hearing right now, doctor? >> to say thank goodness. a look, i look at the blueprints, i don't know the details yet, i will do that after we get off here. but for a lot of us, i've been calling for a lot more testing for a lot more time, we've been pretty flat for the last month. so, i am thrilled to see the white house finally get on board on this, and more testing is absolutely central to opening up our economy and letting people get back to their lives. so i'm really, really happy to hear. >> bill: right on. do we have the capacity, now, or did we have it a month ago? >> i think we've had a capacity for the last month. it's required, there is a lot of road box that need fixing, and tackling, all of that just requires leadership and a focus on trying to expand testing, i believe we've

let's bring in kristin fisher, she is reporting live it from the white house for us today. kristin. >> dana, everybody from president trump to the surgeon general, to dr. fauci say that this week and next week are going to be two of the toughest weeks in american history. you know, we have heard so much about how hard hospitals are being hit by this, especially those hospitals in new york city. that they are very close to their breaking point, and now, today, we have some hard data to back that up from the watchdog that oversees the department of health and human services. the department's inspector general surveyed more than 300 hospitals across the country, and in this report, released today, it found severe shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for results at those hospitals. widespread shortages of ppe, personal protection equipment. difficulty maintaining adequate staffing and hospital staff. critical supplies including at thermometers, disinfectants, even cleaning supplies. a spokesperson for the department replanning so this resort by saying secretary azar

correspondent kristin fisher starts us off tonight with more on the president's economic strategy from the north lot of the white house. good evening. >> good evening. for the very first time tonight in order to be in the room for tonight's briefing you had to get one of those rapid coronavirus tests. these are the same kind of tests that will be absently critical to reopening the economy. just this afternoon the white house's top economic advisor larry kudlow said he believes that will likely happen sometime within the next 4-8 weeks. as the death toll projections for the united states go down the unemployment claims jumped again today. another 6.6 million americans lost their jobs last week bringing the total to 16 million. pressure isn't mounting to restart the u.s. economy and today treasury secretary believes that will be open next month. >> is in at the president feels comfortable with the medical issues we are making everything necessary that american companies and american workers can be open for business. >> according to a new fox news poll an overwhelming 80% of americans fav

i'm kristin fisher. tin, sounds like it's a little windy outside there in washington, d.c. from your location. kristin: it is. leland: it's quieter in the studio, same capitol behind both of us, we talked to governors on both sides of the debate. the air force academy has pushed up their graduation. will be a very different graduation than what we're used to. we'll take you to his speech as it happens. first, an update on how the virus is spreading across the united states. steve harrigan outside the cdc in atlanta where they are tracking that. hi, steve. >> reporter: more than 37,000 americans have died from the coronavirus and there has been a revision in the projection for how many americans will die. yesterday that number stood at 68,000. now it is down to just 60,000. a number of states are pushing hard to try to reopen their economies, there's been demonstrations in at least six states so far with more happening today. jacksonville, florida has already reopened its beaches for about eight hours a da

correspondent kristin fisher starts us off tonight from the rose garden. good evening. >> good evening, bret. well, this was a press conference that was going to happen and then was canceled. then back on again. and tonight, president trump wanted to make it very clear that he believes his administration has done enough, especially in terms of testing and ramping up the country's testing capacity to reopen this country by the time that he feels is appropriate. >> today, we are releasing our blueprint for state testing plans. today heather, we are accelerating especially in our african-american and hispanic communities. >> kristin: 11 days after president announced his plan to open up america again, the white house is now filling in the blanks about how much testing it believes is necessary to get the country fully back and up and running. senior administration officials say the a new minimum standard l be set, at least 2% of the state 'escalation. right now, only 1.6% of all americans have been tested. according to the covid tracking project. it will take

kristin fisher has the latest from the white house. but we begin with david lee miller who is life in york city this morning. david lee? >> good morning. flag throughout the state are flying at half-staff in tribute to thousands that have died because of the coronavirus. governor andrew cuomo says the latest news about the number of deaths isn't just bad, and his words, it's terrible. statewide fatalities in the single day spike to 779 which is more than ever. he said the mortality rate is likely to get worse before it gets better because it reflects the number of people admitted weeks ago to the hospital there are only now succumbing to the virus. a preliminary study shows that blacks and hispanics in new york have a disproportionate rate of fatalities. on a positive note, hospital admissions are down thanks to social distancing but he urges new yorkers not to become complacent. >> we have to remain diligent and remained disciplined going forward but there is no doubt that we are now bending the curve and there is no doubt that we can

i'm kristin fisher. leland: 3:30 eastern is the briefing at the white house, live coverage.'m leland vittert. some of states right now they're keeping a close eye on include louisiana, texas and michigan, as possible new hot spots on the curve. steve harrigan outside the cdc headquarters in atlanta, georgia with the latest numbers and also what they're saying about the next couple weeks. hi, steve. >> reporter: leland, tough times now for the state of new york. they are pleading for help from around the country for medical professionals to come and volunteer and the help is a arriving. people are answering that call, more than 85,000 volunteers, medical personnel coming to new york to volunteer and help more than 20,000 of those from out of state. friday was the worst day so far for new york as far as number of cases and number of deaths. the death toll in new york state stands at 3,500, the number has doubled since wednesday. some bright spots on the horizon as far as ventilators go. china donating 1,000 ventilators from the chinese government, arriving in new york today an

today during the coronavirus task force briefing reporters including kristin fisher asked the president about the report. >> the number one complaint from those hospitals where severe shortages of testing supplies at a long wait time. >> did i hear the word inspector general? >> when was she appointed? >> not sure when she was appointed. >> john carl later told the president christie graham served in the obama investigation, grimm might have a political ax to grind but grimm has worked under four administrations and just became the acting h edge s ig but in fairness donald trump's secretary of health says the ig information is two weeks old. >> if there was such a problem why did i find out about the test from them on the news media at 8:00 this morning? >> even the inspection general's office acknowledged the time including the pandemic is fast-moving as i the efforts to address it. some hospital challenges may have worsened and others may have improved. h h s says it is loosening regulations giving hospitals more latitude to fight the pandemic. >> thank you for the update. positive fi

kristin: that's right, i'm kristin fisher. re than 7500 killed by the coronavirus, wyoming is the only state not reporting any deaths, not yet. and steve is in atlanta georgia. hey, steve. >> hey, kristin. the c.d.c. coming out with new recommendations urging all americans to wear masks, cloth masks, when they go outside or some sort of clothing that covers their noses and mouths. the president made sure to say that this was a voluntary recommendation, that he himself would not be wearing a mask. we're getting a new information out of new york from governor cuomo's presser, the single worst day in new york, the death toll in new york state 3500. that number has doubled in the past three days alone. some bright spots, they're getting 1,000 ventilators donated today from china, arriving in new york today and also 140 on loan from oregon. the mayor of new york says those ventilators are desperately needed. >> if we're going to save every single life we can save, we must have the ventilators we need exactly where we need them when

kristin fisher is live at the white house as governors look to take matters into their own hands. h, president trump says that this decision of when to reopen the u.s. economy will be the biggest decision of his entire life. but, it's a decision that may not be entirely up to him. yesterday, governors on both coasts and from both parties announced that they were forming regional packs to coordinate exactly how their states were going to lift those statewide stay at home orders. so on the east coast you have the governors from new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, rhode island, delaware, and massachusetts. they are working together. and then on the west coast, you have california, oregon, and washington. they have formed the western states pact. president trump did not seem happy with those developments during yesterday's briefing. >> when somebody shut president of the united states, the authority is total. with that being said, we're going to work with the states because it's very important. we have local government that hopefully will do a good job. and if they don't do a good job.

current epicenter have more, this is our coronavirus pandemic special i am leland vittert it and kristin fisher and i will cover the news in your physicians and panel of doctors. kristin: the number of coronavirus related deaths also on the rise since saturday morning there have been more than 1300 reported deaths across the united states, steve is tracking all of it in atlanta outside the cdc headquarters he and steve, the surgeon general announcing that he believes this week is going to be our 9/11 moment, the pearl harbor moment. reporter: that is right, the numbers back up those assertions, 1344. that is the death toll in the u.s. for saturday, a single day record death toll. there are hotspots in new york, louisiana, michigan, those hotspots could peak anywhere between the next four and eight days. here is a surgeon general on "fox news sunday". >> this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most americans lives quite friendly. this is good to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. reporter: michigan has moved up to third in cases, third index, louisiana had 400 deaths on

today during the coronavirus task force briefing reporters including fox news kristin fisher asked the president about the ig report. >> the number one complaint from those hospitals were severe shortages of testing supplies and a really long wait time. >> president trump: did i hear the word inspector general? >> president trump: when was she appointed? let me know now. >> when giancarlo later told the president that kristin grimm had served in the obama administration, the president criticize carl's reporting and indicated that he might have a political ax to grind. but for the record, graham has worked under for administrations and just begin the acting hhs oig in january of this year. in fairness, president trump's assistant secretary of health admiral brett jarrard says the ig information is two weeks old. >> if there was such a problem that she knew about or he knew about on march the 23rd and 24th, why did i find out about the test from them on the news media at 8:00 this morning? >> evening inspector general office acknowledged finding claim in the pandemic is fast-moving as ar

there is no way to tell, but kristin fisher at the white house now where we might get some details on all of that. >> one of the main things that we are waiting for -- and it could very well be announced at this briefing. our changing to the cdc's guidelines for self isolation. the administration wants to make it easier for people who work in critical industries to return to work even after they've been exposed to somebody who has the coronavirus. provided that that person has not had any more symptoms. so dr. birx -- she was making the rounds earlier today explaining why this expected change to those cdc guidelines is so important. >> if you don't want many more body bags, then you refrain from politicizing it. my short message is, please quarantine politicizing covid. the unity of your country will be very important to defeat this dangerous virus. without unity, we assure you, even any country that may have a better system will be in trouble and more crisis. >> all right. well, that was not dr. birx. there was the director of the world health organization responding to president tru

current epicenter have more, this is our coronavirus pandemic special i am leland vittert it and kristin fishercians and panel of doctors. kristin: the number of coronavirus related deaths also on the rise since saturday morning there have been more than 1300 reported deaths across the united states, steve is tracking all of

i'm kristin fisher. leland: 3:30 eastern is the briefing at the white house, live coverage.of states right now they're keeping a close eye on include lo

i'm kristin fisher. the vice president's comments come as the u.s.more than 730,000 coronavirus cases with more than half now coming from the east coast. our steve harrigan is tracking

the president and the reporters, listen, those are legitimate questions that they are asking, kristin fisher asked a legitimate question the other day on substance, and the president, you know, pushes back very hard on things that he perceives as an attack. i think giancarlo is not a third-rate reporter, he has been around, he's the president of the white house's press correspondence association. those give-and-take's are the president in his element, and i think were going to see more of that. we will see if we see it today, he was a bit salty yesterday, it seemed, to some of those questions at the press briefing. that is me interpreting what your question was, because i can't hear you currently. so with that, i will toss it back to you. >> dana: it's is hard to read my mind, i was actually asking about joe biden swan, president trump, but that was a great answer about the back-and-forth with the press corps yesterday in the briefing, bret baier, thank you. up next, we check on the condition of prime minister boris johnson. he's in the hospital in intensive care, battling coronavirus, we wi

i'm kristin fisher. the vice president's comments come as the u.s. confirms more than 730,000 coronavirus cases with more than half now coming from the east coast. our steve harrigan is tracking how and where the virus is spreading. steve. >> reporter: kristin, the u.s. is currently testing about 150,000 people a day. researchers at harvard say that number will need to triple if the u.s. is going to be able to safely reopen the economy. vice president pence said the u.s. was quickly ramping up the testing numbers. >> we believe the testing that we have today, chris, across the country, once we activate all of the labs that can do coronavirus testing, is sufficient for any state in america to move into phase one. >> reporter: not all states are waiting for new tests. the mayor of jacksonville opened up the beaches. he put in place limited hours, restrictions on towels and chairs but the crowds came, despite admonitions to keep up social distancing. the mayor of miami said the beaches would open up, he didn't say when. south carolina also prepared next

i see that now, kristin fisher is on standby. why don't we go ahead and drop in and listen to the president, as we get ready, there might be a bit of a delay if they get all their videos set up here. i understand it is ago. to the roosevelt room now in the white house. >> president trump: the banking industry, all that you are doing for small business, steve was telling me that it has been literally record-setting, the amount of money that has been done. if you want to start all over again, i guess they didn't have the microphone on, so again, why not. i want to thank everybody for being here. it is a great tribute to the banking business, the money that has been done, and the money that has been essentially loaned, great loans to the banks, great loans for small business, and we appreciate it. we are looking forward to speaking with the top ceos from the banking industry, and finance industries, some of you i know very well. good relationships with, you do an incredible job, respected all over the world. you are the biggest and

. >> dagen: kristin fisher with us at the white house, as we wait for that briefing to begin at the bottom of the hour. let's bring in fox news politics editor, chris stirewalt. hello, stirewalt. good to see you. let me start with the president's approval rating. the american people do gravitate toward the leader of the country in a time of crisis. despite whether you like the president's style, that's what's happening. >> well, yes. what is really happening, if you look at this poll and others, it has been stable. he is up a point, essentially. it is an all-time high, but he's up a point. the president has stayed -- it is unlike any experience in recent american history. partisan divisions here have remained consistent. there was, at the beginning, a rally around the president. it certainly worked for congress, which the approval ratings go way up. we basically see is that americans are staying in their partisan trenches despite the magnitude of this disruption. >> dagen: that's a good point. also, in that fox news poll, chris, voters were asked about president trump's response to the pan

tonight correspondent kristin fisher looks at what we were told would happen then at the beginning andther those promises have come true now. >> i am officially declaring a national emergency. >> president trump made that announcement in the rose garden address surrounded by ceos for major retailers and medical companies and still shaking their hands. >> okay, i like that. that's good. >> a lot can change and 35 days of many of the promises president trump made that they have not been kept. >> we are announcing a new partnership with private sectors to vastly increase and accelerate our capacity to test for the coronavirus. >> over the last month, the countries testing capacity has improved but new york governor andrew cuomo says he still needs millions more. and according to the covid tracking project, only 3.1 million tests have been completed. that's only 1% of the u.s. population. another promise? >> we have been in discussions with pharmacies and retailers to make drive-thru tests available. >> since then, none of the pharmacies or retailers represented on the rose garden that day

in kristin fisher's live on the north lawn with more on what we are learning on these new developmentsny time you have a new white house chief of staff, this is always a possibility. this kind of move has been rumored about but it still caught people by surprise in the west wing this morning. mostly moving from the west wing back into the east wing where she will serve as the first lady chief of staff and spokesperson. in a statement this morning, stephanie grisham said "i continue to be honored to serve both the president and the first lady and the administration. my replacement will be announced in the coming days and i will stay in the west wing to help with a smooth transition for as long as needed. you note in that statement, to use the word that replacements but replacement, plural and the two leading contenders are kayleigh mcenany, the press secretary for the trump campaign and alyssa is the press secretary for the pentagon and before that was the press secretary. so right now, the thinking is perhaps both of them could be coming back to the west wing. stephanie grisham actuall

kristin fisher live at the white house with the president's decision. ent of their entire budget, are they going to feel it? kristin: i'm sure they will feel it. this is something that president trump has been talking about and considering doing for several days. yesterday he made it official. the united states immediately suspending funding to the world health organization and i will let president trump explain why. >> the w.h.o. fail today -- failed to share information in timely and transparent fashion. if it's not too independently tell the world what was happening and must be held accountable. kristin: top two democrats on house overnight committee say they are stunned that president trump would have done this in the middle of a pandemic. meanwhile your attempt to blame w.h.o. for trusting china reflects astonishing level of hypocrisy givenning -- giving publicized praise of xi jinping. the washington post first reported about multiple warnings from inside the state department dating way back to january of 2018 about scientists conducting risky rese

>> sandra: kristin fisher at the white house for us this morning, thank you. >> ed: for more on this,ring in steve hilton composed of a "of the next revolution. good morning and i hope you are doing well. let's pick up right there on the world health organization. we asked dr. fauci about it a few moments ago, whether he supports the president's idea of freezing the money. dr. fauci didn't want any part of that and he someone has been supportive of the world health organization but the president may have a point here that we are giving all this u.s. taxpayer money. can we really trust the world health organization when we are funding them? >> he's completely right and and so many other areas where he is called out these other global organizations that for years got by without any kind of scrutiny because they seem to have the word world and their title which meant that they were fine. they were a good thing. the world trade organization is another one. the president is focusing on the details. who runs these organizations and most importantly what do they do? in the case of this terri

he was following up similar questions by kristin fisher whose question was labeled hard by the presidentwent after a question about ventilator as threatening. i think these are legitimate questions. even if you think these are unfair, got you questions about reporters that don't like the president, it comes with the oval office territory and finally i think the president having toned down his rhetoric against democrats and governors is relishing the chance to use some of these reporter as foils. >>.gillian: interesting theory there. doesn't the president kind of have a point, though, howey when he complains about the media coverage at large. put aside the press conferences and whether you think the questions are fair or not fair, there is a media bent against him. >> absolutely. i have never seen this level of mutual disgust. that's the best word for it between the two sides. the boston globe said trump has blood on his hands in the coronavirus crisis. also, frank bruni wrote can anybody find trump's soul and the times put a headline, jared kushner will kill us all. it's a negative onsla

welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm kristin fisher just across the street from u.s. capitol. leland: nice to be with you, you've had a busy week at the white house. i'll get to that later. and down in

kristin fisher is live at the whitehouse. ow lawmakers could return to the hill by wednesday to vote. have they not worked out any type of remote voting system? they do have to show up? >> according to the house majority leader steny hoyer, he says the earliestth house can meet is going to be on wednesday. and so that means that the very earliest that the paycheck protection program could be up and running would be thursday. now, over the weekend, these negative united nations have been continuing as these small business owners across the country have been crossing their fingers and hoping that the white house and democrats will be able to cut a deal and fast. the paycheck protection program ran out of money last week. yesterday president trump said that he is hopeful that the government will be able to refill it soon. we want to take care of the businesses. they are the enjustin the country. when we reopen we want to have those small businesses ready to go. we have a good chance of getting the deal. we want the deal. >> under

kristin fisher joins us live from the white house with a plan to boost surveillance.in. >> president trump and top military leaders are worried that drug cartels and people like the president of venezuela nikolas maduro will use this coronavirus pandemic to try to smuggle more narcotics. what the united states is doing is essentially doubling its military resources in the region. we are talking about deploying navy warships and aircraft to the caribbean sea and, perhaps, even closer to venezuela. defense secretary mark he is esd the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark mille joined president trump in the briefing room yesterday. and the reason for this massive new operation, well, general mille says the united states had obtained intelligence that cartels were seeking to quote, unquote, take advantage of the coronavirus. but he did not explain what the intelligence was. here is president trump making the announcement yesterday afternoon. listen here. >> the united states is launching enhanced counter narcotics operations in the western hemisphere to prot

. >> ed: kristin fisher is live from the white house this morning. good morning. >> president trump has warned that there is going to be a lot of death this week and the surgeon general as you heard over the weekend called this our 9/11 pearl harbor moment. but president trump he did sound optimistic at this briefing last night. he again touted this anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine which we know caused a big dispute with the white house task force between dr. fauci and navarro. fauci said the drug is an unproven therapy for covid-19. navarro says it's worth a shot at a time like this. the dispute which took place on saturday first reported in axios. navarro confirmed it on fox a few moments ago. >> i'll let tony speak for himself. he takes the view that it is important to have controlled studies, randomized studies and to go through the signs and come to the end and determine what's going on. as a social scientist myself i totally agree with that. there is also the point of view we're in war, president trump is a war-time president in the fog of

kristin fisher is live at the white house as the sba reports unprecedented demand for loans under the kristin. >> that's right. good morning, brian, ainsley and steve. well, under these new guidelines, senior administration officials are saying that they want states to be able to test at least 2% of the state's population and to put that in perspective for you, right now only about 1.6% of all americans have been tested. so this would be a pretty significant jump there are a lot of questions about how exactly the white house and the cdc are going to be able to pull this off. but the white house is confident that it absolutely can. and at a briefing yesterday in the rose garden president trump rereiterated it's going to be up to the states to formulate and implement their own testing plans. the federal government will provide strategic guidance and scale splice. >> what we're going to do is put cdc personnel experts in every single state. they will function as subject matter experts to help the states to build the contact tracing routines that they need in order to identify any emergin

bill fisher, the father of our very own kristin fisher, now works as an er doctor in houston and kristins what he had to say. >> you told me that you were more concerned about catching covid-19 than you were on the day that you launched into space. >> everyone is very careful. we know this thing is coming and it can be deadly. >> dr. fisher says alpha suggestions should assume every patient has covid-19 so they are extra careful about transmitting the virus and in fact we should all assume everyone has it but guys absolutely incredible to see kristin interview her father , such a distinguished man fighting on multiple platforms throughout his wife. pete: he's got some perspective no doubt about that. secretively and literally. griff: unbelievable really. pete: it's a powerful interview. griff: every day basically for these doctors is like blasting into space. pete: no doubt. rick richmuth is via skype. rick you've got weather updates for us? rick: yeah, a lot of the east coast has been much warmer than average. we're going to continue that trend over the next couple of days especially th