for more on that, i want to turn to john best, contributor with the lehigh valley live.com website. recently wrote last week, "memorial day parade in a time of social distancing -- slate belt township finds a way." john best joining us by phone. how's the township -- how has the township in pennsylvania found a way? guest: good morning. nice to be with you. parades are tradition on memorial day as a way to remember our fallen shoulders. upper mountain bethel township has decided to come up with a way to social distancing while having a parade, essentially emotionless parade. instead of fire trucks and police and american legion and watchers,ching past the watchers will drive past the paraders. they will have fire trucks, police, honor guard, and vehicles will come to a municipal parking lot and drive past the parade and there be sirens blaring, and at the end of the line they would get a bag of goodies, two hotdogs, a bag of chips, and then they are on their way. host: where did you find out how they came up with this idea and how many fol w

in our area of the lehigh valley, it's a very big industrial center with the cement mills and warehousing that supplies everything on the east coast now to new york city. when our governor took over everything and shipped all the ppe to new york and when they found all that stuff in the warehouse with all the ppe and they kept screaming about new york and northern new jersey got it in on the eastern end of pennsylvania we started getting slammed. we saw a lot of workers who were democrats were changing their tune real quick because they saw what was happening with politics in this. people who were laid off >> live now to capitol hill to fulfill our long time commitment coverage.s. house members are gaveling in to consider a bill to continue the foreign intelligence expires nce act, which at the end of this month. also today marks the first time he house will allow proxy voting on the floor. live house coverage here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray, god, father of us all,

in our area of the lehigh valley, it's a very big industrial center with the cement mills and warehousing that supplies everything on the east coast now to new york city. when our governor took over everything and shipped all the ppe to new york and when they found all that stuff in the warehouse with all the ppe and they kept screaming about new york and northern new jersey got it in on the eastern end of pennsylvania we started getting slammed. we saw a lot of workers who were democrats were changing their tune real quick because they saw what was happening with politics in this. frome who were laid off their jobs were earning $1200 a week when this all started. so they weren't hurting moneywise. because i make at least that every two weeks for take-home pay. been livingho have high off the hog, you have to get out there and think for yourself how to survive this with everything you do at home. luckily my wife and i had always prepared for an eventual problem with the citizenship in the united states in case something would take a turn. happening wasn't just overnight. they did several

president trump is going to the beautiful lehigh valley to announce a tougher smarter more resilient strategic national stockpile i we're launching a monumental effort. >>to replenish and rebuild the strategic national stockpile but now the head of a mask making company is warning stockpiling isn't the answer to our problems i don't believe in stockpiling i think what we should do. >>is come up with a new kind of mask that can be made. >>extremely fast camila bernal kron 4 news. >>it's starting monday, most retail stores in san francisco will be able to reopen at least for curbside pickup and delivery but as kron four's dan kerman explains it also means a new set of challenges for already struggling small businesses. >>retail corridors in san francisco are empty these days the shelter-in-place orders to force businesses to shut down for 2 months but monday, many retail stores will be able to reopen for curbside pickup and delivery while we are excited one that our industry is going to be coming back to life providing people a sense of normalcy hopefully again to your point. yes, ther

in the heart of the lehigh valley. i have a brother who was a great brother. passed away a long time ago. fred. and he went to lehigh university. i've been up here many times, actually. and i gave a commencement address years ago at lehigh university. it's a great school. but whenever i think of this area, i think about my brother. but i really am honored to be with the extraordinary workers of allentown, pennsylvania. every day you prove that american workers are truly the best in the world. and that's what they are. we're showing that now, we're starting to make more and more product in the united states. i was with some of your representatives, associates, they call themselves, i don't know. i assume if -- assume if they're associates, you're all making the same money. i hope so. [laughter] they call themselves associates. sounds nice, right? more and more i see. that but it's good. they're good and they're doing a great job, frankly. but they're talking about so much of the product now is made in the u.s.a. whereas in the past it wasn't. it wasn't. but they

instead he'll visit a lehigh valley medical distributor that's provided ppe, masks and surgical gowns to front lines across the country. this is days after he put pressure on the state to reopen. he wrote, quote, the great people of pennsylvania want their freedom now. trump has been wrangled by polling showing a lot of americans rank their individual governor response above their own. democratic governor tom wolf of pa is standing his ground. on monday the governor threatened to withhold federal money from counties that defy the state shautdown mandate. we're joined by maura barrett who is with us from just outside allentown, pa where the president will visit tomorrow. maura, specifically where are you. i guess there's nothing preventing a factory speech from, as we've seen, becoming a kind of a mini rally speech at the same time. >> reporter: briern, that's exactly what business owners here tell me that they're concerned about. we're just outside of allentown, geographically very close to new jersey and new york which have seen a lot of spikes in cases over the past couple weeks. as

trump was out in the beautiful lehigh valley essentially announcing part of that plan.worth understanding what we're going to do when china unleashed a pandemic in the world we were caught with famous stock piles that were a bit thread bear. it's smarter, bigger and more resilient. what do i mean by that? they'll have more information technology. the bigger is probably the most important because we're not only going to have more ppe and other things in terms of quantity but other things in those stock piles we're going to do it in other ways. it's a distribution center. they're going to carry more inventory. and the third part of this more resilient and we're going to bring the domestic supply chains home for this. what is that going to be able to allow us to do? we're not only going to make it here but we're going to have reserve capacity and things like mask production so that if we need it we will do that. so smarter, bigger, stronger, that's the essence of the stock pile. >> so can you give us some numbers that you all are preparing for in the fall. what are the num

he is in lehigh valley and the battleground state of pennsylvania. he's at a company called owens and minor, about 140 years old and they make metal equipment and supplies and that is the stop for the president today. we will monitor the news. in the meantime we have this mysterious illness apparently related to coronavirus hitting children. i will talk to a doctor whose hospital has treated dozens of children. also, the doctor who says he was demoted for sounding the alarm about a possible covid-19 treatment. he's facing questions, a lot of them today on the hill. the white house responds on the whistle-blowers testimony of today. >> and on hydroxychloroquine, dr. bright literally signed of the application for authorization of it. literally, he is the sponsor of it. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try a

capitol hill issuing these dire warnings on the very day president trump is going to the beautiful lehigh valley a tougher, smarter, more resilient strategic national stockpile. i call it the sns 2.0. what it's going to be is a bigger stockpile that is spread not just in fema where houses but distribution centers. the point of care hospitals are going to carry more inventory. as we bring our supply chains and production home, our factories are going to have reserve capacity that can quickly ramp up to meet our demands. in case we have a second wave in the fall. i thought bright's "sky is falling" warning really wasn't importing with reality, boots on the ground. >> harris: peter, you brought it up, let's show the viewers what you're talking about and then i will get your reaction. here is dr. bright, from today. >> i will never forget the emails i received from mike bowen, indicating that we are --dash the and 90 respirator supplier was completely decimated. he said, "we are in deep sleep. the world is. we need to act." i push that forward to the highest levels i could in hhs. i got no response.

president trump is going to the beautiful lehigh valley to announce a tougher smarter more resilientl stockpile i we're launching a monumental effort. >>to replenish and rebuild the strategic national stockpile but now the head of a mask making company is warning stockpiling isn't the answer to our problems i don't believe in stockpiling i think what we should do. >>is and come up with a new kind of mask that can be made. >>extremely fast camila bernal kron 4 news. >>the u.s. food and drug administration is issuing an alert about the covid-19 tests being used by the white house. the fda said today, there are possible inaccuracy concerns with the abbotts i detest id now test as it's called the agency points to recent studies which show the test may return false negative reports for example new york university researchers found the test to be quote unacceptable for use with patients claiming it frequently mrs. cases of the virus. but disputes the findings saying that they are inconsistent with other studies the fda says the tests can still be used and it is working with abbott and othe

president trump is going to the beautiful lehigh valley to announce a tougher smarter more resilient strategic national stockpile i we're launching a monumental effort. >>to replenish and rebuild the strategic national stockpile but now the head of a mask making company is warning stockpiling isn't the answer to our problems i don't believe in stockpiling i think what we should do. >>is and come up with a new kind of mask that can be made. >>extremely fast camila bernal kron 4 news. >>this fall most classes across the california state university system are going to be online and also you see has talked about that too. jane yes, students have mixed feelings about distance learning as we found out kron 4 michelle kingston has that part of the story. >>it sounds like you're kind of limbo jacob hawkins is a star athlete heading to use the irvine on a full track scholarship but because of coronavirus season, sure if he'll be able to move in and attend classes this fall is cause chaos is excited to go and meet new people and now kind of be on your own most classes across the california sta

for more on that, i want to turn to john best, contributor with the lehigh valley live.com website. the story you recently wrote last week, "memorial day parade in a time of social distancing -- slate belt township finds a way." john best joining us by phone. how's the township -- how has the township in pennsylvania found a way? guest: good morning. nice to be with you. parades are tradition on memorial day as a way to remember our fallen shoulders. upper mountain bethel township has decided to come up with a way to social distancing while having a parade, essentially emotionless parade. instead of fire trucks and police and american legion and watchers,ching past the watchers will drive past the paraders. they will have fire trucks, police, honor guard, and vehicles will come to a municipal parking lot and drive past the parade and there be sirens blaring, and at the end of the line they would get a bag of goodies, two hotdogs, a bag of chips, and then they are on their way. host: where did you find out how they came up with this idea and how many folks will participate, and the r

guest: the lehigh valley iron pigs based out of allentown, the aaa affiliate of the philadelphia phillies, they had a sold-out drive-in firework show where you had tickets in advance, and in their baseball stadium parking lot, people were able to park, and instead of watching a drive-in movie theater screen, they just had fireworks and music and all of that going on. they scheduled the second one for june 6 because it was so successful. in addition to that, other places looking to redo things like parades, the towns of bangor and rosetta in pennsylvania, instead of having a parade, they are having a procession where first responders will lead the procession with american legion members and drive from town to town to multiple cemeteries. they will sing the national anthem, say a prayer, 21 gun salute. members from the public are invited to join the procession and stay apart from each other the cemeteries. have a procession instead of a parade. host: john best, contributor with lehighvalleylive.com. what are your plans, what are you covering this week as you continue to cover it from the lo

instead he'll visit a lehigh valley medical distributor that's provided ppe, masks and surgical gownscross the country. this is days after he put pressure on the state to reopen. he wrote, quote, the great people of pennsylvania want their freedom now. trump has been wrangled by polling showing a lot of americans rank their individual governor response above their own. democratic governor tom wolf of pa is standing his ground. on monday the governor threatened to withhold federal money from counties that

in our area of the lehigh valley, it's a very big industrial center with the cement mills and warehousingt supplies everything on the east coast now to new york city. when our governor took over everything and shipped all the ppe to new york and when they found all that stuff in the warehouse with all the ppe and they kept screaming about new york and northern new jersey got it in on the eastern end of pennsylvania we started getting slammed. we saw a lot of workers who were democrats were changing their tune real quick because they saw what was happening with politics in this. frome who were laid off their jobs were earning $1200 a week when this all started. so they weren't hurting moneywise. because i make at least that every two weeks for take-home pay. been livingho have high off the hog, you have to get out there and think for yourself how to survive this with everything you do at home. luckily my wife and i had always prepared for an eventual problem with the citizenship in the united states in case something would take a turn. happening wasn't just overnight. they did several exer

the president is headed to pennsylvania later today to visit a medical equipment distributor in lehigh valleyressional delegation, helped inform the president's plan to reopen the country, pennsylvania senator pat toomey. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, maria. thanks for having me. maria: what is most important that our viewers need to understand about opening the country? >> well, in my opinion, maria, the most important thing is to remember why we shut it down in the first place. there was a very clear, well-articulated reason that we took the unprecedented and draconian step, saying you can't earn a living of. that was to prevent the disease from spreading so rapidly that so many people would get sick at once that we would overwhelm our hospital's a capacity. that was the reason. it's obvious, has been for weeks in my state of pennsylvania, there is no danger of that. we have empty hospitals, no hospitals exceeding their capacity. we have ventilators on the shelf, icu beds that are empty, hospitals with plenty of room. in addition, we've got declining rates of positive tests, we

in about an hour, the president leaves for lehigh valley, pennsylvania.stribution center in the battleground state of pennsylvania, where six counties are in revolt against the democrat governor. wonder if the president will say something about that. take a look at this. a drone flies over a baseball stadium, disinfecting seats from the air. the company behind the idea hopes it can bring back sports in a kind of way. we will explain it for you. looks good, doesn't it? >>> president trump slamming joe biden for his comments on the michael flynn case. watch this. >> i know nothing about those moves to investigate michael flynn. >> he said he didn't know anything about it. and now it just gets released right after he said that, it gets released that he was one of the unmaskers, meaning he knew everything about it. stuart: what did he know and when did he know it? and what does it mean for his campaign? we will discuss with dan henninger, "wall street journal" guy, coming up. >>> a michigan barber has his license suspended after defying state orders and openi