had announced business and jobs recovery task force to navigate its path co-chair ed b tom steyer who joins us now mrer, good afternoon to you m thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me >> what is the key factor that you and your committee had focused on as to whether it's right to make decisions like reopening certain retail stores on friday? has the debate changed purely from preservation of life to quality of life being relevant as well? >> first of all, let me make it clear that the decisions are being made by governor newsome and that we're an advisory task force to bring to bear information from the ground up in terms of people who run businesses, labor leaders and community activists. so his goal from the very beginning is to put health first. and to have us open up as fast as is safely possible. so from the very beginning and i think governor newsome has done a truly spectacular job of this has been putting the health and safety of californians first and is continuing to do so as we move into this phased reopening of the california economy. >> what's your advice, tom, because

presidential candidate tom stier and joining us is the chief economic recovery advisor to california governor gavin newsom and co-chair of the task force of business and jobs recovery. mr. steyero the program. last time you were here, you were a presidential candidate. i have a feeling that that was a lot easier than the task in front of you right now. >> well, lawrence, it's great to be back. and there's nothing i'd rather be doing than giving advice to a governor who has had a great -- has done a great job so far at protecting california lives and of outlining a careful way to reopen our economy to do it in a safe, health driven way. this is exactly where i'd like to be, lawrence. >> i mentioned the incident with elon musk and tesla. i've been in california for the last several weeks of this pandemic and seen the behavior, the businesses, people of california very, very minor, you know, kind of disruptions here and there, very small number of people. most businesses have been completely in agreement with the way the governor has approached this. what can you tell us about the situation at the tesla plant, they are now in negotiations with the county how to operate safely. is