joining us now, the governor of connecticut, ned lamont. governor, thanks for joining us. you heard gavin newsom laying out a gradual reopening plan for his state. is that what you envision for your state as well? >> yeah, we'll have a phased

joining us now connecticut governor ned lamont. went out of his way to offer this crazy medical advice. i don't want to spend a lot of time on this because there are more important things to talk to you about. just as a governor of a state, do you worry about people in your state hearing this and thinking in a desperate situation, oh, let's try this? >> i worry about people hearing that and taking him literally and how dangerous that is. i'm really struck by your last segment. katie's husband jonathan was a state employee. they met in danbury, connecticut, and he was a front line worker, he was an essential worker and he put himself at risk even though he had a kid at home who was at some risk as well. it just reminds you what these state employees are doing. they are essential workers. and i think every day about essential workers. there is no correlation between how much you're paid and being how essential you are, and that's what that story reminds me of. >> yeah. >> and talking about the president bleach, i'm not there right no

>>hat does connecticut governor ned lamont say now? with margaret hoover" is made possible by... additional funding is provided ... corporate funding is provided by... governor ned lamont, welcome to "firing line." >> margaret, nice to see you. >> you are the governor the state of connecticu a state that, as you pointed ishe fourth-most covid-infected state per capita in the country of covid in your s 3,000 cases and that number is increasing rapidly each day. now, you, along with all of your fellow governors, are workinaround the clock to protect the citizens of your state, and so, governor, i wonder, can you tell me, where doou think you are in the curve right now? >> running like hell and the virus is catching up every day. what the federal government doesn't realize is they think about this in terms of states and new york has all the fatalities, infections. they targeall the equipment and ppe there. and we keep trying to say, think about connecticut as part of that new yorpandemic. and if you do that, then you'll see that we havee urth highest infection rate in the country ri

for governor ned lamont, the message is clear. >> southern connecticut has the same infection rate as most of new york city right now. >> with medical supplies stretched thin... >> i'm asking rst-line responders to go to war without all the protective gear they deserve.es >> ...and stpeting with one another to marshal resources... >> it's more like surge pricing on uber. >> what does connecticut governor ned lamont say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible by... additional funding is provided by... corporate funding is provided by... >> governor ned lamont, welcome to "firing line." >> margaret, nice to see you. >> you are the governor of the state of connecticut, a state that, as you poied out this week, ishe fourth-most covid-infected state per capitac in tntry. you have more than 3,000 cases c id in your state, and that number is increasing rapidly each day. now, you, along with all of your fellow governors, are workinaround the clock to protect the citizens of your state, a so, governor, i wonder, can you tell me, nere do you think you are in the curve rig? >

one of those governors is connecticut's ned lamont. he joins me right now.ernor lamont, thank you so much for being with us this morning. what i want to know is what's the practical impact of governors like you saying we are formulating our own plans to ease some of these restriction when's the time is right? what is the impact of having you say that white president is saying, no, no, it's up to me and completely me? >> good morning, john. here's what it meant. couple months ago when we figured out that our bars and restaurants were packed leading up to a saint patrick's day, got together with governors murphy and governor cuomo and said let's do this together, we'll close them down. it doesn't do me any good to have a bar closed in greenwich, connecticut, and it's open across the border. now the same things holds. the governors are getting together, taking the lead. we were early in taking care of the social distancing and we're going to take care of getting our economy open again. but on a thoughtful and safe way. >> so what's the impact to someone in brid

connecticut's governor is ned lamont. he has developed a reputation for being a student of the situation here. watching what was happening in other places, making smart decisions for his state. governor, thank you for joining us. >> well, thank you, chris. it's nice to see you. >> now, in -- >> i'll tell you what i saw when i heard that. >> go ahead. >> verbal hand grenades. two weeks ago he told your brother and myself, i want a mandatory quarantine of the new york metropolitan area. we called him up and talked him down. we got something more reasonable. now, two weeks later, he wants the mandatory opening up of everything. he likes us to run down these rabbit holes. you're right, the governor is going to make the determination what's best for their state. we care deeply about the health and safety of our citizens and get our economy going in a prudent, thoughtful way. >> you said verbal hand grenade. the problem is, it will blow up in your face. now he says, well, testing, that's on the states. my decision is just to re

and joining us now is the governor of connecticut, ned lamont. thank you very much for joining us tonight, we really appreciate it. >> good evening, lawrence. >> i'm sure you heard donald trump declared you have absolutely no power to quote reopen connecticut. it's totally up to him. the president said his authority is total. luckily, at least one white house reporter got it right and shouted out that's not true. but what was your reaction to the president telling this and i won't drag you into the debate over it, i'm just going to let the audience know it's a complete lie, the president has no authority. he didn't shut anything down in connecticut. what is your reaction to the way the president spoke about it today? >> these comments come and go. he loves us to run down these rabbit holes. we had a good meeting with the covid task force including vice president pence. he knows that all of the regional governors here in the northeast are going to work together in a collaborative way for a phased reopening based upon testing. we're going to open u

connecticut governor ned lamont is here tonight. also 10% of connecticut is now out of work because of covid-19. the economic concerns are very real. let's begin with the democratic governor, ned lamont of connecticut. governor, thank you very much for being here tonight. good to have you with us. >> good evening, martha. >> martha: i was a bit surprised frankly to hear the president say that he disagreed openly and saying that he had a phone call last night the governor of georgia that he disagreed with the way he is going about it and the kinds of businesses that he is deciding to open to start with. what do you think about all that? >> i think that the president is surrounded by smart health care professionals and he does better when he listens to them. and obviously with the governor of georgia was doing ran counter to everything that the task force had recommended. i am glad that the president stood up and said that. >> martha: here's a bit of governor kemp last night, for those who might not have seen it, talking about this re

ned lamont is the governor of connecticut. mr. governor, thank you very much for joining us. want to ask you, first, about a call between the white house and governors today where vice president pence told states and governors of states that they need to get more testing done, that they need to find machines and hospitals that aren't running at full capacity. is that what's happening? are there machines that aren't running at full capacity right now across the states? >> what we really need is the green light to figure out what the antibody testing is going to be. we heard that -- we're going to find out if that green light is coming, i think later this week. we want to ramp up our antibody testing, we want to do that in association with massachusetts, rhode island and new york, because they're all my adjoining states. that will give us the best indication of the level of infection and how fast we get people back to work. >> isn it the antibody testing they're asking states to ramp up or the antibody testing? >> i think it's both. they want us to do both. we don't have enough

same with governor ned lamont from the state of connecticut. governor lamont, thank you very much, thank you for being with us. gov. lamont: thanks for getting us organized and everybody here. i will just pick up where phil left off. he mentioned the major trance rotation core doors that connect new york, new jersey, and connecticut, as part of a tri-state workforce. all slowly closed down methodically parts of our economy in a way that we tried to mitigate the effects of the contagion, and we are going to be thoughtful about how we get this opened as well. but governor cuomo, you know all of our pandemic here in connecticut is all along that i-95 metro-north core door where we have -- corridor where we have hundreds of thousands of people going back and forth between new york and connecticut. it is the commuter core door for us but also the covid corridor. listen to the experts as you say and make sure you do not pull the trigger to early. -- too early. singapore, andg, those places have unfortunately seen a small resurgence, the second half of

. >>> we've reconnected with connecticut's governor ned lamont, joining us by phone.echnical problems, you were talking about katie coelho, who lost her program unexpectedly, intubated, thought he was going to get off, she has two kids, he was a state employee in connecticut? >> he was. i think my iphone was broken up hearing that story. jonathan worked for the state over ten years, frontline first responder taking care of folks. everybody knocks state employees but then you remember these guys are on the front lines taking care of people, putting themselves at some risk. heartbreaking hearing that story. >> and reminder, for all of the talk about reopening, incredibly important to get the economy back, there are people dying. this was two days ago, more than 400 people died in new york last 24 hours, this is still early in all of this. >> we're still early in all of this, anderson. and i had the governor's residence at hartford, protesters circling around, beeping horns, liberate connecticut, give me liberty or give me death, wish they knew the story of jonathan, wen

lines to create medical supplies to meet their need within the state and in connecticut, governor ned lamont centre of the outbreak. but he also said they were hoping to double testing over the next week. mr bragg is in it, that'sjust a sample testing over the next week. mr bragg is in it, that's just a sample of what we for today —— mr president. i know it's an encouragement to you andi know it's an encouragement to you and i trust its an encouragement to people all across the country. that your direction, we are implementing a testing strategy that is supported at the federal level, but it is deployed and managed at the state level. we want to express our appreciation to every governor across the country. that are standing up all of those labs that are available that are working with us are available that are working with us and our supply chain personnel to make sure the swabs and the equipment is there to be able to process the test and we will continue to increase testing dramatically in the weeks to come. we wa nt we want to thank our governors for the progress on testing in their role

we'll hear more from the connecticut governor, ned lamont, in just a few minutes. he'll be joining me in the situation room. >>> i want to go to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta right now. new developments tonight, especially from the cdc director robert redfield, just telling "the washington post," jim, let me read specifically what the head of the director for the centers for disease control and prevention is now saying. this is alarming. there is a possibility, he says, that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through. and he then added this. and when i've said this to others, they kind of put their head down, they don't understand what i mean. he elaborated, he said, having two simultaneous respiratory outbreaks would put unimaginable strain on the health care system here in the united states. it's very alarming, that statement from the head of the cdc. >> reporter: that is very alarming, wolf. and we've been hearing that from public health officials for weeks now, that

governor ned lamont, good luck to you, good luck to everyone in connecticut. i know you're going through some really, really awful decisionmaking processes right now. we'll stay in close touch. thank you so much. >> nice to see you, wolf, thanks. >>> up next, an influential model is updated, now predicts thousands more coronavirus deaths in the united states over the next couple of months. we'll talk to the doctor behind that model and ask him to explain what has changed. >>> "the situation room" with wolf blitzer brought to you by progressive insurance. save when you bundle motorcycle, home, or auto insurance. visit progressive.com. we buy a , and we turn into our parents. what i do is help new homeowners overcome this. what is that, an adjustable spanner? good choice, steve. okay, don't forget you're not assisting him. you hired him. if you have nowhere to sit, you have too many. who else reads books about submarines? my dad. yeah. oh, those are -- progressive can't protect you from becoming your parents, but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle

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joining me now is the governor of connecticut, ned lamont.r, tell me about what the plan is here for these physical inspections of the nursing home, in your state. >> hey, chris. it's so disappointing. it's so sad. we're about the first state in the country to say no visitors to nursing homes. we can't do it. you know, the pushback was really hard. we have gotten them the ppe they need. we did early testing. but the problem with the early testing was it would take you five, six days to get a response back, and by then, the virus could have extended. and afraid that's what happened in about 20% of our nursing homes were severely hit. >> so what is the plan, now, though? like i mean, obviously, what i am hearing from you is that a need for a sort of change in approac approach. given that, what is the plan now? how do you make sure these places are kept safe? >> faster, realtime testing. real responses. get the infected out of that nursing home. we have covid-only facilities for folks that are recovering. better cleaning. absolute desanitizing c

let's bring in connecticut's governor, ned lamont, on the call today with the white house.lways a pleasure, governor. i hope you and your family are healthy. >> same with you, chris. glad you're back. >> appreciate it. so you were on the call today. were you happy with the developments on the call? >> well, actually, the white house covid task force is fairly constructive. everybody's sort of normal. it's a good policy meeting. occasionally, they say we're going to give you all the testing material you need based upon your plan then four hours later you see a press conference and everything goes off the rails. it's a little schizophrenic, to me. >> the idea that today they finally figured it out, governor, it was time to contact you and ask you what they need. like they came up with the idea. how many times on this show and anyone who will listen to you, let alone directly to the white house and the task force, have you asked for exactly what they asked you for today? >> we keep asking. that's for sure. we keep asking for masks. we keep asking for gowns. we keep asking for

governor ned lamont, do you have any questions from any reporters from connecticut, operator?> we do have a question from connecticut. this line is from ken dixon, your line is now open. >> hi, governors, thanks for getting together in this way. governor lamont, i guess i'm trying to figure out what kind of voice the business community is going to have as their part of the panel that you've got, and i noticed dcd is going to be in charge of that, but how are you guys all going to get together on a regional basis, it sounds a rather crowded bus. >> well, what we are going to do, can, thanks for the question, is each have three people on this committee. and on behalf of the state of connecticut, you talk about business representation, i've got a great friend who is cochair of our economic committee here for the state, heshe was to be had of pepsi. she will be our liaison to the business community here in the state of connecticut, and part of our liaison to all the other governors going forward. she understands better than everybody how urgent it is that we get our economy going

. >> ned lamont, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. nice to see you. >> dr. zeke emanuel is back with us. the governor said the plan is eventually for a phased reopening based on testing. those were his words. when will these governors have the kind of testing they need to suggest businesses are able to reopen? >> the honest answer is we don't know. i think doctor or governor lamont had good points. the importance of travel between states as a conduit for reinfecting. when we open up, that is a serious worry and being able to test people who might come into a community is very, very important just to be sure whether we're getting new infections in a community. second, you heard him. he needs to test first responders. he needs to tell healthcare workers. he needs to test workers and essential industries. that's tens of thousands of tests in the state of connecticut probably every day, every other day and that's -- we haven't even spoken about patients or the asymptomatic spreaders that will also need to be tested or family relatives of

one of them is governor ned lamont of connecticut, who joins us now from hartford.o -- governor lamont, thank you for talking to us. connecticut has a population of three million people. less than a month ago youde announced firsth in the state. right now i believe it's 671 deaths, 14,000 people almost tested positive. where are you in the fight against covid-19? >> southern connecticut, fairfield county, wa part of that whole new york pandemic. that part of our state was hit early, hilt -- hit hard.c there thve is beginning to bend as social distancing is working, but the rest of the state, the virus is goinright up the i-95 metro north corridor, new haven up to hartford. >> woodruff: in other words, rising in the rest of the state. >> that's right.av wenot bend the curve in the rest of the state yet, but we are still thinkg about the day after and the months after. >> woodruff: president trump has spoken, aso you know, abut may 1st as being a time to think about beginning to go back to normal. you have said the date should be closer to may 20t where do you come up

in connecticut, governor ned lamont spoke about positive trendlines, which has been at the center of the outbreak in the greater new york area. he said they were hoping to double testing over the next week. that is just a sampling of what we heard today. i know it is an encouragement to you. i trusted is an encouragement to people across the country. at your direction, we are incrementing a testing strategy that is supported at the federal level, but is played and managed at the state level. we want to express our appreciation to every governor across the country. standing up all of those labs that are available, working with us and supply chain personnel to make sure reagents and equipment is there to process the tests. we are going to continue to increase testing dramatically in the weeks ahead. we want to thank our governors for the progress we are making on testing and for their role in urging their citizens to practice the kind of mitigation and social distancing efforts that are making real progress. we are one team and one mission. that is to save lives. that is because of all

all right, let's bring in the connecticut governor ned lamont, to discuss this. governor, first of all, this is good news. i know that you are seeing movements in your numbers and it is a very fluid situation, appreciate you taking the time, do you think that you learned something a little sooner perhaps than other states that have, that has allowed you to stay away from the steeper curve in cases? >> we have, but let me first say, chris, i really appreciate you being so honest about what you're going through. this is why we're all cheering you on every day. and you can tell sanjay gupta, we just passed no surprise billing here in connecticut, so you'd be safe here. >> he was quiet about the billing. >> well, we have an advantage. you didn't have to be a psychic to know what was going on, chris. we could look overseas, we could see what was going on in wuhan, we could see what was going on in italy, we could see what was going on in seattle walk and i could look down on new york city where they had a one or two-week head start and that gave us an opportunity to h

earlier today i spoke to connecticut governor ned lamont. >> governor, thank you so much for joiningn, across the country including in connecticut tonight there have been protests by people who are pushing for the economy to reopen. what do you say to those people who want the economy open now? >> you're rushing things. it'll make it worse for the long term. we've got a plan to reopen the economy carefully. and we're following actually the lead of the pence covid counsel down in washington, d.c. in terms of how we open this up on a strategic basis that keeps people safe. >> you mentioned what's being said out of washington. how do you square what you see as the path forward with how the president sees the path forward? >> he's made clear he wants the economy open as quickly as possible. >> yep. leaving that aside, the covid council, they've got a phased way that we get the economies open again, starting with retail and essential and then non-essential, do that on a safe basis, use masks wherever possible if you're in close contact, say, a barber or nail salon, fever testing for the b

. >> now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with connecticut governor ned lamont, who discussed the latest projections in his state. from hartford, this is 40 minutes. gov. lamont: good afternoon and welcome to our first press briefing. just to give you our briefing in terms of where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests.

coronavirus pandemic, starting with michigan governor gretchen and later we hear from ron desantis and ned lamont. governor whitmer: hi. well, welcome to -- this is my capitol office in the state capitol building. it is monday, april 6th.

on tuesday, connecticut governor ned lamont gave a briefing on his state's response to the coronavirus. he updated the states

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taking you live now to connecticut for a coronavirus briefing by governor ned lamont. gov. lamont: where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests. i think what makes that interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests we've had. 36% testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. i think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. that is the number that is not going up and's -- up exponentially but going up on a linear basis which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. but again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. what that means is it gives house capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. and i start with our health care system, our health care system is bending but it is not breaking. and that is because we did build incapacity in terms of everything we are trying to do, in that capacity as i have described

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we heard this morning from connecticut's governor, ned lamont, that he's not ready to even start talking about lifting restrictions until may 20th. so here is governor cuomo talking about the importance of working together, and also replying to president trump, insisting he has total authority over the states. watch. >> it's going to be a phased process. we have to bring in testing so that we're testing as we're doing this reopening, so that we can gauge whether or not we're increasing the virus spread. if he ordered me to reopen in a way that would endanger the public health of the people of my state, i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: so there you have it, governor cuomo saying quite simply he's not going to be taking his cues from the president, he hasn't done that so far, and you heard him mention testing, antibody testing in particular, getting that up on a large scale across this region so we can find out who has been exposed to the virus, who has come through it and maybe has an immunity and they can be part of that first wave of folks who go back to work when that begins. jim and pop

. >> now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with connecticut governor ned lamont, who discussed the latest projections in his state. from hartford, this is 40 minutes. gov. lamont: good afternoon and welcome to our first press briefing. just to give you our briefing in terms of where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests. i think what makes that interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests we've had. 36% testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. i think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. that is the number that is not -- that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis, which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. but again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. what that means is it gives us capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. and i start with our health care system. our health care s

connecticut's governor ned lamont said it's a scramble for supplies and quoted it's a bit of a mess out

coronavirus pandemic, starting with michigan governor gretchen and later we hear from ron desantis and ned lamont. governor whitmer: hi. well, welcome to -- this is my capitol office in the state capitol building. it is monday, april 6th. i'm joined by of course dr. joneigh khaldun, our chief medical executive. since thursday, i signed an executive order that prohibits all employers from retaliating against an employee for staying home from work if they or one of their close contacts has tested positive for covid-19 or has symptoms of the disease. the order also strengthens the stay home, stay safe executive order by declaring that all michiganders who test positive or show symptoms, or who live with someone who tests positive or shows symptoms, should not leave their homes unless absolutely necessary. and we saw leaders from the detroit pistons, the lions, the tigers and the red wings come together to ask health professionals from across the country to come to michigan to help us fight covid-19. we are running dangerously low on p.p.e. at beaumont hospital, we have less than three days until n95

same with governor ned lamont from the state of connecticut. governor lamont, thank you very much.hank you for being with us. >> andrew, thanks for getting us organized and everybody here. i will just pick up where phil left off. he mentioned the major transportation corridors that interconnect new york, new jersey, connecticut as part of a tri-state workforce. and we all, slowly closed down methodically parts of our economy in a way we tried to mitigate the effects of the contagion. we'll be thoughtful how we get this opened as well. you know, governor cuomo, as you know, all of our pandemic here in connecticut is all along the i-95 metro-north corridor where we have hundreds of thousands of people going back and forth between new york and connecticut. it is, it's a commuter corridor for us but also a covid corridor, which is why it is so important we work together thought fully on this, listen to the experts as you say and make sure you don't pull the trigger too early. i'm looking at japan, hong kong, singapore, those places are unfortunately seeing a small resurgence, the secon

i'm joined by governor ned lamont of connecticut. if you have a reopen, with 25 pra25% capacity.ust wondering, what is the timetable for a state like yours, what do you think your reopening timetable looks right now? >> well, steve, first here in connecticut, the heart of our economy never started. we're a big manufacturing state, jet engines, helicopter state, finance capital. what hit you is the service economy, the rest ranlts aauran bars will take longer. it hits the unemployment numbers big time. >> when you say a little longer, new jersey, second in new york, in terms of just being devastated, the governor is talk b at weeks, the time table to starting starting to reopening he is saying weeks, do you think about it long center. >> no, i think in terms of weeks as well. over the next few weeks, we will have a lot more testing, a lot more masks. so that will allow us to get going. we he will have 14 days of declines hospitalizations, and i like to think we have most of our retail up and of rperating them. >> the president talked about some states, encouraging states to get ki

on tuesday, connecticut governor ned lamont gave a briefing on his state's response to the coronavirus. he updated the states numbers latest death toll and set hospitalizations continue to decrease. governor lamont also announced that connecticut's contact tracing program will be in partnership with microsoft. good afternoon, everybody. daily briefing with paul and josh, and backed by popular demand, dr. matt carter, our state epidemiologists. he has brought christine soto with him. christine is in expert on track and trace, and that will be the focus of our discussion here this afternoon. you look at our daily summary , i think of most interest to me, i usually don't spend as much time on positive cases because that is simply a function of how much testing we are doing. 2000 test performed, and only 315 positive cases. 315 is the lowest we have had in weeks, and that's about a 16% or so test rate, so we will see if that indicates anything. only 315, i don't mean it. tomorrow, folks are going to bye who were both afflicted covid, tested positive, you may , he one is rudy marconi will b

joining me now for more on what needs to be done, connecticut governor ned lamont. governor, i want to talk about a few of these critical needs. i saw you talk about the strategic stockpile owned by the federal government that's been giving out some equipment to states. what is your interaction been like? how many ventilators did you get and where is your state now in terms of what you need? >> it's like andrew cuomo said, it's a scramble to get these ventilators. he said ebay. it's more like surge pricing on uber, only the last moment the car drives away because somebody has outbid you. we have 50 ventilators, i told you they'll be here any day. we put in an order for 1500 ventilators probably months ago. >> so you asked for 1500 from the national strategic stockpile and you'll get 50? or you're going to get 50, you think? >> i'll get 50, i think. show me. >> there has been reporting indicating concerns that the apportionment of these federal backstop supplies, whether from the strategic stockpile or not, are hinging on political consideration, maybe political cons

. >> connecticut governor ned lamont joining us now, one of the hardest hit states and one of the mostths per capa. thanks for being with us. does the president in your opinion, most legal analysts say this is not the case, does the president have the power to reopen the states? reopen the country. it's a decision from what i understand from the constitution that lies with governors and local officials. >> i think the president should give us guidance, the federal government should give us guidance but then leave it up to each and every governor. every situation is different, and you don't want to have someone act prematurely. like when president years ago hung up mission accomplished sign with dangerous consequences. don't want to be premature. >> you signed an executive order said extending social distancing in connecticut until may 20th, more than a month from now. are you using different metrics from the president? that's not something the white house has done at this stage. >> i'm using the same metrics as dr. fauci and dr. birx. we want to give people notice, superintendents and

i talked to connecticut governor ned lamont who warned us about an insurance cliff on april 1st when thousands of people could lose insurance coverage. the governor called us back tonight wanted to let us know that they figured out a solution to that problem. contract insurers have agreed to a 60-day grace period. no insurer in contract may lapse or terminate a covered insurance policy policy because a holder does not pay a premium or interest during this time. a bit of good news we wanted to share on the 1st of april. hopefully this is a model other states will be able to use going forward. >>> next, 93 cruise members of an american nuclear powered aircraft carrier test positive for coronavirus. the captain's plea to save his sailors' lives, and what we know about the evacuation of that ship after this. for coronavirus. for coronavirus. yes. it's the first word of any new discovery. but when allergies attack, the excitement fades. allegra helps you say yes with the fastest non-drowsy allergy relief and turning a half hearted yes, into an all in yes. allegra. live your life, not your

same with governor ned lamont from the state of connecticut. thank you very much for being with us. >> tharngs fandrew, thank you fg us organized. phil mentioned the koor docorri part of a tri-state workforce and slowly closed down parts of our economy in a way we tried to mitigate the effects of the contagion and be thoughtful about how we get this open again but governor cuomo, as you know, all of our pandemic here in connecticut is all along that i-95 metro north corridor where we have hundreds of thousands of people going back and forth between new york and connecticut. it's the commuter corridor for us but also the covid corridor which is why it's so important we work together thoughtfully on this. listen to the experts, as you say, and make sure you don't pull the trigger too early. japan, hong kong, and singapore. those places are, unfortunately, seeing a small resurgence. the second half of the bee coming back again and that would be so demoralizing for our economy. so that's why we do. they have a database they share. and they can coor

. >>> joining me now is ned lamont, his state is approaching 7,000 cases and reported unfortunately 206eaths so far. governor, good to have you with us back on this program. how are your hospitals doing so far? do they have the equipment, space and staff they're expected to need? >> ayman, good morning. that's the exact right question, the previous doctor said, hospitalizations is probably the best metric we can use. infections reflect testing and other criteria that might not be as relevant. so far our hospitalizations are not flattening, but the line is linear. it's not going up exponentially and that's giving our hospitals a little more time. that's allowing them to build up some capacity and so far they're bending but they're not breaking. >> i'm sure you've been watching those numbers from new york given your proximity. what do you see as the takeaways from your state? i'm curious to get your thoughts as to whether or not your state should try to restrict the movement of people going into connecticut or coming out of connecticut. the movement between connecticut, new jersey and new

murphy, who has been a great partner to me, a great partner to the people of this state, governor ned lamontso in connecticut has been a great partner. we've done great work as a region, which is very unusual. those line between states often become walls. not with governor murphy and that was governor lamont we are working together and we are going to work cooperatively with new jersey because they have a real problem. california is taking up. michigan is ticcing. up. florida is even ticking up. but no it is where we are, 83,000 compared to 18,000. number of deaths, 1900. up from 1550. that number will continue to go up. that's people continuing to be on ventilators for a period of time. if you go on a ventilator, there is roughly only had 20% chance that you will come off the ventilator. the longer you are on the ventilator, the lower the chance you come off. we are still looking for a curve. we are still looking to see where we hit the plateau. total number of new hospitalized, again, you see the number goes up and down. but the overall trajectory of the number is up. the change in icu adm

the two at the forefront, what democratic party sources are telling me, is connecticut governor ned lamontnd tom wolf, the governor of pennsylvania. those are the two that are at the forefront of this trying to push cuomo as the vp for biden. again, this is a long shot. biden has publicly stated he wants a woman, as we reported i think on "the claman countdown" just last week that amy klobuchar appears to be at the top of that list. she's the senator from minnesota and kamala harris, the senator from california, also on that list and on the top but there is a draft cuomo movement. one of the reasons why there is is that joe biden does come to this election with some liability. he's older, some people think he lost a step or two, and andrew cuomo is a pretty formidable force whose stature is just growing immensely amid his handling of the coronavirus and he's a tough guy, and people think he could be tough against donald trump, and the polling, at least for now, appears that that team fares very well against trump/pence. now, it's long odds at least according to people close to biden. he's

joining us now, democratic governor ned lamont of connecticut.ernor, first, i want to say, i am so very sorry for what your state is going through and specifically the death of that 6-week-old baby. what can you tell us? >> stephanie, that the coronavirus is nondiscriminating. obviously, the overwhelming majority of the folks who are hospitalized and fatalities are over the age of 70 but we're finding younger people are getting infected. we had a death of that tiny little child. can i tell you something else that was heartbreaking to me, was listening to your interview with maureen, the nurse and mother. you realize she's going front line every day. we're asking her to go in there. i'm asking her to go to battle and we don't have the n95 masks, the gowns, the protective gear she needs, and she still goes there every day, and she's got a child at home. and that's the message i'm trying to take to washington, d.c., every day. you've got to put your foot on the accelerator. we're not exaggerating the case we need right now. we're fighting for people

. >> this weekend, connecticut governor ned lamont ordered personnel from the state health department to visit every one of the nursing homes in connecticut to assess the needs of those facilities and he hopes that mobile testing units can help get residents tested in those facilities, too. connecticut says so far, they know that 40% of the covid-19 deaths in the state of connecticut are in nursing homes. if you look anywhere in the country, this is what you will find. in michigan, the city of detroit is trying to get all of its nursing home residents tested by tomorrow. detroit's mayor says there is no point in breaking out which detroit nursing homes have covid-19 and which don't. the city believes all nursing homes in the city have it. so far, the effort at universally testing all nursing home residents in detroit has revealed that approximately 26% of all nursing home residents have it. 26% positive. and of course, once this population is exposed to coronavirus, they are the most likely to die from it. so if more than one in four nursing home residents in detroit already has it, i

governor ned lamont also in connecticut has been a great partner.done a lot of great work as a region, which is very unusual. you know those lines between states often become walls. not with governor murphy and not with governor lamont. we're working together, and we're going to work cooperatively with new jersey because they have a real problem. california's ticking up. michigan's ticking up. florida is even ticking up. massachusetts. but no one is anywhere near where we are, 83,000, compared to 18. number of deaths, 1,900, up from 1,550. that number will continue to go up. that is people who have been on ventilators for a period of time. if you go on a ventilator, there's roughly only a 20% chance that you will come off the ventilator. the longer you're on the ventilator, the lower the chance you come off. we're still looking for a curve. we're still looking to see where we hit the plateau. total number of new hospitalized. again, you see the number goes up and down, but the overall trajectory of the number is up. change in icu admissions, bounce