now to break down the story we're joined live by a political commentator and new york observer columnist under walker and political and social commentator mo and so are both of you are very welcome to the program mr walker if we could go ahead and start with you you know you get warnings if there's nudity or you know cursing in a program why not a warning for offensive language as well. well that was a loss that brit box did sense i mean i thought he was a great shame that they've removed the character alf garnett which is a joke attempting to insult somebody who was racist in the past well i've not seen this particular episode but obviously there were practices in the past the difference the practices now and i think you've got to be firm reasonable life moves on now i think actually we should have access to films and videos and t.v. programmes that were made in the past even if they include content that might be deemed offensive today the reason is because it's all very easy to talk about the past in negative terms but progress is the nature of progress is that people in the past will

final i'm so sorry we're out of time altogether andrea walker about a little commentator and new york observer columnist and i know and our political and social commentator. that's a news wrap up for this hour thanks for tuning in. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you have. a low in welcome to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle russia and turkey negotiate deescalation regarding what is next for syria also the coronavirus is it time to start rethinking the impact of globalization. ross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest underneath the new guy own he is a professor at the moscow state institute of international relations we also have a political analyst and editor and innocently internet media project and in london we crossed who i was going to be here as he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or a german crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let's go to l

immediately a trigger reaction of how ron it is issue up for debate commentator mo and start the new york observer columnist underwater. i think actually we should have access to films and videos and t.v. programs that were made in the past even if they include content that might be deemed offensive today now the bigger problem of course is that brit box which has been launched by the b.b.c. and i.t.v. has not been very successful and that's partly because it's removed a whole swathe of programmes that's pretty people might want to watch because of wall to remarks that might seem off color today when on trade talks about using himself as a cultural counterpoint upon which we are to measure things i for 1 am getting sick and tired of having rightwing pro tory pro far right male journalists of commentators telling black people of muslims whether they should be offended or chinese people whether they should be offended a white thespian being made up in yellow face and then using offensive language which would be as a sense of his for any other cost or creed i mean we haven't we just made a piece of t

in an essay he published in the new york times, he observed the following. many people, have characterized my novel, the sympathizer, as an immigrant story. and he is an immigrant no. my novel is a war story and i and not an immigrant i'm a refugee, who like many others have never ceased being a refugee in some corners of my mind. he continues, immigrants are more reassuring, than refugees, because they're incident and point to their story. however they arrived whether they are documented or not their desires for a new life, can be absorbed into the american dream or into the european narrative of civilization. by contrast, refugees are zombies of the world. the ended who rise from dying states, to march or swim towards our borders in endless waves. so let's talk and think about this, what do you think he means, by saying that immigrants are different from refugees, raise your hands. >> there is a choice, that immigrants take, to build their own new future, where with the refugees crisis that we see now, there is often like a push, that forces them to leave

outside of new york attorney into that because of the situation in this state because it is the epicenter of the virus here in the united states the moment too hot spots that are very keenly observed new york and also louisiana that is a problem that is just bubbling away in the air certainly social distancing has been working although on friday the weather in new york was very good people were actually sunbathing in the parks from the pictures you could see that they were trying to keep distance but the mayor bill de blasio said it's not acceptable people have to realize that they can't do this sort of thing if they want to get on top of the virus that is sunday is a day of worship in many places in new york and he says look if there are houses of worship that are open they are running the risk that people will be moved out of those buildings and those places of worship may be closed in the future in the united states that's a really big statement to make right next door in rhode island got the state the governor has said that they're going to send law enforcement officers door to door checking for new york residents and if they find them any homes in rhode island then they will

the age of 90, disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein was rushed to a new york city hospital with chest pains. he's under observation. weinstein's lawyers are vowing to appeal. his accusers say he got justice. michael george reports. [applause ] >> reporter: harvey weinstein's former victims smiled after he was sentenced to 23 years in prison. two gave emotional victim impact statements during the hearing. >> the sentence is long enough for him at least to begin to understand what he's done. whether he will ever be truly sorry i don't know. >> reporter: weinstein's defense attorneys had asked for the lightest sentence of five years after he was convicted of forcibly performing oral sex on assistant miriam haley in 2006 and raping aspiring actress jessica mann in 2013. they cited his age and frail health. weinstein used a walker during the trial and had a stent inserted last week for a blocked artery. >> that sentence that was just handed down by the their court was obscene. that number was obnoxious. there are murderers who will get out of court faster than harvey weinstein will. >> reporter: prosecutors did not pus

new york. both his victims are expected to give impact statements. weinstein's lawyers argue that he should serve no more than five years because of his age and poor health. >>> the highest outdoor observation in the western hemisphere opens today in new york city. visitors to the edge will take in 360-degree views from more than 1,100 feet above manhattan. look at that. it also features a glass floor that's described as indestructible so visitors can look down and watch the traffic down below. count me as a no, mona. as aerosmith said, we're living on the edge. >>> if the big mac isn't big enough for you, they're adding a double big mac. it includes four beef patties for people who are really hungry. the fast food chain is also adding a little mac which has only one patty, the skinny mac. basically it's just a cheeseburger with that special sauce on a sesame seed bun. >> i want the little mac. you know your kid doesn't step around puddles. and wet shoes, not cool. you know what else isn't cool? those cheap leaky diapers. because with luvs, you get the pro-level leak protection you're looking for. luvs, parent like a pro introducing colorsnap colorid from sherwin-williams. color palettes cu

ordering everyone to go home i know people in new york and they're saying that from their own experiences and observations people are generally staying off the streets just about everything is closed so that kind of the social distancing is underway furthermore 'd it's a very porous situation new york of course is a. key city on the eastern seaboard of the united states it's unclear how you could seal it off and still have sort of commerce passing through the new york area so a lot of questions about the president's notion. well rob. let's leave aside the issue of a corran scene and talk about national preparedness because as you mentioned don't just nurses probably have the equipment he needs tackle this virus just how are the preparation efforts coming along not just in new york state which obviously is having a bit of a challenge what about the rest of the u.s. i prepared to summarily right now. well for example far from new york in the heartland of the united states kansas the governor there declared a state oh more she says she wants everyone to stay inside as much as possible until the 19th of april

on the economy, i wrote a piece in the "new york times" today that made the observation that if you look at the u.s. economy we are far more driven by the service sector type businesses tourism and airlines and that stuff in the service sector than, for example, is china. so if we got a dose of the coronavirus, if the outbreak here were of the magnitude that it is there, it would actually be worse for our economy. so, i think all efforts should be on trying to slow the spread of this virus and the public health of the virus because once it gets here, if it's of that kind of magnitude the downside is really really -- >> bill: let me come back. i think you made an interesting point in the "times" piece today. where are we? are we at the bottom? halfway? do why know? >> first of all, can we take one minute and rejoice over this amazing jobs report today? this was one heck of a blockbuster report. it shows how healthy the american economy was on the eve of this virus. i mean it shows trump tax cut, trade policies and deregulations have been working like a charm. for those who haven't heard 3

shore in dorchester county and i've been to area tubman's home and auburn new york where she died in the early 1900s. i observedl of that goes became very influential in how i prepared this book. what was the thing that struck me? what was the thing most amazing all these women are sort of mythological in some sense. but they all had real flaws. i don't want to pick them apart necessarily but i want to say they are real human beings. clara barton what i call these days the entrepreneurial problem she started the red cross but didn't want to let go of it, didn't want to take her hands off it she was kind of like the entrepreneur who started the company has reached great success but never wants to let somebody take over. that was a flaw she also can be a bit she would pull her rank, she was great friends with henry wilson who was saturday and she is not afraid to tell anybody, like rucker, who was quartermaster, i don't think what you are telling me that senator wilson would approve of. there was that aspect too. i could go on but i think enough said that they were human beings real human beings. i know you've be

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. >>> a new report shows more californiaens are observing that stay at home order. the new york company unicast uses smart phone data and reports californiaens cut the distance they travel in half by the end of last month and sunday, march 22. that's one of the reasons the virus is not spread ago as quickly here compared to other areas. our 6300 confirmed coronavirus infections in california and 133 people have died and the bay area has more than 1900 cases and 54 deaths. the hardest hit local county is santa clara with 646 cases and 25 of those have been fatal. well, the pandemic caused ridership on public transportation to plum plummet for muni and vta. we join alyssa harrington for more on this story. >> bus drivers might not even pick you up if their vehicles are too full or not enough space for people to maintain social distancing and stay six feet apart. if your bus supplies past you, that's what's going on. muni will be monitoring passenger levels and service has been drastically cut so it's happening to all light rail routes replaced by all buss and the muni metro subway

new york state, maryland, california, obviously. of note soou seen far? >> it is important to observe one thing we have never seen before in u.s. history to my knowledge. every single state, all u.s. territories, simultaneous declared state of emergency. we have never seen that. this is that serious. we have unleashed public health powers -- traditional things we might do -- we are now using those on expedited basis. everything in relation to testing, screening, social distancing, measures pursuant to quarantine, isolation, very aggressive measures out of san francisco and other regions, all thanks to those emergency declarations and what they authorize. host: what about civil rights when social distancing policies are implemented by states/localities? guest: great question. a lot of americans are concerned about constitutional protections. they did not go away. they are being recalibrated as we speak. the government, at any level, cannot waive fundamental constitutional rights but we are assessing the compelling state interest involved against the backdrop of being expeditious in regards to response effort. social distancing p

new york city tourists can now literally walk on the edge. the newest hudson yard development, check this out, the newest observation deck. a brand-new view of the big apple. >> kari said nope. i am, too. it's called the edge. the tallest man made human platform. visitors can get panoramic views from more than 11,000 feet up. i don't know. it makes me queasy. >> it does but it would be so cool. i went to the space needle. you want to do the one where you just lean, scared. >> kari? >> nope. >>> so we're seeing light rain this morning as we check out what's happening as you get ready to step out the door. we've seen some light rain here and there. we're seeing some rain moving through saratoga and then another few spots. the rest of the picture is looking dry though we see the big storm system affecting much of southern california. it's still bringing in some waves of rain, and we'll see a chance of rain especially for the south bay going into the morning even possibly this afternoon. it's just going to stay a little bit unsettled here because of the rain chances we'll have. but other than that most of the bay area is going

i will just observe really quickly that without robust evidence -- toe draw conclusions. it is a challenge. it is ramping up. new york has been ahead of us iteris of confronting covid-19. what we're seeing as a result of strict guidelines in the orders in terms of social distancing. now, are looking at right we know this will peak or window it is notill get it, true right now. we think it will be several weeks. we know the hospitals will need more beds. thousands more ventilators and a lot of people will get sick. we're trying to expand our testing as much as possible. >> [inaudible] >> we have about 1700 ventilators right now. so there is no question we will need an additional 5000 to 10,000 ventilators and in tracheal tubes or other medical supplies. everytimate says that for be 10as covid-19, it will to 95 masks just that they for one patient. -- >> a thing people should withiarize themselves regulation. information. we want to ensure the doctors have the ability to prescribe be sure thates and people who have these prescriptions have access to the medications they need. is of the work we have done trying to strik

. >>> happening today new york city tourists can now walk on the edge check out the newest observation deck. it's called the edge and opened today. it is the tallest man made viewing platform in the western hemisphere. it is more than 11,000 feet up. >>> trending this morning, this is pretty cool, a workout partner can help push you at the gym. for this new yorker his partner is his therapy dog. acting as a weight as he's doing the push-ups. give me a five. that's a pretty good partner. he has nearly 300,000 followers on instagram watching his journey with his owner. and then the stretching. >> downward human. >> that is pretty darned cute. >> i make my dog high five me, fist bump me before he gets his food. >> we have a little bit of rain. >> and the dogs are still okay with going out in this kind of weather. it's not raining that hard. we've seen some sprinkles as you start out your day. it is misting in some spots and you may have to turn on the windshield wipers. all the heavier rain has been across southern california. waves of rain coming through. we're going to keep a slight cha

observing those rules. taylor: paul allen in sydney. coming back to new yorka long economic boom in which housing gave american landlords unprecedented power to raise rent, the tables may have turned. as more people suffer from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the real estate industry faces a big test when $81 billion of rent comes due on april 1. let's crossover to shery ahn with the latest. i'm fascinated by the story. i would argue a big date is april 1 and may 1. what happens when renters do not pay? shery: it could be a big problem in the u.s. the big fear is no one really knows what could go wrong, what could happen, how bad the situation could be. it's a huge difference from just a month ago, right now with the outbreak. there's a growing sense that many tenants will not be able to pay rent and maybe they will have to skip on paying those rent payments. many local governments have already placed temporary bans on evictions. a real estate investor coming out and saying there needs to be some forbearance on interest owed by real estate ow

the point is that even in new york city itself, new york city has more than a third of the nation's cases. and it's going to get worse. i can tell you from observationay, the city is on total shutdown but there are people out and about walking. everything is closed but i was struck by how much traffic there was on the streets. so the problem is the density of this city. 9 million people or so. it's very dense. it's hard to socially distance. and again, the governor telling everyone, prepare for very tough times ahead. ari? >> the view from the ground in manhattan, ron allen, thank you. >>> now we turn to florida. governor ron desantis mandated two weeks of self-quarantine. the decision comes amidst the government's resisting issues a full-blown stay-at-home order for all the residents of florida. we're joined by kerry sanders at the orlando airport. what are you seeing? >> well, today 47 flights will come in from the tri-state area, new york, new jersey, connecticut and the governor here in florida, governor ron desantis, says that much as everybody knows if they're in florida that this is sort of the sixth borough to new york city, that a lot of pe

. >> the highest outdoor observation deck in the western hemisphere just opened, and it opened right here in new yorkrg takes us there. >> reporter: see that triangle jutting out from the top of this building? that is 1,100 feet up, and the view is spectacular. >> unlike a normal observation deck on the top of a building, looking down over the city, we're floating over the city. >> reporter: a cantilevered section of 20 hudson yards, designed to make you feel like you're being thrust toward the view. those glass walls tilt out in a slightly unsettling way. the wind blows through gaps in the glass. >> this is where you come with friends and family, fall in love with the city all over again. >> reporter: then there is this. you can walk on a glass floor and look all the way down. and not only marvel about modern-day construction is but contemplate your own mortality. >> i hate heights. >> reporter: and yet i keep looking down. fifth graders from ps-33 in chelsea. it's a whole different reaction. most of them love this. >> lay down on your stomach! >> reporter: yet a few need a little coaxing. >> i thin

i will just observe really quickly that without robust esting, to have evidence -- to draw conclusions. it is a challenge. it is ramping up. new york has been ahead of us iteris of confronting covid-19. what we're seeing as a result of strict guidelines in the orders in terms of social istancing. i want to make sure that the doctor has a chance to talk about this. > we are looking at right now, if anyone says there's one particular date or people are going to get it or are going to die, it is just not true right now. we think it will be several weeks. we know the hospitals will need more beds. thousands more ventilators and a lot of people will get sick. again, we're trying to expand our testing as much as possible. and continue to improve our models. >> [inaudible] >> we have about 1700 ventilators right now. so there is no question we will need an additional 5000 to 10,000 ventilators and in tracheal tubes or other medical supplies. again, we have one estimate says that for every that has covid-19, it will be 10 n-95 masks just for that patient. so that gives you an idea of how much n-95 masks we'll need if that continues. >> [in

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observation. now rescuers are looking for survivors. in israel, more than 25 cases confirmed as more than 100,000 residents remain under self quarantine imposed by the government. >>> health officials in new york say 105 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. that was up from 89 yesterday when the governor declared a state of emergency. >> we are worried about the senior citizens and people with compromising immune systems. keep it all in perspective. i know there is a frenzy about it. the facts do not justify the frenzy. >> the largest concentration of cases is in westchester just west of new york city. it was traced to a synagogue where a member tested positive. texas senator ted cruz said he will self quarantine after dinner he shook hands with a man who tested positive for the coronavirus. he said this happened 10 days ago at a conference in maryland. he says he does not have any symptoms. >>> a school in san francisco will remain closed tomorrow because of the coronavirus. they canceled events on friday after learning a parent of a student had tested positive for the virus. no students have been diagnosed . they are going to do enhanced cleaning of the lower campus. in addition

and i take it that the fact that you had liquidity problems ,n new york is very important and we see clearly something that is only observed going well at all , because we see correlation between all asset classes, stocks, bonds, gold, bitcoin, you name it. this proves this is really something wrong and i think what the fed did with this enormous amount of additional credit and liquidity is something which is exactly appropriate. take the broad trade-weighted dollar, there is always bouts of dollar strength and a point where the global society says enough. that would be the plaza accord and the louvre accord and the rubin dollar as we call it. muchlose are we to too dollar strength? jean-claude: no, i don't think at all. we have fluctuations of the major currencies that are really minimal. i have experienced myself enormous amounts of fluctuation nothing to do with what we observe today, and let's not forget that the dollar is a very important currency so it has to remain a pillar of stability. talking the dollar down seems to me absurd. as well as something like, don't have trust in us, don't have confidence. if i take yo

see any of this coming the new york stock exchange being pause for 15 minutes the worst day for the markets since 2008 was this expected. well sure sure anyone who's an observer of markets to see this coming this is basically a flock of black swans and they all collided and they're dropping out of the sky is just the black swans are made by falling they're just dropping out of the sky you've got 3 major planks of the black swan clinician you've got the credit bubble blowing up again this is part 2 of the 2008 financial crisis. 2000 a what was decided was that a lot of banks are banding their line of credit so they can continue to do all the bad things they were doing that led to the crisis but do it 102030 times bigger this was going to be a problem and out in the lot up as anyone that a prize or reporter in predicting that about for several years that they have the same bad guy bigger credit line to do the same bad things they'll result in the saying that out number 2 you've got this russia. market turns out russia has got the best hand at the geopolitical of oil going you know russia soft and then are doing about $7.00 and rattle of a saudi arabia is close

presume is very much different than working in new york right now, how are people in the community responding? what are you seeing about society as you are observing response to this? amity: i would like to praise oxford county and cumberland county, maine which have some covid. for their friendliness, their post offices, their supermarkets, including food city, the underdog supermarket in bridgeton, maine. we were just there. everyone is going out of their way to help other people in a stressful moment. everyone is social distancing, the library is closed, but we are all waiting vigorously -- waving vigorously at one another as we walk the street. susan: you have a brand-new book on the market, tell me and our viewers about it. amity: this book is about a period in which it was prosperous. it was like as a month ago. where we thought we could afford everything. which is the early 1960's. in that period, young people, as now, were quite idealistic and they said, why not socialism? isn't it time for socialism in the united states? there was a big discussion. by socialism politically, we meant social democracy. that is expansion of state from 20 two

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and like massachusetts, like new york, like california, like places all across the country, we're bidding against one another. j.b. pritzker from illinois observed that same thing. then we get a notice it's being directed to the federal government. i think that's a frustration point that is not unique to michigan but is certainly a part of the issue we're all confronting. there's not enough ventilators. we need thousands of ventilators in michigan. there's not enough n-95 masks. we've got nurses wearing the same masks from the minute they show up for their long shift to the end of that shift. you know, we've got to slow the spread, and that's why the stay-at-home orders, asking people to do their part -- people need to understand the seriousness of this issue. it's a novel virus with no cure, no vaccine, highly contagious, and deadly. no one's immune from this thing, no generation is. and that's why staying home and keeping this virus from being transmitted from person to person is really the best tool we have. but we've got to keep working to get all of these other pieces of equipment. when we're bidding against one another, it's creating a lot

new york. nations scramble to stem the spread of corona virus some hits home to hygiene message here in russia there are so far 6 confirmed cases dozens are in quarantine and under observation our senior correspondent host just completed 2 weeks of self isolation at home following a trip to hong kong he told us what the experience was like about the other measures russia is taking to keep infections at bay. one of the things you could do you realize as a bearded man is you just look silly in the face months but this is my only 7 year from hong kong my trip to hong kong and i was only there for a few days while i was there there were hardly any infections or in the weeks since but coming back to moscow the medics here really didn't care so you were treated like anyone else and our 1st taste of what was the card was still in the play when a lady came aboard and this is while we were still in the plane having landed she took all our measurements are temperatures and she was in full has mackin so we walked past passport control into the baggage area and that is where the real party started i mean there were dozens and dozens of medics in full hazmat get covered head to toe taki

the terminal, a great way to observe television at some of our conversations in its entirety is tv . it has been a great success. stay with us from london. from new yorkh bruce kasman, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we can expect by june 1 we will be well on our way to recovery. a lot of great things really happening. that was an aspirational number, i didn't say easter. >> the decision to prolong -- not prolong, but to extend this mitigation process until the end of april is a wise and prudent decision. viviana: you are watching bloomberg surveillance. we begin here in the u.s. with donald trump abandoning his goal of a return to normal life by easter as you just heard he wants the public to continue practicing social distancing to at least the end of april. earlier, top white house medical advisors dr. anthony fauci telling cnn its efforts to mitigate the spread of the virus is not successful. over 20,000 americans could die. china cutting the interest rate on charges to banks by the biggest amount since 2015. the rate is being set at 2.2%, down from 2.4% at a comes at the people's bank of china inject into the banking system around $7 billion. oil pumping

new york, manteca and jamaica. the jamaican direction of 1760 to 61 followed by further uprising and 65 and 66, among the largest in march consequential of them. from what observers could lean, it was clear many had been soldiers in africa. they arrived the military training, they learned that in africa. some suggest that american slavery might be seen as extensions as african war. in perspective, the conflict network of migration, trans regional power and conflict that gave political history of 18th century and most extinct. the warfare was the first step to envisioning a map of atlantic slavery that shows how political and military practices travel, take root and grow in the environment. even as they forced people to negotiate, the africans across the atlantic scattered throughout the americas. they show how african warfare reconstituted, not with previous journal but the group of immigrant experience. british slaveholders value this. planters generate help for agricultural labor but at the same time, they are a dangerous rebellious disposition and promote disturbances. there were dangerous people keeping in bondage perhaps in part, for the reasons they traders

coronavirus cases haveve been observed at nursing homes around the country, including in maryland, tennessee, virginia, and west virginia. as cases surge in the state of new york, the epicenter of the outbtbreak in the united states, some nurses say they've been pressured to return to work despite having covid-19 symptoms. meanwhile, new york congressmember nydia velasquez announced monday she's been tested positive, she said coronavirus infection." she said she likely has a mild case but experienced muscle aches, fevers, nasal congestion and stomacach upset and that lot the ability to smell or taste food. congressmember vasquez spoke on the house floor and stood alongside house speaker nancy pelosi last friday during the signing of the coronavirus stimulus bill. in more news from new york city, public transit passengers are calling out dangerously crowded subways and buses as the metropolitan transportation authority has reduced service in response to a drop in ridership during the pandemic. the mta announced over the past week that seven workers have died due to complications from covid-19. over 300 cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed among mt

new york state have it, they should be responsible and they should quarantine themselves no matter where they go. again, nonessential travel and i know that the holiday season and the religious observanceing fastly upon us and people do have plans and it is frustrating. but people do need to adhere to the experts here in cdc and the state governments to follow the plans that they have implemented in these guidelines. jillian: thank you so much, senator. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. jillian: it is 38 minutes after the hour. life at the epicenter of theout. heather:theoutbreak slowly getto normal, as residents return to the subway and markets, we're live with the signs of improvement in wuhan, china. rob: as allergy season approaches, what do we need to be mindful of during the pandemic. dr. sa saphier will help answer that question when she joins us live. rob: back with a fox news alert as china gets closer to resume daily life, the u.s. is reaffirming its commitment to european allies fighting covid-19. jillian: we have a live report from jerusalem as restrictions cause unrest in the middle east. >> reporter: good morning. across the eastern hemisphere, coronavi

my observation is things always get done better and more efficiently when you're doing it at a lower level of government. governor cuomo has been doing it just right for new yorkground zero, it is where 40% of our cases are. emphasis onabsolute tamping the disease down. in indiana, we have had relatively few cases. maybe indianapolis. our governor to do a statewide shutdown for two weeks, and next monday all of that needs to be reevaluated across the country. be smart about what we have learned from the disease point of view and not killing the economy. david: thank you very much for your time. that is senator mike braun, republican of indiana. sidell hear from the other of the capital and the other side of the aisle with congressmen and 11 of michigan. -- with congressmen and 11 of michigan. david: this is "balance of power." i am david westin. andy levin of michigan called for the president to invoke the defense production act. we welcome congressman levin over the phone. are you satisfied the president is doing what needs to be done with the defense production act? rep. levin: not yet. i am encouraging him in a bipartisan way to use the full power of the de

the public needs to continue to observe social isolation and good hygiene and that's something that has to be managed by the public and at the local level. i rode the new york city subway this morning using surgical gloves not because donald trump told me to do that but because i heard that was good practice from doctors at the national and local level. now when it comes to the defense production act, that is a law that was enacted in 1950 during the korean war. it gives the president the authority to mandate that private industry produce and manufacture certain things for the national defense. the president and the white house lurched to the invoication of this. as we've heard, he hasn't triggered it yet. my guess is that when they announced that they were going to be invoking, the president probably heard from his friends in private industry to say please hold off on this. and i think that what is required here is not so much the invocation of these things but what is it we're actually going to do to surge mask equipment, test kits, hospital beds to state and local communities to address this very, very serious crisis? >> kristen welker is at the white ho

the public needs to continue to observe social isolation and good hygiene and that's something that has to be managed by the public and at the local level. i rode the new york city subway this morning using surgical gloves not because donald trump told me to do that but because i heard that was good practice from doctors at the national and