revolution but hopefully somewhat of an awakening of the united states where the occupational health and safety administration came in there and if you get 6970 years under dick nixon so as a republican white house. it originally i think did a fairly good job trying to improve or play say if the they've been weakened over the years with budget cuts and under the trump administration they've basically been prevented from doing their job and in the united states we've had a number of cases i mean there's all sorts of workplaces that are hazardous don't have proper protective equipment that's been most pronounced in the meat packing industry where you all these workers in cramped places with poor ventilation and we've had major outbreaks in a number of meat packing factors across the country and they've had to shut down trump's response incredibly was to order them to stay open so rather than ensuring that the workers could work there safely he just says open up i think revolution has too much to hope for at least some concern about worker safety would be great. thank you. but for i mean after the reich cancer t

. >> reporter: osha, the occupational health and safety administration, says it investigates all complaints has been paying particular attention to protections for those health workers who have high exposure to coronavirus. that is of little comfort to the family of maurice dobson. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> drew, thank you for bringing that story to light. >>> in just nine weeks, more than 38 million americans have filed for unemployment claims. one of the nation's largest, largest manufacturers is stepping up to help. stand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you. we're more than a financial company. we're a "together we can get through anything" company. now, more than ever. hey allergy muddlers... achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? try zyrtec... ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more. join me joe mantegna, gary sinise: and me gary sinise, joe mantegna: for a special presentation of the national memorial day concert. with performances from around the country honoring all of our

and more safety that myself and everyone who works there don't get infected or lose their lives. >> martinez says he along with the workers rights group filed a complaint to the occupational health and safety administrationiming they were having to work at a faster speed and that the ppe was getting so wet with sweat some was dripping on to the raw meat. >> translator: one of our coworkers next to us, we saw him sick and said if you're feeling bad, why don't you go home and get checked. he said no, i don't have anything. but like i said, there's a fear this person had to lose the benefits of his job. it's a balance workers across the country are trying to find. >> people say i have a better chance of catching coronavirus going to walmart than coming to tyson. >> tyson couldn't address the specific situation as described but that particular tyson plant in iowa closed with over 150 confirmed cases tied to the facility, this as thousands of other workers in the u.s. have either shown symptoms or been hospitalized. and with president trump's executive order comparing to open or stay open, workers are caught in the middle. >> translator: who wants to die? i think no one. it's not the same thing to be in the d

i was very pleased to see my osha legislation that would finally direct the occupational and health and safety administrationdo its job and issue a mandatory and enforceable standard for all workplace, especially as the president prods people to open up. right now we just have voluntary guidance, and it's insufficient for the protection of workers in this country. secondly, we have to continue oversight. so obviously, this hearing today with dr. fauci and dr. redfield and others is a part of that effort, but i can tell you the administration has been reluctant to send members of the task force, the secretary of the treasury, the small business administration to come before senate committees so that we can keep our spotlight on the implementation of the c.a.r.e.s. act and make sure that there is transparency and accountability as this is implemented. >> understood. senator baldwin, i really appreciate you joining us. you're in that big hearing with dr. fauci. i want to thank ron klain for being here. heather mcghee will stay with us and come back. we turn next to this fight over donald trump's tax returns. it

and fda will also testify over video conference. as for re-opening, a former official at the occupational safety and health administration says covid-19 has become a worker safety crisis and called for new rules to protect workers. kenneth and mona. >> ines, thank you. and new video has emerged showing an event attended by vice president mike pence just hours after he learned his spokeswoman had tested positive. an aide was seen here approaching executives at friday's event and immediately removed their murphys before the roundtable. we're told the woman did not ask the guests to take off their masks but said they weren't needed because they were already seated six feet apart. >>> and trying to push the end to restrictions and police officers in texas had to dodge bullets as they broke up a fight. in new video of this texas park packed with people and then gunfire. >> oh, oh. go, go. >> reporter: more than 400 people filling the park in ft. worth despite orders discouraging large gatherings. police say someone fired dozens of shots when officers moved in to disperse the crowd. five people were wounded. local officials frustrated. >>

smithfield plant is in compliance with centers for disease control and prevention and occupational safety and health administration guidance and will gradually resume operations starting today. mr. president, no discussion of the challenges facing farmers right now would be complete without discussing biofuels. ethanol, biodiesel producers buy up a significant amount of american corn and soy which adds value to each bushel. as demand for fuel has decreased as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, ethanol and biodiesel operations have come offline and are no longer buying up their normal amounts of corn and soybean oil. this has significantly diminished a crucial market for our farmers. there has rightfully been a lot of focus on the oil and gas companies that are facing a record loss in demand because of the coronavirus and because of an equally difficult oversupply problem driven by the saudi-russian price war. hardworking americans at these companies who have helped usher in our modern energy renaissance are now in limbo and congress needs to make sure we preserve our energy dominance and security. but it's impo

this was a challenge -- because the s guidance provided by the cdc, the occupational safety and health administration as well as state and local governments often conflicted with one another in addition to being vague and difficult to follow. yet despite many uncertainties including the counselor fluctuating public health guidelines began to adjust in the pandemic. mr. smart is that same businesses don't have a responsibilityli here. he's accepting that responsibility to create a safe employment for workers and customers but he sang to us when it going to s establish the standards? why do you keep changing the standards? here we are with senator mcconnellil threatening to derail the next rescue bill for police and firefighters and teachers across america unless there is guaranteed immunity from lawsuits, and here's one of the leading companies, the number one primary witness in republican in the senate judiciary committee saying to the federal government and state governments, establish standards. reasonable standards for us to live up to one comes to conducting business, and we will do it. i think t

smart says, because the guidance provided by the cdc, the occupational safety and health administration as well as state and local governments often conflict with one another in addition being vague and difficult to follow. yet despite many uncertainties include the constantly fluctuating health guidelines we began to adjust to the pandemic. mr. smartsi is not saying businesses don't have a responsibility here, he is accepting that responsibility to create a safe environment for workers, customers, he is saying to us when are you going to establish the standards? why do you keep changing the standards? here we are with senator mcconnell threatening to derail theer next rescue bill for police and firefighters and teachers across america unless there is guaranteed immunity from law school a child lawsuits. here's one of the leading companies the number one primary witness in theca judiciary committee saying their federal government and state governments establish standards, reasonable standards for us to live up to when it comes to conducting business. i think that is a reasonable request

knew to be very, very dangerous and definitely fatal for lots of workers, very little was done about it until 2016. in 2016, the occupational safety and health administrationwhich is the federal agency that oversees workplace safety, they finally announced new rules that limited workers' exposure to silica dust. the agency mandated specific ventilation practices to capture silica dust at construction sites. it's estimated that those policies -- again, they only came about in 2016 -- estimated that those policies saved the lives of more than 600 people annually and prevented more than 900 annual cases of lung disease. the person who helped usher in those landmark and long overdue guidelines was this man, david michaels. he ran osha at that time under the obama administration. those rules were put into place under his leadership. david michaels served as osha administrator in the obama administration for seven years. that makes him the longest-serving osha administrator, i think, ever. under his leadership, osha imposed new health standards when it came to toxic substances. they updated the way they tracked injuries and illnesses. and then he left that job j

and i believe they were, to make is workplace safer. this is the challenge because the guidance, the occupational safety and health administration is one of the arguments conflicted with one another, it is vague and difficult to follow and yet despite many uncertainties including the constantly fluctuating public health guidelines we begin to adjust for the pandemic, the point i am making, we will wrap it up quickly. the point i am making is this. we should establish reasonable standards for the center of disease control so that conscientious businesses can in good faith do what needs to be done to protect their employees and their customers and when they follow those guidelines i believe they themselves, they have a valid defense to any claims of wrongdoing but this notion the comes before us on the floor from the republican side goes to an extreme. asking for government immunity from the conduct of businesses in the midst of this pandemic without holding them to any standards we are still waiting for an explanation. why would we allow the workplace to be more dangerous for employees? why wouldn't we allow the business place to be mor

occupational safety and health laws and effectively abdicated responsibility for that. there's no accountability for the failures to keep workers sif right now. the occupational safety and health administration's job is to keep workers safe and what this president has done through executive action is emasculate the critical work of career professionals there and immigrants are at harm's way. this president said in 2016 in detroit to african-americans, what do you have to lose? well, you know what? we know the answer to that. your job, your life and your livelihood. look at the racial disparities for african-americans, latinos and native americans in covid-19. look at the abject job loss for these communities. the abject job loss for everyone. i wish we could get back on track fast but i have seen as your labor secretary that it doesn't happen that fast. and unfortunately when you don't have a plan moving forward it gives me no optimism. this president has been chronically incompetent and what we know, ali, about a moment like this is that when you have massive job losses it exacerbates job losses and so folks who were living on the edge on a good day have fallen off the edge and your reporting

we know the federal agencies at this moment, osha in particular, the occupational safety and health administrationsponsibility to ensure health and safety working conditions for all workers across the country, has minimized their enforcement. covid-19 has killed more workers in this short period of this pandemic, yet not one citation has been given to an employer because of covid-19. that is a huge problem. now is the time to have more enforcement for government agencies. former chief of osha, mr. david michaels, had assured us that osha has the teeth to be able to have the authority to put emergency standards in place. we're seeing less of this. cdc guidelines are too weak. we're more and more seeing voluntary programs as the states are starting to reopen. voluntary programs are not the language we need to hear. right now it's mandatory programs as we're seeing more and more workers are impacted. >> let me just underscore and make sure i understood something you just said. in terms of the federal -- there is a part of the federal government that is responsible for making sure that people work in

>>osha the occupational safety and health administration says it investigates all complaints and has been paying particular attention to protections for those health workers who have high exposure to coronavirus. that is of little comfort to the family of maurice dotson. drew griffin cnn atlanta. >>president trump has announced new travel restrictions on brazil after more covid-19 cases are being confirmed in south america. the restrictions suspends entry into the united states for anyone who's been to brazil. within 14 days immediately or before trying to travel to the u.s. so president trump hopes that the restrictions will further limit the spread of covid-19 as brazil gets closer to its infection. pete, the new restrictions do not apply to the flow of goods and commerce between the u.s. and brazil. well according to johns hopkins university there are over 5 million cases now of the coronavirus worldwide and over 345,000 deaths. now globally over 2 million people have recovered. specifically in the u.s. there are over 1 million cases and over 366,000 have recovered. california has

and get people back to work. your responsibilities go well beyond calculating unemployment. one of them is the occupational safety and health administrationust spoke to richard trumka from the afl-cio, favoring an infectious disease workplace standard. are you working on some sort of standard that will say to employers and employees, it is safe to come back under the circumstances? eugene: osha has been putting out information about covid-19 january, proceeding vigorously on two different tracks. first, we put out extensive guidance to employers, workers about the measures to take in the workplace to stay safe. that includes industry-specific construction, meatpacking, curbside pickup, other industries, and more to come. and we are doing it in cooperation often with cdc. a great deal of information to keep workplaces safe. we also have an enforcement tool available. with all respect to president trumka, i think there are aspects of what we are doing now that are necessary to bring enforcement measures. i think there are aspects of that that he doesn't fully understand. intense focus on osha, and on my part personally, to protect workers a

and safety so myself and everyone who works there don't get infected or lose their lives." 'long with the workers rights group filed a complaint to the occupational safety and health administration they were working at a faster speed due to less workers present and their ppe was get so long wet with sweat some was dripping onto the raw meat. "one of our co-workers next to us, we saw him sick and said if you're feeling bad, why don't you go home and get checked. he said no, i don't have anything but like i said there's a fear this person had to lose the benefits of " it's a bag workers across the country are trying to find. >> they told me i have a better chance of watching the coronavirus in walmart than tyson coming to work, you safe. >> reporter: tyson told cnn they couldn't address the perfect situation as described but that particular tyson plant in iowa closed with over 150 confirmed cases tied to the facility. this as thousands of other workers in the u.s. have either shown symptoms or been hospitalized, and with president trump's executive order compelling these locations to reopen or stay open, workers are caught in the middle. >> translator: who wants to die, i think no

to the home and social aspects of workers' lives, rather than the conditions inside the facilities. you -- you have been calling for osha, the occupational safety and health administration, to play a role here with these meatpacking facilities in setting safety guidelines, setting sanitary guidelines, and enforcing them. what specific guidelines do you want enacted for these plants? >> well, first of all, i want to call out, negatively, the d denigration of workers. meatpacking is sometimes dangerous work. and certainly more so today. and instead of blaming these hard workers and essential workers, instead, these companies should be living up to their responsibilities to assist with making sure there is adequate protective equipment. that they have protocols in place that allow social distancing, not only on the book flo work floor but also break rooms and locker rooms. not blaming their workers. that said, i have put forth legislation that would require osha, our lead agency intended to protect workers' safety and health, to issue enforceable, mandatory, emergency-temporary standards. to help employers deal with this pandemic. that would apply, both, to the essential w

and it really has been very early on. occupational safety and health administration which as you mentioned some have tried to criticize butere our first agency focused on getting the word out. as you probably saw on our website, they put out extensive guidance for employers, workers how to get back to work safely. they're investigating complaints. making inspections. i think, vast majority of employers are trying to do the right thing. we're helping them. if they don't, we're there to help the workers too. charles: sure. >> so thank you for that charles. charles: you got it, intervention in the smallest of cases. that seem small to us but probably mean everything to those workers. i was impressed with. secretary scalia. thank you very much. >> thank you. charles: all right, folks we're only hours away from a amazing moment in display of american spirit coming up. we are going to preview the launch of the first american in space nearly a decade, former nasa astronaut leroy chao. we will be right back. >> this is a unique opportunity to bring all of america together in one moment in time. say look at how bright the future i

what he said, this was a challenge because the guidance provided by the cdc, the occupational safety and health administration and state local governments often conflicted with one another in addition to being vague and difficult to follow. yet, despite many insurgencies include in the adjusting guidelines to begin to adjust to the pandemic. the point i'm making is this, see our democratic leader on the floor and going to wrap it up quickly. the point i'm making is this, we should establish reasonable standards to the center for disease control and osha. so that conscientious businesses can in good faith know what needs to be done to protect their employees and their customers. and whenve they follow those guidelines, i believe they have absolving themselves of liability. they have certainly valid defense to any claims of wrongdoing. but this notion that comes before us on the floor from the republican side goes to an extreme. asking for government immunity from the conduct of businesses in the midst of this pandemic without holding them to any standards we are still waiting for an explanation. why would we a

and why you disagree with what he is calling for? >> osha which is the occupational safety and health administration part of the labor department is focused on covid-19 in the workplace extremely early on providing extensive guidance i think we have nearly 20 different documents out now providing guidance, very focused now on safe reopening in a variety of industries. we also have enforcement tools that if we have to we'll use in the case of companies that aren't keeping workers safe. very important to us we have a disagreement about the exact means to proceed here. we think the plan we're using guidance, enforcement if we need to, is right approach. i think what's a mistake is some people out there, former obama administration people, saying osha isn't doing anything. that's just flatly untrue. osha staff are working extremely hard to keep our workers safe. american people need to know that so do american business owners they need to know how seriously we are taking this. >> along the same lines as we talk about reopening the economy, earlier this week the administration sent back basically for further review some guidelines promulgated

>> well, agriculture and food processing were defined as essential industries in mid-march but the osha, occupational safety and health administrationdn't put out any rules, any guidance until april 26th. that was weeks after several of these packing plants had already been forced to shut down by state or local health officials. smithfield foods, the big one in south dakota. >> yep. >> that plan shut down on easter. it took two more weeks for the cdc and osha to bring down some guidance on worker safety. by that point, the packing plants themselves were already making some of these kind of adjustments. >> chris clayton, dtn, it's been a while since we've seen you in person, but we're all having to socially distance a bit. good to see you virtually, sir. hope you're staying well. >> you too. >> got it. >>> up next -- beef steaks. steve kornacki's at the big board to run down why some potential candidates are not at the top of the list and it's not for any fault other than the state they happen to live in. [woman] what is that? [man] uh, mine. why? it's just that it's... lavender, yes it is. old spice, it's for men. but i like the sme

. >> reporter: osha, the occupational safety and health administration, wolf, tells us it investigatescomplaints and has been paying particular attention for protections for those workers with high exposure to coronavirus. but that is of little comfort to the family of maurice dodson, wolf. >> so sad. drew griffin reporting, thank you. >>> we have much more coverage of the coronavirus pandemic coming up. but also we're following another story, the secretary of state mike pompeo defending his push to fire the department's inspector general even though pompeo himself was under investigation. ♪ your graduation may look different... but it does not change how far you've come... or how far you'll go. congratulations, class of 2020! >>> we'll have more coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in just a few moments but we're also getting new information right now about president trump's firing of the state department inspector general which came at the request of the secretary of state mike pompeo. let's go to our national security reporter kylie atwood. did the secretary explain today why he ask

. >> reporter: osha, the occupational safety and health administration, says it investigates all complaintsd has been paying particular attention to protections for those health workers who have high exposure to coronavirus. that is of little comfort to the family of maurice dotson. drew griffin, cnn, atlanta. >> thanks, drew. >>> joining me is democratic congresswoman debbie powell. she's currently self-isolating after she was possibly exposed to the virus while touring a nursing home in her state of florida. first congresswoman, how are you feeling? >> hi, fredricka. thank goodness i have no symptoms. i went to get tested today. i had to wait a few days to make sure the test is as accurate as possible. i'm feeling optimistic that the test will come back negative. >> how much longer are you going to give yourself to quarantine or self-isolate? >> i'm following the guidance of our medical professionals. i've been in contact with them and after i receive the test results i'll be giving them a call and following whatever guidelines i need to abide by. >> great news that so far so good. all ri

. >>> documents reviewed by cnn show that iowa's occupation safety and health administration, osha, waitedthan a week before contacting a tyson facility after receiving a workplace complaint. osha then declined to inspect that facility. the plant in perry, iowa, would go on to have more than 700 workers test positive for the coronavirus. let's bring in cnn's dianne gallagher. walk us through this. >> reporter: john, i think it's important to note here, the reason listed for declining the inspection on that complaint is covid-19. now, that complaint first reported by the "associated press" alleges that workers were elbow to elbow, at risk for exposure to covid-19. it also says that social distancing guidance was not being followed on the production floor or in the cafeteria. and the timeline here is what's so important. that complaint was filed on april 11th. osha acknowledges the complaint two days later, monday the 13th, but doesn't get around to even trying to contact tyson fresh meats until april 20th, a full week later. it's the same day that tyson shut down its facility the first time

>>osha the occupational safety and health administration says it investigates all complaints and has been paying particular attention to protections for those health workers who have high exposure to coronavirus. that is of little comfort to the family of maurice dots. drew griffin cnn atlanta. president trump play golf for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit the u.s. he was at trump national golf club in sterling virginia this morning just outside washington d c. >>the president and his golf partners were not wearing masks, but the president did appear to be writing alone in his golf cart and was not using a catty so there's some social distancing there. according to a pool report secret service members were wearing masks and practicing social distancing. still ahead 2 nfl champions will be switching from football's to golf ball's tomorrow a preview of the first live golf event during this pandemic. >>it's all for a good cause. and hot temperatures returning to the bay area going to be the hottest numbers may be >>take a live look outside of downtown san francisco and

our focus of the labor department -- you know, we have the occupational safety and health of administration department, we've been working very closely with the cdc providing guidance for poor places or variety of types of work settings. my own view is that businesses taking those steps should not be subject to lawsuits, but there is concern on their part that frivolous cases might nonetheless be brought. >> bret: right, you mentioned osha, so some democrats saying this is not going to pass, this is not going to fly, the liability protection for businesses and schools say the protection need to be on the workers and the students. what you say to that? >> well, if i was like going to be very important, has been important to protect workers as they come back to the workplace during the pandemic and we've been pursuing that on two tracks. first, as i mentioned, providing guidance to businesses and the workers about what ought to be done to keep workplaces safe and then we are fielding complaints workers as they come in investigating to make sure that their rights are expected. what we don't wa

smithfield plant is in compliance with centers for disease control and prevention and occupational safety and health administration guidance and will gradually resume operations starting today. mr. president, no discussion of the challenges facing farmers right now would be complete without discussing biofuels. ethanol, biodiesel producers buy up a significant amount of american corn and soy which adds value to each bushel. as demand for fuel has decreased as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, ethanol and biodiesel operations have come offline and are no longer buying up their normal amounts of corn and soybean oil. this has significantly diminished a crucial market for our farmers. there has rightfully been a lot of focus on the oil and gas companies that are facing a record loss in demand because of the coronavirus and because of an equally difficult oversupply problem driven by the saudi-russian price war. hardworking americans at these companies who have helped usher in our modern energy renaissance are now in limbo and congress needs to make sure we preserve our energy dominance and security. but it's impo

said -- this was a challenge because the guidance provided by the c.d.c., the occupational safety and health administration as well as state and local governments often conflicted with one another in addition to being vague and difficult to follow. yet despite many uncertainties including the constantly fluctuating public health guidelines, we began to adjust to the pandemic. the point i'm making is this -- and i see our democratic leader on the floor. i'm going to wrap it up quickly. the point i'm making is this -- we should establish reasonable standards through the centers for disease control and osha so that conscientious businesses can in good faith know what needs to be done to protect their employees and their customers. and when they follow those guidelines, i believe they've absolved themselves of liability. they have certainly a valid defense to any claims of wrongdoing. but this notion that comes before us on the floor from the republican side goes to an extreme. asking for government immunity from the conduct of businesses in the midst of this pandemic without holding them to any standards. we

and enforce coronavirus safety measures. but faa administrator steve dixon sent a letter saying airlines are responsible for the occupational health of their workforce that means for now there is no industry-wide game plan to protect passenger, flight attendants, and pilots. another unresolved issue is who will pay for new safety protocols. henry hartvelt is a leading industry analyst in san francisco. >> it's not like we can build a clean room, if you will, at an airport. but i expect you will see airlines support a health screening. what they'll say, though, the passenger will pay for that. >> the largest carrier at sfo, united, is implementing new cabin cleaning, electrostatic fogging of each plane before each flight. while plexiglas barriers are common, they're not under consideration right now. united is open to new industry-wide protocols. >> if those sorts of efforts materialize, we'd love to be a part of that conversation. but, frankly, we're not waiting around for other people to make decisions what we should do. >> a major obstacle is fear among passengers. a passenger said another passenger yelled at her when she took h

primarily right now cares acting, coronavirus response act, and also protecting workers in the work palace through occupational health administration safetyrs safe i know there is talk, about a potential future legislation do i think that we have to proceed carefully there we've now, spent a great deal of money, to keep this businesses,intact to keep workers supported and as we look forward to potential new legislation, i think we need to proceed kairl in terms of spending and potential new mandates one of the reasons an extraordinary flushing economy until weeks ago this president was committed to tax cuts, was heh was committed to reducing unneeded regulatory burdens i think those remain very important as people talk about new legislation we need to keep our eye on that. maria: quick going into friday's report is there anything you can say to us to son of the blow? we are expecting a severe reportedly come friday for month of april on jobs. >> what i can say is that we had an extraordinary unprecedented economy weeks ago. we lost that economy, because of public health measures, if we pursue the policies the president had in place that g