oval office. and i was thinking as i was writing this book when i'm almost done i got so into the oval office to meet with the president that is the book and. i was president of the white house correspondents association. you talk specifically about a story i had done and also a story that had run in the "washington post" over labor day weekend by the way. i don't know if any one else even notice the story but he was keenly aware of both had some things he wanted to raise with us so we were brought into the oval office. i described the scene as one of the harder moments there have been many but you spent a lot of time there as white house press secretary. you know. i was brought in by the press secretary and chief of staff. stephanie grisham and mick mulvaney and two of my colleagues from the board we were brought in through the oval office it was empty. we were asked to sit at the three chairs in front of the desk and then we were told weight. mulvaney and stephanie grisham walks into the oval of

we were brought into the oval office. i described the scene as one of the odder moments in a time when there have been many odd moments. you know, you spent a lot of time there as white house press secretary. i was brought in by the press secretary. and the chief of staff, this was stephanie grisham and nick mulvaney. i brought into my colleagues off the board, zeke, we are brought into the oval the oval office was empty we were asked to sit in the three chairs in front of the desperate and then we were told to wait. and then mulvaney and stephanie grisham left us in the oval office. i don't know how many times, you work there, i don't know how may times you were in the oval office alone. but i have never been in the oval office alone. the doors were closed, it was just the three of us. i cannot tell you exactly how long it was. he think it was two or three minutes, but it felt like an hour. zeke muller with ap leans over to me and says what are we doing? we are definitely being taped, we are being watched. we just sat th

i don't know how many times you worked there in the oval office alone and i've never been in the oval office alone. the doors were closed it was just the three of us. i can't tell you exactly how long it was. at this meeting lasted maybe upwards of an hour and i at one point sat there thinking here i am sitting across the resolute desk from the president of the unitepresident of theunited stad trump and 25 years ago almost to the day, 25 years earlier i had been with him in trump tower running around trying to find michael jackson's bodyguard doing this kind of gossip to her of celebrity apartments in his building. and who could have imagined if i end up where i was and he ended up where he was. here i was like a junior tabloid reporter in new york city and he was this flamboyant to get his name in the tabloids and 25 years almost to the day from the former developer. the whole story kind of the incredible story how we went from that moment to that final moment is really what the show is about. >> guest: >> host: isn't there a seductive quality that he had that kind of rings through a

i couldn't put a video in the book but once we were finally called into the oval office. walking in. it is wild to see. im right up against the couch 1 foot and a half from president obama, 5 feet from donald trump and then i take a few still pictures. i saw a side of trump i had never seen before or sense. the first time i ever been in a room he wasn't calling all the shots. and trump seems to me at that moment humbled by the moment. maybe freaked out. he just spent an hour or so with the president of the united states describing the real challenges yes he won the election someday we will learn the contents of that there has been some description of that that obama apparently said north korea you have to pay the most attention to. and to the best extent possible what happened both in that meeting and also around the white house on that day. it is a singular day in american history. and some of the stuff in my new york post days those key moments you can't cover everything but the moments that i have something unique to say either through reporting i have uncovered that h

cheney, you know, he is not the man in the oval office, but he was a chief of staff to a secretary of defense, a congressman, and i never lobbied or anything like that but i remember raising a couple things with him and he was the kind of guy that you would not hesitate to do that but you want to do some serious thinking before you talk about it. he respects anyone that is talking to him but you need to respect his time. and then in terms of speeches, you always have to tell yourself this is his speech. this is not me. this is not me contributing to my work, it is him talking. >> nobody would ever say this great speech by sarada, they would say the lousy speech by barack obama. i don't know if you ever changed him on policy, i never did, but my understanding of people that worked on policy is that he really wanted robust discussions happening in front of him where his experts were disawith each other and talking about it there is really great conversationing happening before he even took office, and the tran sis was really smooth largely in part to his personality, but i think in that

first time i was in the oval office, i forgot the complete thing. you are there, i'm in the room, it is so bright. what do i do with my hands? [laughter] >> it is hard, but you get used to it. >> in the impeachment of andrew johnson, one of the articles of impeachment involved speechwriting. the president had done a tour of the country defending his version of reconstruction and had apparently been so crude and offensive and unpresidential and his criticism of the radical republicans that they wrote that as a reason for his removal from office. is it possible for president to say something, right something, or tweet something that would justify removal from office? [laughter] >> it would justify the removal of the writer. [laughter] >> that's what you live in fear of. johnson didn't have writers. so impeachment. >> legally, i can't answer i think if he says something where he perjured himself, then yes. >> it's like the sign of an actual crime. >> there are questions about this presidency, the use of his twitter account, deletinh tweets, whether he

by far, which we just discussed in the oval office. we will show more cases because we are doing much more testing, double anybody else. somebody said if you add

well we will see the president in the rose garden also in the oval office we won't have a coronavirus taskforce briefing as we had been having of this coming after the u.s. president was strongly criticized for some of the advice he gave there to inject potentially disinfectant or even u.v. light to the human body in order to combat that night seen since then the white house changing their messaging canceling those briefings now we are awaiting that tape playback from the oval office instead i was there as white house correspondent kelly how could live in washington kimberly many thanks indeed let's we'll show you some live pictures out of madrid right now this is spain's prime minister that are sanchez who is presenting his plan for restrictions in the country to be eased further he's speaking right now as you can see and says the plan to return to normal life includes 4 phases but he's hoping things will return to some sense of normality by the end of june restaurants he says can open at 30 percent capacity with sent 16 times for people over the age of 65 we'll keep listening to tha

the first time i was in the oval office, i forget the complete thing. like, i don't even remember walking out. because you're just there in the room. you're like, i'm in the room, it's so bright. like, what am i doing with my hands? and it's hard. you get used to it, especially senior people get used to it. >> yeah. >> yeah, thanks. >> in the impeachment of andrew johnson, one of the articles of impeachment involves speechwriting. the president had done a tour of the country defending his version of reconstruction and had apparently been so crude, so offensive, so unpresidential in his criticism of the radical republicans that they wrote that as a reason for his removal from office. is it possible for a president to say something, write something or tweet something that would justify removal from office? >> wow, justify the removal of the writer. imagine, that's what you live in fear of. but of course, johnson didn't have writers. and so, bang on, impeachment. >> yeah. >> i mean, legally, i can't answer that question. i think if he says something that i

president talked about as he met with florida's governor rhonda sanchez in the oval office earlier again another state that is very populated that many predicted would have very high infection rates in fact did not but still this reopening that's taking place around the united states is one that is taking place very gradually the florida governor saying that this would be based on data metrics that this would not be something that could happen quickly and that might have a lot to do with the fact that georgia nother state that is controlled by republican governor very rapidly and got significant criticism from the u.s. president so it's safe to assume there was a bit of an attempt to kind of get the president's blessing in this oval office meeting that took place even as the president has also outlined a blueprint for reopening the states and the testing that needs to take place putting very much the responsibility on the states something that has been controversy all the provider of sort of last resort being the federal government so this is something that is sort of uncharted territory

he's participating in an easter blessing from the oval office. we will bring you that as soon as we get it. meantime, with the pandemic closing churches and synagogues across the country amid holy week and passover celebrations, how religious communities plan to keep the faith while social distancing. ♪ are you overweight with a slow metabolism? millions of people in the usa of all ages suffer from a condition called insulin resistance. insulin resistance makes it easier to gain weight and harder to lose weight. dieting the wrong way just makes the problem worse but now there's a simple solution discover get off the diet merry-go-round at golo.com and get amazing results fast. there's a life-changing video at gto losing weight. the secrt that's golo.com. >> gillian: president trump is participating in an easter blessing on this good friday from the oval office. we are awaiting that and we will bring it to you once we get it. in the meantime, local and federal leaders are urging all americans to maintain social distancing throughout holy week, thr

i just don't want to be doing -- somehow sitting in the oval office behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a facemask as i greet prime dictators, kings, queens, i don't know i do not , see it for myself. maybe i will change my mind. but this will pass. hopefully it will pass very quickly. that being said if somebody , wants to -- most people could just make something out of a certain material. so it is very well designated. it is very simple to do. i will not be doing it personally. it is a recommendation. ok? would you like to say something? surgeon general, please.

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coronavirus pandemic, the president at this hour is meeting with florida governor ron desantis in the oval office, a republican ally. we will bring updates as soon as we get them. here are the facts at this hour. president trump said coronavirus testing will not be a problem at all, even has his new white house blueprints fall short of health expert's recommendations for widespread testing to safely resume activities across the country. >>> and the white house says the federal government will only be a supplier of last resort. "the washington post" is reporting that the intelligence community delivered early warnings about the coronavirus outbreak in china to the president in early january and february in his daily briefing but he apparently ignored those warning while continuing for months to downplay the threat to the u.s. >>> on the first day that the small business administration was supposed to reopen its pipeline for hundreds of billions of dollars in loans to the system, the system crashed according to widespread complaints from the american bankers association and businesses across the co

but expect the vice president to be there in the oval office and the president to get more questions about this today, andrea. >> indeed. jonathan, as kristen has been reporting, the president pushing towards reopening, reviving the economy. but that requires a whole lot of steps first as well as mitch mcconnell with continuously objecting to state and local government funding in any of these packages. i want to play a little more of what andrew cuomo had to say about mitch mcconnell from kentucky and senator scott -- rick scott, of course, from florida saying they should not be bailing out the taking states. a lot of anger from governor cuomo just now about that. >> senator mitch mcconnell, you are bailing out new york when every year you take out more from the kitty, the federal pot, $37 billion more than you put in? who is bailing out whom? senator scott, florida, you're going to bail us out? you take out $30 billion more every year than you pay in. how dare they. >> there's a lot of anger, jonathan, from governor cuomo and other northeast governors. we also heard from senator chr

it's really just 25 paces from the oval office. he can be before all of the cameras, he can fight with reporters, he can dominate the story. you know, he may scale back for a little while, but i would not be surprised to see him back in that briefing room soon. >> do you think that all this reporting about his aides and allies saying he should be holding fewer briefings, have they forgotten the purpose of the briefing is to inform the public with accurate information about how to stay safe? isn't that the point of these? >> that is the point of the briefing, but what they do see is that the briefings have backfired for him politically. so we can have a debate over how informative they actually are. but the one thing that his allies see is that they are not doing him much good. a real tipping point was, you know, this -- floating the idea of testing, whether or not somehow injecting disinfectants into the body could fight coronavirus. this -- you could tell this was something that set them back, because of how quickly they tried to

then we say we have to get into the oval office. all that time i knew the uniformed officers and the agents were going to get this individual. i was confident that we would stay in an armored vehicle. you don't know when someone jumps a fence if they are armed. stay in the safe area. could we have evacuated the south grounds, yes. i was confident we would get him in a matter of seconds. i open the door and let president bush out. it might be hard for you to see that, but he was smirking because he knew i was sweating through my suit. [laughter] >> for those of you who knows president bush he likes to run on time and does not like to wait. larry, in 1975, you saved president ford's wife. tell us that story. i think we have a video we will show you of the attempted assassination and then you can talk them through that day. [video clip] >> it was midmorning in sacramento when president ford left a hotel to walk to the state capital for a meeting with governor edmund brown junior to speak to the state legislator. this was a political tri

what do we know about this oval office meeting between the governor of florida and the president. >> reporter: we know they'll be discussing the plans to reopen florida's economy. florida is under a stay-at-home order until the end of this week. governor desantis talked about opening the state in phases in a way that's going to be data driv and methodical. president is hosting him here at the white house and the two are expected to discuss what that might look like. we've heard they're going to take questions from reporters in the oval office, the white house says around 11:30. we expect those questions to focus largely on how this reopening is going to lap, not just with florida bru broadly. this meeting is president trump's start to pivoting toward the economy and focusing on economic openings throughout the country. administration officials told me before i came out here this is one of a bunch of these sorts of meetings the president is going to do. we saw him met with the governor of new york last week here. an administration official said he'll be doing this with democratic and

area where he will walk up to the oval office we got over the radio that there was a fence jumper who was over on the east part of the complex by the treasury building so i was sitting in the right, front seat of the limousine and had to turn to president bush and say we have a fence jumper and we're going to have to sit in the vehicle for a few minutes until we get this issue resolved. he said, a fence jumper where, he started looking behind and looking through, i was actually glad for that response. but then after a few seconds goes on you can't see the fence jumper and i'm not hearing it is all clear yet and the president said i got to get to work, i got to get into the oval office. and it took about three minutes but all that time i knew the uniformed officers and the agents they were going to get this individual and i was confident that we'll just stay in an armored vehicle because you don't know if someone jumps a fence, are they armed, what do they have, so stay in a safe area. could we evacuate yes but i had confidence we were going to get him and we did in a matter of seconds

one more thing i would note from that oval office break, you mentioned hydroxychloroquine and the f.d.awarning. despite that, the president is still, you know, seems undecided at least about the effects of hydroxychloroquine. i said he talked to the president of honduras who talked about incredible results that they saw there. despite studies in the u.s. from the va and now from new york state that show no benefit or even a potential harm in the case of the va study. >> shannon pettypiece. thank you so much for filling us in with that context. we appreciate it. let's bring in dr. irwin redlener. i want to play a moment from yesterday's briefing between reporter phil rucker who we all know and the president. phil was asking the president what he hopes to be giving people or what he believes people are expecting of him while he stands at that podium and addresses the nation on this pandemic. here's phil. >> you're the president, people tuning into the briefings. they want to get information and guidance and want to know what to do. they're not looking for rumors. >> i'm the president and

the door to the oval office has a little peep hole. ing in onarl rove peepoi me.ondoleezza rice peein n a ho -- peeping in on me. hole.as her own peep this isnd gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, looking through a peep hole. and dick, i hope you are not doing what it looks like you're doing. [laughter] year, as. bush: next new president will be standing up here. i have to say i'm kind of surprised we don't have more presidential candidates here tonight, like any. heator mccain is not here, probably wanted to distance himself from me a little bit. he's not alone. jenna's moving out too. the two democratic candidates are not here either. senator clinton could not get into the building because of sniper fire, senator obama is at church. [applause] fmr. pres. bush: but i'm sure whoever the next president is will show up at these dinners. especially like the dinners in 2005 and 2006 when we had a couple of surprises up our sleeves. [video clip] fmr. pres. bush: i asked the old guy how to get to the nearest town. >> not that old joke, not again. [applau

he's coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew's going to be coming coming in with some of his people, so we look forward to that. the price of us oil goes negative, as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies. across the uk there are still urgent calls for supplies of protective equipment as ministers say that every effort is being made. the number of people currently confirmed to have the coronavirus in italy falls for the first time. and in other news: why harry and meghan are taking on the tabloids, vowing not to co—operate with the biggest titles. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. donald trump has announced that the governor of new york will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the nation's responce to the pandemic. the price of us oil has turned negative, with demand all but drying up, as lockdowns across the world keep people inside. forfirst time, italy has recorded a one—da

the president said the advice was voluntary — and he couldn't see himself wearing one in the oval office the department of health has confirmed that 4,313 have now died after contracting coronavirus. the rising death toll comes as one of the government's most senior advisors on the coronavirus pandemic has warned that the uk could see high rates of infection for "weeks and weeks", if the lockdown rules are flouted this weekend. professor neil ferguson said that while the epidemic was expected to plateau in the next week to 10 days, people's behaviour was critical to determining how soon restrictions could be lifted beyond that. katherine da costa reports. with warm, sunny weather marking the start of what should have been the two—week easter getaway, there is a risk crowds may be tempted to head to beauty spots and beaches, but the government says "stay at home, save lives" is an instruction, not a request. police forces are on standby for what could be one of their biggest challenge this weekend. they are being encouraged to engage with people and advise them to return home. when we com

his coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew is going to be coming in with some of his people. so we look forward to that. the price of us oil goes negative as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies. across the uk, there are still urgent calls for supplies of protective equipment as ministers say that every effort is being made. canadians are to hold a virtual vigil for the at least 18 people killed by a gunman on saturday in nova scotia. why harry and meghan are taking on the tabloids vowing not to co—operate with the biggest titles. hello to you. president trump says the governor of new york will come to the white house to talk about the coronavirus pandemic. lockdowns around the world key people inside. for the first time in italy, a one—day file in infections reported. and us oil prices turned negative for the first time in history. the official number of deaths in the uk linked to coronavirus is 16,509 — but that number does not include deaths in care homes or in the community in england

he's coming to the oval office tomorrow afternoon. andrew is going to be coming in with some of his people. so we look forward to that. the price of us oil goes negative, as demand dries up and producers sell rather than store their supplies across the uk there are still urgent calls for supplies of protective equipment as ministers say that every effort is being made. canadians are to hold a virtual vigilfor the at least 18 people killed by a gunman in nova scotia on saturday. and why harry and meghan are taking on the tabloids vowing not to cooperate with the biggest titles. president trump has announced that the governor of new york will visit the white house on tuesday to discuss the nation's response to the pandemic. the price of us oil has turned negative, with demand all but drying up, as lockdowns across the world keep people inside. for the first time, italy has recorded a one—day fall in the number of people currently infected. the latest figures for the uk show there were 419 deaths reported in the last 24—hour period, refl

that that had been discussed in the oval office. there was some discussion about how different ailments can be treated with radiation. and what aides said is that the president seemed to just conflate all of this and ad-lib at the podium. >> this all comes to the fore as one of trump's other questionable potential cures is taking a big hit publicly. he has touted this anti-malaria, anti-lupus drug hydroxychloroquine as a game-changer for covid patients. but the fda is now warning against its widespread use without strict medical supervision in a hospital setting. over the past several weeks, states have built up stockpiles of this drug despite cautions from medical experts that more research is needed. >> we have purchased and we have stockpiled 29 million pills of the hydroxychloroquine, 29 million. a lot of drugstores have them by prescription. our national stockpile is now equipped with nearly 30 million hydroxychloroquine pills. we're distributing them by the millions. over the last seven days, my administration has deployed rou

the president's impulses appear to have fallen short since trump told reporters today in the oval officeeins of a new vaccine push known aspiration warp speed himself. >> you know who's the judge of it honestly? i am. i'll tell you, i'm really in charge of it. i could say somebody else. i will say we're dealing with, as you know, the general and the admiral. they're very much in charge, but i think probably more than anything i'm in charge. i'm the one that gets blamed and i get blamed anyway. don't forget, if we come up with a vaccine in record time, they'll say i should have done it faster. >> talk about saying the quiet part out loud, an alarming expression of the president's tightening grip on a process normally, traditionally driven by science, not presidential politics. the scientists aren't the only ones wrankled today by trump's effort at reputational repair. "the new york times" also advancing recent reporting on u.s. intelligence agencies which we learned this week provided intel in the president's pdb as early as january about the lethal spread of covid. those same agencies no

what is a lot of bluster at best and a lot of political recriminations and blame game from the oval officeworst? >> look, politics should have nothing to do with this. let me make this very, very simple, and i say this as a democrat. nothing would make me happier than to see this president stand up, assert the full powers that he has at his disposal as the commander-in-chief to win this war. this requires total war, total war, okay? we've spoken quite a lot about the defense production act but it also requires the utilization of the military. it requires the utilization of all elements of society. fema completely giving, completely giving any amount that states have been asked to spend, and we don't need any theatrics right now and we certainly don't need any finger pointing. we need empathy on top of all of that. if the president asserted his full power as commander-in-chief and we beat this virus and then he wins re-election, you know what, so be it. so be it. because we have emerged beating this virus. that is all we are asking. people's lives are on the line. their lives are on the lin

just as we're pulling up to the oval office area, he will walk up to the oval office and we get over the radio that we have a fence jumper. i was in the right front seat of the limb seen, i said we have a fence jump eer and we'll have to sit here for a few minutes until we get this resolved. and he said where, and he started looking behind him, and looking through, and i was kind of glad for that response. and then after a few seconds goes on, you can't see the fence jumper and i'm not -- it took about three minutes, but i knew the officers, the agents, they would get this person and you don't know are they armed, what do they have, could we have evacuated? yes, but i was confidence that we would get him in a matter of seconds and then i opened the door and let president bush out. and i know from the event that he is smirking because he knew i was sweating through my suit. >>. >> in 1975, you saved president ford's life. tell us that story. i think we have a video to show you of the assassination attempt. and we can talk you through that day. >> it was mid-morning when president ford

my job is to figure out who would be the best partner to me in the oval office -- excuse me, in the oval office, and if something terrible happened to me, whom would have the country have immediate confidence in and that's dick. i'm going with him. don't tell anybody i've made the decision or i will kill you, but figure out what you are going to do, and in a couple of days when i get back, i want you to be prepared to tell me how we can prepare for each one of these eventualities. it was a testament to her husband. >> i just have to add -- we're out of time is that dick was the other opponent of his being chosen. >> yeah. >> and argued strenuously against it for many of the same reasons karl did, and the president finally leaned on him, down in texas, on the hot porch of the ranch house until, you know, dick was sweating and the president was sweating, and finally dick said okay, i will do it. >> yeah. and he never held my bluntness against me either. he could not have been a better colleague and more importantly a better mentor. >> i'm terribly sorry that we're out of time. i hope you w

and here he was in the oval office for the first time with barack obama hearing about all the pressingas going to inherit and have to deal with. and obama was leading the meet ago i've never been in a room where donald trump wasn't leading the conversation-- and he seemed a little bit blown away. he said some nice things about obama, which was also surprising. and i thought, wow, maybe this changed the guy. and that was the last i saw of it. >> stephen: i know we've got to go. what's your first question for tomorrow's briefing? >> well, there have been some reports that the c.d.c. is considering recommending that people wear face masks when they go out in public, and i want to get-- i want to see if that's true, if there's anything to that. and if that would really be a recommendation, where the hell-- where the face mafngs would come from. that's-- i try to in the briefings try to focus on what is happening now, much less the politics of it. people want to know what the federal government is doing, what the federal government should be doing, and what they should be doing in the face

the president said the advice was voluntary and he couldn't see himself wearing one in the oval office on that soon, but first back to the warm temperatures forecast and the message from police to stay at home. simonjones has this report from the uk. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home but you can leave under the following circumstances: for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible

might be lagging in contrast to other countries in fact this was the focus of an oval office exchange between the us president and one of the pool reporters when the president was pressed to for why he continues to claim that the united states exceeded south korea for example in testing the president pushed back and turned dr debra burke's one of the public health officials present there in the oval office looked up the numbers and according to her dad the united states in fact per capita per $100000.00 actually does kentucky conduct more tests in south korea it's a leaven test 410-0000 in the united states 17 so the us president looking for an apology from that reporter it just gives you a sense of what was not forthcoming i should know but it gives you a sense of where the president is in terms of his combativeness with the media continuing to push back on the fact that 1st it was ventilators he says now it's testing no matter what he does he says the media will criticize it's also important to point out when it comes to testing this white house on monday released a blueprint for th

you know i think there regardless of who's in who's in the oval office it would have been a crazy situation because we're just now a country as strong as we are i just didn't have the necessary want to prepare for a virus where i do what i don't like about what the president has been gone is just a gross misinformation whether his 1st press conference he was saying that oil only 11 people have it and it's and all it's going to go away and there are you know i know that as a leader you don't let your base in the panic but you also never ever want the lever or any type of way that would lead people to not take it as serious as they should. and i would just out you know i was just. so that was my that's my profile. yes i think both of you kind of know that the president is in kind of a tough situation no matter who's in charge right so last question here is to both of you about bernie d.m. let you continue on this is it safe to say that biden is the present the presumptive nominee and now that biden is already saying you know acting like he is that he will choose a woman as his running running

ijust spoke to them from the oval office. great dealfor all. mr to them from the oval office.ntry which refused to agree with its opec country which refused to agree with its 0pec member states but countries which are not included in the oil cartel, like the us, brazil and canada, are also expected to slash production because the oil crash of 2020 is a global problem and one where there is currently no end in sight. jason bordoff is founding director of the center on global energy at columbia university and a former white house energy advisor to president 0bama. he's in new york. thank you for coming on the show. for viewers who may be a bit maybe board by news of an oil deal, explain why this agreement is different. it is an unusual and historic agreement that firstly, it is the largest cut by 0pec in supply ever. it signals this opec supply ever. it signals this 0pec plus cooperation, particularly saudi arabia and russia. their cooperation will continue. it was unique because the 620 continue. it was unique because the g20 was part of it and cooperated and tried to figure ou

host: that's from the president in the oval office responding to this headline from the washington post. his daily breeze in february, citing the virus as a potentially serious threat. not only to public health to the economy. joining us on the phone is michael strahan, a resident scholar and director of economic policy at the american into presence into. he's the author of a book. thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: let me put the numbers on the screen just to reinforce what we are looking at in terms of unemployment in the country. in march, 10 .5 million people filing from employment. in april, 16 million. in total, 27 million americans out of work is of the pandemic. when the recovery happens, every expert expects it will happen, what look like? guest: i think it is somewhat early to know for sure. i think we know that the recovery will take place in different parts of the united states at different times. we are already seeing 43 million americans who live in states that are opening up this month. several states have locked down orders that expire on

he did speak about this topic in the oval office saying in direct contrast to what he said earlier, we were all in this together. we must put politics aside. all of it following that remarkable statement, andrea, yesterday where he claimed he had, quote, total authority when it comes to in effect forcing governors to reopen their states. >> to consider your metaphor, some critics might have suggested that was more captain klieg but you're a literary writer. let's talk about the contrast between two presidents today and what the obama strategy will be, all in? >> yes, andrea. there's no question president obama will be all in for joe biden. frankly, he's been talking to all of the candidates throughout this process. one elected democratic voters make, their judgment. always knew he would be a very active container and obviously a big supporter of joe biden. he can do a couple of things, andrea. first of all, he had clear success motivating pieces of the electorate, particularly young people who have a bit more of a chalg everyone for joe biden. secondly, he can testify to joe biden's qu

big force that is drawing our party together, and it is desire to remove the guy that's in the oval office right now. i said yesterday that i think people will crawl through glass in november to vote, to change the tone and the leadership that we're seeing right now in the oval office. but joe biden has to be very aware that there's a lot of people who didn't think he was the right guy. he's got to convince him that he could nip this together and win these important states that we've got to win and bring about a democratic victory, not just in the oval office for november, but also for the house and the senate. >> shaq, again, senator sanders in just a couple minutes, i'm now being told it's going to be live streamed it would seem. what do we expect to hear from senator bernie sanders? >> one thing i was just told we would not hear, we would not hear in this live stream an immediate endorsement of vice president biden. senator sanders has said all along, all through his campaign that he will endorse the eventual nominee, ultimately support that nominee robustly and campaign for them. i'm b

you know, the president meeting now pretty regularly in the oval office. he's done it several times, with governors. what does this accomplish? why do you think it's helpful? >> mr. huckabee: well, first of all, let's note he's meeting with governors regardless of their political party. he met with john bel edwards, he's met with governor cuomo, he's had lengthy conversations with gavin newsom of california. today, with phil murphy of new jersey. the president is acting like a president is supposed to. he's giving the think governors need to reopen their states. or, in some places, maybe keep their states closed. what he's doing is respecting the tenth amendment. if the federal government doesn't give him the power to just do something unilaterally, he respects it and the states get to do that. that is exactly what the president should be doing, and i really appreciate that, from having been a governor. having my own tussles with federal authorities before. what the president is doing is saying, "what do you need, how can we help?" but also, "you make your

that is what he does when he enters the oval office. and, fighting stops in no small part because behind-the-scenes, dwight eisenhower threatens communist china with nuclear weapons. that, as well as the death of stalin and other reasons, the fighting stops. now he is president and in 1953, dwight eisenhower delivers and all but forgotten speech at the united nations. he offers to turn over america's nuclear arsenal to an international agency headed under the u.n., but there is a caveat. the soviets have to agree to turn over their nuclear missiles. they refuse. that is the end of that. in the 1950's, another hot topic, terms you never have heard of, these were two offshore islands of taiwan. called then formosa. twice during the 1950's, red china threatened to invade taiwan and shell those islands. president eisenhower had the seventh fleet and said, they will have to crawl over the seventh fleet. that never happened. around the time of the korean or, actor ronald reagan made and all but forgotten film called "prisoner of war." he play

the president also meeting the oval office today with florida governor ron desantis who says he will announce what florida will do tomorrow, pointing out a lot of economic activity continued safely during the shutdown. >> florida going from where we are now to phase one is not a very big leap. i think it will be a small step for us but we will approach it in a very measured and thoughtfully driven day. dumb economic way. >> it will require an uptick in testing, and that's 2% of every state's population. democrats shot the whole thing down is vegas, and unresponsive. >> the report yesterday was pathetic. and at the end it said let the states do it. >> with the states returning next week democrats say it's a perfect opportunity to hold hearings in the white house response. but the house its decision to stay away from d.c. drew a measure of derisio division froe president. speak to the democrats don't want to come back. >> trump is still bullish on economic recovery saying that the second and third quarters will be what they are but he projects that the fourth quarter will have strong g

coronavirus press briefings on friday trump had this brief confrontation with reporters in the oval office i don't know if you continue to say you have. any other questions for many other people ok you know what sort of you have to work out or not out a few hours later he cut short his daily briefing without taking any questions from the journalists. the reports are now circulating that the white house wants to reduce trump's participation in the daily briefings his approval rates are dropping and the president's advisers reportedly believe that the overexposure and his inaccurate remarks could be the cause trump hasn't personally committed to any changes but if his ratings continue to fall he might not be left with a choice. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the global death toll from cove at 19 has almost reached 200000 according to figures from the johns hopkins university more than a quarter of all deaths have occurred in the united states which currently has the world's biggest outbreak sri lanka has imposed a country reimposed a coun

i'm feeling good i just don't want to be doing i don't know somehow sitting in the oval office behind that beautiful resolute desk the great resolute desk i think wearing a face mask there's a great presidents prime ministers dictator kings queens. i don't see it for myself and then mixed messages have left many in the u.s. confused and frustrated. well here in berlin the city government has accused the us of an act of modern day piracy after shipment of 200000 protective facemasks was hijacked on its way from china to germany the mass had been ordered by berlin's police force from an american manufacturer producing in china but according to berlin authorities they were confiscated in bangkok and diverted to the u.s. as a krone virus pandemic worsens demand for crucial medical supplies such as mass and respirators has surged worldwide leading to unprecedented buying practices and countries outbidding. interior minister and various guys will urge their german government to remind washington to comply with international rules saying this is not how you deal with trans atlanta partners e

coronavirus press briefings on friday trump had this brief confrontation with reporters in the oval office. i don't let you continue to say you have the ok i want to show you any other questions very many other people ok did you know what it was you had were not are not up to a few hours later he cut short his daily briefing without taking any questions from the journalists. and reports are now circulating that the white house wants to reduce trump's participation in the daily briefings his approval rates are dropping and the president's advisers reportedly believe that the overexposure and his inaccurate remarks could be the cause trump hasn't personally committed to any changes but if his ratings continue to fall he might not be left with the choice of a look now some of the other developments in the pandemic the world health organization says there is currently no evidence that people who have we covered from cope at 19 are protected from a 2nd coronavirus infection the global death toll has reached almost 200000 according to figures from johns hopkins university well than a quarter of