bym thrilled to be joined governor pete ricketts of nebraska. pete, thank you very much. and a man i am going to see over the weekend -- this was by coincidence you haven't to be here today. -- you happened to be here today. governor kevin stitt of oklahoma. we will be in oklahoma. it is a crowd like no one has seen before. we have tremendous requests for tickets like probably has never happened politically before. one of the reasons we chose your state, kevin, is you have done well with the covid. you both have, actually. so congratulations. along with several extraordinary small business owners from their state. also with us, treasury of secretary steven mnuchin and the small business administrator. small business is no longer small business. it is one of the biggest businesses. as a result of the virus, 22% of small businesses were forced to close earlier this year, including 41% of black-owned businesses. under my administration's strategy to vanquish the virus and restart our economy, small businesses across the nation are now safely reopening at levels like no one h

i am thrilled to be joined by good friends of mine, governor pete ricketts from nebraska and a man i will see over the weekend. and this is by coincidence that you happened to be here today. over -- kevin's debt of stitt of oklahoma. we will be there for a crowd like no one has ever seen before. we have had a tremendous request for tickets. one of the reasons we chose your state, as you know kevin, is because you have done so well with the covid. it incrediblyed well. you both have come actually. along with several extraordinary small business owners from their states. also with us is steven mnuchin and and the small business administrator. thank you. small businesses are no longer small business. as result of the virus, 22% of small businesses were forced to close earlier this year including 41% of black owned businesses. administration's strategy to vanquish the virus and restart our economy, small businesses across the nation are safely reopening all over the nation at levels no one has seen before. we are sheltering individuals at the highest risk. high riskk at really individual

flatlining cases, and also the fourth lowest number of fatalities in the nation, nebraska's governor pete rickettsthe report card for your state, covid-19 report card appears pretty good. we have also got this going on in phase 3 so you're ahead of a lot of other states, managing to get ahead with reopening and keeping cases static. do you deserve the credit for that? is that why you are here with us? >> i don't deserve credit for that. the credit belongs to the nebraskans, a state that did not order a stay-at-home order but we asked nebraskans to take steps for social distancing, campaign for staying healthy and stay connected, got them to do social distancing in public, we ask them to wear masks, people who are not regularly around, they've done the right thing, to make sure we control the spread of the virus in the state. it is all about making sure we guarantee the hospital bed or icu bed to anybody who meets up when they need. >> we commend the state success managing the outbreak. you have been front and center in the debate about facemasks, you don't believe they should be mandated and busin

and governor pete ricketts, reopening his state, this is opening right now. indulge on the john bolton book and the judge saying effectively go out and enjoy, but i don't know about that $2 million advance. >> you know, this is way above my pay grade. i've been following the story, but not the law case and, you know, it's something that's going to have to play out and see where this all goes. what's actually in the book and whether it's actually violating the security clearances. neil: a lot of people are saying the latest tell-all book from a former staffer or high ranking official in the trump white house and that it could reverberate this in an election year. other books have not. do you think this goes anywhere? >> you know, again without having read the book it's tough to say. i think what the president needs to do is focus on his record. we've had the best economy we've had in this country a long, long time before the pandemic hit and now we're grappling with the coronavirus. i think these are things that the public is really going to care about. withou