thank you secretary pritzker.i have spent my entire career in mission driven work and ipad the pleasure to work in the nonprofit sector, philanthropy and, of course, governments as the secretary of the illinois department of human services now. in my view and experience we together mission driven organizations who are built for the public good must work together like pieces of a puzzle to maximize our efforts, reach those most in need and create change for good this is a moment for us to do that. before i left my position in philanthropy to accept this amazing position to be a part of governor pritzker scabby, my conversation with my philanthropic college was about how in my new role we want to maintain our connections. we committed contingent work together and connect our institutions. once i begin as a secretary i formed a philanthropic roundtable, chaired by the chicago community koch brothers foundation gathered a statewide group of foundation leaders to learn about the department of human services, our states

anthony fauci, republican governor and democratic protestors pritzker. >> how ready are we? >> i will talk to two experts of how prepared our system is and whether or hospitals could be over run with patients. the great shutdown france and spain and schools closing and achaos acha chaos at the airport. joining me are peter baker. kasie hunt. and david brooks for the new york times and yamiche alcindor. welcome to sunday, a special edition of "meet the press." from nbc news in washington. the longest running show in television history. this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. we now facing coronavirus. the virus is spread slowly at first and exponentially. as of this morning there were roughly 3,000 cases resulting in 60 davi 60 deaths. gone is the nonsense that this is a hoax and this is nothing worse than the flu. gone too is the myth for near inconveniences. we are facing one of the serious health crisis in american history. president trump's national emergency on friday calmed the financial markets. this morning i will talk to

pritzker of illinois. governor pritzker, let me start with what happened at o'hare. you weren't the only airport, but every international airport seemed to have a similar situation. dr. fauci seemed to say that is what is going to happen when you come back into this country. what do you believe should have been done that wasn't done. >> that's not right. i have enormous respect for dr. fauci, but that's just incorrect. we knew when the president gave the orders that european travel back to the united states was going to be cut off, that there would be an influx of people, americans and others, that would come before the final cutoff. so what should have happened? they should have increased the customs and border patrol numbers. and they should have increased the number of cdc personnel on the ground doing those checks. they did neither of those. last night, as people were flooding into o'hare airport, they were stuck in a small area. hundreds and hundreds of people. and that's exactly what you don't want in this pandemic. so we had that problem. and then today, it's

pritzker of pritzker, let me st with what happened at o'hare. you weren't the only airport, but every international airport seemed to have a similar situation. dr. fauci seemed to say that is what is going to happen when you come back into this country. what do you believe should have been done that wasn't done. >> that's not right. i have enormous respect for dr. fauci, but that's just incorrect. we knew when the president gave the orders that european travel back to the united states was going to be cut off, that there would be an influx of people, americans and others, that would come before the final cutoff. so what should have happened? they should have increased the customs and border patrol numbers. and they should have increased the number of cdc personnel on the ground doing those checks. they did neither of those. last night, as people were flooding into o'hare airport, they were stuck in a small area. hundreds and hundreds of people. and that's exactly what you don't want in this pandemic. so we had that problem. and then today, it's

pritzker gives an update on his states response to the coronavirus pandemic. then georgia governor brian kemp taking part in a virtual town hall meeting on the coronavirus response in his state. >> today the house takes up a $2 trillion economic aid package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. the legislation provides financial relief to taxpayers, small businesses and certain industries through expanded unemployment benefits, cash payments, and loans. the house the house is expected to vote after some form of floor debate which house minority leader kevin mccarthy talked about at his weekly news conference. >> the floor will look different. the microphones down in the well will not be there. they should not be that close to the clerks who work there. the microphone in the middle will be taken out so what you will have is those who are managing the bill will be further away. members can't sit next to each other. as one person speaks you have to come back and clean. somebody wants to come on the floor, they can't next to each other but they kept moving and

pritzker. governor pritzker, thanks so much for joining us.ou said last weekend, quote, we're on our own out here, i wish we had leadership from washington, we're not getting it. since then fema has been put in charge of the response, you just heard fema administrator peter gaynor respond to some of my questions. a week later, do you feel like it's better? are you still on your own? >> it is better. we really were getting very little help before. i think fema being the central repository for everything that we need is very helpful. we're not having to ping different agencies. and i do think fema is more prepared for this than the other agencies were. so, for example, we have received some ppe in the past couple of weeks, a quarter of what was an original request. we just, just got a call this morning before i went on the air that we're going to receive another shipment of ppe later today or tomorrow from fema. but it's a fraction, still, of what we've requested. we need millions of masks and hundreds of thousands of gowns and gloves and the re

pritzker added -- "the federal government needs to ] together now." pritzker said sunday a trump staffer called and yelled at him for the tweets. meanwhile, two emergency room doctors -- one in new jersey and one in washington state -- are in critical condition, raising more fears for those delivering front line services. the chinese experience supports the fear that health-care workers are at particularly high risk. in other medical news, scientists at johns hopkins about to announce their developing a treatment option involving blood serum from recovered patients could de just weeks away. in puerto rico, governor wanda vavasquez signed an executive order, shutting down most businesses and imposing a 9:00 p.m. curfew on the island. restaurants that offer delivery or takeout, pharmacies, gas stations, and banks will be spared. in financial news, the federal reserve cut the interest rate to near zero, plunging dow futures by 1000 points sunday, triggering to keep the stoxx from falling further. the fed also says it will inject money into the markets by

pritzker told me, the spikes that we are seeing now in unemployment insurance claims perhaps surpass what we saw even in the last great recession. so we've got to bolster that immediately. >> right. there was reporting earlier this week that the federal government has asked some states to speak in generalities about the spikes in unemployment insurance. but the anecdotal information we have is just in this last week alone, it has exceeded what many of these states saw in an entire month during the great recession. so there's a possibility that -- and it's obvious if you walk out into the streets of shamburg where you are or chicago or new york or san francisco, you can imagine how this economy is shutting down. outside my place, i'm broadcasting from home, and outside here there are only people delivering food to people, police, people in essential services. this looks to be -- look at this picture of times square we're looking at. 9/11 -- in 2008, 2009 never looked like this. >> right. and these businesses, just to be clear, were successful even as late as a week ago, ali. so basica

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yesterday i spent an houron fthe telephone with the governor of illinois, jd pritzker. talking about the reality on the ground in myhome state and the choices that we face . it's a tough job being governor . never cover and when you have to make a decision about the lifestyle of families and al individuals about the businesses and their future. and literally a life-and-death choice in terms of policy. no one willingly accepts that but when you run for high office, there's always that possibility. these concerned and i share his concern about the t capacity of our hospitals and thclinics in illinois to abide or to deal with the infections that are becoming more and more common in our state. the numbers of infections are growing as the number of tests are increasing and any indication that there are many undiagnosed people in our midst and that number is likely to continue toincrease . those who administer the hospitals of illinois have given us some yardsticks to measure the future. they suggest to us that if 20 percent of the population of my state should become infecte

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governor pritzker and secretary durban this morning about challenges at the airport. i will let the secretary speak about how we are challenged -- dealing with those challenges going forward. mr. secretary? thee began processing travelers from the schengen area . to give you an idea, in one day, we processed half of the total number of individuals we have processed since february 2. that's an enormous challenge we have placed on our officers and they are stepping up. to be clear, the lines that we have seen at a number of airports, including chicago, are unacceptable. the acting minister also believes that they are unacceptable. we did make the necessary adjustments at 12 of the airports. the adjustments were not made quick enough. we have course corrected. we are certainly glad to see certain airports and airlines step up, partner with us and address this unprecedented situation. as i walked in here today, so fondling --of our bundling airports through chicago, we have a wait time of 30 minutes. -- i understand the frustration some passengers who are returning to the

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governor pritzker has issued a stay at home order for the state of illinois today beginning saturday, today, at 5:00 p.m. until april 7. the city of chicago is closing its parks and libraries as well starting today. the veterans administration has reported one confirmed veterans case with the virus in the chicago area. that person is now under home quarantine. we had an exceptional situation at midway airport where two faa tower employees tested positive for the virus several days ago. we of course have to have an abundance of care and caution for the remaining employees there and so the f.a.a. together with the city of chicago has been involved in screening the other employees and also determining whether the workplace has been cleaned properly before anyone goes back to work. the net result of it has been southwest airlines suspending -- announced suspending its flights into midway airport because of this tower situation. when i spoke to the head of the federal aviation administration, he told me there was a similar challenge at another major airport. i'm afraid we haven't heard the

governor pritzker, i'll start with you. >> about 1%. >> 1%. why is that? >> well, because honestly, we haven't received many tests at all. we started with 200 tests a day we could do and we've ramped up over 1,000 tests a day. perhaps we're going to get to 2,500 by sunday. that's not nearly enough to do what we need to do to test the number of people, to make sure we know what communities we need to really be focusing on. >> governor hogan, what are you seeing in terms of the percentage you have on hand versus what you think you need? >> well, i'd hate to put a percentage on it, lester, but it's not nearly enough. i don't think any state in the country has enough. but we're trying to ramp that up at state level and at the federal level. but there's no question there's a major shortage of testing. >> how about you, governor whitmer? >> we're in the same boat on this one, lester. this is the story nationwide. it was a failure to plan up front which means now we governors are on the front lines trying to manage as well as we can but we desperately need more t

governor pritzker and secretary durban this morning about challenges at the airport. i will let the secretary speak about how we are challenged -- dealing with those challenges going forward. mr. secretary? thee began processing travelers from the schengen area . to give you an idea, in one day, we processed half of the total number of individuals we have processed since february 2. that's an enormous challenge we have placed on our officers and they are stepping up. to be clear, the lines that we have seen at a number of airports, including chicago, are unacceptable. the acting minister also believes that they are unacceptable. we did make the necessary adjustments at 12 of the airports. the adjustments were not made quick enough. we have course corrected. we are certainly glad to see certain airports and airlines step up, partner with us and address this unprecedented situation. as i walked in here today, so fondling --of our bundling airports through chicago, we have a wait time of 30 minutes. -- i understand the frustration some passengers who are returning to the

governor pritzker has issued a stay at home order for the state of illinois today beginning saturday, today, at 5:00 p.m. until april 7. the city of chicago is closing its parks

pritzker, governor pritzker, he's a good man. he's a good friend of mine. he does a beautiful job. he's right. you'll have curves, right? you have a new york curve. you'll have an illinois curve. you'll have a new orleans curve. how do you know the new york curve is going to end before the illinois curve peaks? you don't. you don't for sure. you know basically there's going to be a spacial sequential factor. but you don't know that we're going to be effectively done before illinois ramps up. so we can't be literally new yorkers all of the equipment, illinois has none and then we run to illinois with the equipment. it can't be that literal. but essentially, it would work. and the alternative is also true. not everybody should have to buy everything. once we get through this, and we have whatever we wind up with, 15,000 ventilators and 15,000 ventilators splitters and 1,100 by-paps, if we can help somebody else, we'll help somebody else. >> governor, 800 police officers called in sick this morning. are you worried about law enforcement staffing in new york >> oh, i'm worried about st

governor pritzker has issued a stay at home order for the state of illinois today beginning saturday, today, at 5:00 p.m. until april 7. the city of chicago is closing its parks and libraries as well starting today. the veterans administration has reported one confirmed veterans case with the virus in the chicago area. that person is now under home quarantine. we had an exceptional situation at midway airport where two faa tower employees tested positive for the v

governor pritzker spoke about the issues that they're facing and said to me more than once, we need federal guidance is what we should do in our state. i want to salute him the other governors who are doing the best they can drawing their own public health conclusions based on advice they receive. i would think we need to be sensitive to the reality of the hospitals are facing real challenges today that are likely to increase. what we've seen over the past few weeks from our healthcare workers on the frontline is nothing short of heroic. the nurses, doctors, technicians, lab experts, they've just done kind of worked above and on the call of duty that we hope for in these times of challenge of crisis. i commend every hospital employee for the selflessness and quality work. what i'm hearing from my health officials is hospitals are being stretched to the absolute limit. one hospital executive in central illinois told me his cash flow runs out and matter of weeks and is hospital may be forced to close. downtown chicago academic medical centers have activated emergency protocols and a burning t

in response to the coronavirus, the illinois governor, jb pritzker, is now ordering all bars and allestaurants in chicago, indeed, throughout the entire state, to close beginning tomorrow night for two weeks. listen to this. >> i know how difficult this will be on small businesses around the state. this is another hard step. but we must do everything that we can to safeguard the health and safety of the citizens of the state of illinois. and that requires urgent action. i tried earlier this week to appeal to everyone's good judgment to stay home, to avoid bars, not to congregate in crowds. it's unfortunate that many people didn't take that seriously. the time for persuasion and public appeals is over. the time for action is here. >> the move follows the city of hoboken, new jersey, which is implementing similar measures. a statewide curfew starts tomorrow. all residents are being told to stay in their homes from 10:00 at night until 5:00 in the morning, unless they are required to work and all restaurants and bars in the city must stop serving food and alcohol. only takeout or delive

i was speaking to governor jb pritzker yesterday about this, why are we competing? let the federal government put in place the federal defense production act. it does not nationalize any industry. all it does is say to a factory, you must produce this quantity. that's all. >> when i call these ventilator manufacturer, in one case, they told me i was competing with fema to acquire ventilators so i'm competing against the federal government to get ventilators for the state of illinois. and the federal government is not distributing ventilators to the state of illinois. so i'm literally working against, you know, a competitor. now, here, i'm competing with my own federal government. >> right now, we're facing two big problems. first, it is that we have a critical shortage of medical supplies. masks, ventilators, coronavirus tests, and more. but the second and potentially even bigger problem is that all 50 states and thousands of hospitals are being forced to fight against each other, in a bidding war, for these scarce supplies. and in some cases, as governors and hospi

they said the situation is untenable.no pritzker saidgoing to do that. election is going to go on. it's nithin his legal authority to do so, he said, so turnout was really low in the morning. ere has been a steady trickle, just like arizona. in chicago we're told it will end the day at around 35%. not abnormally low for a turnout in a primary election, but cehainly much loweran officials here anticipated. the fascinating numbers are the demographic breakdown. older voters, the ones most at risk with coronavirus, hav turned out in huge numbers. they have lapped the field in relation to younger voters, especially voters 18 to 24. the turnout there has been anemic. those are the voters that bernie sanders had counted on coming out in big nmbers. >> woodruff: older voters reliable usually. so we're finally mentioning the candidates, bernie sanders and joe biden. biden ahead in the ps in illinois. what are you sensing from talking to voter >> well, voters say... asked them a lot about how concerned they were about coming out in edis pandemic, and they said th

pritzker a little earlier, who announced 1,100 new cases and 18 more deaths.he deadliest day we have seen yet here in the state of illinois. and part of keeping up with the number of cases is make sugar health care providers have the medical supplies that they need. so what we have seen throughout the day today, is set up right outside the united center, despite the lack of cars at the moment, cars have been coming up and literally dropping off various personal protective equipment they might have had on them. that's masks, gloves, and more that then they will be distributed to health care providers across the state of illinois. it is part of an effort at all levels, we've seen, to make sure health care providers have what they need to keep up with the number of cases. and this is going to be the beginning of a new reality for the united center here, which usually this time of year would be hosting bowls and blackhawks games. well, they are set to become a logistics hub for the city of chicago, organizing supplies like these, food distribution, and even servin

pritzker is expected to asnouns a stay at home order. multiple sources tell wmaq the order could last as lopping as a month. joining me now is garrett haake. garrett, how are chicagoans reacting? >> well, the news isn't broadly public here in chicago. we've been moving this direction arguably fairly quickly over the last couple of days. the number of cases in illinois jumped up to 422 yesterday. that might not sound like a lot compared to new york but roughly doubled from the day before and the day before that. we've seeing an increase in testing and cases around the state. and we've already seen some localities take this step. i spent the morning in oak park, a small suburb outside of downtown chicago, only about 15,000 people. they put a stay in place order in place first thing this morning trying to get ahead of this because of medical workers and elderly workers who live there. then last night chicago's mayor announced she was going furlgtder than the state had gone in ordering schools closed an additional month until the end of apri

what percentage of the tests that you need do you actually have on hand governor pritzker?1%. >> why is that >> we started out with 200 tests a day that we could do we've ramped up over a thousand tests a day. perhaps we'll get to 2,500 by sunday that's not nearly enough to do what we need to do to test the number of people to make sure that we know what communities we need to really be focusing on. >> and governor hogan, what are you seeing in terms of the percentage you have on hand versus what you think you need >> i hate to put a percentage on it, lester it's not nearly enough i don't think any state in the country has enough but we're trying to ramp that up at the state level and the federal level. no question there's a major shortage of testing. >> governor whitmer? >> we're all in the same boat on this, lester, this is the story nationwide, a failure to plan up front so now we governors are trying to manage as well as we can. we desperately need more tests across the nation. the more testing we can do, the better we can identify where we have outbreaks and focus on t

i'd like to thank the pritzker military museum and library for sponsoring it. this conference along with the richard c. von hess foundation and john and janine roe. next weekend i have a chance to speak at another conference down in williamsburg, and my colleague will also be speaking there as well. looking forward to that too. i want to make one shout out to the curtorial team at the museum, which i'm a part of lead by dr. phillip mead, and mar ser lamar cue chi. they have pushed me and asked me great questions and what has resulted from those questions and also leadership by scott stevenson has produced a really wonderful exhibition that i'm excited that tens of thousands of people will get to see over the next couple of months. and so let's start with a quote from richard st. george, and i found -- this quote is an interesting one to start with because it says, if i were a prince, my history would interest nations and ages. now, richard st. george was no prince. he was not a nobleman. he was a protestant in ireland, but his life is actually of interest to na

pritzker told savannah guthrie on "today" his state is in a bidding war with the federal government.was on the phone yesterday talking to companies, and here's what i ran into. in one case, we're competing for ventilators with fema and the federal government. so, illinois is bidding for ventilators against the federal government. in another case, we were bidding against foreign countries and other states. >> this after president trump lashed out on twitter against pritzker, the illinois governor, and the media sunday, tweeting, "a small group of governors and the media, quote, shouldn't be blaming the federal government for their own shortcomings." joining me now is rahm emanuel, former white house chief of staff for president obama and former mayor of chicago and member of congress. his book is "the nation city: why mayors are now running the world." talk about timing is everything. mayors and governors are running the world, at least running this country, it seems, at times. thank you very much. it's good to see you, rahm. >> thank you. thank you, andrea. >> tell me, what is your t

pritzker. we're keeping an eye on with illinois, california, connecticut, michigan, a number of states that have imposed shelter in place instructions and asked their companies to shut down. they also require equipment from the federal government. we'll keep an eye on that. one of the few things that's become clear about this coronavirus is the at-risk population. patients with underlying health conditions, and in many cases, older americans. in florida, that's the state with the most rsht residents oe age of 65, the number of cases have increased to 1,000. ron desantis faced widespread criticism last week to refusing to close beaches while spring breakers crowded beaches. now the university of tampa says five of its students have contracted the virus while traveling together. and florida has been wildly criticized for its lack of testing facilities, but that might be changing by the 115,000 residents of florida's and frankly the nation's largest retirement community. it's called the villages,

i spoke today to governor pritzker of illinois and we are continuous communication with governors a phone call away. they know that they can contact us and address even the smallest need, because as a former governor, i know firsthand that when it comes to health challenges in america, our states are on the ground, in the lead, our local health organizations and we've built a great partnership. i also want to express great appreciation to the american people. not surprisingly, it is inspiring to see the way tens of millions of americans are responding with compassion, with common sense, and we want to express particular gratitude to communities of faith that participated in today's national day of prayer. we've seen places of worship, implementing policies to keep those who are most vulnerable safe, and also we're seeing communities of faith already stepping forward. to support and to encourage those most vulnerable. i heard tell of a church back in indiana that's actually no longer having services until april 10th. but in the meantime, they'll be offering day care to the children of heal

pritzker: if you don't have these restrictions on, the damage that would be done, the lines that woulde lost, t o overrunning health-care system would lead to real devastation. i'h'm very concerned about the president has said. laura: america's airports show the brutal impact of the coronavirus on the economy. on tuesday, the number of dpassengers being screene at u.s. airports was the lowest number the tsa has ever recorded. the biggest relief package in u.s. history that was announced on the senate floor early on inwednesday vital emergency cash to american workers and companies. sen. mcconnell:in strug americans will go to their mailboxes and find four-figure checks to helpith their bills. why? because the senate stepped up. sen. schumer: i say to the american people, help is on the way, big help, quick help. neil: hi, everybody. this ineil diamond, and i know we are going through a tough time right now. laura: as americans wonder what to do f thrount times from one musical legend revised his classic anthem. neds: ♪ hands washing h don't touch me i won't touch you ♪ laura: timely, p

had said calling out pritzker by name that he and a number of other governors should not be blaming the federal government for their own shortcomings trump went on to say we are there to back you up should you fail and always will be j.p. pritchard tweeted back just a short while ago you wasted precious months when you could have taken action to protect americans and illinois and you should not be leading a national you should be leading a national response instead of throwing tantrums from the backseat it goes on to say where were the tests when we needed them where's the p.-p. eat as a reference to personal protective equipment he says get off your get off twitter and you do your job so you can start to see the. tempers are getting a little hot here the president will probably have a further response when he holds a news conference later this afternoon the virus is also starting to strike a little closer to home to the president himself we've already heard that a white house staffer it tested positive the president the vice president were tested after that and apparently have come

governor cuomo governor inslee in washington state governor newsome and california even governor pritzker in illinois and really fully you know the the front line of response is stable officials who have to make it difficult decisions about business school who have to deploy their public health officials. help monitor this situation and shown remarkably stable competent leadership it does stand in stark contrast to the schizophrenia attitude that this president has shown you know for 2 months he basically this is this seriousness a crisis a better deal than 80 and if the jet that people stay in their homes now i'll be wavering in that suggesting that maybe the academics it's too severe i'm continuously kind of fall back on his old tactic where it's blaming his own and. attacking the media spreading false information about a potential cure when the president would be well served to do is really just to take a step back and trust the career experts in his administration's to make this decision he's talking to a lot of the cruise industry and how important that is and important it is to save

not just what jb pritzker is doing in illinois and cuomo, his leadership.to applaud all of them for all of their work. the governor of ohio, i can go down the list. we are all inspired by one another. i think, inspired to recognize that we all have insight. we all have capacity and our ability to start sharing says governors across the state have really, i think, inspired all of us. i think it has raised the expectation that we can each do more and do better in our states. we have taken ideas from other stoves. i hope they have taken ideas from our state as well. we are working well to address anxieties around testing. let me just say this. we have been forthright about the testing issues, issues related to extraction kits that were not part of the additional test kits. additions around reagents. now the bigger issue is swabs themselves, specimen samples and having the media to associate with the samples. is up for us to meet the moment and drawdown support for those specimen collections. as a consequence of that, and as a consequence on the scarcity and th