chris christie and rahm emanuel.l offer and analysis like nobody else as the 2020 election ramps up. and rahm, let's get right to it. you heard it right there. joe biden putting his foot in his mouth. he apologized for being so cavalier. but where does this go from here? >> first of all, i think what it does, it obviously influences the vice presidential selection. everybody who tells you it doesn't isn't being honest. it has an impact on it, a weight on the scale, et cetera. and i think i give the biden campaign credit for immediately jumping on it and trying to deflate it, everybody's united in the party with a single goal of beating president trump. i'd step by saying it violated a number one rule, you have to project they're going to earn every vote. and what this said underneath was, i'm going to get your vote no matter what i do because the other guy is worse than me, that violates politics 101. >> chris the trump campaign was immediately out with ads criticizing biden, does that continue. >> sure, of course it

that is what rahm emanuel famously said. will ask the former white house chief of staff and former chicago mayor his thoughts on how we should use this crisis. also -- >> china's been taking advantage of the united states for many, many years. >> the trump administration seems headed towards a cold war with china richard haass, a republican and adviser to three presidents explains why this is a dangerous strategy. >>> and how to live life after the lockdown. doctor, author and "new yorker" staff writer, atul gawande, gives us his prescriptions, ones that have been tested and work. >>> finally the french have come a long way from the long-favored line "let them eat cake." so what are they encouraging now? stay tuned and find out. >>> but first, here's my take. if anyone thought a global pandemic that has so far killed more than 85,000 americans who would override the country's partisan divide, think again. it turns out that democrats are significantly more likely than republicans to believe that the pandemic is serious and fo

pandem rahm emanuel, i mean, you didn't face anything quite like this, did you? >> wll, not like this, but we faced multi-- the difference is this is a singular crisis. a we fac crisis of a great recession, two of the longest wars in american history, and auto industry and a nufacturing base that wa going to collapse, and a financial sector that had totally contracted.so it was a f dominoes that were crises across the board, rather than one public health crisis instigating aneccausing anonomic cracks of unseen proportions, far greater, obviously, than what we faced on the eve of 2009. >> woodruff: well, you're right. it was a lot. and andrew card, you dealt with a lot-- >> i used to be 6'2" and 250 pounds. >> woodruff: go ahead, ady. >> every president has to deal with something that they didn't want to have toe dal with. george w. bush had a number of challenges. obviously, 9/11 was theiggest one, in addition to the great recession that started under his watch. but this is kind of a unique uchallenge for theted states, but it isn't as if somebody didn't tell us

and start working with each other, listen to rahm emanuel here. >> i think on democratic side, messaging we too much about resistance and reopening and reluctance about reopening we should go to a message of rebuilding america, if president wants to talk about reopening we want to talk about rebuilding america. america never lost a challenge, by investing in america and americans that should be the democratic mantra. elizabeth: senator you see, to what you said and rahm emanuel said, you see protests in states you would have have seen before. -- not seen before, in new hampshire, in maine, and massachusetts. ski seeing protests in democrat aroundemocrat-run, california. >> you have political operatives, where all they are focused on is messaging. people in my state had not seen a pay check in almost two months they live pay check to paycheck, it is now about what else do we need to do to ensure that the small businesses survive. i introduced last week that allowed ppp loans. that allows for ppe to be forgiven. it should help the small businesses get through. chuck and nancy and their all

even top democrat rahm emanuel, saying democrats, please stop with the resistance attitude, resistance stance, start working with each other. listen to rahm emanuel here. >> on democratic side messaging, we look too much about resistance, about reopening, too much about reluctance about reopening. we should go to a message of rebuild -- we want to talk about rebuilding america in the relief. america never lost a challenge by investing in america and americans. that should become the democratic mantra. elizabeth: you know, senator, you're seeing, to what you just said and what rahm emanuel is saying, you're seeing protests in states you wouldn't have seen protests before. we're talking new england, in new hampshire, maine, massachusetts. we're seeing protests in you know democrat-run california about this they don't like what is going on with the shutdown orders. >> well, you've got career political operatives who all they're focused on messaging. i'm not focused on messaging. i'm focused on action. there are people in my state who haven't seen a paycheck for two months. they were livin

search on covid vaccines and treatments and all of the week's politics with chris christie and rahm emanuel on our powerhouse round table. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to ek that set somef e worst records ever for the rnin 20.5 million americans lost their jobs in april, ten-times the record set in 1945 when the country demobilized from world war ii. the unemployment rate jumped to 14.7%. just three months ago, unemployment was at a record low of 3.5%. and as stunning as those numbers are, they don't capture the depth of the damage, adding workers looking for full-time jobs, the furloughed who hope to get their old jobs back and more than 1 in 4 americans are out of work. the lines at food banks are heartbreaking. we can all hope the economy can bounce back. investors seem to be betting on it. by the close of business friday the stock market was building on some of its best weeks in decades. so what is wall street seeing that americans aren't yet feeling? how long will the recovery take? what must w

roundtable, joined by chris christie, rahm emanuel, the ceo of democracy for america, yvette simpsonublican strategist sara fagen. thank you for joining us this morning. chris, let me begin with you. that was sort of a new front opened up by eric trump last night, democrats are preventing the president from holding rallies. i think it's the cdc that suggested that you can't fill up stadiums right now with people. >> you know, george, what i think we really need to be focused on, both as a country and for my fellow republicans, is the suffering that's going on for folks who are economically displaced. we're seeing statistics now of increased drug addiction, increased domestic violence in a very serious way. an increase of suicides. we need to find a balance between what we're doing on the science side, as people are calling it, but also what effect this is having on people's health and well-being. we have to balance between the victims of the coronavirus and the victims of the shutdown. and that's what we should be focused on. we'll have plenty of time for campaigning i believe in the

. >> with a virtual policy briefing with victor davis hanson mentioning rahm emanuel former mayor of chicago and bill clinton chief of staff don't let a serious crisis go to waste watching congres congress, government, california statewide, what has government done well but also civil liberties? would you be concerned a state like rhode island could we see a situation how far will this push us? >> we reacted very rapidly to a very difficult situation in which the chinese communist government lied about the nature of the transmission rate the spread of the virus, anything and that untruth echoed by the who. the travel ban said it's not necessary you cannot transmit person to person as they said a couple weeks earlier. given the acrimony and cdc test kits did not work. wear masks or do not wear masks then starting to emerge a consensus what we are doing now has reduced but where we are at a cracks it is not a sustainable information and we have to either have regional choice people can modify or realize if we don't get the antibody test we have no idea of immunity so we will go out to

we've got rhonda manuals statement rahm emanuel statement, don't let a good crisis go to waste, theyren't worried about her a woman trying to do her if you want to have to say that i've been listening to a lot of the elites criticism of b job red state that they're hitting hardest year. despite the fact that texas has a relatively few covid-19 does. we don't want anyone to die to from it, but comparison to new york or new jersey, per hundred thousand, per million is one fraction florida in florida also had an exemplary record but they are just laughing at texas you are out there killing people because you go to a bar or barbecue or something? >> it's made no sense at all. we've done our best at balancing public health and saving lives but allowing some people semblance of their lives, how is that wrong? i literally don't get it. >> laura: we are going to be following this closely. thank you for what you are trying to do and give a voice to this at the very least. up next, what might sports look like post covid? a scary look in thehe future. bur bur without odors, stains or fuss. new

. >> former chicago mayor and chief of staff rahm emanuel who said he would never want a serious crisise. he said a few weeks ago that he still believes that, and apparently so do a lot of other democrats like washington state governor jay inslee, who thinks now is the time to push green tactics. watch. >> we should not be intuitive when people say, oh, you can't use this covid crisis to paddle a solution on climate change, no, we have to recognize the necessity of this moment. >> even seattle media criticizet the comment as tone-deaf and disgusting saying instead of focusing on his environmental agenda, he needs to focus on the states collapsing economy. democratic socialist senator labernie sanders also believes e pandemic has a "silver lining," and he thinks that it's time to rethink the way society works. >> we should ask ourselves among other things, is health care aca human right that all of us deserve? >> and don't forget late last month when she endorsed joe biden for president, hillary clinton also indicated that some benefit could come out of the coronavirus crisis, albeit a p

and this is the hoover institution briefing with victor davis, you mentioned western government, rahm emanuel the former mayor of chicago and before that bill clinton chief of staff said never let a serious crisis go to waste, you been watching government and watching what's going on in congress, you been watching what california is doing statewide and locally, tell us what do you think government has done well in terms of the crisis but also what could learn you in a way of civil liberties. would you be concerned that maybe a state like rhode island which is just very upset that new yorkers are driving through it on the way to massachusetts, can you see a situation where the state wants to shut down its borders because it wants to keep people who are sick out. how far do you think this will purchase on the civil -- >> i think rinne clocks because we reacted as we did after pearl harbor, very rapidly to a very difficult situation in which the chinese communist government lied about the nature of the birth of the virus the transmission rate of them virus, the infectiousness of the virus, the s

rahm emanuel former mayor of chicago before the bill clinton chief of staff come famously said never let a serious crisis go to waste. you have been watching government, watching what's been going on in congress, watching what, one has been doing statewide and locally. tell us what you think everyonee well in terms of this crisis but also what would alarm in way of civil liberties? for example, would you be concern that may be a state like rhode island which is very upset that new yorkers are driving through it on the way to massachusetts, could we see a situation where maybe a state wants to shut down its borders because it wants to keep people who are sick out? how far do you think this will push us? >> i think we're at a crux right now because we reacted as we did after pearl harbor, very rapidly to a very difficult situation which the chinese communist government lied about the nature of the birth of the virus, the transmission rate of the virus, the infections of the virus, the spread of the virus, everything about the virus. and those untruths were echoed by the world health or

that is rahm emanuel 101. instead of seriously working to make this country a better place, opening up this country safely, being productive, just like they have for three plus years, nope. all they want to do is become obstacles. all they wanted to do -- they aren't helping people recover from the pandemic. she's playing politics, exploiting a crisis while she's been missing in action pretty m much the whole time. here now with ample report is our own chad pergram who is most likely sheltering in place somewheree tonight. >> in our alexandria, virginia, bureau here tonight. they are going tooi put this bil on the floor friday. as you say it's going to cost $3 trillion, $900 billion will go to the states.s. also money in here for the u.s. postal service, direct payments, and e even money for domestic violence. mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader does not like this bill. he called it a liberal wish list. listen to this from kevin mccartney, the house majority leader. he said that democrats would fund pl

rahm emanuel, chris christie and the roundtable weigh in with "this week with george stephanopoulos".y heroes we're so grateful to on the front lines. >> grateful to you as well for spending your saturday morning with us. please do it again tomorrow morning, right, eva? >> yeah. we hope we'll see you here tomorrow morning. enjoy your holiday weekend. ♪ i'm gonna stand by you even if we can't find heaven i'm gonna stand by you ♪ ♪ even if we can't find heaven ♪ i'll walk heaven ♪ >> announcer: how do >> announcer: how do you pay it forward to a group of super health care workers? you surprise them with wonder woman herself. >>> good morning efrp. a warehouse is a total loss after thela fire at sky came. look a ictive fi.ewbelievehe battling tfirefighters say that able to save the historic "ss jeremiah o'brien" ship. the warehouse stored the historical groups, the boating group and the crabbers. it's a total loss. this is what the fire first looked like this morning. they believe the building was not occupied and they're working to make sure that was the case overnight. >> homeless indi

plus, rahm emanuel and chris christie read the tea leaves on joe biden. that's coming up on "this week" later this morning right here on abc. whit, over to you. >>> let's head outside and rob marciano getting a check of the forecast on this memorial day weekend. ofomes f t first ple heading out time in a long time, depending on you to deliver some decent weather. what's going on? >> yeah. well, the first third, whit, of the holiday weekend was rough for a lot of the country. there were multiple pockets of severe weather throwing down damaging wind, big hail, and there were 18 reported tornadoes across eight states already. >> oh, yeah. it's on the ground. >> reporter: overnight, tornadoes breaking out in the midwest as severe storms march across the country. >> there goes the roof of their house. we got to get out of here. >> reporter: this twister caught on camera spinning just outside of iowa city. the powerful winds tossing debris, and ripping off the roof of a home. in illinois, that same system bringing heavy rain, strong winds and damaging hail to j

that is what rahm emanuel famously said. i will ask the former white house chief of staff and former

our viewers have noticed you're not the only emanuel that worked for president obama. so did rahm. el is what we call a successful super agent. my only question for you, for viewers who have noticed this. yes, it is the same emanuel family. who is your mother most proud of? i'm guessing it's you, the doctor. [ laughter ] >> my mother is, as she likes to say, she hates us all equally. one of the great things about my mother, she loves us all equally and sometimes that can be pretty minimal, and sometimes it can be just smothering it's so wonderful. when rahm was in the white house, it was rahm all the time. >> look, all i was going to say is we could tell from looking a t the three of you, obviously your mother and father did a great job. i can only imagine the intellectual zingers at that dinner table. we wanted to have a light note on that. dr. emanuel, appreciate your expertise, sir. >> thank you for that little interruption. it's nice to see that picture. >> there you go. we feel the same way. >>> when we come back from break, we have something we want to share with everyone. the

i think it was rahm emanuel who said [inaudible] correct that is true too. [inaudible] >> i just want to thank the chairman and ranking member for gathering us today in a very difficult moment right now as a country and this is a very, very important issue about how congress continues to function h when health risks emerge and holding this hearing is in many ways a validation that it could work and can continue to operate in these difficult moments and we want to draw attention to ways of the congress can continue to operate even in very difficult circumstances. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, senator. i would just emphasize the importance of being willing to experiment with new things. the senate is a venerable institution. it changes slowly, as you know. the body does not attend to adapt itself to new situations. i'm reminded of the television and the controversy of the senate on television. it was originally proposed by senator mansfield for the use in the nixon impeachment trial that never happened. itit was adapted for one momentn 1974 when the senate swor

it's important to remember the whys and somewhat cynical words of chief of staff to bill clinton, rahm emanuelrisis go to waste. i think now is the time for the u.s. economy to unleash regulations that actually make it more difficult for businesses to do business and for employees to get hired. i live in the state of california which has been at war with the gig economy for the last couple of years. basically at war with uber, lyft and freelance writers and it's time to relax some of those restrictions so that people can get jobs as opposed to worrying about filling out more forms. neil: those aren't some bad thoughts, particularly on the regulation front, because that is immediate and that's something that has a quick response. something presumably the president wants to see and he should know from his own regulatory relief, the first wave before the tax cuts, that it did work. you're on to something there, young man. thank you very, very much. former bush 41 economic adviser. joined us via skype. >>> couple things we are following. delta is blocking the sale of select aisle and window seats

famously, the once upon a time chief of staff for the barack obama administration rahm emanuel said thisit echos what we have heard recently. listen. here is rahm. >> you never want a serious crisis to go to waste. this crisis provides the opportunity for us, as i would say, the opportunity to do things that you could not do before. steve: okay. so we have heard that from him over the last dozen years. we have heard it from other politicians as well. but don't both sides of the aisle try to make hay when there are times in the country when things need to change? >> yeah. i mean both sides absolutely do. especially big government republicans as well. look, what we are seeing is an fdr approach to things. where we are just ramming down legislation and i would tell most americans is that when this legislation does come out, the rich, powerful and well-connected they will be taken care of. but the average day person won't be taken care of. and so, again, i think it should concern us all. you are at home anyway. you should be watching what's taking place. calling in to your senator or congres

remember, remember rahm emanuel said that and hillary clinton said this unabashedly, listen. >> every healthcare should continue to be available including reproductive healthcare for every woman in this country and then it needs to be part of a much larger system that eventually and quickly, i hope, gets us to universal healthcare. this would be a terrible crisis to as the old saying goes. we have learned a lot about what our absolute frailties are in our country when it comes to health, justice, and economic justice. so, you know, let's be resolved that we are going to solve those once you are elected president. brian: right. we are going to look for economic justice. we just have to have enough ventilators, ppe equipment and the hospitals have to be ready to chevrolet elective surgery if that's the perfect medical world she wants. i don't think money or the universal healthcare is the issue. it was being prepared for the pandemic is the issue. go ahead and use rahm's line, ainsley. ainsley: right, right. to use this crisis or don't let this crisis go to waste. you know, when you thi