rhode islanders. that means they are significantly overrepresented in our group of people who have tested positive. we are working extremely hard to get testing sites set up insights that are more accessible and in our core cities throughout rhode island. we are also working with our health equity zone partners throughout the state. our health equity zones are committed to ensuring that everyone, regardless of their zip code, gets access to the services and the supports they need in good times and in bad times. it is a ready-made infrastructure that is community led looking to reflect the needs of the communities to improve the living conditions, all of which we know contribute to why we are seeing higher rates of covid-19 in some of our racial and ethnic population groups. health equity zones and other community leaders have been in touch with us on a daily basis. they are our boots on the ground, talking to residents, raising awareness on issues that are particular to them, and making sure concerns

a couple of days ago i announced that in rhode island, rhode island in partnership with cbs, open a rapidesting facility in in the parking lot of twin river in lincoln. this is going very well, and it's a test where you drive through, you are swapped, tested and have the result within a half an hour, hopefully less than a half an hour. we hear that a lot of people are going into cvs pharmacies requesting a test. you cannot do that. the only way to sign up for a test is to go online to cbs.com. if you have symptoms of coronavirus and you want to get tested, go to cbs.com and make -- cvs.com and make yourself an appointment. at the time of the appointment if you have to drive to twin river, they have a facility there, they are working in collaboration with us and you get your results right there all you way in the car in a parking -- weight in your car in the parking lot. please do not go into your local cvs pharmacy, because you will not be able to get tested. these tests are rapid. we want those test to be reserved for people who are 60 and older. health care professionals, people who hav

prize goes to raymond kari, 12 graders from trinity academy for the performing arts in providence, rhodesland, where c-span is available from cox. their winning entry is titled the road to 200 and 70. 270. >> does every vote count equally in the electoral college? isn't it important to our democracy that every vote counts equally. our elected officials have divided opinions on this issue. as the 2020 election intensifies so does discussion about this. electoral college is how the united states elected president. according to a professor emeritus at columbia university, the electoral college was created because the founding fathers were trying to give more representation to the southern states that representation of slaves with the 3/5 plaza. all states have votes based on their population. if a candidate wins the vote they went all the electoral votes in that state except a brass cat -- arrest and main where it is based on how canada performs. dates like rhode island, alabama, and massachusetts, in the past few election cycles are considered safe states, since they consistently vote for

rhode island is very fortunate. cvs is headquartered in rhode island, they've been an unbelievable partner with me. so between that public/private partnership, we're doing a tremendous amount of testing in rhode island. two weeks ago the federal government supplied us with 1,500 abbott machines, every state got them. we still have not received the tests we need to operate those machines. and abbott is only going through the cdc, not dealing with the states. that's a perfect example. the president himself said yes, we need ubiquitous, readily available testing to have a safe reopening of the economy. he's right, i give him credit for that and i give him credit actually for letting the governors call the shots on the front lines. but the federal government needs to do more to provide us with the testing equipment that we need, frankly, for the next 12 months in order to safely navigate our way through this crisis. >> governor murphy of new jersey, a man you obviously know, thinks students should have to actually wear

island, rhode island is in a unique situation.st they had increasing cases from the new york city area and now they have new increase in cases from the boston area. they're caught between two incredible hot spots in the country. >> joining me now is the mayor of providence, rhode island, jorge elorza. the white house suppressed their concern. are people bringing the virus into your city from out of state? >> it's something that we've been concerned about for a long time. there are a lot of family ties between providence and new york and providence and boston. we're squeezed right into the middle and we've been concerned about that for a long time. one thing that was definitely happening was a lot of folks who were healthy were leaving new york city and coming to rhode island because many of them have second homes here. one other thing that we've been looking at, it's one thing to have healthy folks coming, it's another thing to have unhealthy folks coming, folks who weren't about to get the attention they needed in their home stat

which is based here in rhode island says you can go to c.v.s. dot com if they're set up in your state and you can drive right up and you'll get your test results in a matter of minutes but you cannot just drive in anywhere without an appointment and i'm glad we had the time to make that point steve shelter in place keep watching your hands and thanks so much for allowing us into your quarantine and stepping into the big picture i appreciate your time be well and be safe. and i appreciate your time too thanks as always for watching the big picture if you have somewhere else you can find our ti america on direct t.v. channel 321 the pluto t.v. app we're channel 279 and if you're feeling cabin fever crazy there are hundreds of free movies on pluto t.v. if you have the dish we're channel 280 there and you can see our t. america live at youtube dot com slash our america if you haven't yet you got i got i got a download our new portable t.v. yeah it's in google play or the apple store it's free and it is super cool and you can see all of our big pictu

i will say, rhode island has been very fortune.forged a relationship with cvs and we're doing some of the most testing per capita of any state in the country. we need to do more if we're going to reopen and i would just say the federal government has more to do. they sent, for example, in my sen state, they sent us 15 machines a week ago. we still have four, five machines sitting there doing nothing because we can't get the disposables. it's a fight to get the resources we need and the federal government's role needs to really step that up. everyone -- no one is more anxious than governors to get people back to work. we're in our states hearing from folks who are unemployed, living on the edge. we're living on the ground with these people and want nothing more than to get everyone back to work. having said that, if we don't do it safely, and in compliance with what the experts are telling us, we'll be right back in the soup and we can't afford that. i'm steaming ahead and working with my business community and collaborating, but th

and ben rhodes is back. peter baker, let me start with you, we've had this conversation around donald trump's whip s sawing comments about his own justice department, around a government shutdown which was certainly a life and death matter at the time but is something different when donald trump wants to use the bully pulpit from where he stands, dr. fauci stands, dr. birx stands to fight a deadly pandemic that can only be fought by changing human behavior. all the lies he's told, all the contra decks, the weeks, the weeks like a miracle, coronavirus is going to go away is catching up to him. >> no question that a president's message at a time like this matters. look at different states. some states have taken it upon themselves to be more aggressive than the federal government but other states have held back, waiting, not taking it as seriously as dr. birx indicated yesterday at that briefing. some are waiting for guidance from the top. governor desantis in florida for instance didn't impose the kind of res

we welcome representative david cicilline of rhode island.e serves as the chair of the antitrust subcommittee. thank you so much for being with us. you have proposed putting a hold on all mergers and acquisitions for the duration of the crisis. explain that to us. cicilline: as we continue to respond to the pandemic, we support businesses and workers and families and small and midsize businesses as they navigate this crisis. one of the lessons we saw from the great recession was tremendous buying opportunities as investors saw companies that were struggling great it led to significant market consumers.ons for willie want to ensure is the antitrust agency -- what we want to ensure is the antitrust agencies focus your attention on allowgouging and we not the equity farms and the investor class to take advantage of this pandemic to produce significant loss of that will reduce choices, drive up prices. we saw after the great recession a tremendous consolidation immediately after that. what i am calling for is, other ton mergers and acquisitions a

i don't understand rhode island which is going through a spike.land being reopened, they're sieving a spike in cases and number of deaths so they're likely closed for some time. regardless of issue, party shutdown orders around looking at each other to say how we begin to open business sectors, sectors of the economy. one thing we do need we need cooperation between the states own transportation. we have truck, rail, air, commercial travel. we have got to get that up and running. we have to be able to carry goods and products that we need. medical and otherwise between the states. charles: we know interstate commerce becomes dough main of the federal government. all those things you mentioned are certainly, president trump should be in charge of. is it going to be friction or do you sense there will be friction with respect to when president trump says okay, this is the particular day, any push back from governors saying no, we want to do it our way? >> there is always going to be friction that is the nature of this but we have to look at it from

in rhode island they're sending people door to door to find out if people are seeking refuge in rhode island so then como says you can't do that that's discriminating against new yorkers so she says 5 i'm going to go door to door and find out about any people they've traveled in rhode island to escape hot spots of this virus that's a hands off effect that is that's hands on boy and you have to be that way and look it's going to be rough but if we do this if we sit tight for 234 weeks and can we can knock this thing out and go back to normal but if we don't we're looking at months and months of this inventor joining me thank you. coming up during this prone to virus pandemic many federal agencies like the. e.p.a. are changing operations to adjust to this new reality but how do we know for certain that they are taking advantage of this time of this crisis to weaken regulations on big industry that's exactly what's happening moving that and more when we come back. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by and personal those with. no dairy thinks. we dare to ask. your government and our g

and rhode island, i know you can't really see the dates, rhode island tries this twice. they have multiple ratifying conventions. the second one doesn't actually approve the constitution until may 29th of 1790 and if you are recollecting your american history we already have a sitting president at that point, george washington. and basically rhode island has to be dragged over the line into agreement with the federal convention or the federal constitution. so it is actually really interesting to kind of consider the chronology of the ratifying conventions as well. so the confederation congress wraps up shop in 1788 and on october 10th the last action of the confederation congress is to grant ten square michaels land to congress for a new federal town so after that point the government will move on up to new york city and the rest as they say is history. so i'm happy to take questions for about five minutes. one of my colleagues has a hand microphone. raise your hand if you have a question. i would be delighted to an it or direct you to a book that will answer it. >> good

hello from rhode island where i live because we're all stickin close to home these days but the show must go on and on this week's show pandemic in your pocket book we'll talk about weathering the coronavirus cash crisis but 1st while we're all trapped inside our 4 walls what's going on outside in the rest of the world and does this crisis make it more or less likely that we will go to war with each other let's ask longtime pentagon oficial michael maloof who during his years there worked directly with the secretary of defense and what the old chinese curse calls interesting times michael take us inside the pentagon at a time like this what's the mood there. well there are still interesting times and right now everyone's on much greater alert today we just saw this just in the gulf in the persian gulf with the buzzing of u.s. naval air u.s. naval ships and so but i also think it's a time where countries may start taking advantage because of the focus of the united states on the coronavirus the the breakdown of its of the entire economy and the need to get back to work and and people'

rhode island has. >> thank you. >> news 12 connecticut. wanted to follow-up on a question we asked last week. you have extended rental relief , especially the grace. -- the grace period. we keep hearing from small business that their landlords are not cutting them any slack. they are telling tenants we don't have to because the state did not order us to. is there any thought about extending that order to commercial landlords? >> it is something we have been looking at. we are counting on commercial landlords who are getting a number of benefits if they have mortgages to pass those benefits through. this is a public health emergency, so the focus on the residential side was to ensure people were not getting evicted and creating additional public health risk by being on the street, but it is something we are constantly looking at. if it becomes a problem, we will find a way to deal with it. >> next to news 8. >> i had a question on the issue of testing and yesterday the state changed its reporting from people tested to total tests done. my u

rhode islanders have filed for unemployment. two hundred three confirmed cases of covid-19 in the state of rhode island. that number is expected to grow. we are doing everything we can to get this under control. state government and our health care system is stretched to the max right now. this is a vital lifeline to ensure that our health care system, government, residents have the lifeline they need to get through this crisis. that we have resources for frontline medical personnel, to make sure that people have the money to pay a mortgage and put food on the table. it is a vital lifeline for our .mall businesses they need help and they need it now. this bill is vital in that effort to help us all get through this. this truly is a bipartisan endeavor. we are going to come out stronger on the others. >> congresswoman linda sanchez here. just arrived at the capital, getting ready to vote for the cares act, the third in a series of bills we've passed to help american families and small businesses deal with the economic shock of th

they won't have the same upward slope and peak that new york, new jersey, connecticut and part of rhode island are having. so this is a very important -- the next two weeks are extraordinarily important. that's why you've heard from dre president and the vice president that this is the moment to do everything that you can on the presidential guidelines. this is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe and that means everybody doing the r

well, here in rhode island we had a very big day today. overnight, we doubled the number of tests that we can perform. today we -- i announced a partnership with cvs. at least in my state, we have a big company that is stepping up and they're providing rapid results within 15 minutes, free for anybody, and it's a drive-through. so that will bring us up to very high levels of per capita testing. but that isn't the experience everywhere and i would say as a nation, we certainly have a lot more to do. >> we've been seeing many governors take a different tack than this president, both with how they deal with the science as well as how you address your own constituents. it's a difficult time obviously. i want to play something from dr. fauci and i wonder where you come down on the point he makes here which is that while there is eventually going to be improvements, and there may even be a workable vaccine, he cautioned people against the idea that there will ever be a return to precoronavirus normality. take a listen. >> when we say getting bac

first cases occurred on the east coast rather than on the west coast among navy personnel in newport, rhode island. the second occurred in navy and civilian personnel in san diego. since that time, of course, which was about the first of june, it has spread in localized outbreaks through the boy scout jamboree in pennsylvania, to louisiana, and almost all of the states in the united states. carl: i didn't realize that was asian flu that hit our own jamboree in our own state. dr. burney: it was. carl: from what i have been able to learn, not many people have died as a result of asian flu in other parts of the world. do you think the same will hold true here in the united states? dr. burney: we have the belief now based upon the experience of asian influenza in other countries, south america at the present time where it is at epidemic proportions and as a result of the outbreaks in this country so far, that it is a mild infection with a very low mortality rate, and we believe it will continue to be both a mild infection and have a very low death rate. carl: is there the possibility asian flu

does rhode island have it? if you don't have the broad-based capacity for contact tracing and capacity, how can you reopen? >> so, our state is a relatively small one. we only have about a million people. but governor rumundo has been tremendously proactive. we have actually rolled out in conjunction with the national chain cds as well as with our national guard testing sites across the state. at this point, almost anyone in the state who wants a test can get one. and i'm able to test almost all of the patients who come through my emergency department with symptoms. so we are rolling that out here now. we're also rolling out contact tracing. using technologies that we can check in with people on a daily basis, after we know they have been in touch with someone who has tested positive for covid-19. that opens up the possibility of opening up the state, but gosh, as of yesterday, we have more than 80 people who have died in our state. that doesn't sound like a lot, but again, in a small state like rhode island, i

island rhode island in providence are in a unique situation 1st they had increasing cases from the new york city area and now they have new new increasing cases from the boston area they're caught between 2 incredible hot spots in the country and they're doing an extraordinary job there caring for the individuals on the front lines but providence continues to have new cases and we do continue to work with specific states that have specific outbreaks related to individual occurrences i will just remind the american people again this is a highly contagious virus social gatherings coming together is there always a chance that a asymptomatic person can spread the virus on knowingly no one is intending to spread the virus we know if you are sick you will stay home but to all of you that are out there that would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20 don't do it yet continue to follow the presidential guidelines we really appreciate the work of the american people we see as a country where improving we see as metro areas where improving we see as communities as counties

first, rhode island residents. the news came to rhode island first. they were the first to respond. they carry off 44 cannons in just 46 hours. then a couple of days later. clouds there reacted in the same way. they move the canon from their forte storing the big guns in three widely scattered locations. both rhode island and connecticut had locally elected governors they were different from the other colonies. in new hampshire the story was different because there was a royal governor and there he made things different. paul revere arrived from boston with the news and council. they have false rumors that spread that they were sending troops to take over the fort. the cloud decided to attack the fort and take the canon and ammunition that was stored there between three and 400 men overran the fort. and imprisoned the soldiers. they took down the british plague and confiscated 100 barrels of gunpowder. this left john wentworth of new hampshire fully and very upset shall we say. the springs of government failed me. he had tried to muster the militia to oppose the taking of the fort b

the news came to rhode island first. as the first to respond, they attacked in newport, they carried 44 cannons in just 36 hour. and a couple of days later, in connecticut, crowds that reacted in the same way. they moved the canon from the port, strength the big guns in three widely scattered locations. both rhode island and connecticut had locally elected governors under the 17th century charter. there were different from the other colonies. in new hampshire, it was different. there was a royal government and there he made things different. those rumors spread that general gage was sending troops to take over the fort there. a crowd decided to attack therefore and take the canon and ammunition that was stored there. they took down the british flag and confiscated 100 mils of gunpowder. this left governor john of new hampshire very upset, shall we say. the springs of government failed me. he tried to muster the militia to oppose the taking of it. the people taking the fort was militia members. they wouldn't help him. he

we actually just need to do it. >> to both of our guests, ben rhodes. thank you dr. patel. we need the benefit of your m.d. for a future segment so we're going to ask you to hang on with us. coming up, as we approach our first break, new testing data from california suggesting the coronavirus infections are far more widespread than previously reported. by one count, as many as 55 times more widespread. later, a national institutes of health panel says that as of now there are no effective drugs to treat coronavirus, as you may know. that includes the drug the president has repeatedly promoted to the point of saying from the white house mfrp take it." back with that after this. but what i do count on is boost high protein. and now, introducing new boost women... with key nutrients to help support thyroid, bone, hair and skin health. all with great taste. new, boost women. designed just for you. in these challenging times, we need each other more than ever. we may be apart, but we're not alone. use aarp community connections to find or create a mutual aid group near you. stay

governor ramundo from rhode island. thank you for being with us and working through all of us issues with us on behalf of new york. gieina ramundo. >> can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> like all of you, the governors who have spoken, all the governors i've been speaking with, i am constantly thinking about what it's going to take to safely reopen our economy. like you, i don't want to keep people out of work one day longer than necessary, however, we need to do it safely, which means we need a smart targeted approach to slowly reopen the economy in a way that keeps everybody, most especially the elderly, the vulnerable, and those with preexisting conditions safe. so, you know, like many of you, i have a team here that i've assembled to develop a plan for what we're calling the new normal, and we're looking at everything from how we screen people entering businesses and how we utilize more touchless technologies in our day-to-day interactions, doing a deep dive industry by industry with new guidelines for this new norma

first rhode island residents attacked in the 14 inc. the news came to rhode island first and they were the first to respond. in the attacks the fort in newport. they carried up 44 cannons in it took 36 hours. it must've been an incredible job, i have annoyed to how they did that. defendant a couple days later connecticut, crowds are reacted in the same way. the mood of the cannons from those stories begins in three widely scattered locations. about rhode island and connecticut had locally elected governors under the 17th centuryth charters. they were different from the other colonies printed in new hampshire, the story was different. because it was a royal governor and they teammates set up different. paul revere arrived from boston with the news of the order in council. that's how new hampshire found out about it from paul revere pretty false rumors spread general gauge was sitting troops to take over the fort. the scope fortop william. a crowd decided to attack the port and take the cannon and musket and ammunition that was stored the

of a regional group of governors that included connecticut and new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, rhodesland. i think i covered the key ones there. so that seemed to indicate from the governor that at least those states are holding offer, you know, unwinding some of these sheltering provisions until at least may 15 now, not, may 1st. whether other states follow suit is anyone's guess. california, goof vin newsom works in concert with the governors of oregon and washington state. they were coming out of this very, very early. remember it started out in the west coast, continued to spread, jumped actually to the east coast. they're unwinding this. i'm not quite sure they would be in sync with such a policy but they might. this is the first sign here the deadline to get people back to work sooner rather than later is pushed back to well, just a little later. representative lee zeldin, republican congressman from new york right now. congressman, what do you think of that, may 15? >> so i happen to represent a congressional district in suffolk county in long island, we have been hit really h

not someone who abuses it so casually he's giving americans disinformation in a pandemic. >> ben rhodes, jim messina, peter alexander and mike memoli, thank you all so much. phil rucker from "the washington post." >>> and coming up -- when is it time to reopen? when are the tests going to be available? the states have the authority to lift emergency orders but the president is not seeing it that way. we'll take a look at who makes the call, how to do it safely. all of that coming up on "andrea mitchell reports." thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole, and shrank tumors in over half of patients. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. ibrance may cause s

. >> reporter: with 5800 covid-19 cases, rhode island is ramping up drive-through testing. free to anyone who meets cdc criteria for a quick nasal swab test made by abbott labs just given fda march approval harvard untrers ever -- university says rhode island may test enough to safely reopen the economy. >> we have to get folks back to work safely, which means we have to have rapid widely accessible affordable testing for everybody. >> reporter: meanwhile, lab corps is rolling out another fda emergency approved test kit for home use. users fedex nasal swabs lack to lab core and results in two days front line medical workers with symptoms would be the priority but could be available to the public within weeks. >> people have symptoms, they don't have to leave their home and take a chance of infecting others or feeling miserable to go out into the public to get a test. >> reporter: california now going beyond cdc guidelines and testing people in high-risk settings regardless of symptoms and in hard-hit michigan wide spread testing is underway in detroit. nbc's morgan radford

we have been talking to other states, connecticut, new jersey, delaware, rhode island for the past couple of days about coming up with -- how reopening up with a plan and can we work together on reopening plan, and we'll be having an announcement this afternoon with other governors just that, the reopening plan. and as i said, the optimum is to coordinated a regional plan as you can. intergovernmental coordination can be somewhat of oxymoron but, to the extent we can work with connecticut and ew jersey and rhode island and delaware and pennsylvania, i want to. for everyone, for people of their state and for the people of my state. time for smart, government.ffective nothing else matters. i want to make sure that we -- i this er the people of state, we did everything we ould to the best of our ability. nd the optimum is a geographically coordinated plan. i don't believe we could ever with total coordination all those states because all those states have a little different set of circumstances, in fact. don't believe we should have a recognizing without the state-by-state distinctions. we c

storms into massachusetts and rhode island.ot everyone single one will rotate but every single storm will have a potential of making a 70 miles per hour or greater wind gusts. you see the storms going through new york city some where around 5:00 tonight. this was a brutal set of circumstances, moisture from the gulf of mexico, we had cold air coming in. we'll have wind gusts at 48 million people in wind warnings with wind gusts over 75 to 77. i would say 77 miles per hour would be the maximum today. i know that's not a tornado, it will bring down trees and power lines. that'll get in your way for sure, john. >> for sure. chad myers, appreciate the update there. very sad. the power of that. chad, thanks so much. coming up after the coronavirus crisis, in states like michigan, this pandemic disproportionately affecting african-americans. officials are demanding more data and tests so they can better understand why. with va mortgage rates suddenly dropping to near record lows, my team at newday usa is helping more veterans refinan

rhode island and providence are in unique situation. they had increasing cases from new york city area. they have increasing cases from the boston area. they're caught between two incredible hot spots in the country. they're doing extraordinary job caring for individuals on the front line but providence continues to have new cases. we're working with states that have individual occurrences. i remind the american people again, this is highly contagious virus. coming together there is always a chance that asymptomatic person can spread the virus unknowingly. no one is intending to spread the virus. we know if you're sick you stay home. all of you would like to join together, have the dinner party for 20, don't do it yet. continue to follow the presidential guidelines. we really appreciate the work of the american people. we see as a country we're improving we see as metro areas we're improving. we see as communities, counties, states, we're improving but that also still requires everyone to still continue to social distance. in the end we

rhode island and providence are in a unique situation. first they had increasing cases from the new york city area, and now they have increasing cases from the boston area. they're caught between two incredible hot spots in the country. they're doing an extraordinary job. they're caring for the individuals on the front line, but providence continues to have new cases. and we do continue to work with specific states that have specific outbreaks related to individual occurrences. i will just remind the american people again, this is a highly contagious virus. social gatherings, coming together, there is always a chance that an asymptomatic person can spread the virus u unknowi unknowingly. no one is intending to spread the virus. we know if you're sick, you will stay home. but to all of you that are out there and would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20, don't do it yet. continue to follow the presidential guidelines. we really appreciate the work of the american people. we see as a country we're improving. we see

rhode island. a5 . rhode island.ork through the process of making sure that we distribute the resources at president trump's direction, working through fema we we re direction, working through fema we were trying to make sure that states have what they need when they needed. as you see the progress that we have made, the presidentjust reflected on new york and new jersey, louisiana and the partnerships we have made with the states, we trust gives confidence to governors and leaders of states across the country that are most importantly dedicated to health care workers and we will be there to meet that need should the need arise. at the present moment, make sure disaster declaration sits on the country have stood 11,000 national guard that are fully funded by the federal government under title 32. we received a report from the department of defence about the active—duty medical personnel that have been deployed in new york, new jersey connecticut and the personnel that are working on the ground at the javits centre wo