ricketts: sure. the question is from if you about the april fools joke going around that i am telling people they will have to -- kids will have to repeat their grade. it is absolutely not true. in fact, our schools can our , theintendents, educators commissioner of education, everybody is working very, very hard to make sure that our school are getting that education this school year, even though the schools are not going to be reopening again. we had this press conference on friday, commissioner bloom will talk about that. are gettingat they those kids ready to move on to the next grade next fall. so that is, again, if you see something in a facebook page of me saying kids will have to repeat a grade, it is absolutely not true. >> what worries you most right now? gov. ricketts: his audio cut out, so we will repeat that again. what worries me most right now? i think he also asked a thousand contact with umc. yes, i talk with folks at unmc just about daily, if not daily, and with regard to concerns a

we will begin, governor ricketts. gov. ricketts: i always get to go first. dennis: exactly. as the one leaving this effort, how do you think that nebraska is doing in this flat -- in this fight? -- gov. ricketts: we have 10-person limit. this is a layered approach to how we slowed down the spread of the virus in the state. it's a lot of things that add up over time. i'm going to steal dr. lawler's metaphor with cheese. one sliced is not stop a lot. this is what all of these measures do. last three at the , we, how many cases we have had 25 new cases. that jumped up to 27, 38. the good news is we have three days in a row where we have not seen the number of new cases continue to go off. it is good news we have not reached the point where this is going up in a geometric fashion. we should continue to focus on all of these things. gatherings of more than 10 people. all of the stuff around hygiene, wash your hands often. cough into your elbow, do not touch your hands to your face. all of these things will help us make sure we are part of controlling the spread of the virus in ne

ricketts: thank you very much, tony. and thank you very much you all for joining us at the different time we had for the briefing. we will be back tomorrow at the regular time, 2 p.m. central time for another briefing with regards to the state's response to slowing the spread of the virus here in nebraska. we will see you tomorrow afternoon. appreciate it. [chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy, visit ncicap.org] >> c-span has around-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the pandemic and it is all available on-demand at c-span.org/coronavirus. watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. and the world with interactive maps. on-demand anytime, unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. >> so, with my new executive order, all retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls can reopen may 1. now, to minimize

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governor ricketts of nebraska said today, quote, our plan is working. i don't know what the plan is exactly, but it apparently involves opening up the giant nebraska crossing mall as of next week. they're planning on reopening a big outlet mall next week while they don't deal with this huge outbreak in the middle of the state that's already pretty well filled up the one hospital in that community. the nebraska hospital association is up in arms about them planning to reopen this gigantic mall, saying doing that would, quote, pose a serious threat to the health of all nebraskans. but governor pete ricketts is not listening to the nebraska hospital association. he's got no plans to stop the opening of that big shopping center. open it all back up. the real truth of what's going on in america's coronavirus outbreak is not something that you are going to find by listening to whatever is said into the podium at the white house daily briefings. the real truth of what's going on in america's coronavirus epidemic isn't just on the coasts and in the places that

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it happens to be run by a major donor to nebraska governor pete ricketts. that mall as we reported last night had announced it was going to reopen its stores this week. we're reopening america, reopening the economy. drive on out. we're right on interstate 80. come shopping at a mall in nebraska. come hell or high water. why not? today that mall announced that maybe they're not going to do that. they are walking back their plan to open up this week. in south dakota, where more than 760 employees from one pork processing plant in sioux falls are now confirmed to have coronavirus, the governor in south dakota says she's not even planning to try to get testing for the other people who work at that same plant. 760-plus cases among people who work at that plant, not to mention all of the dozens of cases that have been found among their family members already. but they're not planning on testing the other people who work at the plant? and there's still no stay-at-home order in south dakota because everything's fine. the state is planning on holding a big car raci

. >> is the ricketts family heroes in chicago?taking my gm from boston to get yourself a championship, did it when world war -- >> my wife and i had four children, they were the ones, it is suggested by my son, he has an entrepreneurial bent. i thought kids put tom in charge but he was the one who was to make the important decisions. in chicago, when we won the world series, i think my son could have been elected to anything. everybody said he should be president, anything. everybody has respect for what has happened in my family, my three kids are still in chicago, i don't regret it. >> i want to touch on a little more personal areas, you had a brother who was gay and a daughter who is gay you come from a catholic background, grew up in the midwest, obviously, you write about it in the book, it's honorable the way you handle it, what is that like for you and your children and growing up where you did? >> obviously i think you can imagine growing up in a town of about 6000, and an agricultural community, don't have much exposure t

pete ricketts, the governor of nebraska. taking the step-by-step, very cautious approach. right, did the president -- was he being sarcastic? or was he being real? he says today, comments he made about disinfectants, of course, that was the fake media, so we went back to the tapes. look, this isn't my first rodeo... and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. find out how reverse mortgages really work with aag's free, no-obligation reverse mortgage guide. eliminate monthly mortgage payments, pay bills, medical costs, and more. call now and get your free info kit. other mortgages are paid each month, but with a reverse mortgage, you can pay whatever you can, when it works for you, or, you can wait, and pay it off in one lump su

both she and the mayor of grand island have asked the republican governor of nebraska, pete rickettsplease issue a stay-at-home order to try to help slow down the spread of the virus, to reduce the number of deaths but the government govern said no, not statewide and no they can't do it locally. nebraska is one of the only states in the country now without any kind of stay-at-home order anywhere in the state. and now, on top of that, this week, the nebraska crossing mall, just outside omaha, they're planning to reopen their doors as of this week. as of this friday morning. the owner of the mall says he wants to give the retailers of the mall the opportunity to test out best practices for how they will ultimately open up all their stores nationwide. he wants nebraska crossing opened first. it's right on the interstate, too. so people can come from all over. what this means is that in lieu of a statewide stay-at-home order, this one mall owner in nebraska is setting his own experimental health care policy, for that whole part of nebraska, and honestly anybody who wants to drive there.

nebraska republican governor pete ricketts has issued a similar warning. i what is planning to allow some restaurants, bars, shops, and gems to reopen at have capacity beginning friday. and nebraska will begin loosening restrictions next week. many of the affected workers are employees of giant meatpacking plants that have become the largest coronavirus hotspots in the country. scores of workers at smithfield plant in nebraska walked up the job wednesday in an unsanctioned work stoppage after midfield reversed the decision to close and clean the facility. and a norma's jps pork plant has reopened even though they fit employee has died from covid 19. the plant reopened even though jps managers have not teststed l of its employees for the disease as they had promised. here in new york, transit officials are teaming up with the nypd to force unhoused people from the subway system. under a new policy, people will not be allowed to remain in a subway station for more than an hour, and will be removed from trains that reach the end of a subway line. on tuesday,

. >> next, nebraska governor pete ricketts briefs reporters on how his state is responding to the coronavirus crisis. he says his state is social distancing but not considering a stay-at-home order at this time. an hour.oln, this is >> how are you doing? i am doing well. we have our hand sanitizer.

. >> can i ask you what the governor there said, governor ricketts.he was with jake tapper on the 29th of march. i think we have the sound. do we, guys? listen to this because jake asked about rural hospitals. >> with regard to these rural hospitals, they already transferred patients today based on their ability to be able to handle it. it's a practice that's already in place that if a hospital has a case that they don't feel like they can give the proper amount of care to, we make an arrangement to transfer to a different hospital. >> is that a full-proof solution right now for hospitals across nebraska with no icu to just airlift people or take them by ambulance elsewhere when some of those other hospitals could be flooded with patients? >> sure. well, at the moment we're not flooded, and it is a durable solution, and it has been for many years. think trauma and other sorts of things that we see as the academic medical center of the state that we care for. you're right on. it's all going to depend on capacity. as long as we have capacity, we're very

also, nebraska's governor pete ricketts explains his plan for easing restrictions in his state, he'sis live, coming up next. we're working hard to answer your questions. like helping you understand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you. we're more than a financial company. we're a "together we can get through anything" company. now, more than ever. mortgage rates have dropped to all time lows. by refinancing now, you can save $2000 a year. and newday's va streamline refi shortcuts the process. veterans can refinance with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call could save you $2000 a year. >> bill: the governor of nebraska has stopped short of issuing a formal stay-at-home order. it is encouraging strict social distancing which includes staying home for 21 days to flatten the curve. they are on day 11. thank you for your time. what do you see in nebraska to america i've got 15,700 who have tested. 1474 have tested positive and the number of deaths that your state are 28. what are you feeling in nebraska when you consider the heal

former fda director scott gottlieb, republican governors dewine of ohio, baker of massachusetts, and rickettsebraska. >> there's no state in the country that feels like they've gotten enough testing. >> but because president trump seems to want to shirk responsibility for any mishandling of this crisis, he depicts concerns that health officials in his own administration share, as partisan. they are not. cnn's kaitlan collins picks this story up from the white house. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: this hour, president trump will sit down with new york governor andrew cuomo in the oval office. >> i have to get to washington. thank you, guys. >> reporter: cuomo is one of several governors who has said ramping up testing is critical to reopening the country and that the federal government needs to help, a topic he says will be front and center in his sit-down with the president. >> testing, and what does testing mean and how do we do it and how can the federal government work in partnership with the states. >> reporter: the meeting comes amid a broader battle between the white house and

joining us now, nebraska republican governor pete ric ricketts. thank you for talking with us today. i'd like to start by asking you, you were very one of the few governors who decided not to impose a state-wide stay at home order. how is that decision working out for you in your state? >> so far, i think the approach we've taken in nebraska has been right for nebraska. we haven't put a formal order in place, we have asked people to stay home this month, we put six rules in place around stay at home, don't have unessential trips, work, but work from home if you can and socially distance if you're going into the workplace. if you're shopping, shop once a week by yourself, don't take the family, help kids, help seniors, exercise in an appropriate way. these six rules are the things we used to really help to be able to follow guidelines, socially distance and that's what's helping us to be able to slow the spread of the virus in our state. kristin: since you bring up shopping, i would like to ask you a question about a shopping mall, an outlet mall t

and a major campaign donor to nebraska governor pete ricketts is back on his idea that he is going to open up the gigantic nebraska crossing mall on interstate 80 just outside omaha by the end of this week. sure, nebraska just went from 2,000 cases on thursday to 3,000 on sunday, and they've got 1,000 cases-plus in one pretty small city associated with a meatpacking plant that the governor wants to reopen. why not get everybody breathing in each other's faces as quickly as possible? when trump labor secretary eugene scalia decided that he would not make the health guidelines for meatpacking plants mandatory, i don't know if he thought that might mean that these outbreaks would stay inside the plants and not turn into big outbreaks in the communities where those workers live. but what we're seeing where we have big outbreaks in meat processing plants all over the country is that they're turning into big community outbreaks in all of those places. we're seeing that everywhere now. for example, there's a very worrying situation tonight in logansport, indiana. the county there, cass count

and a major campaign donor to nebraska governor pete ricketts is back on his idea he will open up the gigantic nebraska crossing mall interstate 80 just outside of omaha later this week. they went from 1,000 to 3,000 and a 1,000 cases in one small city associated with a meat packing plant that the governor wants to get reopened, why not get everybody breathing in each other's faces as quickly as possible? >> when the labor secretary scalia said he would not make the health guidelines for meat packing plants mandatory, i don't know if that would mean that these outbreaks would stay inside the plants, and not turn into big outbreaks in the communities where those workers live, but what we're seeing, where we have big outbreaks in meat packaging plants, meat processing plants all over the country, is that they're turning -- in logansport, indiana, the county there, cass county, indiana, this morning, announced a new public health emergency in their county. because of a really big spike in cases there centered on a local tyson meat processing plant. this is their total cases in cass count

and nebraska governor pete ricketts says he plans to lift the ban on elective surgeries beginning mayanwhile, "the washington post" reporting kentucky saw its highest spike in coronavirus cases as of yet. the governor announced on sunday the state had seen 253 new cases with an additional four deaths. he said the state would not lift any restrictions until there is a downward projection of reported cases for at least two weeks. this is coming after protesters took to the streets last week to call for the state to lift restrictions there. let's get into some of this. joining me now once again, health care ed for for bloomberg drew armstrong. drew, good to talk to you again. let's talk about the gap in testing amid all this that we got into in a little bit in the first half hour, but i want to expand upon here because as you hear, the president saying over and over again we are testing more than anybody else in the entire world. but if you're looking at per capita in this country, we just aren't where we need to be when it comes to testing and we're not testing more than everybody else

governor pete ricketts, a republican governor in nebraska is doing the same thing to working people in his state as well. but this is what's emerging as republican party policy, or maybe strategy, now that we've got over 60,000 americans dead. "the new york times" today reporting on a quote network of conservative leader, donors and organizations that has launched a legal onslaught against state and local restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. the times further reporting that these conservative groups mounting this effort have become quote emboldened in recent days, by ever-more-explicit signs that the u.s. attorney general william barr and the justice department may take their side. to help them. legally dismantle public health efforts to slow the virus. and to limit the death toll. doing this because, because, well, this is what they're doing, because that's how the administration and the republican party and the conservative media are going to want to go down in history here? 60,000 americans dead. yes. sounds like a good start. what else can we do? i mean it's

grand island's mayor and the local health director have been asking nebraska's governor, pete rickettsr a stay-at-home order, but he has refused. the local health director has warned that the health care system around grand island is very close to being swamped. she said two days ago, quote, we are going into a rather dark couple of weeks. joining us now is that health director, teresa anderson, is the health department director for nebraska's central district, the central district is right in the middle of that state, about a two-hour drive away from omaha. ms. anderson, thank you so much for making time for us tonight. i know you have a lot to deal with and it's a very busy time. >> thank you, rachel, for having me. >> first, let me just ask first, if i characterized things accurately as far as you know and if there is any other important developments that we should know about in terms of this, what appears to be a pretty sizable outbreak in and around grand island. >> the outbreak is associated to some degree with the meatpacking industry but there are a lot of factors that go into

. >> earlier today, nebraska governor pete ricketts briefed reporters on his state's response to the coronavirus. he announced a special task force to oversee and communicate with businesses on plans to reopen the state. his took place in lincoln. governor rickets: all right, folks. thank you very much for joining us here today to talk about what the state is doing to slow the spread of coronavirus here in nebraska. we're starting at a different time, 12:15, because we have a meeting this afternoon. and we're also going to make this an abbreviated briefing because i have to get out that to that meeting. so we're going to go from 12:15 to roughly 12:45. we're going to try to move this along at a pretty good clip. six rules to stay home. this is day 18

in nebraska, governor pete ricketts is in the process of green lighting nonessential businesses so they can operate. but not ies ties in necessarily- not necessarily as usual. >> the hairstylists will have to wear a mask, the tattoo artist, so is the person being served, the customer. >> we've found a safe way to allow low-risk construction that is under way to resume. >> reporter: even governor jay inslee of hard-hit washington state put a crack in the stay-at-home order, but -- >> the day of reopening the whole economy is certainly not today. it would be way too dangerous, and all of our data shows that if we did this today, this virus would return with a vengeance. >> reporter: and an overwhelming majority of americans agree. according to a variety of new opinion polls. the cbs news poll found 70% of americans believe the country's top priority should be slowing the spread of covid-19 by staying at home. 30% say working and the economy are more important. [ honks ] that as get back to work demonstrators continue to steal headlines this week. but they haven't convinced a majority in t

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