robert costa of "the washington post," who joins us in just a moment, has this exclusive reporting. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is telling house speaker nancy pelosi to stand down. and congress is already talking about investigation of how the u.s. got its response to this pandemic so wrong, so behind the 8 ball. nbc news has learned there are informal discussions under way about the creation of a 9/11-style commission to look at what happened, to come up with a plan to handle any future pandemics. here's how the president addressed the country's preparedness during this evening's coronavirus briefing. >> we're building thousands of ventilators right now. now, it takes a period of time to build them, and, again, nobody could have known a thing like this could happen. we're building thousands. we will fairly soon be at a point where we will have far more than we can use even after we stockpile for some future catastrophe which we hope doesn't happen. >> to put the current crisis in perspective, more americans have already died from coronavirus than were killed on 9/11. pet

here for our leadoff discussion on a friday night after another consequential week in america, robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." moderator of washington week on pbs. annie karni, white house reporter with "the new york times." and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan, i'd like to begin with you. having written about this briefing we witnessed today that sure was abrupt. suddenly it was eefr. the longest among them -- we looked it up -- ran 2:24 minutes at their height. that is well into tarantino territory. and while sub "irishman," it would get scorsese's attention. could it turn out that live television might have been the disinfectant for this kind of briefing? >> this was a short film compared to the longest ones he's done, the ones you just cited, brian. this has been in the works for a while.

our thanks to robert costa, to peter baker, to dr. lipi roy. we greatly appreciate it. i'll get it out. >>> coming up for us, cover of the national overreaction. on the president's cable network of choice, the rising debate on the right over what an acceptable loss of life might look like. we'll ask an actual pandemic expert what he thinks. >>> and later, walk up to someone at a crowded food bank these days, there's a good chance they will say they never thought they'd need a food bank. our report from an overwhelmed location in texas tonight as "the 11th hour" is just getting started on this thursday evening. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. it starts acting from the first dose. and it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known heart disease or multiple risk factors. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulici

robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post," moderator of "washington week" on pbs. dr. anne rimoin back with us, professor of epidemiology at the ucla fielding school of public health, an infectious disease division of the geffen school of medicine. also runs the ucla center for global and immigrant health where she specializes in emerging infectious diseases, started her life's work as a peace corps volunteer in africa. anne, i'd like to begin with you. the subject of masks has been important to you, near and dear to you. do you applaud what the cdc and white house did today despite perhaps the president's personal diminishment of the topic? >> i think it's a great move that now we are using the global data to inform policy. this is really what we have been lacking all along. we know that the virus is able to transmit through speech droplets. we know that we need to be able to do everything we can to slow the spread of the virus because the testing is not sufficient. because we do not have national policy working on our behalf, we do not have all of the tools

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our thanks to robert costa, to peter baker, to dr. lipi roy. we greatly appreciate it. i'll get it out. >>> coming up for us, cover of the national overreaction. on the president's cable network of choice, the rising debate on the right over what an acceptable loss of life might look like. we'll ask an actual pandemic expert what he thinks. >>> and later, walk up to someone at a crowded food bank these days, there's a good chance they will say they never thought they'd need a food bank. our report from an overwhelmed location in texas tonight as "the 11th hour" is just getting started on this thursday evening. we need to unite all the trolls. like rock, reggaeton, and techno. get ready for the drop! wait for it! wait for it! come on man! hit me! wait for it! just do it already! ♪ one more time yeah. the world premiere is now in your home. >>> we must have a working economy, and we want to get it back very, very quickly. and that's what's going to happen. >> the president has repeatedly made clear he is eager to kickstart the economy, get at least parts of the country, p

once again, from washington, moderator, robert costa. death toll in the united states surges past 50,000 people, president trump's asserons howor to treatavirus continue to roil his the president took no questions at the latest briefing following a week t ofsions betwe him and health experts. joining me to discuss these issues areepters who you r are. nancy cordes, chi congressional correspondentrom cbs news, toluse olorunnipa and jeremy peters from "new york times" and snnon pettypiece from nbc news. of ort briefing a long week presidential claims that were at odds. here's the back story, the cracks began to showhen dr. redfield told the "washington post" that a flu and coronavirus flu outbreakill be even more difficult than the one we wenth throd calls to liberate states were not helpful. the president the said redfield had been misquoted but redfield said he had been correctly quoted. president trump: dr. redfield was misquoted about the fall season and the virus, total ily misquoted. >> you were accuratelyte q >> i was quoted. robert

once again from washington moderator robert costa. robert: good evening.t was a critical week for the trump presency. at its core it was about his decision to encourage the reopening of america. he veered from claiming total authority toultimately leaving it in the hands of states. but there's no doubt about where he stands. earlier friy, te president tweeted in solidarity with protestors in minnesota michigan as well as virginia who have grown furious about stay-at-home orders. according to "the washington post," conservative groups havei ord many of these events and joining me tonight are four top reporter who is ha been covering the president all week and asking sharp questions of him and his officials, kimberly atkins, senior washington cporate for wbu, bosn's n. p.r. news station. peter baker, chief washington correspondent for the "s.w york ti paula reid, white house correspondent for cbs news, and krisn welker, white house corporate for nbc news. and all day iday there have been headlines across the t country abifferent states taking their own steps

our thanks to robert costa, to peter baker, to dr. lipi roy. we greatly appreciate it. i'll get it out. >>> coming up for us, cover of the national overreaction. on the president's cable network of choice, the rising debate on the right over what an acceptable loss of life might look like. we'll ask an actual pandemic expert what he thinks. >>> and later, walk up to someone at a crowded food bank these days. there's a good chance they will say they never thought they'd need a food bank. our report from an overwhelmed location in texas tonight as "the 11th hour" is just getting started on this thursday evening. your allergy pills? flonase sensimist. nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org. what does an apron have to do with insurance? an apron is protection. an apron is not quitting until you've helped make something better. what does an apron have

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robert costa, national political reporter for "the post" and moderator of "washington week" on pbs. and dr. anne rimoin, professor of epidemiology at the ucla fielding school of public health and infectious diseases of the geffen school of medicine. she's also running the ucla center for global and immigrant health where she specializes in emerging infectious diseases, something she started as a peace corps volunteer in africa. and, doc, i'd like to begin with you. we are clinging to bits of good news, clinging almost to rumors and reports that the curve in certain hot spots is flattening. where do you think we'll be in a week? what markers do you use to tell you where we are in this thing? >> well, this is a question of where do we stand right now with the data that we have? and one of the problems is, is we still don't have great data based on testing, which would give us a denominator. what we have are numbers of deaths and the rates of infection of people who are getting tested. and so what we can say is over the last couple of days, as governor cuomo said, we've seen deaths sta

joining me, jennifer murray and robert costas. with the washington post., new thow that we know candidates, i have been pondering the question with no good answer. what does the next two month or two look like? >> there is no play look like that. i cannot point to any precedence. but i think that there will be built-in advantaging for bide than are not obvious. first of all, if we were not in the situation we are in, where everyone is quarantined and if he to fight from his basement, he would be in a fight with bernie sanders now and the pandemic and the quarantine blunted that. and after superup tuesday, he was spared the back and forth and the on going contest with sanders. and the one thing that i have seen from going to biden rallies, is how great he connects with people on rope lines. he is very emp thetic. it's a qualify that is lacking from trump. and it turns out, he is really good at conveying that from his basement. you don't see him lot on the main zreem news outlets but they are doing a lot online. i heard from the campaign last week, they had

event a little later on this afternoon, a chance for us to ask him about it, andrea. >> and to robert costa, bob, you have been reporting on hydroxychloroquine and the outside influences from fox news and others, even laura ingraham, anchor there, bringing in a doctor as we try to understand why the president keeps pumping up and promoting the use of this untested medication. it's a malarial drug, counter malarial and lupus drug that's used for other issues, other medical problems for a long time, but has not been adequately scientifically tested for this use. >> that is correct. it is not approved yet by the food and drug administration. some doctors anecdotally in places like new york city have found positive signs by using this drug in an offlabel way, by prescribing -- giving it to patients who are suffering from covid-19. at the same time there's a bit of a tension -- more than a bit of a tension inside the west wing between expert professionals like dr. fauci who is hesitant to embrace a drug that has not been proven safe and effective and those like the president who are far more opt

>> let's move on to robert costa with "the washington post." and, bob, for people who don't cover the molecular nature of politics or political customs, tell us what this move does and does not do and for starters why continue to gather delegates while calling your opponent the presumptive nominee? >> ever since he launched the campaign in 2015 in the first campaign, senator sanders said this campaign is a movement. they wanted to pull really yank the democratic party to the left, put medicare for all and other liberal initiatives at the fore of the party. they want to go into that convention whether it is virtual or not and have influence on this platform. because they see a long game they're playing politically here to move the democratic party to their ideas. and they've accepted that the pandemic and other issues, challenges have made the nomination impossible for senator sanders to secure. but they're not going to give up the political fight. he's always been a flinty independent senator and house member from vermont. he's not someone that

peter alexander and robert costa, thank you both.orry we had to figure out how much time to manage the president when managing the pandemic is hard enough. that tells you how just shocking at times some of this behavior is in the middle of what we are all dealing with. the white house coronavirus task force briefing is set to begin any moment now. when it does, we will wribring to you live and. ahead, test questions. so many experts have questions about the virus and the test themselves. we are digging into the known unknowns next! ext! won't be a new thing. and it won't be their first experience with social distancing. overcoming challenges is what defines the military community. usaa has been standing with them, for nearly a hundred years. and we'll be here to serve for a hundred more. gimme one minute... and i'll tell you some important things to know about medicare. first, it doesn't pay for everything. say this pizza is your part b medical expenses. this much - about 80% - medicare will pay for. what's left is on you. that's whe

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pfizer and the german company bio in tech and the start comes not a moment too soon today germany's robert costa institute confirmed that the number of new coronavirus cases has risen for the 2nd consecutive day more than 5100 people in germany have now died from the virus. a breakthrough perhaps in the fight against because of it 90 this gym and biotech company has been given the go ahead to study human trials for a potential vaccine the substance named b n t 160 is being developed together with giant pfizer and could soon be tested in the united states too if regulators approve gemini's health minister warned they still much work to do. it's a good sign that here in germany we've reached a point with vaccine development that we can actually start with the 1st trials but at the same time it's important to note that it will still take months for a vaccine to pass all the necessary tests so it can be made available on a big scale forced to thank you for staying. sean was in the bundestag to be quizzed by parliament about the government's response to the pandemic how unusually 2 ministers faced qu

comes after public health experts said the virus was under control the latest figures from the robert costa institute for infectious diseases show that germany's confirmed the coronavirus cases have risen by 1775 to nearly 142000 it's the 2nd consecutive day that the number of new infections has fallen the reported death toll is now 4642. and correspondent nina has the latest for us hi nina good to see you so as we said germany's now allowing a few businesses to reopen starting today what is the rationale behind that. shops that are no bigger than 800 square meters can reopen today as can car dealerships and bike shops and bookshops regardless of the size what's important is that they have hygiene and social distancing measures in place that. by the german government as far as the rationale is concerned of course germany is europe's economic powerhouse so the government here has come under a lot of pressure to ease at least some of the restrictions and they said last week that the virus is now manageable and that it's now safe to ease some of the restrictions and so of course some of the re

you ladies and gentlemen if we look at the latest figures of the robert costa institute here the indicators suggest that we are going in the right direction for example we are slowing the infections. which every day we have more people who have an average than new confirmed cases this isn't success in an interim level but because these figures trigger hope i feel the need to say that this is a very fragile interim results it's very much thin ice in fact the finished of all i use the situation is deceptive and we have not yet passed the peak because in combat in the virus we always have to bear in mind that today's numbers reflect the infection occurrences of 10 to 12 days ago so the figures of new confirmed cases today doesn't tell us how we're going to be in one or 2 weeks if we have far more contacts that we have to learn how to really relax in corona restrictions colleagues i want to use this opportunity to explain a little bit more detail what concerns me most at the moment it's not actually political decisions are always part of a way not process could be placed on. the information tha

is tested positive for the virus dominic has more from berlin one of the main reasons why the robert costa institute wants people to download this app and to link it with their smart watches or their fitness armbands is because they want to get a better idea of those people out in wider society who haven't been tested positive with the corona virus put think they may have the symptoms because that's one of the problems with this outbreak the difference between the number of confirmed cases and the number of those people who think they might have corona but haven't been diagnosed and so by using this app with their smart watches or fitness armbands certain biometrics will be provided to the institute and it will be done so anonymously so it's pulse right temperature sleeping patterns and by building up an idea of all these pieces of information the institute says you can get a very much better idea of who out there actually has corona but isn't going to need to go to hospital it gives them a better chance of calculating what the reality of this outbreak really is but it's worth making the p

and michigan governor gretchen with him or discuss the response to the coronavirus and -- with robert costa. this is 35 minutes. >> governors have taken a lead here where we have needed to. now is not the time to pull back at all. it is the time to intensify. >> good afternoon. welcome back to washington post live. i'm bob costa, national political reporter here at "the washington post." joining me this afternoon is governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, a democrat. she was elected in 2018 after a long career in state politics, including serving in the state legislature. she was minority leader of the michigan senate. a few months ago, you may remember, it feels like a long time ago, she delivered the democratic response to president trump's state of the union. governor whitmer, welcome. based on the data and what's happening in your state, are you thinking about extending the stay-at-home order in michigan beyond may 1? gov. witmer: there's no question we have to be slow and methodical and pay attention to the data, medical experts and public health experts to know we are ready, and then w

joining our conversation is kimberly atkins and national political reporter for the washington post, robert costayour newspaper is spilling over with scoops today. the most stunning thing i read when it popped up. take me through the delay in these checks and the unconventional decision to put trump's name on the stimulus checks? >> it was a great scoop by my colleague who covers the federal government and also a part of the pattern, you see it in the post reporting day after day, president trump personalizing the federal response to this pandemic. at every turn. he's talking about, the stock pile in personal terms. he's kissing good bye of one navy ship. you see president trump putting himself at the center, whether it's the news briefings. embracing a stimulus package that a decade ago, many tea party republicans would have abhor and fought against, now president trump the leader of the republican base said i'm going to put my name on it, claim it, to try to position himself for re-election having trying to maybe run on the economy. >> you know, bob costa, we have had this conversations over th

. >> i'd like to bring in robert costa. ional political reporter and nbc news political analyst. all right, robert, i want to start with you. you had the president engaging in a tweet storm against the media over these communities. then you have the official white house transcript telling a different story. here's what dr.

. >> i'd like to bring in robert costa. he's a washington post national political reporter and nbc news political analyst. all right, robert, i want to start with you. you had the president engaging in a tweet storm against the media over these communities. then you have the official white house transcript telling a different story. here's what dr. birx had to stay about it today on "meet the press" take a listen. >> you said he was digesting information at the time when that came out of his mouth. do you have anymore information and are you concerned that people might take bleach because of what the president said? >> i think i made it very clear in how i interpreted that. i made it clear and so has dr. fauci and every one associated with the task force. this is not a treatment. >> robert, when you talk to these health official, these health experts. what do they say about how it complicates their job getting the proper information out when they are up against the president making these type of comments in these briefings?

robert costa joins us with his new headline straight ahead on "morning joe."s new headline straight ahead on "morning joe." >>> welcome back to "morning joe." it's wednesday, april 15th. joining us we have msnbc contributor mike barnic he will. political analyst clair mccaskill, and political reporter for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst robert costa. he's the moderator of washington week on pbs. and in just a few minutes we're going to be joined by former secretary of state madelyn albright. she has a new book out but also she has her take and her previous book, "fascism: a warning on this presidency and all the dangers this presidency presents ". >> last hour we talked a good bit about how donald trump's press conferences were, in my opinion, not only bad for the american people because of the misinformation that's sent out there, also bad for the united states standing in the world because people across the world see a president who is rambling incoherent at times. >> yes. >> disconnect from the realities of his office. but also if you move

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thanks, to robert costa. monica alba, you also having watched this entire news conference,tive tones at different moments talking about being bipartisan praising cuomo, praising some of the other governors, also not explaining how he is also advocating for them to lift these shelteri shelteringiate home guidelines -- sheltering@home guidance. >> there is a clash, those are set to expire on april 30th. next week with many states looking to get into that phase 1 of meeting that criteria of a decline in cases for what looks to be about 14 days. but then you see states that have been so hard hit that have continued those stay-at-home orders through the month of may or in some cases some even talking about june so we are here seeing some opposing viewpoints from the president telling states that might be ready, they have the green light. while other governors are saying we need to wait for the testing. one quick fact check there on the president who said swabs and re-agents are in his words so easy to get. that's

. >> robert costa, i put the doctor on the spot to make a point. there is this -- it's not an undercurrent. there is a loud primal scream coming from the right that questions or concerns that come from people like dr. fauci about drug treatments are being talked down. attorney general barr called it a jihad for members in the media against untested drug therapies. this idea that everyone doesn't share a burning desire to get our economy back and running is a dangerous smear against everyone who is simply reporting and covering what the members of donald trump's coronavirus task force who have a medical or scientific background are saying. i want to ask you this question. this is put everybody on the spot day. is donald trump someone who can be frightened into doing the right thing from a public health standpoint, or is he more frightened of his political fate? is that why he depth tiesed barr to go out and say these things? >> we've seen in recent weeks people like senator lindsey graham going to president trump and say if you open the country too

also with us is robert costa, national political reporter with the washington post. moderator of pbs washington week and an msnbc political analyst. hans, i want to start with you that these task force briefings or these briefings will turn more economic and less about the health. what else do we know? >> well, we know that inside the administration there are a lot of discussions about how to couch these economic numbers and we know there's also going to be attention between how rosy you are about it, how optimistic and how much you try to almost let the public know how difficult this will be. earlier we heard from kevin hasset. he was brought back into the administration administration. talking about 16, 17% unemployment. those are rashabemarkably stark numbe numbers. they said you could have a v shape recovery. now the united states government, the federal government wants to get back into testing, wants to increase the level of testing which seems to be a directly undercutting what they have been saying up to this point. they are insisting the u.s. government at t

pritzker and michigan governor gretchen whitmer talk about the coronavirus pandemic with robert costa. now, here's chris wallace on the world of journalism during the oronavirus pandemic. chris: i'm really excited about this rotation tonight. there is lots of angles and we have been exploring lots of angles of the covid-19 pandemic and how it is impacting public service and politics and policy. mo: one area that really, i am really excited to dive into is how journalism is dealing with this issue, how journalists are trying to cover a story that is unprecedented. here is how the conversation will go. the first half of the conversation, our guest and i will just have a conversation between the two of us. halfway through we will start taking your questions. for those of you who are members of the georgetown community, you will see a q and a button. halfway through we will start taking them. we will let you know when your question has been collected and bring you onto the screen to ask your questions. ake sure you are tv ready. you can ask chris your question directly. tell us whether yo

robert costa, i've had this theory that the president watches things getting better in new york and newersey and applies that to the country as a whole. and as new york and new jersey begin to turn a corner, at least get past this part of the pandemic, he's thinking, well, that's where the rest of the country is. the problem is as we see it in the death toll, the good news in the new york area is that it's been dropping dramatically. the problem is it is not on the decline in other parts of the country. it does seem as if he's letting the new york good news sort of color his view of where the rest of the country is. >> based on my reporting, new york and new jersey do color the president's view. and to build on what carol was just saying, i've had conversations in recent days with governors on both sides of the aisle. governor pritzker of illinois, governor hogan of maryland just a few hours ago. and they are nervous about testing because if states are reopened, they may have tests in hand. governor hogan has secured 500,000 tests from south korea. but if they don't have the supplies, t

robert costa, kimberly atkins, adrian he will rod, and dr. amish adalja. good to have all of you here. robert i want to start with the major reporting in your paper that the president is likely to be asked about today, that more than a dozen u.s. researchers, physicians, and public health experts were actually working full-time at the world health organization when the coronavirus emerged late last year, and they were transmitting realtime information to the trump administration. does that undercut the president's charge that the w.h.o.'s failure to communicate the extent of the threat is directly laid at their doorstep? >> the "washington post," and its latest reporting, reveals that the w.h.o. story is far more complicated than the trump white house is laying out. they have called for an investigation to cut off funds for the world health organization. but it is not an isolated group "the post" story explains how the cdc, in many instances, including with the coronavirus, has worked with the w.h.o. to try to coordinate different aspects of the response. s

and political reporter for the "washington post," and moderator of "washington week" on pbs, robert costans us. >> it's so funny. you bring up bill buckley. >> because they all just idol e idolized him and thought he was really the arbiter of all. >> bill buckley thought, willie, that donald trump was a clown. >> yes, he did. someone might want to think about that. >> years ago. what's happened to conservatism, i mean, when we were growing up, conservatives, we believed that -- and i even remember bill maher basically saying, "yeah, i don't like the republican party, but at least they're grown-ups. i feel like they're the mean accou accountants." he said this in the '90s when we were balancing budgets. they're meet accountants, telling us the truth. i'll take it over santa claus promising things i can't get any day of the week. in the '90s, when we balanced budgets four years in a row, we told people the truth. now, you actually have people who were once conservative, who are now in this cult following the donald trump blindly. i'm not talking about all donald trump supporters. there are

political reporter for the "post" and political analyst, robert costa.ator of "washington week" on pbs. national correspondent for the "washington post," greg miller. he co-wrote the extensive piece for the "washington post" that details the failures of the trump administration's response to the covid-19 pandemic. really spells it out. quote, by the time donald trump proclaimed himself a wartime president, and the coronavirus the enemy, the united states was already on course to see more of its people die than in the wars of korea, vietnam, after dpghan and iraq combined. that is from the lead story in yesterday's "washington post." on sunday, the paper published the results of a month-long investigation, a definitive account of the government fail yu failures to properly anticipate and respond to the coronavirus cry s crisis. it traces the first 70 days of the outbreak. quote, from that initial notification for president trump to treat the coronavirus not as a distant threat or harmless flu strain well under control, but as a lethal force that had outfl

. >> jeremy peters, robert costa, thank you both for your reporting. douche, thank you for y r donny deutsche, thank you for your reporting, as well. >>> the risk of a double-dip depression. we know the hazards of opening too early. what are the economic dangers, as well? we'll read from the "financial times." >>> plus -- >> i know it is tough. i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can, but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a second major outbreak and huge loss of life in the overwhelming of the nhs. i ask you to contain your impatience because i believe we are coming now to the end of the first phase of this conflict. in spite of all the suffering, we have so nearly succeeded. >> that's uk prime minister boris johnson, really appearing to meet the moment. very accurately. earlier this morning, he begins his first day back on the job. >> good for him for talking about reaching the end of the first wave. again, tell people the truth. let them -- you know, give it to them straight. they can

robert handa. nbc. >>> and contra costa county will convert a pavilion to a medical facility for people who do not need icu level care but are positive. it will only be used to local hospitals don't have enough room. >>> navy has fired an officer. they say captain created a panic sending his memo to a lot of people. memo was unleaked to the media. they said he should have gone to his immediate commanders who were already moving the ship. as many as 3,000 people were taken off the shift. more than sailers have tested positive for the virus. >>> as more californians are testing positive, the governor hopes to keep people working. raj, the numbers we're seeing of people losing their jobs is crazy. now there are jobs offered out there to try to compensate. >> yeah, manage expectations here. it's not a magic wand. it's not going to get everyone their jobs back but it will help some people. we want to share that with you. a governor unveiling a website. it will help you connect with potential new employers. that's a way to help. the company was spear spear headed in oakland bay, and more than 100 tech c

robert, does not have holes in it and covers her face. if you live in one of these bay area counties, you are going to need one of these. sonoma county, napa, solano, maron, contra costa, alameda, san mateo and san francisco counties are going if you're going to be outside, waiting for public transportation, if you are going to work or seeking healthcare. there are times that you can be out without a mess. if you were in your car or at home, you do not need to cover your face but you should carry a mask just in case. they say wearing ms can help slow the spread of coronavirus. their thoughts on the mask and block that mode of transmission, sure. that is better than nothing. >> if you have kids at home and you are wondering how they fall in line with these orders, kids under the age of 12 are exempt from this rule and those under the age of two should never covered their faces because health officials say they run the risk of suffocating. reporting live for ktvu fox2 news i am sara zendehnam. >>> aare covered, and they remain covered, you are allowed to ride b.a.r.t.. >>> starting today, they will begin enforcing county health orders that require people to wear face co