robert gallo and all his past experience in one person -- sure, sure, go ahead. >> okay.his will be important. i think within the global virus network right now, and we'll be coming out with this more publicly very soon, in a report that dr. kumikov -- chumikov, pardon me, at the fda virologist, we think there is something that could really help right now with a vaccine that is a not specific vaccine for this virus but it's available now that will have -- could very well have and i believe will a major effect for the world. you'll hear about this very soon. perhaps the next time we talk. >> okay. you'll please let us know. we'll talk about it next time you come on. thank you for ending on that hopeful note. dr. robert gallo. >>> coming up, hundreds of millions of americans are now told to stay home. that's having a big impact on the presidential election upcoming. an update on that part of the story when we come back. >>> can you really envision every prominent democrat in this country from all 50 states inside a hot arena 104 days from now? >> it's hard to envision that.

robert gallo is with the maryland school of medicine. he is also the cofounder and international advisor of the global virus network. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: could we start by talking about your background in discovering viruses and the things you learned? how did they apply to what you're seeing with covid-19? guest: i can give you some analogies but i want to emphasize that every virus is different. it is like another species and when you see something in the animal kingdom, you can get lessons to how you respond to certain things but each is unique. take hiv.e, let's we showed hiv was the cause of aids. this was hard because the virus is hard to find, hard to grow, and the disease does not show up until years later. establishing strong evidence to get people to say, this is it was not easy. number this virus, sars 2 -- it is easy to find. it replicates so much that it is obvious and quick to cause disease. you do not argue about whether this is the cause. they present different challenges. people have said they

robert gallo, co-founder and director of the institute of human virology as the university of maryland school of medicine. watch c span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. and be sure to watch "washington journal" sunday at 9:00 a.m. for a look back 50 years to the anti-war student protest at kent state which erupted into deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. >> earlier today california governor gavin newsom held a news conference in sacramento on his state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. the governor said the state is weeks, not months, away in reopening lower risk workplaces such as nonessential manufacturing, logistics abretail jobs, as well as offices where telework is not possible. governor newsom also said he's considering the prospect of starting the fall school term anywhere between late july and early august. this is an hour and five minutes.

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from the robert gallo university of maryland. we thank you for joining us today. right now, we will take you to the state department for a coronavirus related briefing from the secretary of state. sec. pompeo: we are very focused on that, even when the virus challenge confronts us all. that is what i will spend my time talking about today. first, stabilizing the most unstable places. in venezuela, the multilateral effort to restore democracy is continuing to build momentum. i have asked my team to update plans to reopen the u.s. embassy in caracas, so we are ready to go as soon as madero steps aside. we will raise the flag again in caracas. i want to update the world on the regime and the republic of iran. multiple aircraft belonging to iran air transferred unknown support to the maduro regime, birds of a feather. this was the same terrorist airline that ran used to new fighters around the middle east. these stops -- these flights must stop and the country must do their part. human, we commended saudi arabia for extending their cease fire there for a month now. th

robert gallo, we certainly wish you the best of luck with this. we hope it works. you so much for your time today and thanks for the work you do. >> thank you, thank you for having me on. >>> tens of thousands of small business owners now left hanging out to dry after the federal loan program runs out of money. can republicans and democrats work together again in time to fix it? >>> and a growing outcry in spain after children have not been allowed to go outside at all for more than a month. stay with us. s wanted to be a teacher. with everything going on, we've had to alter our classroom settings. we have to transition into virtual learning to make sure that the education is continuing. (vo) verizon and "the new york times" are offering 14 million students free digital access to "times" journalism. so bob, what do you take for back pain? before i take anything, i apply topical pain relievers first. salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors for effective, non-addictive relief. salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu. it's got all my favorite sho

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robert gallo is with the maryland school of medicine. he is also the cofounder and international advisor of the global virus network. good morning to you. guest: good morning. host: could we start by talking about your background in discovering viruses and the things you learned? how did they apply to what you're seeing with covid-19? guest: i can give you some analogies but i want to emphasize that every virus is different. it is like another species and when you see something in the animal kingdom, you can get lessons to how you respond to certainhi

robert gallo who is instrumental on covid-19 research. we can't tell if antibodies are protective. they antibodies are protective and the person is still very infectious. so explain how this would work, doctor. >> sure. so what we are trying to do is use the antibody test to figure out how many people have covid. an understanding that that number is key to understanding how deadly the diseases. so if you have 100 deaths among a thousand people who had covid-19, this covid is a deadly disease, 10% of the people are dying. but if you have 100 deaths among 1 million people with covid, this means covid is not a deadly disease. so we are trying to use antibody testing not only the people with symptomatic covid but also asymptomatic covid or minor symptoms to really understand what the disease is about. we are not using the test to check for immunity against the virus. we are using the test to count the number of people who have covid-19. >> shannon: okay, so doctor, how widely spread and we encode these tests be available for making those kinds of determinations? >> so to make decisions

we will continue coverage of the covid-19 fallout with robert gallo who joins us in the next hour.s is bloomberg. ♪ >> i'm karina mitchell with the first word headlines. the coronavirus marches on even as some nations report and apparent slowing of cases. new york state reported its deadliest case yet, with 81,000 deaths. the white house economic advisor larry is striking an optimistic note, telling politico that the u.s. economy may be able to reopen in the next month or so. he says plans are already underway for the post virus world. meanwhile, china is lifting travel restrictions in wuhan, the city where the coronavirus initially emerged. the city has been in lockdown for 11 weeks with millions of people cap at home. trains from other cities have resume services to wuhan and the move comes after china announced no new daily virus deaths for the first time. final travel curbs in wuhan will be finally lifted later wednesday. fewest newted its virus infection since march 13 as the government considers easing some movement restrictions in the coming weeks. just over 3000 new cases r

robert gallo, cofounder and director of the institute of human virology at the university of maryland school of medicine. watch "washington journal" wednesday morning and be sure to watch "washington journal" sunday at 9:00 a.m. for a look back 50 years to the antiwar student protest at kent state which erupted into deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. >> federal reserve chairman jerome powell talks about the state of the economy in a virtual news conference after the federal open market committee meeting. live coverage on c-span. >> mitch mcconnell announced the senate will return for legislative work this monday. they will vote on an executive nomination and work on coronavirus related legislation and dashing -- addressing lawsuits. afterhoyer said consulting with members and the attending physician, the house will not return for legislative work. instead they will continue to hold pro forma sessions every three days. bipartisan negotiations continue on different options for voting remotely in committees and on the house floor. follow live senate covera

robert gallo, cofounder and director at the university of maryland school of medicine. eastern,e at 7:00 wednesday morning. and be sure to watch washington journal sunday at 9:00 a.m. for a look back 50 years to the antiwar student protests at kent state, which erupted into deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. >> california gavin newsom said his state -- his state is weeks, not months away from reopening non-essential workplaces. he was joined by the state public health director. other topics included the prospect of starting the fall term anywhere between july and august. gov. newsom: two weeks ago today we laid out a road map for reopening the california economy in a phased, thoughtful approach. we specifically put forth six indicators to drive our decision making. politics won't drive our decision-making, protests won't drive our decision making, political pressure won't drive our decision making. the science, the data, public health will drive our decision making. we set forth a week ago a deep dive on one familiar indicater -- one part

robert gallo, cofounder and director of the institute of human brawler g at the university of maryland school of medicine. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning and watch washington journal at 9:00 a.m. for a look back at the student protest at kent state which erupted in deadly confrontation between students and the ohio national guard. announcer: jerome powell talks about the state of the economy at a virtual news conference after the federal open market committee meeting. live coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> senate leader mitch mcconnell announced the senate will return from legislative work this monday. they will vote on an executive nomination and later in the we could work on coronavirus-related legislation addressing the lawsuits. said the house will not return for legislative work next week. instead, they will continue to hold brief pro forma sessions every three days while bipartisan discussions continue on voting remotely in committees and on the house floor. follow live coverage on c-span two and the house on c-span. >> on tuesday, c

robert gallo, co-founder and director of the university maryland school of medicine. watch c-span washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning and be sure to watch washington journal sunday at 9:00 a.m. to look back 50 years to the protest at kent state which erupted into a deadly confrontation from between students and the ohio natural guard. >> wednesday federal reserve chair jerome powell talks after the open market committee meeting. coverage begins at 2:30 eastern on c span span. heldw york, governor cuomo his coronavirus briefing in syracuse. topics included a timeline for reopening state fares and colleges, the lag in un testing.t claims and he is not a real dock to or the. he is still technically a doctor. has worked for the state for many years. to his right,

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robert gallo. plenty more to come on "bloomberg daybreak: asia." bloomberg. ♪ >> we are getting breaking lines when it comes to standard & poor's rating on the australian outlook to negative. australians long-term currency long-term the currency debt rating at triple a. we are getting more details on the back of the rba conducting really extraordinary monetary policy as we see three packages of increasingly substantial economic stimulus to combat the impact of the coronavirus. we are getting the australian outlook cut to negative by s&p when it comes to the currency debt. stable.tive from aaa >> we have breaking news out of japan as well. core machine orders month to month gaining 2.3% for february instead of a contraction. the year on year a contraction of 2.4%. the expectation was for these machine orders to drop because of the coronavirus outbreak and having corporations cut investments. they did cut investments year on year, but the cut was smaller than expected. when it comes to the current account surplus at 3.168 trillion yen. this is a much