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soundbite of the day came from ron desantis who lit up the media for his coverage of the virus. >> a lot of people in your profession who asked politically for weeks and weeks about how florida was going to be just

. >> reporter: that's right, the vice president, we saw him in florida meeting with governor ron desantis. they actually went to a restaurant together. and wolf, you can see on your screen now, neither of them wearing masks. nobody in the restaurant other than some of reporters who were traveling with the vice president appeared to be wearing masks. this of course goes against what the cdc is recommending. when you are not able to practice social distancing, you should wear masks, not to protect yourself but to protect others from yourself. and it's particularly notable because it's only been 12 days, wolf, since the vice president's

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joining me now, i'm so happy he's here -- florida governor ron desantis. dire predictions have notc come true. you guys must be lucky, can't be any of the approaches you've taken along the way, your thoughts. >> we focused on where the greatest risk was and that was to our elderly population but particularly our elderly in long-term care facilities. we acted very early to suspend visitation there, to make sure all the staff were screened before they went in there. we have required the wearing of ppe and have now sent out 10 million masks just to long term care facilities in the state of florida. i now have 50 national guard strike teams that go around the nursing homes and do testing and we just started -- we have a mobile lab but that has a rapid test lab on it, that's also going to nursing homes. you can get the results back in 45 minutes. if you look at the numbers come overwhelmingly that is where the fatalities are occurring. people 65 and up and 75 and up in florida, 60% of the deaths are 65 and up, let's devote resources to help those folks a who ar

now, ana, governor ron desantis has not announced his decision yet, but he's weighing whether or not to give these nursing homes immunity. >> accountability. where is that accountability? rosa flores, thank you for that report. >>> in california, people are so impatient to get back to business as usual and so eager to get back to the beaches that thousands of protesters turned out in large numbers at the state capital and even near the popular huntington beach pier. they are furious that california officials who are so far keeping many businesses and beaches closed. cnn is there right now. paul, california's governor today saying he is likely within days, not weeks, of easing stay-at-home restrictions there. is that doing anything to bring down the anger level? >> reporter: well, they're still frustrated. they think they've been picked on here in orange county, and an unfolding scene behind me, ana, they have been warning people to get out of the water and off the beach and we should tell you that this morning, when there was much higher surf, by the way, the weather was cooperating,

i give a lot of credit to ron desantis of florida.iz: but can you -- yeah, reopen schools with mitigating risk though? >> i mean i think you can. look, at some point we have to weigh the costs of keeping things closed and the reality is, i understand, i think all americans understand that we needed to shut down for a certain period of time but if you stay shut down forever, it doesn't work. businesses all across this country will close forever. we will go bankrupt ultimately as a country. it does to the work. you have to think about the health on the other side of the coin. people not getting diagnosed for, you know, life-threatening diseases like cancer out there. think about the mental health toll taking on people. people who rely on alcoholic anonymous groups things like that, are not able to get health and treatment they need. at a certain point you have to open things back up. again i give a lot of credit to governors say let's try it. take it slowly, see how it has gone. you see how well it has gone. you look at florida, where t

and it was a host of decisions like that just simple, common sense decisions that ron desantis made in florida, and cuomo did not make, i would largely argue driven by a political bias, media because they are so infected by political bias, they ran off, and they are still heaping hosannas on governor cuomo today. elizabeth: new york has double more than double the fatalities from nurses homes, than florida. florida has 2100, new york 5500. you know what ron desantis did, he studied what happened in 1918, they did not do shut downs, we'll did targets risk mitigation like social distancing, and masks and he said shut down the nursing home, don't allow covid-19 back in. he saw what happened in south korea and italy, and saw 80%, you know massive amounts of fatalities were elderly. true now, cdc says 80%. and he screamed in -- a lot of ppes in nursing homes. new york state did not do that, pennsylvania also followed that new york model and so did new jersey. >> right, but not letting virus get into nursing homes in first place was a smart, and common sense call step. for governor desantis,

. >> the transition is on display in florida welcoming vice president mike pence and governor ron desantis going off on the media. >> you have a lot of people in your profession who whacks politically for weeks and weeks about how florida was going to be just like new york. wait two weeks. what we are eight weeks away from that and it hasn't happen happened. >> with all 50 states and some degree of rebooting a new associated press poll finds that 83% of respondents worry that re-openings will lead to new infections in their areas. but support for continued restrictions of slipping. 69% of respondents now supporting a ban on gatherings of more than ten people come down from 82% last month. but as states open up more overseas traveling to be soon closed. vice president mike pence singh new travel bands may be imposed. >> we are watching very carefully what's taking place in south america including brazil. it was a significant spike in cases and presidents made it clear that we are considering additional travel restrictions. >> president trump today again lashing out at the government of mich

fred, governor ron desantis at last check has not made a decision. he is still weighing his options. he has not announced whether he will give nursing homes immunity in the state of florida. >> rosa flores in miami, thank you. >>> president trump has called on the governor of michigan to make a deal with angry protesters he calls very good people. this after demonstrators stormed the state capitol, some carrying long guns, demanding that the state be reopened immediately. cnn's ryan young joins me now from lansing, michigan. ryan, what are you learning? >> reporter: let me tell you something, these were dramatic pictures a lot of the people across the country have been talking about. we did find out it is actually frowned upon and you can't take signs into the state capitol but you can open carry into the state capitol. that's what these protesters decided to do. let's look at these images. they were dramatic. obviously they were there to have their voices heard and wanted the stay-at-home order rescinded. the governor decided to extend it through th

elective surgeries will also resume, and governor ron desantis announced that 80 state parks will also reopen. but this is only phase 1. so schools are still closed, bars, jim, hair salons are also closed. but as the state looks at phase 2 and trying to get to phase 2, governor ron desantis is mentioning that facts will be very important and testing will be a focus. for example, he is allowing pharmacists to administer covid-19 tests, so very soon here in the state of florida, we're going to see covid-19 tests being administered at cvs, at walmart, at walgreen's. also he has deployed a mobile unit to try to test people at nursing homes. finally, jim, antibody testing. the state of florida has been waiting for these tests for weeks, and finally over the weekend, governor ron desantis announcing that the state just received 200,000 antibody tests. we're expecting those tests to be administered throughout the state at some point this week. jim? >> rosa flores in florida, thanks very much. now to california where two counties in the northern part state of the, uba and sutter counties, are

ron desantis pointed out most of them were from new york city. you see it a lot now.n i read headlines over the last couple weeks, look out, it is going to happen to the south, any moment now trump country, i feel like sometimes they're wishing, i hate to say it, they're hoping, wishing things to happen instead of responsible reporting instead of let chips fall where they may. >> it is a little disturbing they are not celebrating how well things are going in states reopening like florida and georgia. everyone knew when this was just starting we need to protect the most vulnerable among us. people, secretary of health in pennsylvania actually took their mother out of a nursing home, put them in a fancy hotel before they put that policy in place. they knew, they knew. now we have much higher deaths in these regions. so governor desantis, he deserves to stand up for his record and for the people of florida and frankly i think they're needs to be a very serious investigation into what these governors did in forcing infected patients into the nursing homes. we all knew you

joining me right now to tell us how he's gearing up is florida governor ron desantis. governor it's good to have you this morning thanks so much for being here. >> good morning thanks for having me. maria: what will tomorrow look like, sir? >> well i think tomorrow is going to be a small step. i think it's going to be a measured step. i think it's going to be an important step for people of florida to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, we're going to follow a safe, smart step by step approach to florida's recovery. we're going to follow data and facts but we are intent on moving forward to be able to get the society on its feet again. florida, we were doing so well before this pandemic hit, our unemployment rate was 2.8%, we were having businesses come left and right, our coffers were overflowing even though we have very low taxes, and i think we can get back there. it's not going to be like turning an on and off switch but tomorrow will be an important first step and i think it's also important to point out to folks the way florida approached this ev

after that, florida governor ron desantis followed by governor phil murphy of new jersey. now, here's governor cuomo. good morning. pleasure to be with everyone this morning. we are in corona queens. always a pleasure to get out of the state capitol and talk to the people doing the work. i am a queens boy, so it is coming back home for me. corona queens. it was called corona queens before the coronavirus. there's no connection between corona queens and the coronavirus. let me introduce my colleagues to the far-left. pat foy, the chairman of the mta. to my left, sarah feinberg, who runs the new york city transit bureau, to my right, gareth rhodes. deputy superintendent of the parts in financial services, but has been with me for many years and is helping on this up in albany. is saturday. i know that because it is on the slide. otherwise, i may not have known that. i followed the days by was on the powerpoint. everybody talks about this is uncharted waters, that we have never been here before, and that's true. itn in uncharted waters, doesn't mean you just proceed blindly,

meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about ron desantis., if you were watching the fox news channel, you saw how angry he got when he was touring yesterday with mike pence down in florida. he's angry because of the mainstream media's attack on how florida was one of the first states to start to slowly reopen. and there were predictions that it was going to be bad. let's go back about a month. >> those numbers are going to go radically up in the coming days and weeks because you have this governor, ron desantis this trump mini me. >> why did it take so long for the governor because the science has been clear on this now for a while. >> the governor's botched response to this outbreak. >> is he going to be forced to own whatever the consequences are in the sunshine state? steve: okay so fast forward and you look at the consequences of what they did in the sunshine state, and florida has a fraction of the deaths and infections that new york state does. so, yesterday, in orlando, he was angry. there was a camera. and we caught it. watch this. >

rob: ron desantis says each themepark must include safety measures for visitors and employees in those proposals. jillian: a judge will decide whether the defiant barber who inspired the operation haircut protests can keep his doors open. rob: michigan's governor is the one out of order, he joins us live. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. >> i will continue. i have been denied my livelihood by this governor. this is not a free state. i refuse to live in a police state. i will not stand down. jillian: in just hours michigan barber who defied governor gretchen witmer's state of the -- stay home order. rob: it order will decide whether he has to shutdown his business indefinitely. jillian: good to see you. >> good morning, how are you? jillian: we are great. what are you expecting to happen? >> i'm not certain. i hope there's a certain amount of sanity that will prevail but so far w

there's a lot of partisan narrative's going on here and one that ron desantis is well aware of his heht to be aligned with president trump. that part is simple. there's another narrative though that broke out around the coronavirus which is, republican governors whether that's ron desantis or brian kemp in georgia, the republicans were antiscience. it comes from another apocalypse which is climate change. at the idea developed that anyone who is skeptic about climate change was antiscience. now, we have another apocalypse in the coronavirus and the media has equated total lockdowns with what all science knows. but there's a lot we don't know about the coronavirus and covid and i think ron desantis and some of these other governors might be skeptical about total lockdowns and has shown that we indeed do not know as much as we should about transmission rates. the media really did kind of make new york city which is having a horrible experience, that's me new york kind of the standard for the rest of the country, which it simply is not. >> sandra: pulling no punches and citing data from

visit ncicap.org nick >> ron desantis reports his response to the coronavirus. we will have it live at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. financial service committee member, also serving on the covid-19 congressional oversight commission.

. >> florida governor ron desantis visited a barbershop in orlando to talk with salon owners about challenges they are facing in reopening their businesses. here is a portion of that conversation followed by a press conference. >> can we go around and introduce and say a few things you go i will kick it off and pass it to the mayor, then weakening gauge in a discussion about what we will do -- we can engage in a discussion about what we will do. >> if you look at orange county, weathered this, i don't think anybody would have predicted what has happened. you guys with the health department have done great. so thank you. gratifying to see your plan is measured. also, we have the ability to consolidate that. ,e had some concerns before because prior to the pandemic, we put -- tried to explain to people, [inaudible] and we have to avoid overwhelming the health care system, which has fortunately not happened so we are happy to .ee a plan we have been engaged in conversation with many members of the task force and the industry. to [inaudible]g >> good afternoon. [inaudible] taking time to come out

staging demonstrations including bars are essential and bars can safely open angry the governor ron desantiswing jim's and malls back in business and restaurants to serve indoors but keeping pubs, clubs and other drinking establishments shut. >> looks like we are being left out. we want to prove we can also be safe like other businesses. >> i been out of work for two months and haven't received any money of any kind. >> reporter: and michigan barbers and salon owners were ticketed. disorderly conduct, for a protest dubbed operation haircut demanding governor gretchen whitner allow them to earn a living. >> we are all here for the same reason, to show the governor our rights do not come from her and we need to open michigan. people need to get back to work. it's that simple. >> i will not stand down. i will continue my work with or without a license. i have been denied my livelihood by this governor. >> with memorial day weekend fast approaching new yorkers are questioning the mayor for keeping beaches closed and threatening to pull people out of the water telling them to go to long island in

you could ask ron desantis, great governor of florida. those people went through quarantine, they went through tests, went through everything, but they were american citizens. i had to let them come back in. but i came in, and what i did is, i said, against many people, including anthony fauci, who i like very much, including deborah, who i like very much, the doctors, and many other people. they said, "don't ban china, it's gonna blow over." and they said this at the end of february. now, at the same time, i want to be optimistic. i don't want to be mr. gloom and doom. it's a very bad subject. i'm not looking to tell the american people when nobody really knows what's happening yet, oh, this is going to be so tragic. i want to be -- aside from everything else, and i'm going to use a term, and some people love it. and some people hate it, but i love it. i want to be a cheerleader for our country. >> i would be remiss if i didn't ask you one more question about the nearly 70,000 americans whose lives have been lost -- grandparents, mothers

let it go criticizing media coverage of how red state governors like florida's ron desantis handled theown. new york's governor andrew cuomo is now facing more scrutiny for his handling of the pandemic after previously receiving high marks. dana, as we go into this reopening phase, i have a feeling like we are just in a grand experiment. lives are on the line. what do you think? >> dana: i think it's more than just an experiment. though you could look at, as greg has mentioned, 50 different experiments. i do feel like aside from the extreme like in los angeles, cutting off water to businesses, that's extreme. and then may be revelers in wisconsin, that can be an extreme. the extremes or hijacking the debate. what actually you see is governors are using data to inform their decision such as governor desantis and governor kemp. one, they would be responsible for the consequences of their decision but they have based it on data. people have been fairly responsible, and they are seeing their numbers continue to come down and they are recognizing that they're going to have to help their busi

i was on a call with ron desantis task force to reopen a week ago.e beaches considering opening the beaches modeling the way we did and people are behaving responsibly on our beaches. we still have restriction which is we will lift tomorrow and monday. so starting monday unlimited access in terms of hours in terms of beaches and worked out for us, people are behaving responsibly and getting out of the house and moving around. eric: you know, talk about getting out of the house and moving around, there are differences and this can be tailored to different counties. let me show you so far your whole state, 12,632 cases, they've been sadly 667 deaths. that's 12,632 in miami-dade, 367,000 deaths there. take a look at the difference in counties, your county duval, you've had far less number of cases, you've had 23 deaths and some other counties, look at this, lafayette county has had only 2 cases with no deaths, franklin county no deaths, golf county one case and no deaths. mayor, can this be a tailored made or tailored engineer program to open up slowly

. >> esas son algunas de las medidas anunciadas hoy por el gobernador de florida ron desantis para lamite estos condados iniciar la fase uno de la reapertura del estado de florida. y aunque los dueÑos de negociosy se que quieren seguir las referidas al pie de la letra, se le dificulta mucho porque por ejemplo, una silla como esta lleva un divisor el cual cuesta 250 $. aÚn asÍ en centros comercialescomenzaron los preparativos. el alcalde del condado hizo un recorrido por el moho para asegurarse de que sigan las reglas de las autoridades de salud. el gerente comercial explica en quÉ consiste. >> vamos a permitir que la gente entre en una parte por una puerta para adentro, una puerta separada para la salida. tenemos marcado el piso completo para cuando venga van a tener una lÍnea a la mano derecha y otra para la izquierda. >> algunos ya tomen sus precauciones . esta tienda elde lentes de sol es uno de ellos. >> como todo el mundo muestra las gafas, cuando alguien prueba las gafas estamos dejando de lado antes de que lo prÓximo cliente logran probar. >> por otro lado los bares, gimnasios,

but ron desantis and greg abbott and others, they understand you can't keep peopld down from your livelihoodgone, your life is crushed, you can't expect them to operate at 25% capacity, and ethical bankruptcy. >> laura: never going to work. >> we have to get to normalcy. >> laura: i love how the subtitle of your book, pete, is "our fight to stay free." every generation, how to do what we can, maybe it is being on a tv show in talking about the declaration, our rights, may be working as a front-line worker, maybe just owning a business or being a parent, but we all have to stand up for freedom while we do smart things like wash our hands are not caulk all over other people, but we've got to, we've got to do our part, and i'm so happy for you with your book, pete, and i know it's already done so well, and congratulations. everyone needs to go out -- >> thank you, laura. thank you very much. >> laura: all right, you take care. pete hegseth. thanks so much. locking down the country to avert a public health crisis from covid is escalating a new one, experts are saying. counties across the united

now the rest of the state is at 25% capacity and when asked, governor ron desantis said that he wouldve of that, kate, so that's a big development here in the state of florida. >> absolutely, thank you so much, ro sarks i really appreciate it. thank you so much all for joining me. i'm kate baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. with more than 85,000 american deaths from coronavirus, and the death projection for the next two months revised to 250,000. the u.s. house of representatives was told today. time is running out, there is no national plan and the trump administration missed the early warning signs of the deadly pandemic. that was the message today from rick bright. until recently the head of the office of the department of health and human services

and in florida governor ron desantis submitted by universal orlando, the company announcing it will reopents theme parks on june 5th now that was first of orlando major parkses to announce a reopening date. since many of those parks closed back in mid-march, also if in florida, walt disney world reportedly the site where the nba is looking to start playing games again. league officials will figure out how that will all look this week. >> bubble will be orlando, those negotiations are ongoing and then start pup games after the fourth of july is a logistical huge, huge big undertaking. >> and as people look forward to revising the nation's economic health and getting people back to work fight against this deadly virus if definitely continues. there's been more than 1.6 million cases of corona coronavirus in u.s. and 95,979 deaths so far. and at this current pace we're projected to reach 100,000 deaths on tuesday or wednesday of this week. jon. jon: christina coleman, christina, thank you. well beaches in many states are reopening for the holiday weekend but expect restrictions as state and l

so, in some of the statements, you hear ron desantis say safely have the convention.o, that means, of course, they'll have to push back on trump's desire to just business as normal -- as usual, a four-day big party without as much social distancing requirements. >> yeah, you don't want an outbreak inside your state. you also don't want to be the cause of an outbreak in states across the country as thousands and thousands of people obviously pour into that state for that convention. and then subsequently go back home to their respective states. daniel lipmann, thank you so much. stay close. i'll talk to you in just a little bit, my friend. >>> i want to get now to a deadly incident in minneapolis. four police officers have been fired and a state investigation is under way following the death of george floyd, a black man who died monday night. video shows floyd being pinned to the ground by a white officer kneeling on his neck for about eight minutes. in the video, floyd could be heard begging for help saying, quote, i cannot breathe. a warning now for viewers, this vid

. >>> florida governor ron desantis is updating his plan now allowing even more businesses to restart operations on monday. here's cnn's rosa flores. >> reporter: two florida counties that have been at the e epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the state could be re-opening soon. i'm talking about miami-dade and palm beach counties. the two counties were not included in florida's phase one of the re-opening plan, which kicked off this past monday. but governor ron desantis announced friday that palm beach county can move into phase one starting monday, which means restaurants and retail stores can start re-opening there at 25% capacity and restaurants can offer outdoor dining so long as seating is set at least six feet apart. the palm beach county commissioners also voted friday to re-open beaches starting monday, may 18th with some restrictions, although commissioners did say they could rescind, modify or amend the approval to re-open beaches and despite videos that have surfaced showing people not wearing face masks or not social distancing, miami-dade county mayor giminez says

and then governor ron desantis waited for a cue from president trump to issue any stay at home ordershe was criticized for being delayed and deemed the wwe as essential during the state's shelter in place. well, now it has been one week since florida's phased reopening and new cases in florida actually appear to be stabilizing. i'm joined by a research scientist at the university of florida. we should be clear here. still more than 900 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. so florida by no stretch out of the woods yet but we haven't seen the massive numbers like we've seen in new york or new jersey. why is that? >> the main reason is that floridians acted much earlier, much before there was a stay at home order, and i fully acknowledge as an epideem logic modeler, we did not expect that. people started staying at home in mid march and the statewide state order didn't take effect until april 3rd. >> it has to do with floridians doing the right thing, not, say, florida. we should give credit to individual floridians as well here, right? >> yeah. it's a fascinating thing. this is unch

today we saw the vice president going to a burger restaurant with florida governor ron desantis. as you can see in this video, the vice president and the florida governor, neither of them wearing masks. in fact nobody at that restaurant appeared to have been wearing masks other than some of the reporters who were traveling with the vice president. the vice president's spokesman said that patrons and staff were given a temperature check and asked if they had symptoms but they were not tested for the virus. so the vice president there certainly flouting cdc guidelines recommending people wear masks when they are not able to social distance as they were not apparently in this video. we should also note, jake, the vice president is still within that 14-day period since his press secretary katie miller tested positive. you're supposed to be in quarantine during those 14 days, according to the cdc, jake. >> all right, jeremy diamond, at the white house, thanks so much. joining me to discuss, white house trade advisor peter navarro, thanks for joining us. good to see you. you've said th

but they were very carefully, i was with ron desantis, he said they literally put the people that camefrom china for quarantine for a substantial period of time. no, that was a big decision. i think we saved hundreds of thousands of lives by acting very early. and when i did this, i think the admiral can say it, everybody was against my doing it. everybody. everybody was. the professionals, the doctors. i was pretty much by myself on that one. and it was a lucky thing we did it because we saved hundreds of thousands of lives. yeah, please. go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. earlier today the vice president urged governors to have all their nursing home residents tested. why not just mandate that? why not require that? have you considered that? >> well, i would certainly consider that. i will mandate it if you'd like. i think it's important to do, and i think, frankly, some of the governors were very lax with respect to nursing homes. it was obvious right from the beginning, the state of washington where 26 or 28 people died very early on, and i would have said nursing homes -- and

elective surgeries will be allowed, and governor ron desantis announced the opening of 80 state parks. but this is only phase 1, so schools are still closed, bars, gyms, hair salons are also closed. as the state looks forward at a possible phase 2 -- we're only launching phase 1 today, but as they look forward, governor ron desantis is mentioning that testing, kate, is going to be key. there are multiple efforts going on to try to expand that here in the state of florida. kate? >> it's so important to roll through what phase 1 looks like where you are, because it is different everywhere, in every state. everyone is different. rosa, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. >>> with the vast majority of states reopening in part this week, in states where stay-at-home orders remain in place, things are getting heated. in california, large crowds gathered in huntington beach and other orange county towns over the weekend to protest the governor's decision to shut down the beaches once again. two other counties in california are defying the statewide restrictions by making moves to allow

i was with ron desantis. he said they put literally the people who came from china in quarantine for a substantial period of time. that was a big decision. i think we saved hundreds of thousands of lives by acting very early. when i did this, i think the admiral can say, everybody was against my doing it, everybody, everybody was. the professionals, the doctors. i was pretty much by myself on that one. it was a lucky thing we did it because we saved hundreds of thousands of lives. please, go ahead. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. earlier today the vice president urged governors to have their nursing home residents tested. why not just mandate that? why not require it? have you considered that? >> president trump: i would certainly consider that. i would mandate it if you'd like. i think it's important to do and i think frankly some of the governors were very lax with respect to nursing homes. it was obvious right from the beginning. the state of washington where 26 or 20 people died very early on, and

ron desantis. the meetings came as the cc published 60 pages of detailed guidance for reopening. they specifically target schools, restaurants and bars, childcare programs, workplaces, youth programs and camps, and mass transit. lawmakers and leaders called for the release of the guidelines after reports that the white house shelved the initial document. >>> meanwhile, pres. trump tweeted that's to get federal funding to michigan and nevada because those states are ramping up absentee ballot applications due to the pandemic. >> i would appreciate any federal partnership that wants to stay focused on solving problems and not get into politics. we have to take baltics out of this crisis moment. >> the threat was called inappropriate and outrageous. nancy pelosi announced the start of a 45-day period in which house members can vote by proxy to limit the spread of the virus. she also continued her war of words when asked about the appropriateness of his behavior. >> it's like a child who comes in with mud on their pants or something. that's the way it is. they are outside playing, he

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we've got a big show this weekend, secretary of state mike pompeo, along with florida governor ron desantiste house chief strategist steve bannon and house minority leader kevin mccarthy. catch it live, 10 a.m. ian on fox news. and right here on fox business, start smart every weekday, tune in 6-9 a.m. eastern for "mornings with maria." we've got a big show this monday, our five-year anniversary. join us then. that'll do it for us righthave e weekend, everybody, and i'll see you again next time. ♪ ♪ gerry: hello and welcome to the "wall street journal at large." when 2020 began, we all thought the big news story throughout the year would be the presidential election as president trump aimed to repeat his stunning 2016 win while democrats hoped to kick hem out of office. but the coronavirus, of course, has changed all that. not only is it still in the headlines, it's turned the race at least for the past few months into one of the most unusual in american history. because of the lockdown, the presumptive democratic nominee, former vice president joe biden, has been mostly stuck in h

florida's governor, ron desantis, a close ally of trump says a careful reopening is complicated. in tuesday, they recorded their highest number of new deaths on a single day. announceday, desantis a phased reopening. it will exclude miami-dade, broward and palm beach counties. these counties have seen the lion share of state epidemic. -- the state epidemic but they are trending in the right direction. and parks beaches reopen, places like miami-dade county continue to take precautions. mornings.e governor's ofr 1000 people have died covid-19 in florida. over a third here in miami-dade. here in miami beach, the boardwalk is open but the beach and playgrounds remain off-limits. it is a similar picture in other hard-hit cities as local authorities weigh the risks against to get in the economy going again. social distancing will remain in place. when restaurants are allowed to reopen, they will operate at reduced capacity. if people don't follow guidelines, partial restrictions will come back. >> if we start to see of aggression and people are not respecting the rules, obviously star

there were spots of it kicking up in other places, yet ron desantis of florida, his excuse for allowing spring break to continue was -- i was just following cdc guidance. host: to have any thoughts on the cdc's role in how it has impacted low-wage workers? guest: i am not a public health expert. i have respect for experts. what i would draw on from that comment is that going forward, we have to vote -- we have to both solve the health crisis and the economic crisis and we have to be able to do both at the same time. that means, and i think the caller said, we have to make sure that workers can be safe without losing the ability to put food on the table. that is another important step. i gave the example of paid leave, which say right now most -- many people with high-paying jobs to have some access to paid leave. you can be sick without losing income. coming into this is a very large share of workers with low wages to just get by where would lose their income if they got sick. congress, for the first time in one of the early responses past a national emergency paid family leave with som

. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis stopped into this hair salon in orlando on saturday. >> if you have something like these personal services, what's the risk level? and is from a way we can lower the risk level? >> reporter: on the governor's orders, restaurants and stores in all but three of the most populous counties will be allowed to operate at limited capacity starting monday. warm spring weather drew countless new yorkers to the city parks where face masks were handed out. governor cuomo says the virus killed 299 people in the state on friday. the first uptick in weeks. >> we're still getting about 900 new infections every day, walking into the hospital. we're trying to understand exactly why that is. >> reporter: but in a sign of hope, on monday mount sinai hospital will stop admitting new patients to the first field hospital in central park. they say covid-19 hospital admissions are now reaching manageable levels. as muslims around the world observe ramadan, those closest to one of the hardest hit parts of new york city are grieving. >> i am just a thousand feet aw