and wolf, we're looking at this rose garden event.he president has got the ceos who were in the meeting with him earlier today, and they're including walmart, target, several other stores. remember, those were the same ceos that were with the president in the rose garden in march when the president was touting the public/private partnership where they were going to be doing testing in parking lots, the president said. that was an effort that floundered for several weeks, we reported at cnn, and it's just now starting to pick up more steam with several of these companies starting to basically implement that drive-through testing, which is not happening in a lot of their parking lots. the question will be, coming out of this, what are the updates? because you have to remember, they weren't going to fihave th briefing today, that the white house announced. we're still waiting to see if the president will take questions because the president got so much backlash for the remarks he made on thursday, of course. >> then on friday there was a

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also, we will take you to the rose garden.he president just tweeting that the daily press conference will begin at about 5:45 eastern time, about 20 minutes from now. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: you are looking at a live shot of the rose garden. the president just tweeting that the daily press conference will start about 20 minutes from now. 5:45 p.m. eastern time. we will be looking at a sign from the president of how it is going with governors. also, we will talk softbank. ♪ ♪ emily: welcome back to "bloomberg technology." lose $17expected to billion this year. senior us now is our executive editor for "bloomberg technology." steepe the losses so , the pandemic or other things? they talk about a deteriorating market environment. grab, realber, like weikely work -- ework, those investments are not operating. also the endemic problems at the vision fund. capital beingch expended on companies, then some infighting among investors. are working at ,ross purposes to others engaging in subterfuge to get others in trouble, and masay

and again, today's rose garden event will be one of the tests.won't be a traditional press conference but he will be before reporters and we'll see if he can stay on message, as you said. >> we've gotten i wouldn't say used to but we have certainly noticed a pattern that the president tweets bizarre things, says bizarre things, and then of course there are all these bizarre retweets. this weekend was something else, a retweet suggesting the president's rivals are inflating the death rates to hurt his reelection chances and a retweet of a deepfake which we have been warning about for years, people using images and technology to make it look as if public figures are doing things or saying things that they aren't. we expected it to come from russia or china but this is president trump retweeting a deepfake of vice president biden. >> stunned to see it that it is a president, but not surprising, maybe, that it is this president, because he has retweeted so many things that he should not have done, including something a couple of weeks ago that said h

that's what came out of the rose garden just moments ago. there's all kinds of speculation appeared on the one end, rumors that kim jong un is dead. on the other, intelligence that he is -- let's get the latest from senior foreign affairs correspondent, greg. >> the rumors about kim jong un keep getting wilder. the latest. he was injured during tests of short range cruise missiles. >> it could have gone bad. the arrival of a team of chinese doctors, kim left in a vegetative state and possibly dying all while two weeks of public events went unattended. speak of the fact that he's been off the public stage for this long when key events have taken place leads everyone to believe that clearly something medically or physically has occurred. >> or maybe not. it seems like nothing was wrong. >> based upon the trust between me and chairman kim jong un and strong will for establishing peace, i will work to open the future of a peaceful economy. >> and when fox news reached out, we were the first to report this matter-of-fact statement. our government

there were also former gardens like the rose garden and jacqueline kennedy garden. informal spaces like the children's garden and the kitchen garden. and there's been recreational spaces like tennis court, swimming pool, horse shoe pitch and putting green and play spaces like amy carter's green house. as we learned through today's presentation, presidential involvement in the design and planting of the white house gardens go back to george washington selection of the site of the president's house in 1790. in original 8 -acre -- this original 82 acre plot included the white house grounds, the eclipse. the distance from north to south remain ground today with monuments and the potomac river in the distance. residents continue to make their mark on the landscape throughout the white house. many have taken a personal interest in the landscape as if it were their own backyard approaching the grounds with unique perimeter and skill. jimmy carter, for example, had an engineering background which he used to design a tree house for 10-year-old amy in 1977. the national park

they're going to say, but historically, when we have this one podium in the rose garden, we tend to more news so there is a lot going on, but let's get right back to the markets. tim seymour, i want to begin with you and really today i need a china story. apple, iphone sales jumping 2.5 million in march versus 500,000 in february. better import/export data. did big-cap technology today to you sort of signal that china is providing a kind of road map for our reopening or was it just something else >> well, it has and if you think about also a couple of weeks ago when we started to get china data out of nike and starbuck, it was a catalyst for market look, this iphone shipments data in china of which 2.5 million is apple and 2.9 on the international sales was very bullish. the question is is this pent-up demand or is this a sustained dynamic that you will see into april, but it's clear. you talked about the china macro quickly, imports/exports last night were much better than expected for march so imports were almost flat on the month. they're expected down 9.5% and they came down eig

actually donald trump is just now walking into the rose garden.y sorry to both of you, but we will have to cut this short now. thank you both, donald trump speaking. big day at the white house. all of american society is engaged and mobilised in the war against the invisible enemy. while we must remain vigilant, it is clear that our aggressive strategy is working, very strongly working, i might add. new cases are declining throughout the new york metropolitan area. cases in the detroit and denver metro areas are flat. washington, dc, baltimore, st. louis are showing great signs of progress in new cases in houston and new o rlea ns a re in new cases in houston and new orleans are declining. the battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide, we have passed the peak on new cases. hopefully that will continue and we will continue to make great progress. these encouraging developments have put us ina very encouraging developments have put us in a very strong position to finalise guidelines for states on reopening the country, which will be ann

none of them is doing in-home testing one month follow the rose garden address. employees said they lacked testing kits and the training to administer tests. but still the announcement sounded so good. that was the same rose garden announcement a month ago today where the president said that 1,700 engineers from google were all working on a nationwide online screening tool that would be rolled out soon. it would tell you whether you should get tested and where you should get tested and then it would tell you your results. vice president pence said he'd have further details on that. the rollout on that would come within two days. google never actually worked on that at all. a related company did do something much smaller in conjunction with the california state government, but that's just for five counties just in that one state. literally month ago, there was the president and vice president in the rose garden announcing it was rolling out nationwide. npr also reported on a request that major testing labs made of the white house and of the federal government in c

we will eat president trump in the rose garden. really a pay—out of praise.his and his administration's handling of the pandemic. a few headlines to come out of it as well. the fact that he has told his team to halt funding to the who. for their inept handling of the who. for their inept handling of the crisis. listening to this, as indeed yesterday positive press conference, caddy k in washington. almost as if this crisis is over. yeah, it is a true hear about the aphoristic way that he is talking about it. even sent it will get to the who and a second but he said there are at one point the plan for reopening the country is being finalised and he said it is a very detailed and very strong plan and that he would be announcing it shortly. he said at one point that almost half of the counties in the united states are not affected at all by the coronavirus and that there are lots of areas in the country that are looking at what is happening in other areas and thinking we don't have that problem. so very much looking forward and missing the stock market as well f

s speak from some of the nation's retailers that we understand the purpose of this rose garden press conference is to announce a ramping up of testing in the united states because of course as the president said there you can't open the economy back up unless you're testing to make sure that people are safe to go to work to not reinfect their families those sorts of things so we know when you hear the president talking there about how he feels per capita the united states is ahead in testing of course that has been disputed south korea being another big site for testing in terms of countries but what this purpose of this press conference is essentially is to release a blueprint for testing in the states this will be a rapid response program that will happen through some of these retailers that are present there in the rose garden and what we do know once again is that the president wants this to be a state led endeavor her devore in other words get your own task we will really be the provider of last resort so those are the headlines in terms of what the president's talking about but

there are members of the press corps sitting there in the rose garden and it has been billed asa rosen billed as a press briefing about testing for results you know, the present likes these formats. even though over the weekend he said he wasn't going to be doing more of these things because it wasjust going to be doing more of these things because it was just a massive rating bonanza for the media. the truth is he thinks it's rating bonanza for himself. he has boasted several times about the great ratings at these events are getting. i would be surprised if he keeps it brief again. and doesn't take questions. it's been billed as a present paris france and as a press conference. presumably there will be questions. we spoke last thursday when we went on to he went on to talk about the injection of disinfectant. these followed has been tumultuous, has in it? everything he claimed that the time really was disproved. he really was speaking to the doctor. even republican governors have criticised him. yes, first of all it started with the makers of lysol. having to come out and say please

we're looking at live pictures come in from the rose garden right there.k predict social distancing here in the united states may have to stay in effect until the year 2022, unless an effective vaccine becomes available. let's bring in senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. what's the latest on developing an actual vaccine, how long 'til people can be vaccinated, elizabeth? >> reporter: wolf, it takes time, you have to figure out if it's safe and effective. dr. fauci and others are saying there's a 12 to 18-month effort at the very least. but last night a leading vaccine expert at the national institutes of health telling cnn she thinks it can happen more quickly. >> we're talking about for emergency use, that would be for health care workers and people who might be in constant contact and at risk of being exposed over and over. then for the general population our target goal is for next spring. >> reporter: now, dr. corbett says they can do it quickly partly because the nih was ready to, as she put it, aim and shoot. they knew a pandemic would be c

the rose garden for example, the crab apples and boxwoods were replaced. and, of course, the gardens enjoyed much use by the president. this is president george bush right there riding his bike across the rose garden. so moving into the late '90s and into the 2000s multiple movements took off across the country and the new york city green street program was established in 1996 that transformed green streets, in 2000, the national streets coalition were founded. the greening of american streets transformed what were hostile and unattractive intersections into beautiful spaces in which plants were also planted. so we have a couple examples here from minneapolis to san francisco, across the country. this is a great example in new york city of a major transformation of an otherwise parking lot here into a nice space with planters for plants. during this time period, the attacks of september 11th occurred and had a lasting and large impact on the white house grounds. in response of the attacks, the northbound was closed to vehicle traffic but thanks to the green

there will be one of those at the top of the hour from the rose garden.ll be going to the governor. now the president at this meeting. >> president trump: they are spread too far apart, are they? they are allowed to. they won't report themselves. hello, steve. okay, thank you very much. i'm honored to be joined by representatives of many great american retail companies, some of the greatest companies anywhere in the world. and we are talking today about different things including distribution and medical diagnostics, et cetera. you will see in a second they will say hello. and if you joined me in the rose garden to launch a new partnership with the private sector to dramatically increase and accelerate america's capacity to test for the coronavirus. we've made such strides like it wouldn't even be -- you wouldn't believe it. we had a call with the governors. i guess they were just about all on the call. everybody was very happy and the testing is going really well. we are doing more than anybody else. probably some of you were on the call even though you

now the latest from the white house is that they will be a rose garden press conference although i amring it will be closer to 21:30 gmt. weekend, the president lashed out at the media and again today over some of the criticism that he had a pr disaster light last week when he suggested -- late last week when he suggested it might be possible to get rid of covid-19 if you inject disinfectant into your body. witticism has continued for days and that led to a lot of soul-searching among the white house on the president's messaging and whether it be better to cut back on some of these briefings or whether it would be better to have them just talk about the economy versus some of the public health messages that have caused him trouble. it appears that is where things were and on track but then we saw the president abruptly changing his mind with the latest addition to the schedule. so we are watching that carefully, whether the president will lash out against the media as he already has on twitter today. he said, fake news, enemy of the people. it appears the president is trying to contro

some very optimistic talk amid all of it from the president in the rose garden today. moments after the president's comments, as part of our live coverage, i asked our senior business correspondent steph ruhle for an economic reality check. >> when he talks about building the greatest economy ever and in the third or fourth quarter it's going to be better than ever, i ask you this, brian. even if we open everything up in this country, which you know we're not, even if we do, once we adhere to social distancing rules and our restaurants, bars, movie theaters, stadiums and airplanes are only half full, which will be the rules, we will face a wave of bankruptcies again in this country. so the president simply isn't telling the truth. >> back with us again tonight, steve schmidt, veteran political strategist who led john mccain's 2012 effort and has since left the republican party. so, steve, what did you make of the president's comments and prognostications on our economy today? >> well, brian, good evening. it's good to be with you. it's more ludicrousness from the presi

idea they were included, they write, until they heard that their names had been read off in the rose garden tuesday night. some of those who had agreed to help said they received little information on what exactly they were signing up for and others who were willing to connect with the white house could not participate in hastily organized conference calls on wednesday because of scheduling conflicts and technical difficulties. now, that is no small thing. if this white house can't work out technical glitches on conference calls and scheduling conflicts, do we really trust this team to competently extract the nation from the deepest economic hole in modern time and protect the people of this country from the most dangerous public health crisis in recent history. that's the question we'll have to ask ourselves in a matter of hours when the president is expected to publicly release his guidelines on how and when the process of re-opening the country should begin. that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. ron chain, former white house ebola response coordina

with the drive thru time to prognosticate here but we sat here in the rose garden back on march 13th these companies were here some other companies were here by my count only 16 are in drive through test sites if instead of by the companies that were here i'm wondering if you and of course mr vice president back in early march you said we'd be at 4000000 i testified the following week for just now got their last few days so what did you learn about what went wrong you don't want to have her go to last more than a half or 2 months of what's going to go right now what lessons did you learn from the mistakes of the last you know what john i by appreciate the question but it represents a misunderstanding on your part and and frankly the a lot of people in the public spar about the difference between having a test versus the ability to actually process the test. i mean the truth was when the president to me to leave the white house coronavirus task force 2 months ago we saw the production of lots of test kits going into the marketplace but as the president has said many times what he unde

the rose garden, the crabapples and boxwoods were replaced, for example. the gardens enjoyed much use by the president, there is president george bush riding his bike across the rose garden. moving into the late 90's and the 2000, multiple green movements took off across the country. the new york city green streets project took off. in 2000, smart growth america and streets coalition were founded. this greening of american streets transformed what were hostile and unattractive intersections into beautiful spaces in which plants were planted. we have some examples for minneapolis to san francisco. this is a great example in new york city of a major transformation of an otherwise, it was a parking lot, with some nice plants. during this time, september 11 also occurred and had a lasting impact on the white house grounds. in response to the attacks, pennsylvania avenue north of the white house was closed to vehicle traffic. thanks to the simultaneous greening of the streets of america movement and the vision of well-known -- a well-known landscape architects,

in terms of the press conference we saw take place in the rose garden today. first, the white house was saying they weren't -- they were going to have a press conference. then changed this morning to say they weren't going to have a press conference. and, finally, that they would have a press conference. sort of a haphazard communications strategy over here, which is kind of baffling given you saw this importantly message they wanted to get across this evening. but i think perhaps the best explanation as to why the president held this news conference was summed up by a trump advisor i spoke with earlier today, who said he just can't give up this captive audience that he has every evening, between 5 and 7:00. he knows people are going to be tuning in. and as we've seen many, many times, erin, he has tweeted act the about these ratings. he is well aware. >> jim, thank you. i want to bring in david gergen, dr. leana wen former baltimore city health commissioner, and john king. thanks to all. so, david, let me start with you. the president tweeting, this weekend,

but really, erin, he didn't answer many of the questions that were asked in the rose garden. he was taking questions. he just wasn't answering them. but in terms of the press conference that we saw take place in the rose garden today, first the white house was saying they weren't going to have -- they were going to have a press conference, then they changed this morning to say they weren't going to have a press conference. finally they said that they would have a press conference. it's sort of a haphazard communications strategy over here, which is kind of baffling given that you saw this important message that they wanted to get across this evening. but i think perhaps the best explanation as to why the president held this news conference was summed up by a trump advisor i spoke with earlier today who said he just can't give up this captive audience that he has every evening between 5:00 and 7:00. he knows people are going to be tuning in. and as we've seen many, many times, erin, he has tweeted about these ratings. he's well aware people are watching, erin. >> he has tweete

we know how that works but the press pool assembles by the rose garden to bring in a minute or two then we quickly leave. on the press pool and we waited to go in and we were out there for about an hour waiting to go win to see the president-elect that never happens is just the two of them. and someday there will be a great play written about that. of time. those two men alone in the oval office shocked the world and we are outside nobody expected a quick meeting only 20 minutes. so we are waiting and waiting and at one point i see jared kushner and the incoming son-in-law. and to walk around the track. and then to come back again how long is that track and then to take another look and then to look at the rose garden when there was nobody working for the trump campaign. and his caddie a former ralph lorenz model and a spokesperson for the ivanka product line. and then i look over to see dan and with the twitter and instagram account and the original spokesperson now back in live action and the couple of the others across the rose garden and then to take selfie's. i don't think any of t

of course, we heard president trump in the rose garden yesterday talking to all 50 governors over therizing them to reopen our country piecemeal, so to speak. also in the rose garden, president trump on tuesday announcing he's going to be halting funding to the world health organization. a lot of folks raising eyebrows over that announcement, over that decision. peter alexander is at the white house for us. what do we know about what's behind the president's announcement and decision? >> reporter: craig, there's been swift backlash for the president's announcement. within the past few minutes, we're hearing from the united states chamber of commerce saying it is not in the u.s.'s interest to cut funding to the world health organization, because of all the important work they do for other countries around the world. bill gates saying the president's announcement is, quote, as dangerous as it sounds. even the united states secretary general saying now is not the time for such a drastic move. it's clear that this president, who we have witnessed over the last three years has viewed with

up next we will take you to the rose garden for the briefing that scheduled. we will also answer your questions about the pandemic if we can. first, here's what some of our affiliates around the country are saying. a federal appeals court panel rules medication abortions in which pills are taken to terminate a pregnancy can be provided in texas during the coronavirus pandemic. let's go now live to the gross garden. president trump is walking out. we take you there now. >> president trump: very importantly i would like to begin by saying that we have just reached agreement. the secretary of treasury steven mnuchin, with the major airlines, all of our great airlines, to participate in a payroll support program. this agreement will fully support the airline industry workers and preserve the vital role airlines play in our economy and protect taxpayers. area lanes are now in good shape and they will get over a very tough period of time that was not caused by them. the united states is continuing to make substantial progress in our war against the virus. we grieve

and there he was in the rose garden taking question after question after question. i was texting an ally of his who said it was like crack. he can't help himself. he want to be in the spotlight. this is his rally that he can't have. this is his show. name your metaphor. this is what this kind of thing is for donald trump. even though he was -- with what happened last thursday with the lysol. but people who want him to be re-elected and do well, they were rolling their eyes hoping that as bad as it was last thursday, they were hoping for him to limit his exposure. and that was not learned today. >> dr. sanjay gupta is still with us. a man you and i, i think the whole country admires, dr. anthony fauci. missing today. missing over the past several days from these news conferences. what, if anything should we read into this? >> it's tough to know. there is obviously a concern he is being sidelined for some reason. i happened to be on a call with him over the weekend for the national academy of medicine where he was very engaged and did not talk about this at all. it's

information that was of a public health nature even though he has no qualifications in fact in the rose garden press conference the president was asked directly if he felt responsible for any potential deaths of someone were to follow that advice now that other states got very specific said they seen a spike in people using disinfectant at your comments last week i know you said there were certain i can't imagine why i can't imagine or yeah it could be responsibility you know i don't know i can't imagine i can imagine that the president was also asked in this press conference about whether or not he following on the heels of germany might take punitive action against china for the fact that this were originated in china but of course has now spread into a global pandemic the u.s. president saying that in fact this is something that's under investigation and that in fact there is a plan to hold china accountable for a figure much larger than the one being pursued by germany. well as several u.s. states start to lift their lock downs one of the priorities will be repairing the food supply chain

we are standing by for the president to speak at the rose garden after telling reporters that the white house the releasing a blue print to expand testing. the 5:00 p.m. hour has been the home of the coronavirus task force briefings. for weeks the task force briefing that was on the books for today was cancelled and now we're expecting this news conference to be just the president. it comes as nbc news has learned the white house is now preparing for the president to push a more optimistic message moving forward focusing on economic revival while diminishing the public presence of top health officials on the white house coronavirus task force, including dr. debra birx and dr. anthony fauci. sidelining the health experts, if that is the plan, will raise eyebrows for sure because they have given the public a more unvarnished and more honest assessment of the difficulties facing this country, which means they've had to at time, contradict the president's rosy view that the economy can reopen quickly. those experts have fact checked the president's many claims, some of which have been downr

. >> and the vice president in the rose garden yesterday, last night when they had that on again/off again/on again news conference with the president and the task force and business leaders praising the president notably, the vice president was pressed on the lack of testing. and here's one of his key exchanges. >> the fact in march we said we would get 4 million tests by the following week, we just now got there the last few days. so what have you learned about what went wrong? >> john, appreciate the question but it represents a misunderstanding on your part, and, frankly, a lot of people in the public's part about having a test versus ability to actually process the test. >> when you said 4 million tests seven weeks ago, you were just talking about tests being sent out, not actually being completed? i'm a little confused. >> john, i think i'm precisely correct. >> dr. patel, what's the difference between having a test as a promise and being able to process a test and get results from the test? >> i think that's the point, andrea. when people hear getting a test there's an assumpt

it's a rose garden setup right now.e expect the president to announce a second task force he says will be focused on reopening the economy. i'm curious to see who the members of that task force are to challenge every level of government right now is trying to wrap its arms around. how do you safely reopen parts of the economy amid a global pandemic without a vaccine or reliable tests? as if that challenge isn't daunting enough, in addition to managing the virus, officials also have to manage the president. right now, he appears to be angry and defensively playing loose with the facts as he looks toward november. the briefing yesterday, president trump falsely claimed he has the absolute and, quote, total power to reopen states. a complete reversal from his own recent insistence that the states were the ones responsible for shutting things down. in a new interview with the associated press the nation's top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci said how unprepared we would be to open the country. he told the a.p. th

president trump did keep two big promises that he made that day in the rose garden. administration suspended federal student loan interest and waved regulations to give doctors and hospitals maximum flexibility to respond to the virus. bret. >> bret: okay, kristen. thank you. looking at the white house briefing room, dr. fauci, dr. birx arriving. we expect the president to come in at any moment. while we are waiting, let's answer some of your questions about the coronavirus pandemic. joining us tonight, dr. manny alvarez, fox news channel senior managing editor for health news. i guess the biggest question is this one that we got, knowing when it's over. take a listen. >> what is the single most important indicator you will be looking at in determining that this pandemic is over? >>> bret: what do you think? >> i think the biggest indicator is going to be admissions to the hospital and the number of patients that have to stay in the hospital and require intensive therapy. you see the trends. those numbers are coming down. were going to be able to open up the hospital

i look over across the rose garden and i see the people i had met and described in i love going back and seeing this the very early days of that campaign when there is really nobody working for the trump campaign it was just a handful of people including his former caddie, formal ralph lauren model and spokesperson for of bonkers product line. you know, just a very small, small group of people, former intern or junior person a fox news that came in. i look over and i see dan gambino who is again the former caddie who became the manager of his twitter an instagram accounts. hope hicks, the spokesperson the original spokesperson. now back in live action. in a couple of the other originals. they are cross the rose garden and there walking up the colonnade and they pause and they take selfies, almost like a tourist would. i don't think any of them had ever stepped foot in the white house before. in any capacity. so here they are coming in there about to take the place over and everybody is in all, nobody can believe what happens. including the president-elect, donald trump. what i did is

amy: he made the announcement in the rose garden yesterday. the single -- the highest one-e-day deatath toll for anany nationon in the world, 2228 peoe died of covid 19. that is the united states.. talk about the rest of the world where covid-19- has not hit as hard yet, main the, for exaxample, in africa, d with the world health organizationon means particulary for these areas ofof the w worl, the most vulnerable.e. >> right. well, the wholele world is vulnerable. we think particularly when you look at the combibination of f d health systems or weak health systemems and economic vulnerability, three areas are at greatest risk. sub-saharann africa,a, north africa, and the middle east. , we found we think 500 million more people coululdo into poverty as a consequence of this. essentially, wiping out all the progreress that has been made or in some 30 years context. on average, the last 10 years of progress.. isen are going to be, as often ththe case, facing the brt of much of the consequences of this. in bangladesh, for example, a billion, w wo

democratic party of obstructing everything he tries to do to get a threat from the podium in the rose garden against his political opponents. and not just lashing out a political opponent has also been lashing out not at in that news conference obviously but earlier at the w.h.o. saying that he would be withholding that the u.s. would be withholding funds to the w h o i guess we're still waiting for questions in the news conference but how is that playing in the u.s. well he did once again reiterate his criticism of the w.h.o. in the brief opening remarks or rather lengthy opening remarks that he's wanted to do that the democrats once again in congress are absolutely incensed at his decision to withhold funding from the w.h.o. not only on a moral basis which they believe it is the wrong thing to do while the world is facing a pandemic but also want to political one their argument very strongly is that the executive the president does not have the power to withhold funding that has already been passed by congress and members of the democratic caucus in congress arguing very strongly that this

the economy as he's hoping will happen now what this was was a couple of things in terms of this rose garden press conference not only was it an opportunity for u.s. president to announce a blueprint or guidance for the states to reopen their economies using expanded testing in utilizing their capacity but it was also an opportunity for the u.s. president to grab hold of the narrative that has really spiraled out of control for him in the last couple of days you mentioned at the start of the segment that disasters public relations briefing that happened late last week when the u.s. president suggested injecting disinfectant or even shining u.v. light might be a way to eradicate cope with 19 in the human body will since then the president was not really heard from him and he has been criticized repeatedly for those comments so this was a chance for the president to try to get control of the message to get ahead of it and well he did release this blueprint it was also an opportunity for him to push back on that mistake that many say the president made in giving information that was of a public

rose garden press conference although i'm hearing it may be closer to 2130 g.m.t. now what's going on here well the u.s. president has been really reeling over the weekend lashing out at the media particular and then again today over some of the criticism that he had a bit of a public relations disaster late last week when he suggested that it might be possible to get rid or rather keep covert 19 from the human body if you would jack to disinfect it into the body or even sean a u.v. light well the criticism has been continuing for days and that led to a lot of soul searching among the white house on the president's message and whether it would be better to cut back on some of these briefings that whether now you better just have the president talking about the economy and restarting it versus some of the public health messages that have caused him so much trouble so it appeared that that was where things weren't on track but then we saw the president sort of abruptly change his mind we assume with this latest addition to the schedule so we're watching that very car

president we also expect to hear from him again around 990 from the rose garden will he'll be talking about the paycheck protection program this is a program that allows small businesses to remain open with funding from congress and keep many americans who away otherwise lose their jobs on the payroll but notably. well we will see the president in the rose garden also in the oval office we won't have a coronavirus taskforce briefing as we had been having of this coming after the u.s. president was strongly criticized for some of the advice he gave there to inject potentially disinfectant or even u.v. light to the human body in order to combat that night seen since then the white house changing their messaging canceling those briefings now we are awaiting that tape playback from the oval office instead i was there as white house correspondent kelly how could live in washington kimberly many thanks indeed let's we'll show you some live pictures out of madrid right now this is spain's prime minister that are sanchez who is presenting his plan for restrictions in the country to be eased f

as you see on your screen, there is a rose garden briefing planned. the white house announced initially for 5:00. it was pushed to 5:45 eastern. it hasn't happened yet. chuck todd has been helming our special coverage and will rejoin us momentarily. some of the signs of the way we live now. reporters seated the cdc requires six feet apart in folding chair, waiting for this rose garden white house coronavirus task force briefing to begin we will bring you the newsworthy parts of it as we have endeavored to do throughout our coverage, throughout this crisis, since coronavirus obviously hit the united states and changed everything. as we await that brief, and as we await as mentioned chuck todd rejoining us, i want to bring in dr. vin gupta, mumologist as well as medical analysis for us here at msnbc. i want to turn to you on the pandemic given your expertise here. where do you see the level of this in the united states given both the horrific we've had in the sheer number of cases and deaths while also in parts of the country experts are telling us we'r

briefing is back on but it's not the briefing it's going to be a presidential statement in the rose garden that will be taking place at 2130 g.m.t. and we are a little surprised by that because the messaging has been changing throughout the day and it is seems to be sort of a lack of clarity or the president responding to the ongoing media criticism that he is continuing to receive we know that the president's poll numbers have been sinking and there is certainly this feeling that in fact the president is best suited perhaps for the economic message not the public health one but once again what we see with this sort of latest abrupt press conference a change in the schedule for the president yet again it appears the president is trying to seize the narrative control the narrative and set the agenda what we're told is this latest press conference will be about testing and it will also be about reopening the u.s. economy indeed with so with the mixed messages kimberly's his meeting with business leaders which you alluded to just a few moments ago perhaps plays into the role of him wanting to

birx is speaking over at the rose garden. i want to hear what she has to say. >> this has been very reassuring for us. at the same time we know that mortality and the fatalities that we're facing across the united states continue. we know the number of people who are still in the hospitals, in the icus, and we want to continue to recognize the health care workers who are on the front lines and really recognize how low the united states case fatality rates are compared to other countries. and this is really due not only to our technology but how that technology is utilized to save lives. at the same time i'm inspired by the american people who continue social distancing. these cases continue to decline because of the strong work of the american people. also wanted to let you know we do have nine states that have less than 1,000 cases and less than 30 new cases per day. so we're looking at states and metro areas as individual, individual areas. we talked before how each of these curves are different, each of the experiences are

donald trump is expected again in the rose garden of the white house. with some of the national and international papers in our paper review. hello, and welcome to our look at what the papers will be bringing us. with me are the whitehall correspondent for the financial times, sebastian payne, and the chief leader writer for the observer, sonia sodha. welcome to you both. in the uk, the times leads with comments from england's chief medical officer, who says he believes that the number of new cases of coronavirus reported is beginning to flatten out — he didn't actually say that the peak had been reached, but beginning to flatten out. with 761 deaths reported today. the heartbreaking news of the death of a pregnant nurse leads the front of the uk's metro paper. doctors managed to save her baby, who is said to be doing well. the nurse herself died as a result of coronavirus. the financial times reports that america's allies have condemned donald trump's decision to stop funding the who, after he criticised their handling of the global pandemic. while the

of the last 2a hours before we go to washington, dc where president trump is due to speak in the rose garden live following that meltdown as it has been described by president trump yesterday with personal attacks on the press for criticising his response to the pandemic. before we go to the white house, let's have a look at the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us. with me are the columnist for the daily mirror, susie boniface, and the deputy editor of the daily express, michael booker. thanks so much to both of you forjoining me. just to warn you that we will go to the white house in a few minutes when president trump start speaking but let's just look through the papers we have so far. the ft says coronavirus will hit the uk economy harder than the spanish flu epidemic and the first world war. the new york times's international edition tells the stories of priests and nuns in italy who are putting themselves at risk in order to visit coronavirus patients. here, the metro describes british care home staff as the "forgotten front line" as they s

west garden shown at the left became the internationally famous rose guarden that we all know and love today. for east colonial garden shown at the right is now the jacqueline kennedy garden, less well known than the rose garden but no less beautiful. and my colleagues later today will be telling you all about how this trance formation took place. it's a fascinating story, especially for garden lovers such as ourselves. with that, ladies and gentlemen, you have ab abbreviated history of the white house grounds from 1790 to 1903 in i think just about a half hour. so thank you for your time and, again, it's been my great pleasure. >> so we have a little bit of time. we can do a short q&a since we made up a little bit of time. way to be fast. >> awesome. >> there are micro phones on either side of the room. if you have a question, feel free to raise your hand. >> don't y'all do it -- there we go. >> i want to ask you about the use of the -- i'll wait for microphone. the use of the green houses for cutting gardens and the use inside the house. so was it almost all sourced from there for th

the president will lead his daily briefing from the rose garden.making testing for the wuhan virus available to more people. the fda authorizing knowledge use of the new test developed by researchers at rutgers university. this test uses pa -- uses patiet saliva to test. it's a spit test. here is the fda commissioner dr. stephen hahn. >> you can use saliva rather than a swab in the nose. it's more comfortable for the patient and can be repeated several times and it's safer for the healthcare provider in terms of collection. this is not an at-home test. it has to be performed with a provider. but it provides great advantages moving forward. lou: joining us is dr. ian lipkin, the director for infection and immunity at columbia university. he's researching the use of blood plasma drawn from patients who have successfully recovered from the virus. the doctor tested positive for the virus in the past month. it's great to the have you with us. i want to get to the news of this -- great to have a new test that is as simple as this one sounds. a spit test,

we will be taking you to the rose garden as soon as that begins.are also going to bring you a story about building ventilators from scratch. new york needed ventilators. there were not enough. we'll talk to a company that will one in a month. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: welcome back to bloomberg technology. the ventilator has been used to treat the most critical of covid patients, but it has been the center of a supply chain storm. not enough ventilators for the patients who need them. that led one new york-based company to try to hack it. they were able to build a new ventilator and under a month and now in operation across new york. take a listen to my interview earlier with the head of the cofounder, scott cohen. scott: we actually were called earlier on by a friend in amsterdam went italy was under siege. he asked both of us independent of each other if we could help italy. it had become the community at new lab. we developed 700 engineers and entrepreneurs. both of us independent of each other looked it up, thought it was difficult. but as thi