shulkin. i think we've asked you guys to take two different aspects of this. let me start with the testing capacity. help me out here. we've now heard i thought today at least they gave the best explanation of why it's taken so long to ramp up this testing situation. yesterday dr. fauci seemed to indicate in some ways, look, the ability to use testing to at least help us create a containment or mitigation strategy, that's out of the barn. is that still the case? >> i do think that we really have now to move to the point where we're trying to do aggressive social distancing because the time is running out, the window is closing. we know this virus is spreading in many communities undiagnosed, unrecognized chains of transmission. so we do need to start social distancing before we get this testing ramped up. i do think testing is very important to have so we can have some idea of what's going on with with this virus, understanding who's hospitalized with this virus, who isn't. i think like governor cuomo said, we can't have this scoreboard approach because we kno

secretary shulkin, we keep hearing administration officials say they're using what they describe as a of government approach. you're the former secretary of veterans affairs. do you think the president has been making use of every resource available to deal with this crisis? >> well, certainly the president alone can't solve this crisis. the role of the president is really to be the convener in chief. i feel most encouraged when i see the task force and the president reaching out to the private sector as well as allowing the career professionals in the federal government to do their job. and this is going to take, as secretary panetta said, a whole of the country coming together. we clearly need a lot more integration and cooperation. i'm most concerned about the public safety of the american public. and in terms of the health crisis we're about to witness and the overwhelming of the capacity of our health care system, we're going to need a lot of cooperation at the local community level between the federal, state, and private sector. the big issue of course in pandemics, you see up t

david shulkin, thank you for joining me, sir.avid shulkin is a former secretary of the department of veterans affairs and the former ceo of a couple of very large hospital systems. he's been helping us all along to understand this. thank you, david. >>> coming up next, city lockdowns mean there's no escape f for victims of domestic abuse. i'll talk to an official from the national domestic abuse hotline next, about how people in those kinds of situations can find help. but if you're watching and you know someone who's in that situation, we'll give you the information you can pass on to them. plus, there are so many questions about the government's relief bill and the checks that are going out. still ahead, we're going to have some of the answers to your questions. remember, send your questions about the relief bill using the hashtag velshi. i'll be right back. e hashtag velshi i'll be right back people go to learn about their medicare options... before they're on medicare. come on in. you're turning 65 soon? yep. and you're retir

secretary shulkin, i do want to ask you, you ran a hospital group. earlier on the show i had general russell honore on, and he's the second person who's said to me we need to get a whole bunch of people who have basic training or in the middle of their training as doctors and nurses out into the field immediately. hospitals are suffering from a staff shortage not just from people who may have infection and need to protect themselves but all the other people that help medical facilities run who are not there, and there's a call to get doctors in training out into the field, get nurses in training out into the field. tell me about how you think about this from a staffing perspective of our health care system, which is now we're starting to get up to the top of the capacity of it? >> yeah, i think that as we begin to see the demand on our hospitals clearly the shortage that is going to be most concerning are the staff shortages. when you look at experiences in past pandemics up to 35% to 40% of staff will not be able to come to work because they themsel

david shulkin he's the former secretary of veteran affairs under president trump. thanks for joining us the three of you. sarah, i want to start with you because we had anado problem uraler. we couldn't get your full story. you are a military veteran, you fall under the care of the administration. you have been trying to get a test since the beginning of the mon month. what's your situation, how are you feeling and what has happened to you since trying to get a test? >> hey, ali. i started feeling sick in the beginning of the month and it came on kind of slow and all of a sudden it hit me pretty hard. i had a lot of chest problems, fever, my throat was hurting a lot. and then i realized i couldn't really do much but lay on my couch for a few days. after probably 8 to 10 days i decided to call the va and was told not to come there, that if i were to come in to talk to my doctor that they wouldn't let me through the gate because of the symptoms i had. and i was trying hard to see if i could just see my doctor to see if i had to flu or something else going on, not eve

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he said why, i said because i am secretary shulkin.we got him on his way and i got another physician to help them. >> you early on mentioned five priorities you had when you are coming into the va. could you talk about those five priorities and how you arrived at what they would be? and maybe you can expand on how you feel you did in achieving those goals? >> when i first came to the va, i not only, never worked in government before. this was an organization that i was going to have to learn. it was such a large organization that if i had waited until i truly understood everything about it, we'd be waiting a long time. as i mentioned, i entered at a time of crisis. there were veterans literally waiting for care that needed help and i didn't feel like i have the time that i normally would if this was a normal situation. so i came in having studied the va from the outside the best i could i came in and said we will have priorities right now. if we change them later that's okay. but our single top priority was going to be to address the w

david shulkin and dana bash.ana, for most of the past week the president has simply and appropriately deferred to the experts during the coronavirus task force briefings. that wasn't entirely the case today, was it? >> no, it wasn't. it definitely led to some confusion and some uncomfortable but incredibly diplomatic moments from some of his experts, including dr. anthony fauci, who is obviously as good as they come, particularly on the question of the drug that the president first talked about yesterday that he is indicating this is a drug that has been used for malaria, that could potentially be used according to the president for this. but there was an open disagreement, very delicately done again by dr. fauci, but it does add to the confusion, which is, you know, inherent and e endemic to the situation we're in now. the president and the team that he has there, that are excellent, but giving a confusing message does not help. >> we're also grateful to dr. fauci for what he has done not just now but over the p

a d dwr shulkin, lot of ways in which you have seen this.dership slook like from the federal government. we're stuck in a world where we're googling about coronavirus and the good information is not nearly as salacious as the bad information and panic sets in. >> i try to take my advice from health dare professicare politicians. so going to credible sources is a good place to start. and you know, my primary concern is for the safety of the public. is i don't think now is the time to do finger pointing. but i think that we do have to stick to the facts, get the right information and make sure that people are making good decisions based on kt if as afat fear. >> so the first information people need is good testing. sounds like by the end of next week we'll have a million test kits out there. how do public health officials think about testing? not everybody gets testing. that is not efficient. but we need good testing to figure out how many people are carrying coronavirus. >> yeah, i think the fact that we haven'ted a good access to testing toe

former veterans affairs secretary, david shulkin. also business correspondent and msnbc anchor, stephanie ruhlruh and also dr. natalie azar. >> we have pages of questions. we're going to try to get through as many as we can. the number one question we got over and over and over again are about the basics. there's so much misinformation out there. i get emails from friends of mine who i think are really knowledgeable that come from incredibly unreliable sources. let's start with what about the symptoms? what precautions can i take? >> and the symptoms we know about now that we've learned over the couple months, what's happening here, the difference between flu and coronavirus is the question. they start off about the same. people start getting the fever and muscle aches and runny nose. no with coronavirus they turn into a respiratory. in the early stages as physicians, we can't tell a difference. they talked about the number of tests. it's a struggle for a lot of physicians to get that test done for the patients. >> if you think you m

. >> next, doctor david shulkin recounts his time at the secretary of the veterans affairs department for the trump administration. he's interviewed by jeremy butler. "after words" is a weekly interview program. they are also available to listen to as podcasts. >> thank you for being with us today the v.a. is an important subject to talk about one area of our government that don't necessarily know one of the details. those that don't understand the breadth and the depth. certainly about your book and your time of the administration. i would love to begin talking about the v.a. you are very successful with a civilian career making the transition from the civilian world into the government world can be jarring what would you to take up the mantle of work? >> during my twenties i didn't have a chance to serve in the way that you did. i spent my time in medical institutions building my medical training and one of the real regrets that i would have but later on in my career i was the ceo of the hospital and i had the opportunity to get a call from the white house. ride at the time in 2014

david shulkin.e ninth secretary of veteran affairs understand the current president before leading the agency. he served as the undersecretary of health, supervising its nationwide health care service for veterans. he also served in medical leadership roles with multiple universities. he's the author of a book "it shouldn't be this hard to serve your country." thank you for being with us again. you are a medical doctor. i never know what to call you. you're a former cabinet secretary, you're a medical doctor and you ran a hospital group. this is all stuff that fits into your world. there is something that we're discussing called the infection curve, i believe it's called. it's the idea that if we did nothing, the infections could peak, and they will exceed the dotted line that goes horizontally through that, which is our capability, our health care capability. if we do certain things, the same number of people might get sick, but it will be within the capabilities of our health care system. tell me

. >> next, on book tvs "after words" doctor david shulkin recounts his time in the veteran department for the trump administration but he's interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. "after words" is a weekly interview program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. all "after words" are availablee through podcasts. >> doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. it's an honor to have you here. i think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but don't necessarily know many of the details. frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us don't understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. i'm excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. i'd love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. you're very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but what drove you to

david shulkins. thank you so much for joining us.re the author of the book "it should not be this hard to serve your country." first off, secretary, 70 tests? how is that possible? >> we are seeing in the department of veterans affairs of what we have seen around the community, we have been way behind testing. with millions of veterans out there as you said and so many of them older, we have 350,000 world war ii veterans thankfully still with us. we have to make sure we are doing everything we can to protect their public safety interests. >> what are your concerns of the staffing shortage? >> many people don't realize the va is the largest healthcare system in this country. it employs the most doctors and respiratory therapists. there are staffing shortages but that's going to require real leadership to make sure that the staffs that are there who are capable of staffs in our va medical centers are able to focus on those patients who need the help the most. they have to stop doing elect activiive surgeries. the va has big efforts to

david shulkin, former veterans affairs secretary, also ran some of the biggest hospital systems in theu ran the va, you ran a major hospital system in the u.s. is the united states health care system ready for a massive influx of possible patients with serious medical needs in a way that might be required in a pandemic? >> jake, we have one of the most extensive health care infrastructures in the world. but you have to be able to know where those resources are. so knowing which hospitals have negative pressure rooms, the department of veteran affairs has a thousand negative pressure rooms -- >> what's a negative pressure room? >> that's where if you have a respiratory illness, the air in the room actually doesn't flow out into the hallway to infect staff and other patients but it stays in the room. >> oh, okay. >> that's what you need when you need to isolate people who are sick and have to stay in a hospital. >> i see people on twitter and elsewhere who are -- maybe they were at cpac or aipac and they're calling their local health care systems or departments of health and being told,

i'm going to bring back in our panel of experts, peter baker, andy slavit, david shulkin. david, your view of how the president is handling this. and given your close-up experience, again, dr. fauci missing from today's press briefing, he's missed some previously, but he certainly made waves over the weekend here in speaking out and saying in his own measured sort of brooklyn doctor way that he wasn't trying to create any extra rift with the president, he's just going to get the facts out but he will continue to fact check the president in real time because there has been misinformation. >> ari, i'm not at all surprised to hear what the president had to say today. i've spent a great deal of time with the president and had many discussions with him. he's a man who always follows his gut. he is always willing to offer an opinion. that's why it's so important that people who are around him have a very defined point of view, feel strongly about their principles and continue to advocate for what they think is best, because the president will listen. it's when you don't push bac

kathle kathleen sebelius and david shulkin. >> we have katie porter here.ow the administration has committed to cover the cost. and later, congressman tim ryan wants to start giving many americans $1,000 a month to weather this health crisis. he'll join us live, as well. >>> but first, a sudden and historic change to the american way of life. businesses shuddered. bars and restaurants in ohio closed beginning tonight. and new york city school system, the largest in the nation, set to shut down tomorrow. and the federal reserve tonight cutting interest rates to zero. we're also seeing chaos at airports around the country as workers scramble to implement new procedures for passengers from europe after the president imposed new restrictions this week. in chicago, as people stood in line for hours, illinois governor tagged the president in a series of tweets one of which reads, quote, the federal government needs to get its blank together now. here's the governor this morning on "meet the press." >> i got a call about 11:00 last night after that tweet from a wh

he'll be joined by former veterans affairs secretary david shulkin and pennsylvania representative susan wild. live tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, national low income housing coalition president and c.e.o. discusses how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the housing needs of the nation's poor and homeless. then, the national federation of independent business talks about the impact of coronavirus on small businesses. and u.s. naval institute news on the role of the u.s. navy's hospital ships in the coronavirus response. watch

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david shulkin. and -- >> i'm anxious. the lockdown is working, right?o the is no mor people getting infected. but when they open, then what happens?

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i had sonny shulkin, the former va secretary and a doctor say that woman should have had a test and she fact is that donald trump thinks that everyone who does meet the criteria for getting a test can get one. that's dishonest and that's causing some sick people to not get the test. >> look, ali, we've got to get past that right now, we know what we should be doing, and that's what we should do. i don't know the situation that you speak of, but i can tell you that if you do feel like you have symptoms, you need to get in touch with your health care provider, your doctor. yes, we do need to get you a test, but most importantly, you need to self-quarantine. if you think you've got symptoms, you need to make sure you're staying away from other people and practicing good personal hygiene, that you're makingi insure you're washing y hands. let's just use common sense through this and not worry so much about blaming someone, but worry more about what our responsibility is. >> congressman, i'm with you. i'm with you on this. but the president gets up there every day and blames someone. not him

coming up on the show, david shulkin will be joining the conversation to get some answers there. >>>we've been doing every morning, we want to get a quick check on the numbers of coronavirus outbreaks here in the united states and transition to the forecast. bill, break it down for us. obviously, the numbers continue to grow as we heard yesterday from new york's governor andrew cuomo, he's concerned about that tipping point. >> yeah, a tsunami, instead of a wave. we showed you this about a week ago, we're trying to avoid this peak, this fast-moving crest on the health care system. we want to do this curve here, the bottom, in blue. we tracked this every single day. yesterday was a rough day. yesterday we jumped to 6,496 cases across the country. on march 2nd, we had 100. you can see bend in the curve and now we're going up. you can see which of those curves we're currently following. the applied growth is 30%. in the next three days, we're doubling the days. in three days from now, 12,000 to 13,000 cases. unless we blunt this curve, we'll have over 1 is 00,000 casn this country. chin

. >> next, doctor david shulkin recounts his time at the secretary of the veterans affairs department for the trump administration.

. >> next, on book tvs "after words" doctor david shulkin recounts his time i

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. >> david shulkin is a former hospital administrator and secretary with the v.a..e would love to have you come back on again. thank you for taking our viewer calls. this is the headline from the new york post. a story getting a lot of attention. people in the new york city metro area urged to self-quarantine for 14 days. that from the white house earlier today with dr. deborah birx. >> deeply concerned about new york city and the new york metro area. about 56% of all of the cases in the u.s. are coming out of the metro area. 60% of new cases are coming out of the metro new york area. 31% of people succumbing to this disease. it means because they are still at 31% mortality compared to the other regions of the country that we can have a huge impact if we unite together. as in all places, they have to be following the presidential guidelines put out eight or nine days ago. it will be critical. to everyone who has left new york over the last few days, because of the rate of the number of cases, you may have been exposed before you left new york. like governor desantis

. >> but in the meechbt, i really have to thank the fantastic panel, secretary david shulkin, natalie azar, stephanie rule, thank you. >>> tonight nbc news will be on at 8:00 p.m. hosted by john torres. >> you'll find at nbcnews.com or stream it in the app. we'll be answering more questions tomorrow. keep sending them our way. tweet msnbcanswers. or email at talk @msnbc.com. >> hey, katy. >>> good afternoon, i'm katy tur, it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2 p. in washington where the world health organization has declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic. and today leading health officials warn the spread of the virus in the united states will get worse. >> the worst yet to come? >> yes. >> can you elaborate? >> well, wherever you have an outbreak that you can start seeing community spread, when you have enough of that, then it becomes a situation where you're not going to be able to effectively contain it. if we are complaints and don't do aggressive containment and mitigation, the number could go way up and be involved in many, many millions. if we taught to contain, we could flat

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