v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president. >> has he been tested? have you been tested? v.p. pence: i have not been tested for the coronavirus. >> has the president been tested? v.p. pence: let me get you an answer to that. i honestly do not know the answer to the question, but we will refer that question and get you an answer from the white house very quickly. let me ask the doctors to come to the podium. you all and the american public will have at their fingertips very quickly guidance -- and this is for every american. we are working with communities like the seattle area, like portions of california, new york and florida, who have community spread, a concentration of coronavirus. we directed our team to come up with helpful recommendations for every american family, business and school. if the doctors step forward, they can outline that for you. dr. birx: great, thank you, good evening. it was good to get out, meeting with communities. we know that the real solution is that every american has a

v.p. pence: thanks for giving me the opportunity to express all of our appreciation and gratitude of the american people. accomplishment that is reflected in the legislation that he will sign in a few moments. you told the american people that we would do whatever it takes. you called on congress to step forward to make coronavirus testing free for every american, make paid family leave available, with the leaders gathered around us here stepped forward in a bipartisan fashion and delivered. but today, every american family , every american business cannot know that help is on the way. i want to thank mitch mcconnell for his work in forging a bipartisan bill in the senate. i want to thank kevin mccarthy for his work. i also want to thank the democrat and republican leadership across the house and senate. this is an american accomplishment. mr. president, it is what you asked. congress to deliver for the american people. pres. trump: thank you.

v.p. pence: thank you mr. president, i want to add our thanks not only to the great takes the and as fema lead implement thing the you dos you approve, as continually -- i want to thank all the governors joining us today. today is an opportunity to talk about the progress we are making on mitigation, on testing, on supplies. 's missionand as fema be locallyffort will executed, state managed, federally supported. i want the governors to know we are with you every step of the way. we are determined at the president's direction that you see the resources, as you to the health and well-being of your communities. we commend the governors. as we told the country today, are 50% of the coronavirus is in america. we are focusing resources at the point of the need. the governors in those states and state health officials are responding with professionalism and great speed. we will support those directly impacted. by standing up through your national emergency declaration, standing up fema and the response coronation cen

v.p. pence: we have spoken a lot about masks. the president has given a task force a priority of assessing the availability and expanding the availability of ventilators. on monday we will detail some very encouraging news for americans. we speak about the number 13,000, it is a little more than that that we have in the national stockpile. it's important to remember that that does not include the more than 100,000 ventilators that are in health care facilities and hospitals around america today. that does not include what will be produced, as the president said, we are seeing company step forward. manufacturers of the ventilator, it is not a complicated piece of equipment and many of them are surging forward to create more ventilators. one of the more exciting developments in the last few weeks is that, in the president's engagement in our health care community we learn that ventilators that are currently used by anesthesiologists, that are used in outpatient clinics and other procedures can be

v.p. pence: well, it's the right question, jesse. i can tell you, short answer, we are following the data. with the public-private partnership that the president secured with massive commercial labs around the country, we're literally doing tens of thousands of tests a day, and we've gotten a great deal more understanding about where people have contracted the coronavirus, who's recovered, who's most at risk and the regions of the country most impacted. so while the president has said he would like to open the country up in weeks, not months, we're going to be bringing that data forward to him, with the advice of not the best health care experts in the country, but the best in the world who are working on a task force and the president will make a decision he believes is in the best interest of all the american people. host: the full interview is at cnbc.com. joining us on the phone is a white house reporter for reuters. thank you for being with us. guest: good morning. my pleasure. host: want to begin with the back yesterday with th

v.p. pence: sec. pompeo: as for -- sec. pompeo: as for iran, that is an excellent question. i don't talk about our effort to get americans home, what we are actually doing. but the family members of those that are being held, and that is where all americans being wrongfully detained should now, we are working on this every day. we are aware of what iran has been doing with the prisoners given the open rate of the wuhan virus there. we are aware that they are thinking about whether to release them or not. everyone should know that we are working and communicating with them and we are urging them as we have done publicly many times to release every american that it -- that is being wrongfully held their. given the risk that is posed to them, given what is taking place inside of iran. we use for purposes of how many people have been impacted on iran, we have used the global data set. it is a big number. it is a real concern. i spoke with the head of the world health organization this morning, where we talked about iran and how america might be able to help. we made a commitment

like v.p. pence: good evening to each one of you. we will continue to keep you informed. -- theot will travel president will travel for the embarkation of the navy ship comfort. our task force will meet and review the data and preparing recommendations for the american people going forward. thank you all for your time. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> that wraps up today's coronavirus task force briefing at the white house. earlier today, the u.s. house passed that to trillion dollar coronavirus economic relief bill . the third measure congress approved as the pandemic began. the senate passed the legislation wednesday and the president signed into law a short while ago. as the house finished bait, kentucky republican asked for a instead of approving it by a voice vote. we will show you what happened followed by his response. all time for debate has expired. pursuant to ho

v.p. pence: the president -- sec. mnuchin: the president has instructed me we need to do this now. >> in a week? sec. mnuchin: we will work with the senate who is in session now. we will have conversations with the house. the president has instructed me that this is no fault to american workers. for medical reasons, we are shutting down parts of this economy and will use all tools we have and whatever tools we do not have, i am going back to congress. those -- [ion for indiscernible] pres. trump: we are going to do it big. we could do it every day or every week. that is the way mitch mcconnell wants to go, i want to go. infusiono have a big as opposed to going through little meetings every couple of days. we want to go big, go solid. the come tree -- country is very strong and with this invisible enemy, we don't want airlines going out of business and people losing their jobs and not having money to live when they were doing well just four weeks ago. any other questions? hotels and and restaurants with any kind of eme

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president. thank you for giving me the opportunity to express all of our appreciation and the gratitude of the american people for the accomplishment that is reflected in the legislation you will sign in just a few moments. you told the american people that we would do whatever it takes, and you called on the congress to step forward to make coronavirus testing free for every american, paid family leave available. the congress with the leaders gathered around us here stepped forward and delivered, but today, every american family, every american business can know that help is on the way. i want to thank leader mcconnell for his humans work, and really work in forging a bipartisan bill. i want to thank leader mccarthy. i also want to thank the democratic and republican leadership across the house and senate. this is an american accomplishment. mr. president, this is what you asked the congress to deliver to the american people. pres. trump: thank you very much. you know how hard steve has been wo

coming back on the show so how confident are you about trump's pick as the czar for a coronavirus v.p. pence is he competent enough to it to manage this well potentially could be a national emergency well i do think the vice president 1st of all thank you for having me and i do think the vice president is competent enough because he'll get out of the way and he will allow experts to take the forefront were about is you know the president is indicating that he wants all information to funnel through the vice president and so in a western democracy that's very dangerous a clear eyed capital allocators whatever my partisan leanings or or my opinion of the president i don't bring that to bear in making analytical judgments here you know we're running $11000000000.00 watching his press conference a few days ago my 1st reaction was we had to get in a way more defensive position because if you have a government whether it's an autocracy urge democracy lying about the extent of something that's health and human services related it could have very.

v.p. pence: if i may, mr. president, i think your point is well taken. the abbott laboratories point of contact test was approved on friday. the president announced it the rose garden on sunday. we are socializing that all across the country, to every governor, to laboratories elsewhere. and i have to tell you, this team that the president has assembled, the advisors on the white house coronavirus task force, and then this team at f ema, whether it is the hhs isuty secretary, or -- who literally working on every state on a county by county basis to deploy testing, it is impressive. i think it has given great encouragement to governors. we spoke to governors in all the states and territories again yesterday. governors, i can tell you from my experience as a governor in indiana, we had tornadoes, flooding. governors know how to deal with fema. as soon as the president stood up fema, declared the national emergency, a certain amount of muscle memory kicked in in states around the country, and we are really seeing a tremendous efficiency and communication, a

v.p. pence: we will take that back. secretary of hhs is here. all theto facilitate providers health care to access the supply chain. on the defense production act, thepresident has activated defense production act, but not initiated action underneath it. as the president brought together leaders of business and mr. president, you talked about the spirit to ramp up to meet the needs of health care providers. yetpresident has not exercised his authority under the defense production act. ishink the perception american industry is stepping forward aggressively. make morentinue to ppe available. president trump: for everyone, the country has stepped up. i don't think we have seen it in decades. it is incredible how they stepped up. thank you, charlie. next governor. >> this is larry hogan. iswant to thank you for ths call today and the great communication you had with governors. thank you for signing the second stimulus and for your ongoing efforts to mitigate the economic impact. thank you for appointing vice president pence. he has been terrific in

coming back on the show so how confident are you about trump's pick as the czar for a coronavirus v.p. pence is he competent enough to it to manage this well potentially could be a national emergency well i do think the vice president 1st of all thank you for having me and i do think the vice president is competent enough. to get out of the way and he will allow experts to take the forefront we're now is you know the president is indicating that he wants all information to funnel through the vice president and so in a western democracy that's very dangerous a clear eyed capital allocators whatever my partisan leanings or or my opinion of the president i don't bring that to bear in making analytical judgments here you know we're running $11000000000.00 watching his press conference a few days ago my 1st reaction was we had to get in a way more defensive position because. if you have the government whether it's an autocracy earth democracy lying about the extent of something that's health and human services related it could have very big consequential damages to the mortgage ways yeah you know

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president, and good afternoon. than 2900 cases of coronavirus in 49 states around the country, i want to assure the american people that this administration, all of our partners at the state level and local health officials have no higher priority than the health and safety of the american public. cap the president's direction we will continue not only a whole of government approach, but as we discussed today, we will continue to build on a whole of america approach to confront the coronavirus across the country. the health experts continue to groom firm -- confirm, based on the latest information, for the american people as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low. but because the risk is heavily weighted to the most vulnerable, to people with immunodeficiency's and to -- i and peopleencies with serious underlying health conditions, our administrations, state administrations will continue to focus on the most vulnerable and we will continue to urge every american to be vigilant in practicing good hygiene, t

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president and good afternoon. with more than 2900 cases of coronavirus, i want to assure the american people that this administration, all of our partners at the state level and local health officials have no higher priority than the health and safety of the american public. wethe president's direction, -- approach, but as we discussed today, we will continue to build on a whole of america approach to confront the coronavirus across the country. the health experts continue to groom firm -- confirm, based on the latest information, for the american people as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low. but because the risk is heavily weighted to the most vulnerable, to people with immunodeficiency's and to -- i and peopleencies with serious underlying health conditions, our administrations, state administrations will continue to focus on the most vulnerable and we will continue to urge every american to be vigilant in practicing good hygiene, taking the advice of the cdc and local health experts to keep those m

pentz: thank you -- v.p. pence: thank you. the president has initiated a whole of america approach. president's interactions today and through the course of this day with leaders in the industry around the country reflect that we are bringing the for weight of the government and economy to bear. i know i speak on behalf of the president when i say how inspired we are at the way the american people have stepped up and the way american businesses large and small have stepped up. it has truly been inspiring. our task force met this morning. we continue to focus on president trump's priorities of testing, prevention, and supplies. in that category, i am pleased to report that while testing is available in all 50 states as the president just indicated, swift action of the fda at the encouragement of governors around the country, now state health authorities can authorize labs in their state and expand existing testing capabilities. but also in connection with the we have now, continued to expand the public and private partnership the president forged with vast commercial laboratories aro

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president. the white house coronavirus task force met this morning. we continue at the president's direction to ring the full resources of the federal government and our state governments, businesses around america and in partnership with the american people to respond to the threat of the proto-virus. i know i can speak on behalf of the president with confidence when i say how inspired we are by the way the american people and american businesses are coming together to help defeat this virus in our country. millions of americans are putting into practice the president's 15 day guidelines, and we encourage everyone, even those not in areas with significant outbreaks, to review these guidelines over the next week and more and put them into practice, and you will continue to do your part. later today we will be talking with manufacturers around the country. the president and i continue to be inspired by the way american industry is stepping forward. we have businesses that are volunteering to retrofit plans to help us meet the needs of our health care w

v.p. pence: the president directed us to work with the deferment of defense. the dod can be helpful in terms of expanding medical capacity. i know the governor of new york has asked us to look at the army corps of engineers, which could perhaps renovate existing buildings. the president has us inventorying field hospitals or mass hospitals that can be deployed very quickly. we spoke with the governor yesterday in washington state. we have resources in that part of the country that we can move. requestsors make these come a we process them and bring them to the president. there are two different lanes the dod can provide, in addition to many medical supplies to augment our national reserves. the president has tasked us to evaluate and make available and consider every request from governors for either field hospitals, expanding facilities, or the army corps of engineers that could retrofit existing buildings. pres. trump: the army corps is very prepared to do as we say. we are looking at where it is going. they do call them mass hospitals, but the field hospita

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president. that program with the ship the grand princess is continuing to be administered at the highest standards, an orderly way as the president directed. americans in need of treatment have received them. i spoke to the governor of iowa today, and some of those who have been cleared are able and proper supervision to be returning to iowa. they are making arrangements for them to do that. others in texas, others in georgia, it is an example of the cooperation of governor abbott and governor gavin newsom, governor brian kemp of georgia. to add to that, the president directed me last saturday to travel down to miami. we met with all of the leaders of the cruise line industry. several cruise lines have announced a 60 day pause in operations. our department of homeland security has praised them for we have a proposal from the cruise line industry, that they are currently considering other steps that they might take, perhaps similar to what other lines have taken. we are anticipating some response

v.p. pence: that is a terrific question. we will bring secretary betsy devos here tomorrow or on monday to address our efforts. the objective here is that, as embracing the president's 15 days to slow the spread, we have decisions by local school boards and local and state officials that have canceled school or suspended school for a time. we want the federal department of education to make it clear that the burden of standardizing back in my dayh, as governor, it takes a number of days and sometimes up to a week to administer, is not going to be placed on schools. we will have the secretary here to address that very specifically. it is a very good point on your part. i have a medication question and i wanted to ask while the president is here. earlier he tweeted that there certain medications, that when taken together, every real -- have a real chance to be a game changer in the history of medicine and they should be "put in use immediately." since he is not here i cannot ask him what he meant, but i am wondering if it can

v.p. pence: thank you, mr. president. the white house coronavirus task force met this morning on this first day of spring. we continue to make steady progress toward president trump subjective not to lead to marshal all the resources of the federal government, every state government, every local health official, but also to harness the power of the american private sector and activities over the last day reflect all of those priorities. yesterday the president spoke with america's top physicians and nurses and garnered helpful insights about how we can best serve those who are serving americans dealing with the coronavirus. we also had a productive call with over 5000 state and local officials explaining the federal government's approach and are -- and our strong and seamless partnership with all 50 states and the territories. the family signed the coronavirus response act which has paid sick leave. family leave her caregivers and food assistance for the needy, among a broad range of benefits. and today we expect the sena

v.p. pence: we will take a few questions. >> for dr. birx. i asked eight or nine days ago about the data from these tests and you suggested there would be a website where we would see all the data. are we closer to that? when do you expect that? do you have data to give us tonight? as far as i can tell, this has not been publicly released. dr. birx: i have learned -- we have learned that when the community is educated, we all do better together. it is important to get that information out when we start talking about where the virus is, what the percent positive are, and really inform communities so they can make decisions, so people can take protective's measures for themselves and their families. i find it is important for us to have the data, but important for state and local governments as well as the communities. we are still, because we worked very hard to get it into the first bill, but it was changed to state and local labs, and 95% of all tests are done in commercial labs. in this recent bill that was just approved, it is mandated tha

reporter: i think the question about -- v.p. pencei think the question about the actions that the president has authorized beginning in january when he took the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from china, and the efforts to issue travel advisories for portions of italy and south korea and then to begin screening all the passengers, the efforts regarding suspending travel for europe and what went into effect at midnight last night, adding the u.k. and ireland to that, have all been informed by the experts that are surrounding us. what the president has asked us to do from the beginning, as dr. birx and dr. fauci often say, let's follow the data. bring the president the best options in response to what is actually happening on the ground. but with regard to yesterday, 15 day, slow the spread plan our team unanimously brought to the president these very strong recommendations. for every american. because we truly believe we are at a point in this epidemic and our country when we can reduce the number of people that actually a

v.p. you know trump is the show right so why in the name of one ever in pence he has the guy he appears and disappears i can't remember what he looked like here is the again this is he's a solder not like a great character and so on this on this topic there's 2 conversations there's 2 conversations that happen 7 days a week all year round with political consultants and that is contested conventions and changing v.p. i don't either that everything happens every consultant feel relevant right but i remember in our own west wing and george w. bush there were people saying george bush is going to replace dick cheney or for the heart attack inside our own west wing people are saying that i don't i don't see it actually happening it's so much easier to stay with the status quo when it's not her. base with a little bit. pampling. not well ok this is one of those occasions maybe one of the only occasion. where there is no joking to be had plain politics is not lying well accusing democrats of warning to kill thousands of people is not flying well you've got to go with straight talk and you know one

i'd like to ask mike pence to say a few words, please. v.p. >> thank you, mr. president. -- this day should be an inspiration to every american. because thanks to your leadership from early on, not only are we bringing a whole of government approach to confronting the coronavirus, we're bringing an all-of-america approach. mr. president, from early on, you took decisive action. you created travel advisories, south korea, italy. we screened all travelers from all airports in both of those countries. and on the unanimous recommendation, you at midnight will restrict travel from europe. americans will be screened and asked to voluntarily participate in a 14-day quarantine. throughout this process, you put the health of america first. you brought the best of america to address it. it's not just at the federal level. you said, mr. president, we've been working with states across the country. we issued broad guidelines and cdc for every american. but this week, at your direction, we tailored specific recommendations from cdc, new york, washington state, california, massachusett

pence's office says this individual had no close contact with the v.p. or the president. this news comes as more states are taking drastic measures to try to contain this virus. when we were on the air last night, we talked about california's governor, gavin newsom, ordering all residents to effectively stay in their homes. today the governors of connecticut, illinois, and new york followed suit with similar mandates. >> i don't come to this decision easily. i fully recognize that in some cases, i am choosing between saving people's lives and saving people's livelihoods. but ultimately you can't have a livelihood if you don't have your life. >> we're going to close the valve, all right? because the rate of increase in the number of cases portends a total overwhelming of our hospital system. we need everyone to be safe. otherwise, no one can be safe. >> and think about this. new york state now has the most cases in the u.s., over 7,800. just tonight, the president responding to a request from both new york senators, approved a disaster declaration for the state which will

bit so we're going to fill it up it's a good time to fill it up ide like to ask mike pence to say a few words, please. v.p>> thank you, mr. president. it is, this day should be an inspiration to every american. because thanks to your leadership from early on, not only are we bringing a whole of government approach to confronting the coronavirus, we're bringing an all of america approach now mr. president from early on, you took sisive action you suspended all travel from china. you created travel advisories. south korea and italy. we screen all travelers from all airports in both those countries. and on the unanimous recommendation of your health experts, you at midnight tonight, will effectively suspend all travel from europe and americans that were returning will be screened and ask to voluntarily participate in a 14-day quarantine throughout this process, mr. president, you've put the health of america first but you brought the best of america to address it. it's not just at the federal level. as you said, mr. president, we've been working with states across the country we issued broad guidelines from

pence tests positive for the virus as well. it's the first known case of a white house employee. a press secretary for the vice president says neither president trump or the v.p. had close contact with the person. pence's office says there are no plans to test him for the virus at this time. country music mourning the loss of beloved icon kenny rogers ♪ you got to know when to hold them ♪ know when to fold them ♪ know when to walk away. >> rogers passing away from natural causes. he won three grammys and had 24 anybody one songs over his career spanning six decades. rogers was 81 years old. he is survived by his wife and five kids. not just a loss for the country and music community. but the music community in general. pete: a legend. 24 number ones. god bless him. coming up, new evidence coming up suggesting the coronavirus more dangerous for men than for women. why? next. at you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ can it help keep me asleep? smart bed is on sale now. absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, save up to $900 on

v.p. slot for her, maybe negotiate a cabinet position. we'll see. she's always late to endorse and will work this awhile. >> dana: stand by. we have a little news here. vice president mike pence is speaking after a meeting with the governor of minnesota. >> all of our dedicated healthcare workers across the country. there's work to be done at the moment. we learned today the surgical mask is available for hospitals. they're producing roughly four million of those a month and the spending bill that congress approves today will make that continued to be available. but the balance of what they have produced are industrial and m95 masks don't have protection under emergency provisions of the law. governor waltz and i will work with members of congress to see if we can extend legal productions under the public health emergency that president trump has declared to make it possible for 3m and other companies in this space to sell available. we have -- we have testing expanding around the country. we know there will be more cases around america and president trump and our team and i know governor waltz, governors around the country are committed to making sure that anyone that contra

v.p. pick for pretty much every candidate who's still in the race. i know you won't say if you have a preference for that. but do you look forward to the possibility of debating mike penceely experience. [ laughter ] >> seth: yeah. it would be an enjoyable evening. [ cheers and applause i have a lot of pent-up aggression >> seth: yes [ laughter ] >> and some stark disagreements i think could really lead to a vigorous debate. >> seth: yeah. [ laughter ] [ applause ] it would be nice, because in a debate format, you have your time to talk >> exactly >> seth: you can't be interrupted. so that would be -- it would be lovely >> it would be wonderful >> seth: you -- i want to ask, a lot of people have been critical and have asked questions about, does it make sense in this day and age to have iowa and new hampshire, states that take -- i believe, their voting very seriously but are, you know, very white states. what would you propose as far as how the primary system worked? >> number one, they should all be primaries i appreciate the camaraderie that a caucus creates. but the chaos is not unusual as much as we were upset last week about iowa, in 2012, the same thing happened

v.p. pence: on behalf of president donald trump and the white house coronavirus task force, welcome all the governors joining us for the video teleconference and more importantly, thank you. thure for the leadership that each one of you are showing in your states. the president took specific action with regard to washington state, and new york. we'll talk about that in a bit. but i know in speaking with so many of you myself and the that we have had with you, the extraordinary leadership that's being demonstrated by our governors states andthe territories of this nation and so first and foremost, just allow me to say thank you, not just on behalf of the president what i know ist on behalf of the american people. going to speak today about issues that you all continue to focus on and continue to be the focus of the white house coronavirus task force. we'll be meeting later this afternoon but as you can see we are here at fema. it was now a little bit more than 10 days ago that the emergencysigned