david martin, cbs news, walter reed army institute of research. >> the coronavirus is impacting today's state presidential primaries as well. four states were scheduled to hold primaries today, ohio, arizona, florida and illinois. but ohio's health director declared an emergency and ordered the polls closed just hours before they were set to open. the other three states are going ahead with their primaries today. we get more from laura podesta. >> reporter: ohio governor spoke yesterday in support of a lawsuit to delay his state's presidential primary until june. >> we should not force them to make this choice. a choice between their health and constitutional r rights. >> reporter: a judge denied the request but overnight the state's health director declared a health emergency to prevent polls from opening. ohio which has reported at least 50 confirmed cases of covid-19 is one of four states scheduled to hold primaries today. florida and arizona have moved some polling places in nursing homes and assisted living facilities to other locations to avoid exposing older residents to the viru

kayvon modjarrad is a director at the walter reed army institute of research. this is obviously magnified. what is the actual size of this? >> about 20,000 of these could fit on the head of a pin. >> reporter: he's testing a potential vaccine that would block the virus from attaching itself to your lung. >> if it can't get into your lung cells, it can't cause the disease. >> reporter: the race for a coronavirus vaccine will take 12 to 18 months to run. so, lieutenant colonel mara kretschamn-dietrick is working on a drug that people who already have the disease can take. >> what we're aiming to develop here is an anti-viral treatment that will kill the virus and actually cure them of the disease so they don't further spread it to the rest of the community. >> reporter: she says an existing drug used against ebola may work against the coronavirus as well. >> it's ready for a clinical trial in humans, and once those clinical trials show that it's effective, then it will be available for wider use in humans, yes. >> reporter: it hasn't yet been proved effective, bu

researchers at walter reed are finding out more about why this virus is so deadly. nbc's gabe gutierrez has a rare look inside the army's race for a cure. >> reporter: these are the newest images we have of covid-19 mapped out in a secure government lab where researchers are urgently trying to understand the virus that's ravaging the world. >> this is a gps for vaccine design. so without that understanding, you can drive along a road and you think you're going to the right direction. but with this level of detail, you actually know your destination. >> reporter: dr. gordon joyce is the chief of structural biology here. for decades, the walter reed army institute of research has studied infectious diseases including hiv/aids, ebola, and mers. scientists now say part of the reason is coronavirus is so deadly is that those sharp objects sticking out of this microscopic protein essentially stab patients' lungs. >> this is look a hook, and that's what it uses to bind to the lung cell. >> reporter: now the race is on to figure out how to stop them. these different-colored

it's highly unlikely that he would go to walter reed and come out looking good and healthy if this had anything to do with coronavirus. it's more likely that somebody in his late 70s would go to the doctor for another reason, like heart, lungs, something else that older people get. let's push that aside. everybody has their own theories. at this point we have to take on what's happening now and protect our communities. >> time for one or two more calls with kim schrier of washington. kathy is in delaware. >> caller: i want to let you know how my family is handling this so-called crisis. my niece is in paris this week enjoying her spring break. the rest of my family is our way to cancun for a spring break and enjoying the weather. we're totally confident with the trump administration the way it's handled this whole situation. now, if you would do me a favor, could you possibly say something to chuck schumer about his rhetoric. it is so inflammatory and caustic, it's not good for the democrats. not that i want to give you any positive advantage over the next election. but it's going to c

host: right here at walter reed? guest: right near it in maryland, just over the border. host: one thing i must admit that i picked the book up was i did not expect to get out of this book kind of a drama, i mean, there is some personal stories in here that are fairly dramatic. were you surprised about the competition going on to find this? guest: by the time i started to write the book, new there was a story and i write books for myself. i read fiction for fun and i wouldn't write a book unless i thought there was a story because if you have chapter after chapter like a textbook it's not something i would pick up and read just because i wanted to read it, so that's what appealed to me is that there was a drama there and there was competition. showed all of the weaknesses of the search for scientific data. host: what book is this for you? guest: what-- depends on what you count commercial or noncommercial, guess commercial, fourth. host: how long have you worked for the "new york times"? >> four years. host: how did you get the science? guest: you don't even want to know.

second thing, what i would ask you is walter reed army thing, what i would ask you is walter reed army institute of research is working on a vaccine against the coronavirus. can you give us the status on that progress, number one, and i think they are working on diagnose gnostic kits and how close are we? >> it is part of the broader interagency of looking at everything from vaccine research and anti-viral therapies if you have the condition and how it can be treated. havee we c.d.c. and n.i.h. in progress have research going on on a vaccine and has been ongoing. i believe clinical trials for that will not be for another few months. in terms of a final determined f.d.a.-approved vaccine, we are looking to 16 to 24 months. that is the research we are doing. i can't speak to what c.d.c. and n.i.h. are doing on ta. we may be closer there in terms of having something that can be usable. it is in clinical trials for testing of efficacy. mr. cuellar: i ask you, i know we are putting federal dollars and research and i understand that, in different areas. i want to make sure we are coordinated

. >> reporter: chief of structural biology here for decades walter reed has studied infectious diseasesincluding hiv/aids, sars and mers saying the sharp objects sticking out of this protein stab patient's lungs >> this is like a hook that binds to the lung cell. >> reporter: race is on to figure out how to stop them. these are antibodies and goal to get them to block this protein from attaching to the lungs? >> that's right. >> reporter: part of many efforts private and public across the world to stop the vaccine. not just public health but national security. first testing of humans with another experimental vaccine began days ago in washington state. is this a new type of arms race? >> i think the best kind of arms race we're not working in opposition with one another but collaboration. >> reporter: even a fast track vaccine likely won't be ready for 12 to 18 months. dr. sheila peal is trying to learn more about the virus now >> this is the most challenging scenario i have faced in my entire career. >> reporter: a challenge for which the stakes could not be higher >> it's very, very u

gordon joyce is the chief of structural biology here for decades the walter reed army institute of researchdied infectious diseases including hiv/aids, ebola and mers scientists now say part of the reason this coronavirus is so deadly is that those sharp objects sticking out of this microscopic protein essentially stab patients' lungs. >> this is like a hook, and that's what it uses to bind to the lung cells >> reporter: now the race is on to figure out how to stop them these different colored objects are antibodies and the goal is to get them to block this protein from attaching to the lungs 37. >> that's correct. >> reporter: what's happening is a combination of public and private efforts to find the vaccine the matter not just of public health but national security. the initial stages of clin kam trials are already under way in china, europe and the u.s. the first testing of humans with another experimental vaccine began days ago in washington state in some ways is this a new type of arms race? >> i think probably the best kind of arms race in that we're not working in opposition with on

let's go back to the pathology institute at walter reed. have you been there? the 3 million samples they are in boxes. and drawers and things. it is the big metal warehouse. and everything with cement floors. maybe it's more cheap to make that way. there is a man there named al reddick. in his job i would like to get some lung samples. people who died of influenza in 1918 and who died very quickly. they did not want the person who have gotten the flu virus and then linger. and then the virus that left in their lungs died. since 1917 has been computerized. he could get a computer printout. he goes over with his letter and his books. and in them were samples. there was brain tissue. all sorts of stuff in that warehouse. you said that abraham lincoln started it. from then on. it can be steadily accumulating. it was a brilliant idea. when they started this who would ever know what you would use it for. and then in 1918 no one ever found the influenza virus. the idea that somebody someday could make use of this material was just brilliant. i know i'm jumping way ahe

what talent you have at walter reed. doctors, by the way, they have to be and whatt in the world they do. [applause] and i see the arms and the legs missing. and i see what's happened to some of these incredible, beautiful people. and i see the strength, the spirit. the spirit that they have. most of them, i mean, even if they can't walk, if they've lost both legs, they want to go back. sir, we want to go back. i want to go back. and it's just incredible to see it. and i'm gonna mention it a little bit later, but you know, we knocked out soleimani, the father of the roadside bomb. [applause and cheers] we killed him. and al baghdadi. and al baghdadi. [applause and cheers] >> [chanting "usa"] --s. trump: solemani was the solemani was the -- they called him the father of the roadside bomb. he thought it was great. kept getting bigger and more sophisticated. one young man, he said, my last day, it was my last day in afghanistan. and they had the mine detectors. he said, i trusted this man with my life. he was the best. i've

the second thing i would ask you is the walter reed army institute of research is working on a vaccine against the coronavirus. can you give us the status on that progress and, number one, and also, i think they're working on a diagnostic testing kit and how close are we on those two points? >> yes. so the military health system is part of the broader interagency on looking at everything from diagnostics, vaccine research, as well as antiviral therapies for if you have the condition how it can be treated. so in fact, we are, cdc, nih all have in progress have research going on on a vaccine, and it has been ongoing. i believe clinical trials for that will not be for another few months, and so in terms of a final determined fda approved vaccine, likely we're looking at, you know, 16, 18, to 24 months. that's from the research we're doing. i can't speak to similar research nih or cdc are doing on that. similarly, on an antiviral therapy, we may be closer there in terms of having something that can be usable. it's actually in clinical trials right now for testing of efficacy. >> well, as i

area, walter reed, that have more diverse services. we have smaller services in remote facilities like fort wainwright in alaska. it has a small hospital that offers basic community hospital services. unfortunately, the answer is it depends on the community and what the requirement was to support the operational force in the community that has determined the size of the hospitals that we have. >> -- publicly ask for the corps of engineers to construct facilities. what could the corps of engineers realistically do? >> i'm not going to be able to answer that question for the corps of engineers. >> the first question, some of those hospitals we do have, the way they are configured, a lot of neonatal, pediatric care beds in those hospitals. our doctors are unsurprisingly highly trained in traumatic injuries and dealing with traumatic injuries. we have a much younger population we are dealing with treating in our hospitals. all of these factor into what is that capability we have for a potential outbreak that generally has been more devasta

as an anesthesiologist who still practices at walter reed taking care of wounded warriors and soldiers, donated blood is an essential part of carrying -- caring for patients and one donation can save up to three lives blood centers are open now and in need of your donation. blood donation is safe and centers are taking extra precautions based on cdc recommendations, including ,pacing beds six feet apart taking temperatures, and encouraging appointments ahead of time. social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement, so give blood today. you will feel good and you will be helping your country and community, and you might even save a life. president, the efforts to , will youeconomy guarantee the tens of billion's of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars that will go to these industries will not go to executive bonuses or stock buybacks? >> we don't want that. some companies did stock buybacks and i was not happy with that. i would tell them not to. i would say i don't like it for that reason. if they waited a long time, it would be much better off if they did. >> you can

i will go to walter reed and see them. they wanted to go back. despite their wounds, they always said i want to go back. wounded warriors. they are incredible people. i guess most of all i want to thank the people of the united states for having spent so much in terms of blood, in terms of treasure and treasury. the money that has been spent in the lives that have been lost. we just signed an agreement that puts us in a position to get it done and bring us down to the city of 8000 troops. the united nations was informed of everything. nato has been great. the secretary has been fantastic. i want to thank the united nations for the help they gave. i also want to thank and congratulate secretary staltenberg of nato. 29 countries involved. all approving. all very happy with what is going on. i want to also thank and congratulate secretary of state pompeo and secretary of defense mark esper. and, i will be meeting personally with taliban leaders in the not-too-distant future. we will be very much hoping they will be doing what they say they are going

report to the head of infectious disease at walter reed medical center said there's no need to panic. in that we should recognize that the end of the day it remains a low risk to not just our servicemembers but the american public. reporter: jon there to confirm coronavirus cases in the us military out of 1.3 million people in the forces. eric: lucas tomlinson thank you. meanwhile we are also following another quarantined cruise ship this one on the nile river in egypt through the vessel carrying more than 150 passengers. one third of them have tested positive for coronavirus. officials say they will be transferred to isolation in the hospital on egypt's coast. meanwhile the total number of global cases now tops 100,000. the quarantine hotel in southeast china set of tubes are people who have had contact with coronavirus patients collapse today trapping dozens in the rubble underneath. china's media says at least 33 of the 70 people they believe were inside have been rescued. why not unidentified hotel employee was quoted as saying there was construction on the 80 room hotel before th

he went to walter reed, the whole thing. they couldn't save calvin.hen i tried, many people i wrote for the historical association a paper about the death, they asked me, how did he take it? coolidge was very sad. theasn't incapacitated by deathbed he was very sad. why wasn't he incapacitated the way we might be today losing a child? and the answer is twofold. one is, all around him he knew people who had lost children. today when you lose a child, you are alone. there's nobody around you who has lost a child. you have to go find a club on the internet of people who lost a child. it is a tragedy you can't imagine. in that period, many people had lost a child. vice president dawes, the vice president who proceeded president coolidge in the white house, wilson's vice president. he had lost a sibling when he was a child. so it wasn't so unusual, as horrible as it was. i think i gave people a sense that they could go on. because they had seen others in their situation go on. the second reason the period was different, i will say, is religious faith. the c

we had it made in collaboration with walter reed research.are that that is one of the premier vaccine places in the country. we can never get funding to advance it beyond funding into that into clinical trials beyond attempts. when this evidence came out a few weeks ago for coming out of vineu china, that this new virus, sars two, was about 80% similar, we realized we may have a sars vaccine that we could repurpose for this particular virus. now we're scrambling to get it into clinical trials. the plroblem is this. it takes time, despite what you hear from the anti-vaccine lobby. they're not tested for safety. the exact opposite is true. they're the most tested we have tore safety. it takes time. it's hard to compress those timelines. we're looking, you heard the numbers before, a year, two years, to go through clinical trials to make sure it's safe and effective. the tragedy, had we been able to attract the financing back in 2016 we could have had something ready to go. we're moving forward, other groups are. i'm not confident we'll have a v

army researchers at walter reed are learning more about covid-19.e's nbc news' gabe gutierrez with a look at what they've found. >> reporter: scientists now say a part of the reason is coronavirus is so deadly. it's that those sharp objects sticking out of the microscopic protein essentially stab patient's lungs. >> this is like a hook. it uses to bind to the lung cell. >> reporter: now the race is on, to figure out how to stop them. >> these different color objects are anti-bodies. the goal is to try to get them to block this protein from attaching to the lungs? >> that's correct. interesting. joining me now, an expert on global responses to infectious disease outbreaks, doctor, let's get running to what we heard. it's a what fascinating detail about the sharp edges that stab patients' lungs, is that something you've heard before? >> well, what we've heard before is the structure of viruses make big differences in the pathogen's genicity, the lungs is related to the structure of virus. that makes perfect sense. you are looking at structural confirm

it's been manufactured with walter reed army medical research in collaboration with them and we are hopingo get into clinical trials very soon. there's going to be a lot of excitement moving forward, five or six vaccines are going to be moving into clinical trials of the next few weeks. hopefully ours will be one of them. remember, this is why america is great. we set big, audacious goals and we get things done. we did this with scaling up penicillin in world war ii when no one said we could do it. we defeated polio through creating the vaccine. we defeated smallpox. we can do this as well. i think that's something we have to remember. america doesn't just lay down. we can do big things. >> tucker: amen. it's so reassuring to hear that. thank you for coming on. appreciate it, doctor. one last thing before we go. because of coronavirus a lot of blood drives are being canceled. that that doesn't mean hospitals don't need blood. many regions are reporting shortages of blood. if you have the ability to donate in the next couple days, we urge you to do that. for your friends, your family, your

i ended up piggybanking, from walter reed. i got a test late saturday night, i'm negative.tayed home another stay just -- >> thankthank you for saying th. >> just to make sure. that is how we protect one another. so you know, unless everybody is taking their temperature every day, we can't say that he had no symptoms. these are the kinds of things which have to do for one another this is the personal responsibility that i'm talking about, that we all have to practice. reporter: president, you don't want the cure to be worse than the problem itself. >> the problem. reporter: are you saying that if we kept these measures that we're doing now in place for a couple of months -- >> they will be in place. at some point we'll open up our country. it will be i am not looking at months, i can tell you right now, we will be opening up our country and we will be watching certain areas and we will be practicing everything that debra is referring to. we will be watching this very closely. keep it closed for the next years, this is going away, we will win the battle but we also have trem

. >> walter reed, probably. we do a physical every year.emocratic race, endorsement -- >> i think it is rigged against bernie. maybe he would pull it through. it was rigged against me four years ago i pulled it through. it is rigged against bernie. you see what is happening klobuchar, something happened there, and -- reporter: do you think that will change? >> buttigieg just went out and said something. probably they will say, hey look, if i win i will put you in the administration. that is called quid pro quo, right? quid pro quo. they probably said, hey, listen, if i win i will give you an endorsement but will you take me in the administration? i'm sure nothing like that has ever happened, right? but that is the way it seems to go. it is rigged against bernie no question about it. sounds like a little bit unfair. i will see you in north carolina. [reporters shouting questions] melissa: that was all the comments from the president. first he was talking about how he has been talking to various companies, pharmaceutical makers. that was the

. >> bill, the pentagon are taking precautions here is what the head of infectious diseases at walter reedople should recognized that the end of the day this still remains a low risk infection to not just our service members but to the american public. >> but the pentagon is planning for new worse case scenarios, bill. >> bill: thank you, lucas tomlinson watching that from the pentagon. down sizing the ceremony out of the olympic torch. 140 children will not go to athens, greece to send the flame off to japan. the committee for the summer games says they should still go on the games even if they have to be modified. holding first event at rock climbing facility happened with no fans or top athletes. so far more than 300 in the country of japan have been infected. about six people killed in that country. games are scheduled third week of july. back here on democracy 2020 just want to show you where we stand only because we have not gotten to it yet. michigan tuesday. five days to think about it. many are considering whether or not this is a make or break moment for bernie sanders after the

birx cut her teeth in public health with the hiv/aids epidemic starting her career in 1985 at walter reed army medical center and rising to head the president's emergency plan for aids relief in 2014. name encouraged to the administration, vice president mike pence described her as a world-renowned health official, and that is no exaggeration according to others in the field. thoughts,xt us your .(202) 748-8003 this one from roger, he says, we are doing fine in idaho, i think president trump is doing a great job. the store shelves are empty and america needs to slow down with the panic and remember that there are elderly and young people trying to buy stuff. be polite to others if you are aing to buy -- and this is pandemic, help each other and be kind to each other, prayer to us all. from melissa, is it possible that the virus can be transferred by our daily mail. and another person says, let's all self-contained, we can do it, and let's look true facts and criticizing those trying to help and stop with the hatred, and try and help all of us worldwide. in hawaii, we say good morning to g

as soon a side air force one ride was over i was put in a dod vehicle, taken to walter reed, tested.st result came back negative. health care official said i should maintain though quarantine that ended at 2:00 p.m. yesterday, not "straight outta compton," but straight out of quarantine. >> martha: what do you think about the president? i was just a little bit surprised today watching how everybody was standing so close together and they were all in the same microphone, all putting their selves all over the podium. there has been a lot of exposure, obviously, they have all interacted with a lot of people as you have. did at the pricing and terms of sending the right message to the rest of the country in terms of social distancing and how we should behave? >> the good news is that the president has pretty regular hygiene that he maintains using the use of hand sanitizer. he did that regularly before. so i think that there's a certain resilience with the president and those around him. obviously we were all anxious to get the test results to back because the president had walked him al

i practice at walter reed. these physicians are calling me directly. what i want you to know is that a couple of big things happened this week. you had the bill that was passed that the president signed which allows 30 million more masks from 3 m and honey well to be made for medical use. you saw the department of defense donate from their stockpile ventilators and masks. and importantly, fema went to level 1 and folks don't understand but what that means is that fema can work directly with the states the way they work with them through hurricanes and they have this down to a science to make sure they figure out who needs what and to get it to them. right now one of the problems is the majority of the supplies are going out into the open market. they may not be going where they need to be. why we also putted out guidelines to pull down elective procedures we don't need one ppe elective cases and cosmetic and while new york suffering because they can't take care of themselves and the patients. >> martha: i will squeeze in one more. this is from lars, te

i want people to know -- i'm still practicing anesthesiologist at walter reed.vice president and i first met during ebola. i went into the hospital. i put on ppe. i know how scary it is when you have the proper equipment to deal with an infectious disease. i'm getting text phone calls, messages from people all across the country. i want health care workers of america to know, we are fighting for you each and every day. to make sure what you get what you need from the stockpile, what you need for manufacturers across america. you are getting decreased demand, which is where you put out our new guidelines on elective surgeries. it's not just about increasing the supply. we aren't going to supply our way out of the problem, as important as supply is. we also need to lower demands by increasindecreasing unnecessaryf ppe. a game changer that came out was the new self swabs. the vice president and president have talked about that, that would utilize less ppe. we are working on making sure supply gets where it needs to, and fema is doing a great help with that. >> bill

i suspect no one will use any kind of violence literature by walter reed to play feed it with us all respect democracy yet to be sitting. well joining me now is al-jazeera senior political analyst bashar i caught up with scott about what i mean how fractional polarized is israeli politics for the israeli public to be so divided on trying to choose the type of government that they want actually perhaps the question is how far similar they are and hence the public doesn't really mind what they had to say this or the other in so many ways what we have today is a center right and a radical right and sometimes difficult it's difficult to know the difference what used to be historically in israel left versus right was mostly left on economic issues but now what you have is to what you would call pragmatic right associated with the business community more secular and it be a logical right that is more religious a fanatic and more populist and that is led by prime minister netanyahu and when both leaders of both major parties the the white the blue party and then they could part the both of

i ended up piggy banking for walter reed so i got a test late saturday night and i'm negative. i stayed home another day. yeah, just to make sure that's how we make protect one another. so, you know, unless everyone's taking their temperature every day we can't say that he had no symptoms. these are the kinds of things we have to do for one another. this is the personal responsibility i'm talking about that we all have to practice. >> when you say you don't want the cure to be worse than the problem itself, so are you saying if we kept these measures we're doing now in place for a couple of months to -- >> well, they will be in place. at some point we're going to open up our country and it's going to be fairly soon? >> weeks or months? >> i'm not look at months i can tell you right now. we're going to be opening up our country, and we're going to be watching certain areas, and we're going to be practicing everything that debra's referring to right here. we're going to be watching this very closely, but can't keep it closed for the next -- you know, for years. this is going away

walter reed hospital processed the test very quickly. we had a lab at the hospital to be able to do that and gave us the results quickly. but it also informed me, we were wondering during that time as a family, and it's one of the reasons the president's made it such a priority that we brought all these commercial labs together. and now more than a quarter million tests have been done. we believe we'll be caught up, if you will, by the middle of this week on a backlog of tests. but we announced today that we are directing commercial labs to prioritize people who are in the hospital for tests because we want to continue to work with new technology and with the new focus and guidance from hhs to get the results of that as quickly as possible for every american. so if they have coronavirus, they can be properly treated or they can have the peace of mind that they may have some other respiratory ailment but not that. [inaudible conversations] >> mr. president, mr. president -- >> you know anybody that knows karen pence knows this, because th

i ended up -- i'm from walter reed, so i got a test late saturday night and i'm negative. i stayed home another day just -- >> whew. >> -- just to make sure. that's how we protect one another. so unless everybody is taking their temperature every day, we can't say that he had no symptoms. these are the kind of things that we have to do for one another. this is the personal responsibility that i'm talking about that we all have to practice. >> mr. president, when you say you don't want the cure to be worse than the problem itself, so are you saying that if we kept these measures that we're doing now in place for a couple of months -- >> well, they will be in place. at some point we're going to open up our country and it will be fairly soon. >> weeks or months? >> i'm not looking at months, i'm telling you right now. we're going to be opening up our country. we're going to be watching certain areas. and we're going to be practicing everything that deborah's referring to right here. we'll be watching this very closely. but you can't keep it closed for the next, you know -- fo

as an anesthesiologist who still practices at walter reed taking care of our wounded warriors and our soldiers, i know donated blood is an essential part of caring for patients, and one donation can save up to three lives. blood thinners are open now and in need of your donation. i want americans to know that blood donation is safe, and blood centers are taking extra precautions at this time based on new cdc recommendations, including spacing beds 6 feet apart, disinfecting surfaces between patients, temperature-checking staff, and encouraging donors to make appointments at other times we can space them out. social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement. so, give blood today. he will feel good about it, and you'll be helping her country and your community during this crisis. you might even save a life. >> president trump: thank you. go ahead, john. >> reporter: mr. president, switching to the efforts to boost the economy, will you guarantee that the money, the billions, the tens of billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars, even, that will go to these industr

as an anesthesiologist that still practices at walter reed taking care of our wounded warriors and soldiers, i know donated blood is an essential part of caring for our patients, and one donation can save up to three lives. blood centers are open now and in need of your donations. i want america to know that blood donation is safe and blood centers are taking extra precautions based on new cdc recommendations, including spacing beds six feet apart, disinfecting surfaces between patients, temperature checking staff and encouraging donors to make appointments ahead of time so we can space them out. social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement. so give blood today. you will feel good about it. and you will be helping your country and community during this crisis. you might even save a life. pres. trump: thank you. please. reporter: mr. president, switching to the efforts to boost the economy with the measures before congress, will you guarantee that the tens of billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars that will go to these industries, will not go to executive bonuse

the head of infectious diseases at walter reed says there is no need to panic. >> at the end of the status remains a low risk to servicemembers and the american public. >> reporter: just this morning the us military announcing an american sailor, marking the first infection to the us military in europe. charles: donald trump signing the bipartisan a.3 billion-dollar coronavirus aid bill. only two members of congress voted against it, my next guest is one of them, arizona republican congressman andy biggs. first question, what the heck were you thinking about? >> what i am thinking about is this has been hyperbola and the politicization that has gone on, the administration has done a good job, $2.5 billion before and after the vote. that is what i said i would vote for. that -- chuck schumer politicized this and they backed into the 8 billion-dollar money amount and 1 billion of that overseas. they needed $2.5 billion. if they come back 3 months later, whatever, we can do it. just because it is the right thing to do doesn't mean you triple the money that is put to this effect. there's a lot

think about one president trump left the white house to go to walter reed and that became a media story. i am there were instances where they did use that tunnel but i would think it was not a regular occurrence. alex.e next, >> was roosevelt's secretary the same john hayes that work for lincoln? matthew: i believe so. >> there were a lot of stories president kennedy would sneak visitors into the white house. -- you didu know, say that before class. [laughter] i can certainly recommend books if you would like to read those but generally speaking, i don't get too bogged down in personal lives. >> he started a trend with the interns. matthew: that was your question? my own personal opinion -- >> did he kill marilyn? matthew: now we are wandering into crazy land so we will pull aback a little bit. it must be true. [laughter] it was in cnn, it must be true. it was in the washington post, it must be true. is, and what i want you to take away from this class, is that you should always be asking questions. you should always be looking at evidence. don't just accept something at face value beca

leland, they're preparing for the worst, there's a special task force stood up in the pentagon, but walter reedand a hiv expert says thservice members and their families are at low risk, but you have to go through hygienics and wash your hands and go through. but because the disease is affecting mostly the elderly, younger people and healthy people as we heard our next guest, don't have as much to worry about, but precautions taken. leland: gillian. gillian: the president is at mar-a-lago today. we're learning more about his decision to tap north carolina congressman mark meadows to replace his chief of staff, his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. and kevin corke is reporting from west palm beach. what is the word? >> the word is staff changes are pretty common place especially late in the first term of an administration. gillian, this one seemed a long time in coming when you consider the close nature of trelationsh between the president and congressman from north carolina, mark meadows. given his retirement from capitol hill a chance for him to take on a new platform to serve the country.

president trump left the white house -- think about when president trump left the white house to go to walter reed and that became an immediate story. there may be times when the use that tunnel. but i would think it was not a regular occurrence. i wanted to know, is roosevelt secretary of state the same john hay that works for lincoln? >> i believe so. >> and could you speak to, there are stories that president kennedy would sneak mistresses into the white house? know,-yes he did say that before class-i can recommend books if you would like to read those. generally, i do not get too bogged down in personal lives. >> he started the trend with the interns? >> that was your question also. own personal opinion is that, i don't know. >> maryland? >> now we are wandering. my point is and what i want you to take way from the class, is that you should always be asking questions. should be looking at evidence. accept something at face value because it is put out by a media outlet or a historian. dig deeper. own is important to think about these things and not just accept things. ? yes? >> the holidays. [i