the: craig gilbert is bureau chief here in washington for the milwaukee journal sentinel. thank you for being with us. craig: great to be with you. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, house foreign affairs committee member florida republican congressman ted yoho discusses u.s. relations with china during the covid-19 pandemic and tensions regarding hong kong. -- talks about his organization's efforts on behalf of workers directly affected by the pandemic. and dr. marshall bloom, associate director for scientific management at the nih rocky mount laboratories on the investigations of infectious diseases. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. president trump announced an executive order for social media companies and user content posted on their platforms. here are his remarks. president greatest earl speeche you know what is going on as well as anybody, it's not good. a small handful of powerful monopolies

earlier we spoke to did of his washington bureau chief alexander phenomenon what motivated donald trump to sign this controversial executive order the logic behind this executive order is intriguing and that's actually what's trump always wanted and wants to publish his posts whatever he has to say without any limitations even though. they are wrong or false statements or derogatory comments and he's executive order a text the very legal provision that allows him to do so with impunity so it's sort of difficult to understand but we have to say that the signing of this executive order placed to his space because by starting this battle this war with silicon valley he is doing something that will be very popular with his supporters and he can say look there is a conspiracy there are a large media groups that don't want me to get reelected there is only one voice that you need to trust that is my voice. so you look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today german carmaker books 5 and says it will invest more than 2000000000 euros in china the targets are 2 el

w's washington bureau chief alexandra phenomenon alexandra let's get into this what legal protections does trump want to remove with this executive order well president said today that he's just defending free speech in america and he accused the large social media platforms of having unchecked power to restrict to censor and to alter virtually any form of communication between part private citizens and large public audiences and his executive order its purpose is to cut tail the power of the social media companies by calling on regulators agencies to take a hard look at the existing protections that shield those companies from lawsuits that basically shield them from being held responsible for the content that is posted on their platforms try to help me understand this because trump who has 80000000 twitter followers has benefited from these current internet internet speech laws that prevents companies from from lawsuits from content that people like president trump post so how could this move possibly backfire on him. well william you're right the logic behind this executive order i

s that washington bureau chief is our exams of norman welcome alexandra. put this in context for us how important is this open skies treaty and why does the president want to leave it. well this treaty has been a very important for stabilizing relations between the you asked its european allies and russia because it grants mutual permission to send reconnaissance flights over the entire territory open it's 34. members of the 34 countries that signed this treaty and this way they have been allowed to spy on the child over to see what's going on the ground in terms of troop movements or military buildup and this spying on the job or has been managed to build the trust that no one is planning a military. and military actions or even the war so this treaty has been very important but the trump administration has been complaining about russia's violation of this treaty for quite a while now and one of president trump's advisers said that now we reached a point at which you need to say enough is enough that was obviously just thinking behind this decision but le

let's join didn't lose washington bureau chief alexander of them who's following this story welcome alexandra a race is often an issue in the u.s. even when it's not a problem how much is this case likely to further strain race relations. well i think it will depend on how the sort of these are going to respond to new protests that are to be expected in minneapolis and in over parts of the country we also have to say that this case definitely has park a new discussion about racial disparities in the u.s. as it's not the 1st time that a black man was killed by police according to their washington post facto data base 1000 people have been shot and killed by the police in the last year and black americans are killed by the police at the disproportional disproportional rate so this is a very important topic and as i said it's just depends on what are we going to see tonight in minneapolis and how the authorities and specially of course the police are going to respond to those protesters as you say not unusual for black people to be killed at police hands in the u.s. but what has been unusual in

susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today."nd philip rucker white house bureau chief for "the washington post." let's begin tonight. the president and the stateho one snapsin michigan where democratic governor gretchen hit me has faced intensecriticr ending her restrictions until m 28th. and president trump said "she should give a little." in maryland larry hogan told me in a "waington post" liv interview on thursday that he fierce the federal government could try to seize the 500,000 coronavirus tests his state secured from south korea. and he treated them like treasure when they landed at b.w.i. airport. >> it was like fort knockso us because it was going to save thousands of lives. >> is the nationalar guin maryland still protecting those tests? >> they are. the unanimous grd and the state police a both guarding them at anndclosed location. robert: amid the reopening plans and the protests and thelarm about testing, federal officials have warned governors to not got too fa fast. >> they know their states. the mayors know the

susan page, washington bureau chief f "usa today."nd philip rucker white house bureau chief for "the washington post." let's begin tonight. the president and the states. one snapshot inichigan where democratic governor gretchen criticism for extending her restrictionsntil may 28th. and president trump said "she should give a litle." in maryland larry hogan told me in a "washington post" live t interview orsday that he fierce the federal government could try to seize the 500,000 coronavirus tests his sta secured from south korea. treasure when they landed at b.w.i. airport. >> it was like fort knocks to us because it was going to save thousands of lives. maryland sti protecting those tests? >> they are. the unanimous guard and the state police are bothuarding them at an undisclosed locatio robert: amid the reopening plans and the protests and the alarm about testing, federal officials have warned governors to not go too far, too fast. >> they know their states. the mayors know their cities mingts you want to give them a wiggle room. bu

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dw's washington bureau chief is here. this in context for us all stop how important is this open skies treaty and why does the president want to leave it? guest: the treaty has been very important for stabilizing relations between the u.s., its european allies and russia because it grants mutual permission to sending reconnaissance flights over the entire territory of its 34 members of the 34 countries that signed this treaty. this way, they have been allowed to spy on each other to see what is going on on the ground in terms of troop movement or military buildup. this has meant to the old trust that no one is planning a military action or even a war. this treaty has been very important, but the trump administration has been complaining about russia's violation of this treaty for quite a while and now one of president trump's advisors said we have reached a point at which you need to say enough is enough , and that was obviously the thinking behind this decision. but let's have a listen to what president trump had to say

i'm joined by our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena good evening to you alexandra let's start with the u.s. secretary of state his comments about there being and i'm quoting here no certainty but significant evidence that the corona virus originated in a chinese laboratory what's been the reaction to that claim. well there has been a lot of criticism skepticism as well with many reporters asking the question during this press briefing with secretary pompei oh how can it be to have significant evidence but not to be certain and even though secretary compare said that it doesn't have anything to do with politics it's not a secret that it is part of the republican strategy and president donald trump's reelection strategy to be tough on china is to blame china to deflect attention from the administration's own shortcomings in dealing with this crisis so there has been a lot of criticism and we also have to add that secretary pump air has not provided any evidence to justify to support his claims on the contrary we have heard from the department of defense today that they don't kno

warren is executive editor of news god and previously was the managing editor in charge of the washington bureau for the chicago tribune he says trump's humbling of the bison is a reelection strategy. i think it's part and parcel of. the reelection strategy i think most important principle is namely that the best way out of this is that the economy starts showing some clear signs 'd of a comeback prior to election and that's why he very similar in some ways to what's going on in brazil. and wants to open up a society that he is more than willing like a bristling president seems to roll the dice and then regardless in this case claiming there were stratospheric estimates of a tallis would probably continue to use a figure of $2000000.00 that he has from somewhere and that he will be in need of praise for coming deserving of praise for coming in way under it's similar with the vaccines in that he's playing salesman he is the quintessential american 'd salesman and he wants to create the next that taishan that a cure is right around the corner these anxieties and have people feeling much more confi

is the executive editor of news guardian previously was the managing editor in charge of the washington bureau for the chicago tribune he joins us via skype from chicago so all the experts appear to disagree with trump's timeline for a vaccine what do you think trump has suddenly started to focus on a vaccine now. well i think it is part and parcel of. the reelection strategy that i think most important principle namely that the best way out it whistles the economy start showing some clear signs of a comeback prior to election and that's why he very similar in some way so it's going on in brazil now i want to open up a society that even more than willing like bristling growth in the field the role of ice and then regardless of this case claim there were stratosphere estimates that they terrorists will probably continue to use a europe $2000000.00 though the ass from somewhere and that he will be in need of praise for calming our deserving approach to coming in way under it's similar with the vaccines in that he's playing scales and he is the quintessential american 'd salesman and he wants to

susan page, washington bureau chief at usa today. bevan real clear politics cofounder and president. as we watch the president land, what about the executive order? what do you think is in it? when we think is in and what about the battle on social media? >> we know that the president promised big action and we just heard in the past few minutes that he's going to sign this executive order tomorrow. no sign about what it would include. there are limits on what the president can do because of the first amendment. we saw one of the commissioners tweet out the text of the first amendment today, that seemed to be a reminder of that fact. >> bret: boarding marine one, joint base andrews. marc, your thoughts. >> i don't know why twitter chose this tweet as opposed to some of the joe scarborough tweets which are clearly false. but here the president has a point. it's legitimate to raise that mail-in voting that's being tried on a scale that's unprecedented, never been tried before, could lead to electoral issues. that's not false. it's a st

editor in chief of the dispatch, julie pace as the washington bureau chief for the associated press andan kilmeade, cohost of fox and friends and author of the book sam houston and the alamo avengers now available in paperback. congratulations, brian. let me start with you, what do you think of this email? getting the rest of it declassified today. essentially part of it says everything is being done "by the books sent on inauguration day about this oval office meeting in which former vice president is present. >> say i'm going to that, but what is significant that stands out is the part that was labeled top-secret for day one. there is not an interview, trump won. including the ufo news which still hasn't gotten out yet. potentially, i don't think we should be sharing russian information with the national security advisor. just makes me think of one thing. they really believe that michael flynn, three-star general who has done more to fight al qaeda sat down with the worst of the worst and gave 33 years of his life would sellout our country to russia or are they just trying to circumve

let's bring in the panel, jason riley, "wall street journal" columnist, susan page, washington bureaua today" and "washington post" columnist marc thiessen. your thoughts on dr. bright's testimony and what came after. >> it was really the second testimony we had this week by a scientist raising questions about how the administration has handled this terrible pandemic. i thought the most alarming thing at a time and we are seeing some progress, he was warning about the dangers of a big rebound toward the end of the year. that's troublesome, troubling at a time when we are trying to get the country opened up. >> bret: marc, the pushed back by secretary azar was pretty firm. >> i don't see how this testimony helped anybody. he was complaining we hadn't done more in january. even dr. fauci was saying in late january them this wasn't going to affect most people. and into february, plenty of people were saying he wasn't going to affect the whole country. nobody saw this coming, he wants in a generation pathogen. the public health experts thought it was going to be like stars, like avian flu

this is coming from john roberts at our washington bureau.e said basically the timeline, pence is speaking for the task force to complete its work, have agencies take over, fema, memorial day weekend, early june. vice president making comments about the news we broke to you moments ago, that the coronavirus will scale back the man tell of the coronavirus task force over the next few weeks. i want to bring in gop senior communizations advisor paris bernard. so much to comment on. to the president's comments about the argument a tweet he put up off of air force one about states and funding? >> look, at the end of the day the president understands the response has been handled differently based upon how each governor decided to handle the recovery period right now and the president has consistently respected federalism and the constitution and has made it very clear he has a position as it relates to how we should reward certain states and how other states have done very well, have done a good job should not have to bail out other states for pas

. >> on that note, here for our leadoff discussion on a friday night, susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today," best-selling author who's now at work on a biography of the house speaker nancy pelosi. jill colvin, white house reporter for the associated press, who was in today's white house press briefing. and dr. michael osterholm. he's a professor and the director of the center for infectious disease research and policy, university of minnesota. also the co-author of the recent book "deadliest enemy: our war against killer germs." good evening and welcome to you all. doctor, i'd like you to go first because of the urgency of the subject and the importance of the subject. can you synopsize your work and tell us what life is going to look like in this country for the next two years? >> well, first of all, we all know we're in the middle of a pandemic. and a pandemic is something we have experience with. it's when a new virus enters into our population and we don't have protection against it. we know that it will ultimately take up to 60% to 70% of the population to become infect

my former colleague in the washington bureau of "the times" carl hulse just posted a very astute storyaying mcconnell is on the attack because he's scared. he's scared that with seats endangered in maine, colorado, and north carolina, that he's going to be out his majority leader. and as you suggest, this has been one of those revelatory days in washington. we've been drenched in lies by the white house for weeks, and today in the course of a few hours, we heard the truth from dr. fauci that a speedy reopening will cost us thousands of lives. and interestingly, we heard the truth this morning from two republican senators. senator lamar alexander, while choosing his words carefully and gently, admitted that we have no national strategy for testing and that we're way behind. and senator mitt romney called out admiral giroir for serving as the white house spin doctor, trying to misrepresent the scale of the testing strategy. so this is a quite extraordinary day in that regard, and i think the message is the truth is now beginning to bite president trump. and we saw in those polls, for exa

. >> here for our leadoff discussion on a friday night, susan page, washington bureau chief for "usa today," a best-selling author who is now at work on a biography of the speaker of the house. shannon pettypiece, veteran journalist, senior white house reporter for us at nbc news digital. and dr. irwin redlener, a pediatrics physician, a clinical professor with the school of public health at columbia university in new york, where he also happens to be the director of columbia's national center for disaster preparedness with an expertise in pandemic influenza. shannon, what was that event about today? the medical ethicist arthur kaplan, watching live coverage, guessed right afterwards that it was about re-election, that that's what the end of the year buzz phrase is all about. >> well, it's really the way we started the week. so on monday the president was in the rose garden, held a big event about testing. that was around messaging to governors, to the public, that we have the testing capability in place to reopen and to get back to normal and business as usual. now, a lot of people

james warren is the executive at as a new scott and former managing editor in charge of the washington bureau for the chicago tribune he says that one lab claim is possible trump is using it for his own political purposes well i think of almost today's washington post the best story obscene so far on on everything that we know and don't know about the wires and the bottom line is that the origins remain as murky now as they were months ago. and it remains technically possible that it came from the lamp but the consensus is it probably didn't at the same time one clearly has fair minded scientists and experts in the field who raise at least the possibility of a leak or in some way that having come out of that lap but politically at this point it certainly suits the president's self-interest to suggest that this was all the fault of the chinese and to that extent one cannot underscore enough the role of one particular key white house aide a former journalist in china for the wall street journal matthew poppen there. who ended up in the u.s. military after a very good career in journalism who le

james warren is the executive editor of news guard and former managing editor in charge of the washington bureau for the chicago tribune joins us now by skype from chicago good to have you with us so they can we say that you know how serious they were this way how serious should one take a statement by the u.s. president when it it seems to conflict with the statement put out by the director of national intelligence right who said he couldn't assess if the virus came from a lab or whether it came from animals. well i think of all of today's washington post they have the best story out seemed so far on on everything that we know and don't know about the virus and the bottom line is that the origins were remain murky now as they were months ago. and it remains technically possible that it came from the lab but the consensus is it probably didn't at the same time when clearly as fair minded scientists and experts in the field raise at least the possibility of a leak or in some way that having come out of that lab but politically at this point it certainly suits the president's self-interest to sugg

and, former cbs washington bureau chief william small has died, after a brief illness not related to the coronavirus. under his leadership, the "cbs evening news with walter cronkite" maintained its number one slot for 20 years. the veteran newsman was heralded for his no-nonsense approach to he helped to mold cbs news' iconic coverage during the vietnam and watergate eras, with new hires including dan rather william small was 93 years old. still to come on the newshour: the unofficial start of summer amid coronovirus-- perspectives on reopening. how the navajo nation is the political stakes of the pandemic and a preview of the week in politics. and much more. >> woodruff: as states begin to reopen, john yang reports on how >> woodruff: as states continue to move toward re-opening, today the navajo nation emerged from a strict weekend lockdown and police-enforced curfew, its seventh so far. with native americans experiencing disproportionately high rates of infection and death from covid 19, in this race matters segment, stephanie sy reports that even smaller tribes consider the pand

chief justice correspondent pierre thomas, and washington bureau chief for "the associated press," juliewelcome to all of you. and jon, i want to start with you, the partisan messaging on the coronavirus is clear. the president travels the country, goes to briefings what a mask, pushing for bolder reopening steps, while democrats largely urge caution and joe biden remains in his basement, how do you see that strategy playing out for president trump? >> president trump clearly wants to project strength by not wearing a mask, by getting out there again. you'll see him making at least a couple of trips a week outside of washington. he wants to portray himself as the person that is trying to reopen this country and get back to normal, but remember, martha. donald trump is somebody who instinctively understands his base better than anybody, and he knows that part of that base believes this entire threat from the beginning has been overblown. part of that base on the fringes, measurable, are people who think that dr. fauci, has been part of a conspiracy to undermine president trump, these are

and david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones. both msnbc analysts.ou that i can say, dream on. [ laughter ] >> well, that's what we're doing during this shut-in period, dreaming along. >> we're both a long ways from tom hanks. having chided david, i will return to him for his reporting. he's reported on these cases in detail from the inception of the mueller probe. but on the law, joyce, walk us through what we were just speaking about before this short break how unusual these twists are, what does it mean? >> i think we have used the word "unusual" so many times during this administration, ari, that it's run out of steam. so i'll say irregular, highly unusual. and something that would have been unacceptable in any other administration. senator grassley, the republican champion of the inspector generals. one would expect to really be beating a drum at this point. it's critical to have independent inspector generals who don't work for the secretary or the head of their office so they can fully investigate any allegations of fraud, waste, or abuse. tha

washington journal. we turn our attention to arkansas appeared governor asa hutchinson will be joining us live from little rock. later, the chinese response to this pandemic. we'll talk to the beijing bureau chief for the washington post and the senator from west virginia. join in on the conversation. in the eastern time zone. for those of you out west, (202) 748-8001 shared if you are in arkansas a resident, (202) 748-8002. numbers with the courtesy of johns hopkins university worldwide. with more than 4.4 million cases around the globe and a worldwide death toll now approaching 302,000. joining us from little rock is arkansas governor asa hutchinson . thank you for being with us. guest: it is great to be with you any great to be on c-span again. host: new job numbers out today showing an estimated 3 million americans filing for unemployment this week alone. what has been the economic impact on this pandemic on your state of arkansas? guest: we have taken a serious hit. whenever you look at the businesses closed for a couple months, you look at the unemployment figures that go up. whenever you look at those who do not qualify for unemployment, the barbers and salon operators that are str

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host: anna fifield is the beijing bureau chief of the for the "washington post." it is early friday afternoon. she is joining us from new zealand. peter is on the phone from rhode island. go ahead. caller: good evening. i had a quick question. there was a doctor on c-span a few weeks ago. i did not take his name down. he is a worldwide expert on viruses. he said one of his best friends was a leading scientist from china, who had known him for 30 years. he talked to him back in november. he said he warned the chinese people -- not the people, but the leaders, that this could be real bad. he went to get in contact with the leading scientist again, and he disappeared. do you know anything about that at all, for does that make sense to you? guest: i do not know anything about that particular case, but it does ring true to me. it does not necessarily mean he has been locked up or anything like that. but there is such a climate of fear in china that people who may have a dissenting view from the official government line are told to be quiet. if you were to raise questio

and david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones. both msnbc analysts., going with the pandemic beard. >> i like to call it my tom hanks' beard. >> i will say, full disclosure, i've become friendly enough with you that i can say, dream on. [ laughter ] >> well, that's what we're doing during this shut-in period, dreaming along. >> we're both a long ways from tom hanks. having chided david, i will return to him for his reporting. he's reported on these cases in detail from the inception of the mueller probe. but on the law, joyce, walk us through what we were just speaking about before this short break how unusual these twists are, what does it mean? >> i think we have used the word "unusual" so many times during this administration, ari, that it's run out of steam. so i'll say irregular, highly unusual. senator grassley, the republican insp champion of the inspector generals. it's critical to have independent inspector generals who don't work for the secretary or the head of their office so they can fully investigate any allegations of fraud, waste, or a

joining me now, the washington bureau chief for usa today and editor at large for the 19th erin hanes thank you all for being here. it's great to have you. albeit remotely. i want to start with something that really struck me this morning on the sunday shows from kevin has et, an economic adviser on "face the nation." here's how he talked about what it's like to show up at the white house every day considering what's been unfolding there as regards coronavirus. watch. >> it is scary to go to work. you know i was not a part of the white house in march. i think i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than going to the west wing. >> susan paige, that's a pretty stark acknowledgement. it's the reality that so many americans are facing, that essential workers are still confronting every day when they show up, obviously, that itself the view of many white house staffers, it is essential that the work of our government continue to go on. but it's hit remarkably close to home at the white house in a way in the last few days that it hadn't before. >>? it's scary for kevin hassett to go to

joining me now, washington bureau chief for "usa today," susan page. political reporter nicholas.ditor at large for the 19th, erin haynes and nbc news national political reporter josh letterman. thank you all for being here. it's great to have you, albeit remotely. i want to start with something that really struck me this morning on the sunday shows, from kevin hassett, an economic adviser on "face the nation." here's him talking about showing up at the white house every day, consider what's been unfolding there, as regards to coronavirus. watch. >> it is scary to go to work, you know, i was not part of the white house in march, i think that i'd be a lot safer if i was sitting at home than i would be going to the west wing. >> susan page, that a pretty stark acknowledgement. i mean, it's the reality that so many americans are facing, that essential workers are still confronting every day when they show up and obviously that's the view of many white house staffers, that, you know, it is essential, obviously that the work of our government continue to go on, but it's hit remarkably

and "washington post" beijing bureau chief on china's next steps on the ongoing worldwide pandemic. watch it at 8:00 p.m. eastern on crmp span. > sunday night, journalist discusses her book "the great pretender" testing the legitimacy of psychiatric hospitals. >> there is a wide kind of influence on so much of what the mental health crisis was touched in some ways by this study and a lot of opinion about institutions were in part cheap by the study. i think in questioning it, we have to go back and question some of our assumptions and i hope this gives us an opportunity to go back and reassess in a way to move forward, because you can't move forward and if this study wasn't up to snuff and wasn't legitimate we have to rethink some of the conclusions. > sunday night at 8:00 earn on c-span. a earl speaker pelosi held news conference in response to the coronavirus pandemic. this is half an hour.

and president trump's response, i spoke with phillip rucker, the "washington post's" white house bureau chief. philip, it's not every day that we see protesters actually start going at the white house. i mean, there's-- it's a place in front of the white house that we've seen all sorts of protests. it's tradition. but last night seemed different. >> it sure did. what we saw was a-- a number of protesters through the city of-- of washington, converging on the white house and demanding racial justice. we've seen similar demonstrations in a number of cities over the last 24, 48 hours. and it-- it came right up to president trump's home, and he has been tweeting that he actually watched it all from the windows of the white house residence. >> sreenivasan: and his response, well, was classic president trump-- not what you'd expect. >> it was not. you know, his response to-- to the protests in front of the white house on friday night was to thank the secret serve for their work containing the crowds, but also using some real interesting language. he talked about the dogs being vicious-- refer

host: we are talking with william booth, the washington post bureau chief in london. is it now easier for you to travel to paris or elsewhere in europe? guest: no. not yet. it is not easy for us in london to go anywhere. the flights have been restricted. there is not tons of them. europe still do it, but is not open yet by any means and the u.k. is not. ,oris johnson, in his speeches his remarks the other day, forng out the way forward getting out of unlocking the .ockdown, as they put it it would mean if you flew here from washington, you would be quarantined for 14 days. it would be monitored or voluntary, but you would have to give a good place where you would quarantine, and if you did not have a good place to quarantine, maybe the government would tell you where you were going to quarantine for 14 days. britain is not really open yet in that way. th, bureauiam boo chief at the washington post in london, joining us on this sunday. thank you. guest: happy to do it. host: we are checking in with foreign correspondents around the world to find out how they are dealin

come in, edward lawrence out of our washington bureau, because i want to know if china is buying ouruff the way they're supposed to buy our stuff right now. reporter: yeah. it depends on how you look at the data here. i can tell you that the chinese, or my trade sources are telling me the chinese have made some inquiries about relaxing the amount that they have to buy here. u.s. trade representative official, senior u.s. trade representative official tells me they have had two meetings, two monthly meetings designated under the phase one trade deal where they work out a range of issues and there are a range of issues that they are working out. i can tell you, though, in one voice from the u.s. trade representative's office to the white house, they have told china that they have to follow through on the deal and that includes buying $200 billion in goods and services that china agreed to in this. now, the chinese data shows for the first three months of this year exports of soybeans, for example, to china was up 210% but then in march, weakness showed. the u.s. agriculture data shows