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>> Ed: ALL RIGHT.

>> Ed: ALL RIGHT. AS SOME STATES BEGIN REOPENING

AS SOME STATES BEGIN REOPENING THEIR ECONOMIES, MANY RESTAURANT

THEIR ECONOMIES, MANY RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY

OWNERS ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO MOVE TABLES FURTHER

WILL HAVE TO MOVE TABLES FURTHER APART FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING,

APART FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, MAKING IT EVEN HARDER FOR THEM

MAKING IT EVEN HARDER FOR THEM TO MAKE THE KIND OF REVENUES

TO MAKE THE KIND OF REVENUES THEY NEED TO BE VIABLE.

THEY NEED TO BE VIABLE. FOR MORE ON THIS -- WAIT, WE

FOR MORE ON THIS -- WAIT, WE HAVE KELLYANNE CONWAY.

HAVE KELLYANNE CONWAY. WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS, WE DIDN’T HAVE

RESTAURANTS, WE DIDN’T HAVE KELLY ON.

KELLY ON. NOW WE HAVE BELLINGHAM.

NOW WE HAVE BELLINGHAM. WELCOME.

WELCOME. >> WE’VE BEEN HERE, I THINK WE

>> WE’VE BEEN HERE, I THINK WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. >> THEY’VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT

>> THEY’VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO HELP

AND DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO HELP THE PPP AND YET SOME OF THEM

THE PPP AND YET SOME OF THEM CAN’T GET THROUGH TO THE SBA.

CAN’T GET THROUGH TO THE SBA. I CAN’T GET THEIR BANKS ARE

I CAN’T GET THEIR BANKS ARE ACTUALLY LOAN THE MONEY.

ACTUALLY LOAN THE MONEY. WHAT’S YOUR ASSURANCES TO THEM

WHAT’S YOUR ASSURANCES TO THEM THIS MORNING THAT THE SBA ON THE

THIS MORNING THAT THE SBA ON THE PRESIDENT ARE GOING TO GET TO

PRESIDENT ARE GOING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT AND WHERE ARE

THE BOTTOM OF THAT AND WHERE ARE WE ON A DEAL FOR MORE MONEY?

WE ON A DEAL FOR MORE MONEY? >> IF THE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED

>> IF THE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTED TO DOING THAT AND I HEARD TODAY

TO DOING THAT AND I HEARD TODAY FROM A LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM

FROM A LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS TEAM THAT THEY ARE HOPEFUL WE CAN GET

THAT THEY ARE HOPEFUL WE CAN GET THE DEAL THIS WEEKEND THAT DEAL

THE DEAL THIS WEEKEND THAT DEAL SHOULD INFUSE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE

SHOULD INFUSE A WHOLE BUNCH MORE CASH, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR

CASH, BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THESE

THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, THESE MOM-AND-POP SIDES THAT WE ARE

MOM-AND-POP SIDES THAT WE ARE ALL HEARING FROM HIM, THAT THEY

ALL HEARING FROM HIM, THAT THEY WANT TO STAY AFLOAT.

WANT TO STAY AFLOAT. THEY NEED TO HEAR THIS MONEY FOR

THEY NEED TO HEAR THIS MONEY FOR THEM TO MAKE PAYROLL AND COVER

THEM TO MAKE PAYROLL AND COVER SOME OF THEIR EXPENSES AND

SOME OF THEIR EXPENSES AND OVERHEAD AND WE SEEN THESE

OVERHEAD AND WE SEEN THESE STORIES.

STORIES. HARVARD GOT 9 MILLION OUT OF

HARVARD GOT 9 MILLION OUT OF THAT CARE IS ACT AND SOME PEOPLE

THAT CARE IS ACT AND SOME PEOPLE ARE VERY MUCH OBJECTED TO THAT.

ARE VERY MUCH OBJECTED TO THAT. THEY’VE GOT ABOUT A $41 BILLION

THEY’VE GOT ABOUT A $41 BILLION ENDOWMENT UP AT HARVARD AND I’M

ENDOWMENT UP AT HARVARD AND I’M SURE THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY

SURE THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN IT AS

SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN IT AS COMPANIES LIKE SHAKE SHACK HAVE

COMPANIES LIKE SHAKE SHACK HAVE RETURNED THEY ARE MILLION DOLLAR

RETURNED THEY ARE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT

LOAN BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE WHO IT WAS INTENDED TO

THOSE WHO IT WAS INTENDED TO HELP THE MOST ARE THOSE WHO ARE

HELP THE MOST ARE THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST.

SUFFERING THE MOST. THE LOCAL STORES IN YOUR

THE LOCAL STORES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT THE FRANCHISES.

COMMUNITY, NOT THE FRANCHISES. THERE’S ALSO THIS NEW TRANCHE OF

THERE’S ALSO THIS NEW TRANCHE OF MONEY WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT

MONEY WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 75 BILLION MORE FOR HOSPITALS,

75 BILLION MORE FOR HOSPITALS, AND MORE FOR EMERGENCIES.

AND MORE FOR EMERGENCIES. IT SUPPOSED TO BE MORE FLUSH

IT SUPPOSED TO BE MORE FLUSH WITH CASH AND I FULLY ENCOURAGE

WITH CASH AND I FULLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO KEEP ON APPLYING FOR

PEOPLE TO KEEP ON APPLYING FOR THE LOANS AND GRANTS.

THE LOANS AND GRANTS. >> Ed: SO THAT’S A BIG PICTURE

>> Ed: SO THAT’S A BIG PICTURE BUT LET’S GET SPECIFIC AND TRY

BUT LET’S GET SPECIFIC AND TRY TO NAIL THIS DOWN.

TO NAIL THIS DOWN. THE WHOLE GANG, WHERE ARE WE AT

THE WHOLE GANG, WHERE ARE WE AT THIS HOUR AND ACTUALLY GETTING

THIS HOUR AND ACTUALLY GETTING THIS DEAL?

THIS DEAL? >> THE SECRETARY FEELS VERY

>> THE SECRETARY FEELS VERY CONFIDENT AND YOU SAID THAT

CONFIDENT AND YOU SAID THAT YESTERDAY IS THAT A DEAL IS

YESTERDAY IS THAT A DEAL IS HAPPENING.

HAPPENING. LET’S BE FAIR, THIS PRESIDENT

LET’S BE FAIR, THIS PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN IMMEDIATE ACTION EVERY

HAS TAKEN IMMEDIATE ACTION EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE RELIEF

TIME ONE OF THESE RELIEF PACKAGES RELATED TO THE COVID

PACKAGES RELATED TO THE COVID HAS HIT HIS DESK, HE SIGNED IT.

HAS HIT HIS DESK, HE SIGNED IT. THAT 2.2 TRILLION SEVERAL WEEKS

THAT 2.2 TRILLION SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, HE SIGNED IT IMMEDIATELY.

AGO, HE SIGNED IT IMMEDIATELY. AND MAY I REMIND ALL AMERICANS,

AND MAY I REMIND ALL AMERICANS, THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY

THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 96-0, IT WAS BICAMERAL, BOTH

96-0, IT WAS BICAMERAL, BOTH CHAMBERS, AND BIPARTISAN.

CHAMBERS, AND BIPARTISAN. THIS IS NOT BEING OVERLY

THIS IS NOT BEING OVERLY POLITICIZED ON ITS WAY TO THE

POLITICIZED ON ITS WAY TO THE PRESIDENT’S DESK.

PRESIDENT’S DESK. ON THE WAY THEY ARE SOMETIMES IS

ON THE WAY THEY ARE SOMETIMES IS AND I WOULD SAY WHEN THE

AND I WOULD SAY WHEN THE MAJORITY LEADER IN THE HOUSE

MAJORITY LEADER IN THE HOUSE SENDING LAWYERS THAT CONGRESS IS

SENDING LAWYERS THAT CONGRESS IS NOW RECESSED UNTIL MAY 4TH

NOW RECESSED UNTIL MAY 4TH UNLESS THERE’S A COURT

UNLESS THERE’S A COURT EMERGENCY, FOLKS, WE ARE IN AN

EMERGENCY, FOLKS, WE ARE IN AN EMERGENCY.

EMERGENCY. WE ARE HERE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A

WE ARE HERE WORKING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OF THIS WHITE HOUSE AND

WEEK OF THIS WHITE HOUSE AND PEOPLE HAVE MOBILIZED PRIVATE

PEOPLE HAVE MOBILIZED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR.

AND PUBLIC SECTOR. SO WE NEED CONGRESS TO GET BACK

SO WE NEED CONGRESS TO GET BACK HERE.

HERE. THEY SHOULD NOT BE AT HOME, THEY

THEY SHOULD NOT BE AT HOME, THEY SHOULD BE HERE IN WASHINGTON

SHOULD BE HERE IN WASHINGTON GETTING THIS MONEY FUNDED.

GETTING THIS MONEY FUNDED. WE ARE ALSO HEARING STORIES FROM

WE ARE ALSO HEARING STORIES FROM SOME OF OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

SOME OF OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WANTING TO SHUT DOWN, AND I

WANTING TO SHUT DOWN, AND I THINK SOME OF THIS MONEY SHOULD

THINK SOME OF THIS MONEY SHOULD BE INTENDED FOR OPERATIONS LIKE

BE INTENDED FOR OPERATIONS LIKE THAT IF THEY QUALIFY UNDER 500.

THAT IF THEY QUALIFY UNDER 500. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MOM-AND-POP STORES AND ALSO

MOM-AND-POP STORES AND ALSO THESE COMPANIES AND THE ITS

THESE COMPANIES AND THE ITS OUTFITS, THESE NONPROFITS THAT

OUTFITS, THESE NONPROFITS THAT PEOPLE AREN’T REALLY CONSIDERING

PEOPLE AREN’T REALLY CONSIDERING WOULD BE SO FINANCIALLY IMPACTED

WOULD BE SO FINANCIALLY IMPACTED BY THIS.

BY THIS. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THEM APPLY AS WELL AND HELP THEM.

APPLY AS WELL AND HELP THEM. >> Sandra: HEY, IT SANDRA.

>> Sandra: HEY, IT SANDRA. OBVIOUSLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS

OBVIOUSLY THE WHITE HOUSE IS MONITORING THE SITUATION ACROSS

MONITORING THE SITUATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS A PRESIDENT SAYS

THE COUNTRY AS A PRESIDENT SAYS HE BELIEVES THAT SOME GOVERNORS

HE BELIEVES THAT SOME GOVERNORS OF SOME STATES HAVE GONE TOO FAR

OF SOME STATES HAVE GONE TOO FAR WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON

WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON STOPPING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

STOPPING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. YOU HAVE SEEN THE PROTESTS THAT

YOU HAVE SEEN THE PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN EMERGING, SOME OF THEM

HAVE BEEN EMERGING, SOME OF THEM EVEN CALLING FOR GATHERINGS ON

EVEN CALLING FOR GATHERINGS ON FACEBOOK.

FACEBOOK. IF MARK ZUCKERBERG RESPONDED TO

IF MARK ZUCKERBERG RESPONDED TO THAT CALLING AT THE SPREAD OF

THAT CALLING AT THE SPREAD OF HARMFUL MISINFORMATION.

HARMFUL MISINFORMATION. THEY’VE AGREED TO TAKE SOME OF

THEY’VE AGREED TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE CALLS FOR PROTESTS DOWN.

THOSE CALLS FOR PROTESTS DOWN. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT SAYING

WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT SAYING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING?

ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING? THE PROTESTS ARE CALLING FOR THE

THE PROTESTS ARE CALLING FOR THE END OF SOME OF THE GUIDELINES

END OF SOME OF THE GUIDELINES THAT HE SET TO BEGIN WITH?

THAT HE SET TO BEGIN WITH? >> FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WANT

>> FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WANT PEOPLE TO ADHERE TO THE COVID-19

PEOPLE TO ADHERE TO THE COVID-19 GUIDELINES.

GUIDELINES. PEOPLE SHOULD READ THOSE

PEOPLE SHOULD READ THOSE GUIDELINES.

GUIDELINES. WE NEED PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF 6

WE NEED PHYSICAL DISTANCING OF 6 COVERING.

COVERING. >> Sandra: AT SOME OF THE

>> Sandra: AT SOME OF THE PROTESTERS HAVE CLEARLY SEEN THE

PROTESTERS HAVE CLEARLY SEEN THE PICTURES ARE BREACHING THAT

PICTURES ARE BREACHING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING LINE.

SOCIAL DISTANCING LINE. >> CORRECT.

>> CORRECT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOME OF

BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOME OF THIS GOVERNORS HAVE PHYSICALLY

THIS GOVERNORS HAVE PHYSICALLY DISTANCED FROM COMMON SENSE.

DISTANCED FROM COMMON SENSE. IN MICHIGAN YOU CAN SMOKE GRASS

IN MICHIGAN YOU CAN SMOKE GRASS BUT NOT CUT YOUR GRASS, THIS

BUT NOT CUT YOUR GRASS, THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO MANY

DOESN’T MAKE SENSE TO MANY PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT DOMESTIC REBELLION,

THIS IS NOT DOMESTIC REBELLION, I LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE AND I SEE

I LOOK AT THOSE PEOPLE AND I SEE FORGOTTEN MEN AND FORGOTTEN

FORGOTTEN MEN AND FORGOTTEN WOMEN ECONOMICALLY.

WOMEN ECONOMICALLY. THEY SAY I’M IN A LOW INFECTION

THEY SAY I’M IN A LOW INFECTION AREA, I’M ASYMPTOMATIC AND NOT

AREA, I’M ASYMPTOMATIC AND NOT EXPOSED, I WANT TO GET BACK TO

EXPOSED, I WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK.

WORK. LET’S BE FAIR.

LET’S BE FAIR. TODAY IS APRIL 20TH AND WE HAVE

TODAY IS APRIL 20TH AND WE HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS

TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RIGHT NOW STARING AT THEIR BILLS

RIGHT NOW STARING AT THEIR BILLS IN MAY.

IN MAY. HOW ARE GOING TO MEET THE BILLS

HOW ARE GOING TO MEET THE BILLS IN MAY?

IN MAY? THE BASIC NECESSITIES IN THEIR

THE BASIC NECESSITIES IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD.

HOUSEHOLD. AND THEY ARE SAYING I WANT TO

AND THEY ARE SAYING I WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK.

GET BACK TO WORK. SOME OF THEM ARE MORE CONCERNED

SOME OF THEM ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT CONTROLLING THE

ABOUT CONTROLLING THE POPULATIONS AND PROTECTING THEM.

POPULATIONS AND PROTECTING THEM. THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE OUT

THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE OUT THERE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE

THERE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE HEARING TWO.

HEARING TWO. >> Ed: WE HAD DR. PETER HOTEL

>> Ed: WE HAD DR. PETER HOTEL IS ON EARLIER AND EVERY EXPERT

IS ON EARLIER AND EVERY EXPERT INCLUDING HIM SAYS, WE GOT TO

INCLUDING HIM SAYS, WE GOT TO INCREASE IN RAMP-UP TESTING.

INCREASE IN RAMP-UP TESTING. BUT HE TOLD US HE WANTS TO ASK

BUT HE TOLD US HE WANTS TO ASK YOU DIRECTLY AS A MEDICAL

YOU DIRECTLY AS A MEDICAL EXPERT, IS THE WHITE HOUSE -- HE

EXPERT, IS THE WHITE HOUSE -- HE UNDERSTANDS AND WE ALL

UNDERSTANDS AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND, MAYORS AND GOVERNORS

UNDERSTAND, MAYORS AND GOVERNORS ALL CARRY SOME RESPONSIBILITY

ALL CARRY SOME RESPONSIBILITY HERE BUT HE SAID IT’S GOING TO

HERE BUT HE SAID IT’S GOING TO TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE TO GET

TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK BY PUSHING

PEOPLE BACK TO WORK BY PUSHING THE CDC TO HAVE SOME NATIONAL

THE CDC TO HAVE SOME NATIONAL GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS SO THAT

GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS SO THAT MAYORS AND GOVERNORS AND EVERY

MAYORS AND GOVERNORS AND EVERY STATE AND MUNICIPALITY KNOW

STATE AND MUNICIPALITY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON WITH TESTING.

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH TESTING. AS THE WHITE HOUSE GOING TO TAKE

AS THE WHITE HOUSE GOING TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY?

THAT RESPONSIBILITY? >> I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THERE.

>> I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. FIRST OF ALL TESTING IS THE MOST

FIRST OF ALL TESTING IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY ECHOED WORDS IN THE

FREQUENTLY ECHOED WORDS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE ARE VERY

WHITE HOUSE AND WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON TESTING.

FOCUSED ON TESTING. FIRST THERE IS DIAGNOSTIC

FIRST THERE IS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING.

TESTING. THAT TESTING WE HAD ABOUT 85,000

THAT TESTING WE HAD ABOUT 85,000 A MONTH AGO AND NOW WE ARE AT

A MONTH AGO AND NOW WE ARE AT 4 MILLION, WE WILL BE AT

4 MILLION, WE WILL BE AT 5 MILLION BY THE END OF THE

5 MILLION BY THE END OF THE MONTH SO THAT’S WENT UP

MONTH SO THAT’S WENT UP SIGNIFICANTLY.

SIGNIFICANTLY. ITS RAMPED UP IN THE TYPE OF

ITS RAMPED UP IN THE TYPE OF TESTING THAT YOU SEE AT RUTGERS

TESTING THAT YOU SEE AT RUTGERS AND SALIVA TESTS, EASY TO THE

AND SALIVA TESTS, EASY TO THE RAPID ABBOTT TESTS.

RAPID ABBOTT TESTS. THE FDA IS APPROVING DIFFERENT

THE FDA IS APPROVING DIFFERENT TESTING SO MORE PEOPLE CAN

TESTING SO MORE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS THAT.

ACCESS THAT. IT IS ALSO SURVEILLANCE TESTING

IT IS ALSO SURVEILLANCE TESTING FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CERTAINLY

FOR SURVEILLANCE AND CERTAINLY ALSO SEROLOGY TESTING THAT WE

ALSO SEROLOGY TESTING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK THE

TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK THE GREAT NEWS I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY

GREAT NEWS I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY IS IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE

IS IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE VICE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO

VICE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD A CALL WITH OUR NATIONS

LEAD A CALL WITH OUR NATIONS GOVERNOR.

GOVERNOR. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TESTING.

TESTING. ONE THING DR. BIRX IS

ONE THING DR. BIRX IS EMPHASIZING TO THESE GOVERNORS

EMPHASIZING TO THESE GOVERNORS IS, WE DID ABOUT 150,000 TESTS

IS, WE DID ABOUT 150,000 TESTS PER DAY I THINK, WE CAN DOUBLE

PER DAY I THINK, WE CAN DOUBLE THAT IF WE CAN RAMP UP THAT

THAT IF WE CAN RAMP UP THAT CAPACITY.

CAPACITY. DR. BIRX HAS PUT TOGETHER A MAP

DR. BIRX HAS PUT TOGETHER A MAP THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOUR TESTING

THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOUR TESTING CAPACITY IS IN YOUR OWN STATE,

CAPACITY IS IN YOUR OWN STATE, HOPING THAT THESE PRIVATE LABS,

HOPING THAT THESE PRIVATE LABS, EVERYBODY KNOWS.

EVERYBODY KNOWS. WE ARE GOING TO SUPPLY THEM,

WE ARE GOING TO SUPPLY THEM, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR STATE,

WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR STATE, WHICH DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO,

WHICH DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO, WE WANT TO SUPPLY THE NEED AND

WE WANT TO SUPPLY THE NEED AND NOT THE ASK.

NOT THE ASK. DR. BIRX WAS TELLING US TODAY

DR. BIRX WAS TELLING US TODAY THAT WE HAVE NINE PLATFORMS AND

THAT WE HAVE NINE PLATFORMS AND A THOUSAND LABS AND THAT FOR

A THOUSAND LABS AND THAT FOR BOTH THE ANTIBODY AND NUCLEIC

BOTH THE ANTIBODY AND NUCLEIC TESTING, YOU NEED SPECIFICITY

TESTING, YOU NEED SPECIFICITY AND SENSITIVITY THAT WE ARE

AND SENSITIVITY THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW.

WORKING ON NOW. EVERYBODY AGREES THAT THAT IS

EVERYBODY AGREES THAT THAT IS WHERE THIS IS HEADED NEXT.

WHERE THIS IS HEADED NEXT. IT’S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM BUT

IT’S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM BUT WE’VE BEEN BUILDING THAT

WE’VE BEEN BUILDING THAT ECOSYSTEM AROUND THE CLOCK.

ECOSYSTEM AROUND THE CLOCK. >> Sandra: WAS ALSO DIFFICULT

>> Sandra: WAS ALSO DIFFICULT TO EXPECT IS JUST EXACTLY HOW TO

TO EXPECT IS JUST EXACTLY HOW TO REOPEN THE COUNTRY AND GET THE

REOPEN THE COUNTRY AND GET THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN.

ECONOMY GOING AGAIN. IT’S AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING

IT’S AN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING DECISION.

DECISION. >> I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT

>> I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE THAT THERE’S A THREE PHASED APPROACH

THERE’S A THREE PHASED APPROACH TO OPENING AND WE HAD PUBLISHED

TO OPENING AND WE HAD PUBLISHED THAT LAST WEEK.

THAT LAST WEEK. EVERYONE CAN ACCESS THAT, I’M

EVERYONE CAN ACCESS THAT, I’M SURE IT’S ON WhiteHouse.gov

SURE IT’S ON WhiteHouse.gov AND FoxNews.com, IT’S EASY TO

AND FoxNews.com, IT’S EASY TO ACCESS.

ACCESS. THE REASON THERE ARE PHASES IS

THE REASON THERE ARE PHASES IS BECAUSE THIS IS DATA DRIVEN AND

BECAUSE THIS IS DATA DRIVEN AND NOT DATE DRIVEN.

NOT DATE DRIVEN. WE HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING BEEN

WE HAVE FROM THE BEGINNING BEEN LISTENING TO THE MEDICAL

LISTENING TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND SCIENTISTS AND

PROFESSIONALS AND SCIENTISTS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. HE THINKS THERE IS ENOUGH

HE THINKS THERE IS ENOUGH TESTING FOR PHASE ONE AND, IF

TESTING FOR PHASE ONE AND, IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT PHASE ONE WE

YOU ARE LOOKING AT PHASE ONE WE CAN WITH THAT.

CAN WITH THAT. WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE BALANCE

WE ALL RECOGNIZE THE BALANCE THAT WAS NECESSARY, AND, IF YOU

THAT WAS NECESSARY, AND, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE THREE PHASES, IT’S

LOOK AT THOSE THREE PHASES, IT’S NEVER INTENDED TO JUST TURN ON

NEVER INTENDED TO JUST TURN ON THE BUTTON, LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH.

THE BUTTON, LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH. THIS IS MORE GRADUAL AND IT

THIS IS MORE GRADUAL AND IT DEPENDS ON INFECTION RATES,

DEPENDS ON INFECTION RATES, VENTILATOR CAPACITY IN YOUR

VENTILATOR CAPACITY IN YOUR AREA.

AREA. IT ALSO MATTERS IF YOU WERE EVER

IT ALSO MATTERS IF YOU WERE EVER EXPOSED.

EXPOSED. IF YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC.

IF YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. IN ONE WORKPLACE YOU MAY HAVE A

IN ONE WORKPLACE YOU MAY HAVE A PERFECTLY HEALTHY 28-YEAR-OLD

PERFECTLY HEALTHY 28-YEAR-OLD MALE WHO LIVES ALONE WHO WAS

MALE WHO LIVES ALONE WHO WAS NEVER EXPOSED, IS ASYMPTOMATIC,

NEVER EXPOSED, IS ASYMPTOMATIC, HE MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT

HE MAY BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN A COLLEAGUE WHO

SITUATION THAN A COLLEAGUE WHO IS 50 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN

IS 50 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN EXPOSED OR IS ASYMPTOMATIC.

EXPOSED OR IS ASYMPTOMATIC. I’M SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEE

I’M SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE

EMPLOYER WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BUT, YOU SEE WHAT

CARE OF THEM BUT, YOU SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING CABINET WIDE AND

YOU ARE DOING CABINET WIDE AND ADMINISTRATION WIDE, AND THE

ADMINISTRATION WIDE, AND THE MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY.

MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY. WE ARE LOOKING AT INDUSTRY BY

WE ARE LOOKING AT INDUSTRY BY INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHY BY

INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHY BY GEOGRAPHY AND NEVER SUGGESTING

GEOGRAPHY AND NEVER SUGGESTING IT.

IT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT.

SEE THAT. THE GOVERNORS WANT THE LAST SAY

THE GOVERNORS WANT THE LAST SAY AND, THEY SAY WHETHER OR NOT TO

AND, THEY SAY WHETHER OR NOT TO REOPEN THEIR ECONOMY, BUT THEY

REOPEN THEIR ECONOMY, BUT THEY WANT TO DELEGATE AND ADVOCATE,

WANT TO DELEGATE AND ADVOCATE, CAN NAVIGATE ALL THE CALLS WITH

CAN NAVIGATE ALL THE CALLS WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT.

THE VICE PRESIDENT. I HEAR AN AWFUL LOT OF ELABORATE

I HEAR AN AWFUL LOT OF ELABORATE COMPETITION AND SOME GOVERNORS

COMPETITION AND SOME GOVERNORS GO TO OTHER NETWORKS BUT THERE’S

GO TO OTHER NETWORKS BUT THERE’S BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSE

BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSE AND COLLABORATION AND THAT WILL

AND COLLABORATION AND THAT WILL CONTINUE AS WE GRADUALLY REOPEN

CONTINUE AS WE GRADUALLY REOPEN PIECES OF THE ECONOMY.

PIECES OF THE ECONOMY. >> Ed: WHAT ABOUT THE

>> Ed: WHAT ABOUT THE COLLABORATION AND OR LACK

COLLABORATION AND OR LACK THEREOF?

THEREOF? AMONG OTHER THINGS SHE SAID THE

AMONG OTHER THINGS SHE SAID THE PRESIDENT IS A WEAK LEADER AND

PRESIDENT IS A WEAK LEADER AND HE HAS FAILED IN THE CORONAVIRUS

HE HAS FAILED IN THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.

RESPONSE. YOU SAID?

YOU SAID? >> IT WAS SUCH A DISAPPOINTING

>> IT WAS SUCH A DISAPPOINTING INTERVIEW FROM THE SPEAKER OF

INTERVIEW FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WAS SITTING IN HER

THE HOUSE WAS SITTING IN HER HOME NOT FEELING ISOLATED OR

HOME NOT FEELING ISOLATED OR ECONOMICALLY DESPERATE LIKE SO

ECONOMICALLY DESPERATE LIKE SO MANY AMERICANS ARE, I THOUGHT IT

MANY AMERICANS ARE, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HER TO

WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR HER TO JUST NAME CALL AND DISPARAGE THE

JUST NAME CALL AND DISPARAGE THE PRESIDENT PERSONALLY INSTEAD OF

PRESIDENT PERSONALLY INSTEAD OF SAYING I’M GETTING CONGRESS BACK

SAYING I’M GETTING CONGRESS BACK TO WORK THIS WEEK SO WE CAN GET

TO WORK THIS WEEK SO WE CAN GET MORE MONEY FOR THE SMALL

MORE MONEY FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO STAY AFLOAT.

BUSINESS OWNERS TO STAY AFLOAT. FOR THEM, IT’S NOT A MATTER OF

FOR THEM, IT’S NOT A MATTER OF PROSPERITY, AND SURVIVAL RIGHT

PROSPERITY, AND SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW.

NOW. AND IT SHOULDN’T JUST BE

AND IT SHOULDN’T JUST BE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, THAT

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, THAT SHOULD NOT BE DARWINISM OR

SHOULD NOT BE DARWINISM OR DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE YOU ARE A

DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS WHO IS GOING

SMALL BUSINESS WHO IS GOING INVENTORY BY INVENTORY OR

INVENTORY BY INVENTORY OR PAYCHECK BY PAYCHECK, WE SHOULD

PAYCHECK BY PAYCHECK, WE SHOULD BE HELPING THEM.

BE HELPING THEM. THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE

THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE PPP AND I FELT THAT WHEN YOU

PPP AND I FELT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAY,

HAVE NOTHING POSITIVE TO SAY, SMALL MINDS TALK ABOUT OTHER

SMALL MINDS TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE COME THEY DON’T TALK

PEOPLE COME THEY DON’T TALK ABOUT BIG ISSUES.

ABOUT BIG ISSUES. I FELT IT WAS INCREDIBLY

I FELT IT WAS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING THAT INSTEAD OF

DISAPPOINTING THAT INSTEAD OF HERS SHOWING BIPARTISANSHIP AS

HERS SHOWING BIPARTISANSHIP AS WE’VE SEEN ALL ACROSS THE

WE’VE SEEN ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SO MANY WAYS, HAVE

COUNTRY IN SO MANY WAYS, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE COUNTRIES

YOU EVER SEEN THE COUNTRIES PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES MOBILIZE IN

PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES MOBILIZE IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY AS WE HAVE

SUCH A POSITIVE WAY AS WE HAVE IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS, SANDRA

IN THE LAST FIVE WEEKS, SANDRA AND ED, IT’S REMARKABLE TO SEE

AND ED, IT’S REMARKABLE TO SEE AS A MOTHER OF FOUR SCHOOL-AGE

AS A MOTHER OF FOUR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN, IT’S BEEN FANTASTIC TO

CHILDREN, IT’S BEEN FANTASTIC TO POINT OUT IN A COMPLETELY

POINT OUT IN A COMPLETELY NONPOLITICAL FASHION HOW MANY

NONPOLITICAL FASHION HOW MANY AMERICANS AND HOW MUCH AMERICAN

AMERICANS AND HOW MUCH AMERICAN BUSINESSES IN THE VOLUNTEERS

BUSINESSES IN THE VOLUNTEERS HAVE STOOD UP, OFFERING TO HELP

HAVE STOOD UP, OFFERING TO HELP WITH THE FOOD BANK, OFFERING TO

WITH THE FOOD BANK, OFFERING TO HAVE THEIR PARKING LOTS WE STAND

HAVE THEIR PARKING LOTS WE STAND UP FIELD OF MEDICAL HOSPITALS OR

UP FIELD OF MEDICAL HOSPITALS OR TESTING SITES.

TESTING SITES. THEN WE HAVE THE SPEAKER OF THE

THEN WE HAVE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE WHO WAS ALWAYS CALLED SO

HOUSE WHO WAS ALWAYS CALLED SO SMART AND POWERFUL NOT SAY, I

SMART AND POWERFUL NOT SAY, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS

NEED TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY IS THERE.

THERE. >> Sandra: JUST A FOLLOW UP ON

>> Sandra: JUST A FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE VIDEO THAT WE’VE

SOME OF THE VIDEO THAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING WHILE YOU’VE BEEN

BEEN PLAYING WHILE YOU’VE BEEN SPEAKING, THIS AN AREA OF THE

SPEAKING, THIS AN AREA OF THE COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE SEEING

COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE SEEING THESE PROTESTS.

THESE PROTESTS. WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING

WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING, IS HE

ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING, IS HE CONCERNED THAT WHILE THEY MIGHT

CONCERNED THAT WHILE THEY MIGHT BE PROTESTING WHAT THEY SAY OR

BE PROTESTING WHAT THEY SAY OR SEE ARE THE RIGHT REASONS TO GET

SEE ARE THE RIGHT REASONS TO GET BACK TO WORK, OR THEY FEEL LIKE

BACK TO WORK, OR THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE OVERLY RESTRICTED, IS

THEY ARE OVERLY RESTRICTED, IS THE PRESIDENT -- IS THE

THE PRESIDENT -- IS THE WHITE HOUSE TASK TEAM CONCERNED

WHITE HOUSE TASK TEAM CONCERNED THAT THEY MIGHT BE SPREADING THE

THAT THEY MIGHT BE SPREADING THE VIRUS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE

VIRUS AT THE SAME TIME WHILE THEY ARE GATHERING?

THEY ARE GATHERING? >> LOOK, WE TOOK GREAT ACTION,

>> LOOK, WE TOOK GREAT ACTION, UNDER TREMENDOUS CRITICISM

UNDER TREMENDOUS CRITICISM INCLUDING BY FULL ON MEMBERS OF

INCLUDING BY FULL ON MEMBERS OF THE " #Resistance IN THE

THE " #Resistance IN THE MEDIA, HE HAS SAVED LIVES BY

MEDIA, HE HAS SAVED LIVES BY DOING SOME.

DOING SOME. HE’S HAD AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO

HE’S HAD AN ADDITIONAL 30 TO SLOW THE SPREAD SO WE ARE SECOND

SLOW THE SPREAD SO WE ARE SECOND TO NO ONE IN TERMS OF SAYING, DO

TO NO ONE IN TERMS OF SAYING, DO WHAT YOU MUST TO SLOW THE SPREAD

WHAT YOU MUST TO SLOW THE SPREAD AND KEEP IT THAT WAY.

AND KEEP IT THAT WAY. BUT, AND WE WANT TO LIVE WITH

BUT, AND WE WANT TO LIVE WITH THE VIRUS WHILE WE ARE DOING

THE VIRUS WHILE WE ARE DOING TESTING, THERAPEUTICS, AND WHILE

TESTING, THERAPEUTICS, AND WHILE WE ARE DEVELOPING A VACCINE.

WE ARE DEVELOPING A VACCINE. THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THIS

THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING THIS STATE AND THAT COMMUNITY, THOSE

STATE AND THAT COMMUNITY, THOSE KINDS OF WORKERS IN THAT

KINDS OF WORKERS IN THAT INDUSTRY, GO GO GO.

INDUSTRY, GO GO GO. BUT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

BUT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS HAVEN’T STOPPED WORKING.

WORKERS HAVEN’T STOPPED WORKING. OUR TRUCKERS, OUR SANITATION,

OUR TRUCKERS, OUR SANITATION, OUR AMAZING HEROIC HEALTH CARE,

OUR AMAZING HEROIC HEALTH CARE, WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS,

WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD ROAD MAP

THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD ROAD MAP AS TO HOW TO REOPEN PIECES OF

AS TO HOW TO REOPEN PIECES OF THE ECONOMY SENSIBLY AND

THE ECONOMY SENSIBLY AND SMARTLY.

SMARTLY. >> Sandra: AND WE KNOW AS YOU

>> Sandra: AND WE KNOW AS YOU SAID THE GROUP OF GOVERNORS WILL

SAID THE GROUP OF GOVERNORS WILL BE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT

BE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING.