WEBVTT 00:01.470 --> 00:03.470 big day today . The White House , 00:05.320 --> 00:07.650 all of American society , is engaged 00:07.650 --> 00:10.220 and mobilized in the war against the 00:10.220 --> 00:14.200 invisible enemy . While we must remain 00:14.200 --> 00:16.020 vigilant , it is clear that our 00:16.030 --> 00:18.580 aggressive strategy is working and very 00:18.580 --> 00:21.560 strongly working on my dad . New cases 00:21.560 --> 00:23.671 Air declining throughout the New York 00:23.671 --> 00:26.740 metropolitan area cases in the Detroit 00:26.740 --> 00:29.750 in Denver , metro areas , our flat , 00:31.000 --> 00:32.833 Washington , D . C , Baltimore , 00:32.833 --> 00:34.889 Philadelphia and ST Louis is showing 00:35.650 --> 00:38.090 great signs of progress , and new cases 00:38.090 --> 00:39.812 in Houston and New Orleans are 00:40.010 --> 00:42.780 declining . The battle continues , but 00:42.780 --> 00:45.040 the data suggested nationwide . We have 00:45.040 --> 00:48.250 passed the peak on new cases . 00:48.820 --> 00:51.100 Hopefully that will continue and we 00:51.100 --> 00:53.380 will continue to make great progress . 00:54.270 --> 00:56.540 He's encouraging Developments have put 00:57.010 --> 00:58.788 us in a very strong position to 00:58.788 --> 01:00.677 finalize guidelines for states on 01:00.677 --> 01:03.870 reopening the country , which will be 01:03.880 --> 01:06.590 announcing We're gonna be talking about 01:06.590 --> 01:08.590 that tomorrow will be having a news 01:08.590 --> 01:10.701 conference tomorrow . Sometime during 01:10.701 --> 01:12.534 the afternoon . We're goingto be 01:12.534 --> 01:15.270 announcing guidelines , and we'll be 01:15.270 --> 01:17.790 talking about various states and it's 01:17.790 --> 01:20.710 very exciting . It's been a horrible 01:20.710 --> 01:23.950 time to see such death and destruction , 01:24.840 --> 01:26.896 especially when you come out of what 01:26.896 --> 01:29.118 was the greatest economy in the history 01:29.118 --> 01:31.340 of the world . the greatest . We've has 01:31.340 --> 01:33.507 never been an economy like what we had 01:33.507 --> 01:35.562 produced but will produce it again , 01:35.562 --> 01:37.784 and I think we'll produce it again very 01:37.784 --> 01:39.729 fast . The medical and health care 01:39.729 --> 01:41.951 advances we've made are critical to our 01:41.951 --> 01:44.500 continued progress . We've rapidly 01:44.500 --> 01:46.650 developed the most expansive and 01:46.650 --> 01:48.872 accurate testing system anywhere in the 01:48.872 --> 01:51.890 world and have completed more than 3.3 01:51.890 --> 01:54.890 million tests . To date , we have 01:54.890 --> 01:58.360 authorized 48 separate Corona virus 01:58.360 --> 02:01.100 tests , and the FDA is working with 300 02:01.100 --> 02:02.970 companies and labs to widen our 02:02.970 --> 02:05.350 capacity . Still further 02:06.690 --> 02:08.801 today , Abbott Labs announced that it 02:08.801 --> 02:10.801 has developed an antibody test that 02:10.801 --> 02:12.746 will determine if someone has been 02:12.746 --> 02:16.120 previously infected with E Corona virus 02:16.120 --> 02:18.250 and potentially developed immunity . 02:19.360 --> 02:22.230 It's a great test the company's A's . 02:22.230 --> 02:24.119 These tests could be available to 02:24.119 --> 02:26.119 screen up to 20 million people in a 02:26.119 --> 02:29.110 matter of weeks . My administration is 02:29.110 --> 02:31.000 also distributing vast amounts of 02:31.000 --> 02:33.111 medical supplies to states across the 02:33.111 --> 02:35.990 country through Project Air Bridge , 02:35.990 --> 02:39.340 which has been an amazing success . We 02:39.340 --> 02:41.562 have completed 44 flights and these air 02:41.562 --> 02:44.450 flights of very , very large airplanes , 02:45.440 --> 02:49.280 massive cargo planes , 44 flights of 02:49.280 --> 02:51.600 critical supplies as of today , and an 02:51.600 --> 02:54.450 additional 56 flights scheduled in the 02:54.450 --> 02:56.550 near future . We have some very 02:56.550 --> 02:58.772 brilliant people working on this . It's 02:58.772 --> 03:00.939 logistically incredible . What they've 03:00.939 --> 03:02.939 done and we've also been working on 03:02.939 --> 03:06.160 this with the military and these people 03:06.160 --> 03:08.160 have been the genius of all of them 03:08.160 --> 03:10.382 together has been incredible to watch . 03:11.000 --> 03:13.580 In total , through all channels , the 03:13.580 --> 03:15.636 federal government has developed and 03:15.636 --> 03:19.400 delivered 39.4 million n 95 03:19.410 --> 03:22.780 masks , 431 million loves 03:23.040 --> 03:26.940 57 million surgical masks and 10.2 03:26.940 --> 03:30.740 million gowns . We ordered 500 03:30.740 --> 03:32.740 million masks and they'll be coming 03:32.740 --> 03:35.650 shortly and we've distributed 100 03:35.650 --> 03:38.800 million masks . Following our use of 03:38.800 --> 03:42.000 the defense production at GM announced 03:42.000 --> 03:44.222 that its first ventilators come off the 03:44.222 --> 03:47.050 assembly line in Kokomo , Indiana . 03:47.060 --> 03:50.260 Great place . They did it in 11 days 03:50.260 --> 03:52.260 from start to finish , a remarkable 03:52.260 --> 03:54.149 testament to the ingenuity of the 03:54.149 --> 03:57.860 American worker . GM will ship over 03:57.860 --> 04:01.240 600 ventilators this month alone , with 04:01.240 --> 04:03.296 thousands more to come . And we have 04:03.296 --> 04:05.629 other companies doing something similar . 04:05.629 --> 04:07.684 And I think they said that there's a 04:07.684 --> 04:09.629 brief clip that we have of General 04:09.629 --> 04:11.740 Motors sent to us by General Motors , 04:11.740 --> 04:13.796 and I think they might be wanting to 04:13.796 --> 04:15.907 play that for your benefit , please . 05:15.940 --> 05:17.940 I know you got a little bit nervous 05:17.940 --> 05:19.940 when you saw there was a clip about 05:19.940 --> 05:22.107 ready to be played , but that was sent 05:22.107 --> 05:24.000 to us by General Motors , and we 05:24.000 --> 05:26.278 thought it would be a good one to play . 05:26.278 --> 05:28.278 It's amazing . It's , you know what 05:28.278 --> 05:28.210 they've done in a very , very short 05:28.210 --> 05:30.210 period of time . They're now making 05:30.210 --> 05:32.377 thousands of ventilators , and they're 05:32.377 --> 05:34.543 coming out of the factory very rapidly 05:34.543 --> 05:36.821 at a clip that nobody can even believe . 05:36.821 --> 05:38.988 But we have others also doing it , and 05:38.988 --> 05:41.210 these are very high grade ventilators . 05:41.210 --> 05:43.377 So we're helping a lot of people , and 05:43.377 --> 05:45.543 at this moment , nobody needs him . We 05:45.543 --> 05:47.543 have to remember during the surge , 05:47.543 --> 05:49.599 nobody's needed them for weeks now . 05:49.599 --> 05:51.821 But we'll have him for stockpiles . And 05:51.821 --> 05:53.932 very importantly , we're gonna happen 05:53.932 --> 05:53.790 for other countries because nobody is 05:53.790 --> 05:55.957 able to do things like we can do . And 05:55.957 --> 05:57.790 we're gonna be ableto help other 05:57.790 --> 06:00.400 countries that are having tremendous 06:00.460 --> 06:03.400 problems . To put it mildly , my 06:03.400 --> 06:05.660 administration is using every available 06:05.670 --> 06:08.520 authority to accelerate the development , 06:08.520 --> 06:10.660 study and delivery of therapies so 06:10.660 --> 06:14.030 important therapies , treatments and 06:14.030 --> 06:16.086 ultimately , what we want to come up 06:16.086 --> 06:18.252 with is a safe vaccine . But frankly , 06:18.252 --> 06:20.086 the therapies to me are the most 06:20.086 --> 06:22.363 important because it takes care people . 06:22.363 --> 06:24.252 Right now the vaccines have to be 06:24.252 --> 06:26.308 tested , so takes a longer period of 06:26.308 --> 06:28.530 time . But we have some great potential 06:28.530 --> 06:30.641 therapies already , and we'll see how 06:30.641 --> 06:32.586 they're working . We'll be able to 06:32.586 --> 06:34.752 report on that . I think over the next 06:34.752 --> 06:36.863 week or two , tremendous progress has 06:36.863 --> 06:39.086 been made . At least 35 clinical trials 06:39.086 --> 06:41.870 of promising therapies air now underway . 06:41.870 --> 06:45.450 So 35 different genius companies if you 06:45.450 --> 06:48.610 look at AIDS , if you look at Ebola , 06:48.610 --> 06:50.832 if you look at so many things , they've 06:50.832 --> 06:52.832 come up with the answers to so many 06:52.832 --> 06:54.943 things you you wouldn't have believed 06:54.943 --> 06:56.832 it , and we're very honored to be 06:56.832 --> 06:59.880 working with them . They include anti 06:59.880 --> 07:03.710 virals and , uh uh also in 07:03.710 --> 07:06.120 the Something which Is incredible keeps 07:06.120 --> 07:09.910 the virus from multiplying a mechanism 07:09.910 --> 07:12.021 that keeps the virus from multiplying 07:12.021 --> 07:13.910 immune therapies that prevent the 07:13.910 --> 07:16.410 immune system from overreaching to the 07:16.410 --> 07:19.280 virus , and convalescent plasma 07:19.280 --> 07:21.560 treatments that use antibodies from the 07:21.560 --> 07:24.080 blood of recovered patients that we 07:24.080 --> 07:26.191 have a lot of patients to recover and 07:26.191 --> 07:28.413 they're so happy to have recovered that 07:28.413 --> 07:30.580 the first thing they do is say we want 07:30.580 --> 07:32.636 to give our blood and they do that . 07:32.636 --> 07:34.802 It's incredible . We have thousands of 07:34.802 --> 07:36.691 people that are doing that . They 07:36.691 --> 07:38.524 recover . They feel they have an 07:38.524 --> 07:40.691 obligation because they've gotten such 07:40.691 --> 07:42.802 great care , and a lot of them didn't 07:42.802 --> 07:42.690 think they were gonna make it . As the 07:42.690 --> 07:45.000 entire US government works to combat 07:45.010 --> 07:48.270 the global pandemic , it is absolutely 07:48.270 --> 07:50.381 essential that the key positions that 07:50.381 --> 07:52.381 relevant federal agencies air fully 07:52.381 --> 07:55.310 staffed . And we're not allowing that 07:55.320 --> 07:58.280 to take place through our Congress , 07:58.280 --> 08:00.710 that just not just not giving it to us . 08:00.710 --> 08:02.988 We have many , many positions that air . 08:03.640 --> 08:06.850 Ah , unstaffed because we can't get the 08:06.850 --> 08:08.961 approvals of Democrats are holding us 08:08.961 --> 08:11.880 up . We cannot get approval . We've 08:11.880 --> 08:14.180 gotten judges because we go through the 08:14.180 --> 08:16.850 process . I guess we're up to 448 08:17.340 --> 08:20.540 federal judges and that we've gotten 08:20.540 --> 08:23.090 because we focus on it . We take the 08:23.090 --> 08:25.257 maximum time because no matter who the 08:25.257 --> 08:28.170 judges , they take vast numbers of days 08:28.170 --> 08:30.470 and hours till proven leaves . No time 08:30.470 --> 08:33.350 left for others , very unfair system . 08:34.020 --> 08:36.187 If a judge is gonna be approved in one 08:36.187 --> 08:38.409 hour in one session , it doesn't matter 08:38.409 --> 08:40.353 they'll take the maximum number of 08:40.353 --> 08:42.464 hours and days . You're talking about 08:42.464 --> 08:44.670 days to get one judge approved , and 08:44.670 --> 08:47.610 we're close to 250 judges . But , uh , 08:48.500 --> 08:50.611 because of the way they're doing it , 08:50.611 --> 08:52.722 there's no time for anybody else in . 08:52.722 --> 08:54.889 Many of these people have been waiting 08:54.889 --> 08:58.080 for 2.5 years . We have a couple that 08:58.080 --> 09:00.358 have been waiting for longer than that . 09:01.430 --> 09:04.550 They're currently 129 nominees stuck in 09:04.550 --> 09:06.272 the Senate because of partisan 09:06.272 --> 09:09.360 obstruction , many a nominated for 09:09.400 --> 09:12.290 vacancies that must be filled to assist 09:12.290 --> 09:15.010 with the Corona virus crisis and the 09:15.010 --> 09:17.030 resulting economic challenges . And 09:17.030 --> 09:19.197 I've read over the a couple of years . 09:19.197 --> 09:21.141 Well , I didn't fill positions . I 09:21.141 --> 09:23.308 don't fill positions . In some cases , 09:23.308 --> 09:25.474 we don't need the position and I'm all 09:25.474 --> 09:27.697 for that . But in many cases , you do . 09:27.697 --> 09:29.752 But we can't get him approved by the 09:29.752 --> 09:31.808 Democrats . They won't release him . 09:31.808 --> 09:33.919 The positions include the director of 09:33.919 --> 09:36.141 national intelligence to members of the 09:36.141 --> 09:38.197 Federal Reserve Board of Governors , 09:38.197 --> 09:40.419 the assistant secretary of Treasury for 09:40.419 --> 09:42.586 financial markets of the United of the 09:42.586 --> 09:44.808 United States and the undersecretary of 09:44.808 --> 09:46.660 agriculture responsible for 09:46.660 --> 09:49.690 administering food security programs , 09:49.690 --> 09:51.468 and Sonny Perdue is going to be 09:51.468 --> 09:53.634 speaking today saying , Please , can I 09:53.634 --> 09:55.412 have this man ? Can I have this 09:55.412 --> 09:57.523 particular person approved as soon as 09:57.523 --> 09:59.960 possible ? He's been telling me that 09:59.960 --> 10:02.060 for a long time , and the Democrats 10:02.060 --> 10:05.580 won't allow it to happen again . Every 10:05.580 --> 10:07.910 single judge , every nominee we have 10:07.910 --> 10:11.280 goes through maximum or at least they 10:11.280 --> 10:13.502 go through a long process . So it takes 10:13.502 --> 10:15.950 days and days and there's no time left , 10:16.440 --> 10:18.440 and it's just a concerted effort to 10:18.440 --> 10:21.310 make life difficult . An example is 10:21.310 --> 10:24.390 Michael Pack . He's my nominee for the 10:24.390 --> 10:27.900 CEO of the Broadcasting Broadcasting 10:27.900 --> 10:30.480 Board of Governors , and he's been 10:30.480 --> 10:32.369 sucking committee for two years , 10:32.369 --> 10:35.140 preventing us from managing the Voice 10:35.140 --> 10:37.730 of America very important . And if you 10:37.730 --> 10:39.952 heard what's coming out of the Voice of 10:39.952 --> 10:42.960 America , it's disgusting with things 10:42.960 --> 10:44.904 they say are disgusting toward our 10:44.904 --> 10:47.910 country . And Michael Pack would get 10:47.910 --> 10:49.990 any do a great job . But he's been 10:49.990 --> 10:52.700 waiting now for two years . I can't get 10:52.700 --> 10:55.390 him approved . The Senate has left 10:55.390 --> 10:59.090 Washington until at least May 4th . The 10:59.090 --> 11:01.930 Constitution provides a mechanism for 11:01.930 --> 11:04.390 the president to fill positions in such 11:04.400 --> 11:07.330 circumstances . The recess appointment 11:07.330 --> 11:10.210 it's called the Senate's practice of 11:10.980 --> 11:13.140 gaveling into so called pro former 11:13.140 --> 11:16.970 sessions where no one is even there has 11:16.970 --> 11:19.060 prevented me from using the 11:19.380 --> 11:21.490 constitutional authority that we're 11:21.490 --> 11:25.390 giving that were given under the recess 11:25.390 --> 11:27.820 provisions . The Senate should either 11:27.820 --> 11:29.598 fulfill its duty and vote on my 11:29.598 --> 11:31.790 nominees or should formally adjourned 11:32.500 --> 11:35.200 so that I can make recess appointments . 11:36.790 --> 11:38.901 We have a tremendous number of people 11:38.901 --> 11:41.012 that have to come into government and 11:41.012 --> 11:43.179 now , more so than ever before because 11:43.179 --> 11:46.030 of the virus and the problem . Uh , we 11:46.030 --> 11:48.100 have to do it , and we have to do 11:48.100 --> 11:50.430 whatever we have to do . They've made 11:50.430 --> 11:52.208 it very , very difficult to run 11:52.208 --> 11:53.930 government . I don't think any 11:53.930 --> 11:56.041 administration has done anywhere near 11:56.041 --> 11:57.986 what we've done in 3.5 years . But 11:57.986 --> 12:00.490 every block every week they put up 12:00.500 --> 12:03.520 roadblocks . Whether it's Russia , 12:03.520 --> 12:06.260 Russia , Russia , well , whether it's 12:06.270 --> 12:09.470 impeachment , hoax or whatever it may 12:09.470 --> 12:11.850 be , it's always roadblocks and a waste 12:11.850 --> 12:14.960 of time . If the house will not agree 12:14.960 --> 12:17.300 to that , a German , I will exercise my 12:17.300 --> 12:21.240 constitutional authority to adjourn 12:21.250 --> 12:24.220 both chambers of Congress . The current 12:24.220 --> 12:26.730 practice of leaving town while 12:26.730 --> 12:29.980 conducting phony pro forma sessions 12:30.770 --> 12:33.370 is a dereliction of duty that the 12:33.370 --> 12:35.460 American people cannot afford during 12:35.460 --> 12:39.070 this crisis . It is a scam . What they 12:39.070 --> 12:43.000 dio . It's a scam and everybody knows 12:43.000 --> 12:45.167 it . And it's been that way for a long 12:45.167 --> 12:48.700 time , and perhaps it's never done 12:48.700 --> 12:50.867 before . It's never been done before . 12:51.340 --> 12:53.284 Nobody's even sure if it has , but 12:53.284 --> 12:55.340 we're going to do it . We need these 12:55.340 --> 12:57.451 people here . We need people for this 12:57.451 --> 12:59.396 crisis , and we don't want to play 12:59.396 --> 13:01.396 anymore political games . I've been 13:01.396 --> 13:03.562 waiting for 2.5 years , three years to 13:03.562 --> 13:05.507 some of these people , and they're 13:05.507 --> 13:07.562 great people . They left law firms . 13:07.562 --> 13:09.229 They left jobs . They gave up 13:09.229 --> 13:11.396 everything to do it . And they've been 13:11.396 --> 13:13.507 waiting for three years , 2.5 years , 13:13.507 --> 13:15.673 two years , one year to get approved . 13:15.673 --> 13:17.729 It's ridiculous , and everyone knows 13:17.729 --> 13:19.951 they're gonna be approved . But there's 13:19.951 --> 13:22.118 only so many hours in the day when you 13:22.118 --> 13:24.173 go through judges and you go through 13:24.173 --> 13:26.229 lengthy hearings on judges that they 13:26.229 --> 13:28.340 know should be approved immediately . 13:28.340 --> 13:30.562 And they could do it in one session one 13:30.562 --> 13:32.729 and they could do it in one hour , and 13:32.729 --> 13:35.210 instead it takes so many days in order 13:35.210 --> 13:37.321 to advance the health and security of 13:37.321 --> 13:39.780 our nation and all nations . As we 13:39.780 --> 13:41.558 announced yesterday . The U . S 13:41.558 --> 13:44.990 government has put a hold on funding to 13:44.990 --> 13:48.810 the W H O World Health Organization , 13:49.140 --> 13:51.430 pending a review of the organization's 13:51.430 --> 13:54.560 cover up in mismanagement of the Corona 13:54.560 --> 13:56.890 virus outbreak . Over the objections of 13:56.890 --> 13:59.600 the W H O . We took decisive action 14:00.440 --> 14:03.460 and early life saving action to suspend 14:03.460 --> 14:05.740 travel from China . They didn't want to 14:05.740 --> 14:08.018 do it . They were angry that we did it . 14:08.900 --> 14:11.067 It was early on . They were angry that 14:11.067 --> 14:12.900 we did it to come a long time to 14:12.900 --> 14:15.011 realize what was going . But I have a 14:15.011 --> 14:17.178 feeling they do exactly what was going 14:17.178 --> 14:19.178 on . Tragically , other nations put 14:19.178 --> 14:21.178 their trust in the W H O . And they 14:21.178 --> 14:23.910 didn't do any form of man . And you see 14:23.910 --> 14:26.021 what happened to Italy ? You see what 14:26.021 --> 14:27.854 happened to Spain ? You see what 14:27.854 --> 14:31.040 happened to France ? W . H O's guidance 14:31.040 --> 14:34.020 had failed to control their borders at 14:34.020 --> 14:36.140 a very crucial phase , quickly 14:36.140 --> 14:38.140 unleashing the contagion around the 14:38.140 --> 14:40.650 world . That was a horrible , tragic 14:41.320 --> 14:44.050 mistake . Or perhaps they knew . 14:45.600 --> 14:47.711 I'm sure they didn't know the gravity 14:47.711 --> 14:50.730 of it , but perhaps they knew because 14:50.730 --> 14:52.841 if they knew the gravity , that would 14:52.841 --> 14:55.840 be and even worse offense 14:56.890 --> 14:59.001 to ease the economic pain of millions 14:59.001 --> 15:00.834 of American families . We've now 15:00.834 --> 15:04.720 processed $300 billion in loans to more 15:04.720 --> 15:07.730 than one million small businesses 15:07.730 --> 15:10.900 through the paycheck protection program . 15:10.900 --> 15:13.080 This action has saved millions of 15:13.080 --> 15:15.360 American jobs . It's been an incredible 15:15.580 --> 15:18.140 success , and they want to replenish it 15:18.150 --> 15:20.261 now . But again , the Democrats don't 15:20.261 --> 15:22.317 want to do that . This is money that 15:22.317 --> 15:24.450 goes to the workers of our country . 15:25.440 --> 15:29.290 Phase one was $350 billion now 15:29.290 --> 15:32.350 phase two , we want to do 250 billion . 15:32.350 --> 15:35.060 This goes to workers , and it goes to 15:35.060 --> 15:37.171 small businesses so we could save all 15:37.171 --> 15:40.080 the small businesses around our nation . 15:40.080 --> 15:42.400 Mike McFarland from Nebraska recently 15:42.400 --> 15:44.456 said this historic relief has been a 15:44.456 --> 15:47.390 godsend for his small factory , and the 15:47.390 --> 15:50.210 136 Americans who worked there save 15:50.210 --> 15:53.180 those jobs . Another small business 15:53.180 --> 15:55.236 owner , Kim Miller , from Oklahoma , 15:55.540 --> 15:58.750 call the program a total lifesaver for 15:58.750 --> 16:00.972 his auto repair shops . For employees , 16:00.972 --> 16:02.950 stores like these underscore why 16:02.950 --> 16:06.160 Congress must replenish the paycheck 16:06.160 --> 16:08.230 protection program immediately . The 16:08.230 --> 16:10.341 Republicans want to do it . They want 16:10.341 --> 16:12.508 to do it immediately . They want to do 16:12.508 --> 16:14.286 it now . And the Democrats were 16:14.286 --> 16:17.290 stopping it . A short time ago , CDC 16:17.290 --> 16:19.710 issued public health guidelines for 16:19.710 --> 16:22.910 critical industries . In a few moments , 16:22.920 --> 16:25.350 Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue 16:25.350 --> 16:27.530 will elaborate on how these guidelines 16:27.530 --> 16:31.050 apply to our nation's dedicated workers 16:31.590 --> 16:34.980 in the food processing profession . 16:34.990 --> 16:36.823 Because it's a profession . It's 16:36.823 --> 16:40.020 incredible what they do food processing , 16:40.020 --> 16:42.370 and they're keeping our grocery stores 16:42.840 --> 16:46.000 full . The shelves are not bear like 16:46.000 --> 16:48.056 the shelves that I inherited When we 16:48.056 --> 16:50.830 took over the stockpile , the medical 16:50.830 --> 16:53.052 stockpile where the shelves were bare , 16:53.052 --> 16:55.910 the cupboard was bare . I say tomorrow 16:55.910 --> 16:57.910 also be leading a call with elected 16:57.910 --> 17:00.340 officials who will consult with my 17:00.340 --> 17:03.030 administration as we work to restore 17:03.030 --> 17:05.590 our economy to full speed . And we 17:05.590 --> 17:07.701 really think with all of the stimulus 17:07.701 --> 17:09.812 and all of the pent up demand , we're 17:09.812 --> 17:12.034 gonna have an economy that really comes 17:12.034 --> 17:14.700 back quickly and would like to see it 17:15.230 --> 17:17.286 more than match what we had before . 17:17.286 --> 17:19.452 What we had before was a miracle , and 17:19.452 --> 17:21.452 we think this is gonna be even more 17:21.452 --> 17:23.563 than a miracle . We're going to do it 17:23.563 --> 17:23.030 because we have the greatest people in 17:23.030 --> 17:26.360 the world will also be speaking to 17:26.360 --> 17:28.582 America's governors tomorrow , and then 17:28.582 --> 17:31.450 we'll be announcing exactly what's 17:31.450 --> 17:33.394 happening you already know will be 17:33.394 --> 17:35.283 opening up state some states much 17:35.283 --> 17:37.450 sooner than others . And we think some 17:37.450 --> 17:39.394 of the states can actually open up 17:39.394 --> 17:42.640 before the deadline of May 1st . And I 17:42.640 --> 17:44.862 think that that will be a very exciting 17:45.090 --> 17:47.201 time . Indeed , governors are looking 17:47.201 --> 17:49.257 for their chomping at the bit to get 17:49.257 --> 17:51.350 going again . Not all states of the 17:51.350 --> 17:53.940 same the very different summer having 17:53.940 --> 17:56.051 very little problems . Some have done 17:56.051 --> 17:58.051 such a good job that they have very 17:58.051 --> 18:00.329 little problem and they're ready to go . 18:00.430 --> 18:02.541 So Vice President Pence and I will be 18:02.541 --> 18:04.652 speaking with governors tomorrow will 18:04.652 --> 18:06.880 be discussing procedures today . I 18:06.880 --> 18:09.260 spoke with the leaders of many of our 18:09.260 --> 18:11.316 nation's most renowned companies and 18:11.316 --> 18:13.316 organizations on how to achieve the 18:13.316 --> 18:16.420 full resurgence of the American economy . 18:16.840 --> 18:20.590 My discussions included top leaders in 18:20.600 --> 18:23.210 health and health care , 18:23.580 --> 18:26.200 transportation , technology , financial 18:26.200 --> 18:28.790 service is food , beverages , 18:28.940 --> 18:31.100 hospitality , real estate , retail , 18:31.100 --> 18:34.080 agriculture , construction , energy , 18:34.080 --> 18:35.980 labor , manufacturing in sports 18:35.980 --> 18:39.100 industries . We want to get our country 18:39.100 --> 18:42.250 open again . We wanna have our sports 18:42.250 --> 18:44.472 leagues open . You wanna watch sports ? 18:44.472 --> 18:46.583 It's important we miss sports . We'll 18:46.583 --> 18:48.694 miss everything we want to get back . 18:48.940 --> 18:51.280 Thes experts and innovators provided 18:51.560 --> 18:54.250 extremely productive feedback on how to 18:54.250 --> 18:57.200 safely reboot our economy . They gave 18:57.200 --> 18:59.422 us a lot of great ideas . We spoke to a 18:59.422 --> 19:01.550 lot of very , very smart people , the 19:01.550 --> 19:04.760 highest of the high tech . The 19:05.150 --> 19:07.317 level of I Q . And some of those calls 19:07.317 --> 19:09.483 was about the highest you've ever seen 19:09.483 --> 19:11.594 on a phone call that I can tell you . 19:11.594 --> 19:13.970 But we have a lot of great thought went 19:13.970 --> 19:15.748 into those calls , and a lot of 19:15.950 --> 19:18.720 questions came out and also statements , 19:18.720 --> 19:20.887 very strong statements as to what they 19:20.887 --> 19:22.887 recommend it was . I think it was a 19:22.887 --> 19:24.942 great day . We did a lot of a lot of 19:24.942 --> 19:27.070 calling with a lot of very prominent 19:27.070 --> 19:29.126 people , but more importantly , very 19:29.126 --> 19:31.237 smart people and people that love our 19:31.237 --> 19:33.348 country . They talked about the vital 19:33.348 --> 19:35.514 importance of our wide array of relief 19:35.514 --> 19:37.403 measures to address the president 19:37.403 --> 19:39.403 crisis , and they provided valuable 19:39.403 --> 19:41.292 insights on how to move forward , 19:41.292 --> 19:44.160 including on the role of protective 19:44.160 --> 19:47.600 gear where we have tremendous amounts 19:47.600 --> 19:50.680 of protective gear coming in robust 19:50.680 --> 19:53.260 testing on the future use of therapies 19:53.260 --> 19:56.050 and treatments . They also underscored 19:56.050 --> 19:59.020 the crucial importance of strong supply 19:59.020 --> 20:00.720 chains and communications 20:00.720 --> 20:03.720 infrastructure . We're talking about 20:03.720 --> 20:05.776 infrastructure for the middle of our 20:05.776 --> 20:07.776 country talking about broadband and 20:07.776 --> 20:10.010 things that they frankly don't have and 20:10.010 --> 20:12.121 haven't had for a long time because a 20:12.121 --> 20:14.288 lot of politicians forgot about them . 20:14.288 --> 20:16.177 Can't forget about them . They're 20:16.177 --> 20:18.630 really the heart and soul can't forget 20:18.630 --> 20:21.410 about them . And we're talking about 20:22.060 --> 20:24.760 the Tele Medical . It's a new thing , 20:25.000 --> 20:27.111 and it's incredible what they've been 20:27.111 --> 20:29.030 able to dio . This is an industry 20:29.030 --> 20:31.141 that's just growing , but it's take . 20:31.141 --> 20:33.363 It's grown by leaps and bounds over the 20:33.363 --> 20:35.474 last five weeks . People are learning 20:35.474 --> 20:37.530 so much without the ability to see a 20:37.530 --> 20:39.752 doctor . They're learning so much and a 20:39.752 --> 20:41.697 lot of good things are happening . 20:41.697 --> 20:43.752 That's something that's really going 20:43.752 --> 20:45.697 forward . I think going to be very 20:45.697 --> 20:47.752 important for our country . As we've 20:47.752 --> 20:49.752 seen throughout our proud history , 20:49.752 --> 20:51.974 America has never greater than when our 20:51.974 --> 20:54.086 people are working in unison toward a 20:54.086 --> 20:56.197 common goal . That's what's happening 20:56.197 --> 20:58.640 right now . Will go ahead , will forge 20:58.640 --> 21:00.751 an even brighter future today than we 21:00.751 --> 21:03.280 had and will be along with other 21:03.280 --> 21:05.447 nations . Hopefully we're working with 21:05.447 --> 21:07.780 other nations will be the comeback kids , 21:07.780 --> 21:10.890 all of us , all of us . It's incredible 21:10.890 --> 21:13.770 what's going on . Uh , I'm very proud 21:13.770 --> 21:15.790 of the people of this country . I'm 21:15.790 --> 21:17.790 very proud of the people I spoke to 21:17.790 --> 21:19.568 today . These air truly great , 21:19.568 --> 21:21.568 brilliant people . And we've gained 21:21.568 --> 21:23.512 tremendous insight . So tomorrow's 21:23.512 --> 21:25.623 gonna be a very big day . We're gonna 21:25.623 --> 21:27.734 be speaking with . The governors will 21:27.734 --> 21:30.012 have some information on some openings , 21:30.012 --> 21:32.068 and again , we'll have some openings 21:32.068 --> 21:31.890 that will be , will exceed our 21:31.890 --> 21:33.946 expectations . And they'll be safe . 21:34.470 --> 21:36.637 They'll be strong . But we want to get 21:36.637 --> 21:39.490 our country back . We want to get our 21:39.490 --> 21:42.310 country back , and we're going to do it , 21:42.320 --> 21:44.376 and we're going to do it soon . With 21:44.376 --> 21:46.431 that , I'd like to ask Dr Burke's to 21:46.431 --> 21:48.487 come up and say a few words and then 21:48.487 --> 21:51.040 Secretary Sonny Perdue and then Vice 21:51.040 --> 21:53.262 President Pence . Thank you very much . 21:53.262 --> 21:55.050 Thank you . Thank you . 22:01.740 --> 22:03.962 Thank you , Mr President . On and thank 22:03.962 --> 22:06.330 you for summarizing on the states and 22:06.330 --> 22:08.900 what we're seeing . So over the last 5 22:08.900 --> 22:11.270 to 6 days , we've seen declines in 22:11.270 --> 22:13.381 cases across the country and this has 22:13.381 --> 22:17.340 been very reassuring for us A 22:17.340 --> 22:19.173 TTE the same time , we know that 22:19.173 --> 22:21.396 mortality and the fatalities that we're 22:21.396 --> 22:23.340 facing across the United States 22:23.700 --> 22:25.922 continue . We know the number of people 22:25.922 --> 22:28.033 who are still in the hospitals in the 22:28.033 --> 22:30.089 icy use . And we want to continue to 22:30.089 --> 22:32.200 recognize the health care workers who 22:32.200 --> 22:34.089 are on the front lines and really 22:34.089 --> 22:36.770 recognize how low the United States 22:36.770 --> 22:38.930 case fatality rates are compared to 22:38.930 --> 22:41.200 other countries , and this is really do 22:41.440 --> 22:43.496 not only to our technology , but how 22:43.496 --> 22:45.496 that technology is utilized to save 22:45.496 --> 22:48.560 lives . At the same time , I'm inspired 22:48.560 --> 22:50.600 by the American people who continue 22:50.600 --> 22:53.110 social distancing . These cases 22:53.110 --> 22:55.054 continue to decline because of the 22:55.054 --> 22:57.110 strong work of the American people . 22:57.740 --> 22:59.907 Also wanted to let you know that we do 22:59.907 --> 23:02.500 have nine states that have less than 23:02.590 --> 23:05.890 1000 cases on less than 30 new cases 23:05.890 --> 23:08.680 per day . So we're looking at states 23:08.690 --> 23:11.360 and metro areas as individual 23:11.540 --> 23:13.750 individual areas we talked before how 23:13.750 --> 23:15.806 each of these curves are different . 23:15.806 --> 23:17.750 Each of the Kate's experiences are 23:17.750 --> 23:20.110 different . We have some states like 23:20.110 --> 23:23.200 California , Andi , Washington State , 23:23.200 --> 23:25.890 Oregon that never really had a peek 23:26.120 --> 23:28.470 because of so much work that their 23:28.470 --> 23:31.110 populations did to decrease and keep 23:31.110 --> 23:33.650 the new cases down . So each of these 23:33.650 --> 23:36.120 into individual states and individual 23:36.120 --> 23:38.300 Metro's air being studied very 23:38.300 --> 23:40.600 specifically . I do want to highlight 23:40.600 --> 23:43.120 and we are remaining concerned on . 23:43.120 --> 23:45.064 We've been having discussions with 23:45.064 --> 23:46.842 Rhode Island , Rhode Island and 23:46.842 --> 23:49.009 Providence are in a unique situation . 23:49.009 --> 23:51.176 First , they had increasing cases from 23:51.176 --> 23:53.287 the New York City area , and now they 23:53.287 --> 23:55.453 have new new increasing cases from the 23:55.453 --> 23:57.509 Boston area . They're caught between 23:57.510 --> 24:00.350 two incredible hot spots in the country . 24:00.760 --> 24:02.816 They're doing an extraordinary job . 24:02.816 --> 24:04.927 They're caring for the individuals on 24:04.927 --> 24:06.760 the front lines . But Providence 24:06.760 --> 24:09.180 continues tohave new cases , and we do 24:09.180 --> 24:11.550 continue to work with specific states 24:11.550 --> 24:14.150 that have specific outbreaks related to 24:14.160 --> 24:16.230 individual occurrences . I will just 24:16.230 --> 24:19.260 remind the American people again , this 24:19.260 --> 24:22.500 is a highly contagious virus . Social 24:22.500 --> 24:24.640 gatherings coming together . Is there 24:24.650 --> 24:28.180 always a chance that a a symptomatic 24:28.180 --> 24:30.340 person can spread the virus on 24:30.340 --> 24:32.790 knowingly ? No one is intending to 24:32.790 --> 24:34.846 spread the virus . We know if you're 24:34.846 --> 24:37.012 sick , you will stay home . But to all 24:37.012 --> 24:39.179 of you that are out there , that would 24:39.179 --> 24:41.260 like to join together and just have 24:41.260 --> 24:43.900 that dinner party for 20 . Don't do it 24:43.900 --> 24:45.990 yet . Continue to follow the 24:45.990 --> 24:47.990 presidential guidelines . We really 24:47.990 --> 24:49.990 appreciate the work of the American 24:49.990 --> 24:52.050 people we see as a country were 24:52.050 --> 24:54.350 improving . We see , as metro areas 24:54.350 --> 24:56.517 were improving , we see as communities 24:56.517 --> 24:58.700 as counties , Ondas states were 24:58.700 --> 25:01.370 improving , but that also still 25:01.490 --> 25:04.000 requires everyone to continue to social 25:04.000 --> 25:06.360 distance . And in the end , we do have 25:06.360 --> 25:09.350 states that have very few cases and 25:09.350 --> 25:11.870 very few new cases . And so these the 25:11.870 --> 25:14.330 ones the president is referring to on 25:14.330 --> 25:17.130 that have been silent , relatively 25:17.130 --> 25:19.260 silent throughout this epidemic and 25:19.260 --> 25:21.371 pandemic that many of us have faced . 25:21.540 --> 25:23.540 And so these air , the group's heir 25:23.540 --> 25:25.651 working in with very specifically and 25:25.651 --> 25:28.030 each of these governors in each of 25:28.030 --> 25:29.752 these mayors will have to make 25:29.760 --> 25:32.780 decisions after generalized guidelines 25:32.780 --> 25:35.300 are put out so that they can do what's 25:35.300 --> 25:37.411 best for their communities . They are 25:37.411 --> 25:39.411 at the front line , and I wanted to 25:39.411 --> 25:41.522 conclude by really thanking my PEPFAR 25:41.522 --> 25:43.578 teams around the world who have been 25:43.578 --> 25:45.800 working tirelessly throughout the world 25:45.800 --> 25:48.330 to ensure that Africa and Asia doesn't 25:48.330 --> 25:51.390 experience this level of infections 25:51.390 --> 25:53.612 that we have seen here . They've turned 25:53.612 --> 25:55.446 over their capacities from their 25:55.446 --> 25:58.920 embassies are US hires throughout the 25:58.920 --> 26:01.350 world , are ambassadors are still on 26:01.350 --> 26:03.400 the front line with our local staff 26:03.410 --> 26:05.299 working with ministries of how to 26:05.299 --> 26:07.466 confront this virus around the globe , 26:07.466 --> 26:09.190 and I assure you that they're 26:09.190 --> 26:11.180 continuing to invest in the health 26:11.180 --> 26:13.180 structures , the laboratory and the 26:13.180 --> 26:15.890 front line care to ensure that all of 26:15.890 --> 26:18.112 the work that we have done against TB , 26:18.112 --> 26:20.430 HIV and Malaria continues , but that we 26:20.430 --> 26:23.310 use our capacity . Our laboratories are 26:23.310 --> 26:25.366 clinics are hospitals that have been 26:25.366 --> 26:27.366 built by the American people on the 26:27.366 --> 26:29.910 generosity of the American people to 26:29.910 --> 26:33.230 really combat this cove in 19 around 26:33.230 --> 26:35.230 the globe's thank you . Thank you , 26:42.040 --> 26:43.984 Thank you , Mr President , for the 26:43.984 --> 26:46.207 opportunity to be here with you today . 26:46.207 --> 26:48.318 And Theo , I want you to know it's an 26:48.318 --> 26:50.484 honor to represent you and leading the 26:50.484 --> 26:52.707 Department of Agriculture and represent 26:52.707 --> 26:54.707 the constituency who are crucial in 26:54.707 --> 26:56.984 maintaining our nation's food security , 26:56.984 --> 26:59.096 enabling us to keep food on the table 26:59.096 --> 27:01.262 of our American families not only just 27:01.262 --> 27:03.262 food but wholesome and safe food as 27:03.262 --> 27:05.262 well . I'd like to start my remarks 27:05.262 --> 27:07.373 today by echoing what my colleagues , 27:07.373 --> 27:09.430 the CDC , have been saying regarding 27:09.430 --> 27:11.597 the health and safety of our essential 27:11.597 --> 27:13.870 employees across the United States . 27:14.200 --> 27:16.940 CDC is provided strategies there that 27:16.940 --> 27:18.990 aimed at helping our most critical 27:18.990 --> 27:21.360 workers both in health care and food 27:21.360 --> 27:23.560 processing too quickly and safely to 27:23.560 --> 27:25.830 return to work after potential exposure 27:26.130 --> 27:29.010 to Cove in 19 provided those workers or 27:29.010 --> 27:31.260 symptom free , and this guidance will 27:31.260 --> 27:33.371 help these critical industries in the 27:33.371 --> 27:35.316 food sector provide to protect the 27:35.316 --> 27:37.510 health and safety of essential workers 27:37.560 --> 27:39.393 while keeping critical functions 27:39.393 --> 27:41.550 working throughout the cove in 19 27:41.550 --> 27:44.150 response . As we know , any employee 27:44.150 --> 27:46.500 who developed symptoms while on the job 27:46.500 --> 27:48.556 should go home immediately . And the 27:48.556 --> 27:50.730 interim guidance is in line with CDC 27:50.980 --> 27:53.202 recommendations for health care workers 27:53.250 --> 27:55.930 caring for those sick with Cove in 19 . 27:56.220 --> 27:58.220 So we appreciate the dedication and 27:58.220 --> 28:00.360 commitment of all the brave men and 28:00.360 --> 28:02.550 working women working to keep their 28:02.550 --> 28:04.900 communities fed , and we will continue 28:04.900 --> 28:06.844 to work with the CDC to keep those 28:06.930 --> 28:09.041 individuals is safe . It's possible , 28:09.090 --> 28:11.600 during these challenging times in that 28:11.600 --> 28:13.933 vein has been a lot happening this week . 28:13.933 --> 28:16.060 It's covert . 19 is impacting food 28:16.060 --> 28:18.410 processing facilities . As you know , 28:18.750 --> 28:20.770 for Americans who be maybe worried 28:20.770 --> 28:23.270 about access to good food because of 28:23.270 --> 28:25.390 this , I want to share you . The 28:25.390 --> 28:28.360 American food supply is strong , 28:28.530 --> 28:31.760 resilient and safe , and in fact , our 28:31.760 --> 28:34.030 food supply chain has shown tremendous 28:34.030 --> 28:36.210 agility and shifting production and 28:36.210 --> 28:38.230 logistics . So suddenly , from 28:38.430 --> 28:40.541 restaurant and institutional settings 28:40.541 --> 28:43.220 to retail settings to all the employers 28:43.220 --> 28:45.442 out there in the sector , it's critical 28:45.442 --> 28:48.150 that you follow CDC guidelines and 28:48.150 --> 28:50.420 guidance and best practices to keep all 28:50.420 --> 28:52.531 of your employees and people safe and 28:52.531 --> 28:55.360 healthy to employees and local public 28:55.360 --> 28:57.980 health officials advising them . The 28:57.980 --> 29:00.770 CDC has issued guidelines on how to 29:00.770 --> 29:02.900 mitigate a situation . If you have a 29:02.900 --> 29:05.233 positive case in one of your facilities , 29:05.440 --> 29:07.496 we need our local health authorities 29:07.496 --> 29:09.662 and our state health authorities to do 29:09.662 --> 29:11.607 everything they can to balance the 29:11.607 --> 29:13.440 demand of keeping our facilities 29:13.440 --> 29:15.662 operational and are critical industries 29:15.662 --> 29:18.140 going on At the same time , keeping the 29:18.140 --> 29:20.470 health and safety of employees is a top 29:20.470 --> 29:22.840 priority as well as our communities . 29:23.140 --> 29:25.140 So when it's also take this time to 29:25.140 --> 29:27.140 thank all of our critical essential 29:27.140 --> 29:29.480 food supply chain workers , the entire 29:29.480 --> 29:31.860 country is counting on these patriotic 29:31.860 --> 29:34.500 individuals about doing the work in our 29:34.500 --> 29:36.850 food supply chain . These dedicated 29:36.850 --> 29:39.190 workers include obviously farmers and 29:39.190 --> 29:42.260 producers , but also processes truckers 29:42.330 --> 29:44.663 and grocery store workers . As you know , 29:44.810 --> 29:47.460 America's . Depending on what you have , 29:47.460 --> 29:49.690 the food we need to feed our families , 29:49.750 --> 29:51.972 and you're the ones who are making that 29:51.972 --> 29:54.230 happen . Thank you as an entire nation 29:54.230 --> 29:56.452 were truly thankful for the work you're 29:56.452 --> 29:58.563 doing , and we recognize that you are 29:58.563 --> 30:00.674 the true patriotic heroes during this 30:00.674 --> 30:02.674 national emergency , along with our 30:02.674 --> 30:04.841 health care workers . So before I sign 30:04.841 --> 30:07.008 off here , Mr President want to remind 30:07.008 --> 30:09.174 you and all of us of one more thing in 30:09.174 --> 30:11.286 the United States , we have plenty of 30:11.286 --> 30:13.397 food for all of our citizens . I want 30:13.397 --> 30:15.830 to be clear the bear store shelves that 30:15.830 --> 30:17.910 you may see in some cities in the 30:17.910 --> 30:20.870 country or demand issue , not a supply 30:20.870 --> 30:22.870 issue . The way food is prepared in 30:22.870 --> 30:25.590 package to be sold in a restaurant or 30:25.590 --> 30:27.830 school is significantly different in 30:27.830 --> 30:29.997 the way it's package for you to buy in 30:29.997 --> 30:32.460 the grocery store . Our supply chain is 30:32.460 --> 30:35.110 sophisticated , efficient , integrated 30:35.110 --> 30:37.277 and synchronized , and it's taken us a 30:37.277 --> 30:39.680 few days to relocate the misalignment 30:39.680 --> 30:41.710 between institutional settings and 30:41.710 --> 30:44.670 grocery settings . But that does not 30:44.670 --> 30:46.837 mean that we don't have enough food in 30:46.837 --> 30:48.726 this country to feed the American 30:48.726 --> 30:50.781 people . You might think of it as an 30:50.781 --> 30:53.003 interstate when it's real flowing along 30:53.003 --> 30:55.337 well and you have ah crash at one place . 30:55.337 --> 30:57.114 It backs up , and that's what's 30:57.114 --> 30:59.170 happening in the food supply chain . 30:59.170 --> 31:01.392 But we're working through that . It all 31:01.392 --> 31:03.614 this through all this , our food supply 31:03.614 --> 31:05.781 chain is proven to be very resilient , 31:05.781 --> 31:08.200 just like American people . To the 31:08.200 --> 31:10.422 extent we have challenges , we have and 31:10.422 --> 31:12.644 continue to need to work through it all 31:12.644 --> 31:15.240 together . And we can . And we will get 31:15.240 --> 31:17.351 through this with a whole of American 31:17.351 --> 31:19.240 approach , Mr President , and the 31:19.240 --> 31:21.407 critical partnership between state and 31:21.407 --> 31:23.629 local health officials , the management 31:23.629 --> 31:25.851 of companies and the employees . And we 31:25.851 --> 31:27.851 will meet any challenges we face by 31:27.851 --> 31:29.907 working together . Thank you , sir , 31:29.907 --> 31:31.962 For the opportunity . Thank you very 31:31.962 --> 31:34.560 much . And , uh , before the vice 31:34.560 --> 31:36.671 president comes up , I just wanted to 31:36.671 --> 31:39.070 say , Speaking of Sonny , China has 31:39.070 --> 31:41.292 paid as billions of dollars many , many 31:41.292 --> 31:43.348 billions of dollars in tariffs which 31:43.348 --> 31:45.600 we've distributed some to the farmers 31:45.820 --> 31:47.876 because they were targeted . We have 31:47.876 --> 31:50.042 many billions of dollars being held by 31:50.042 --> 31:52.310 Sonny , and I've told him to distribute 31:52.400 --> 31:55.720 much of that money to the farmers Are 31:55.720 --> 31:59.010 farmers were targeted , and now they're 31:59.390 --> 32:01.612 benefiting by the amount that they were 32:01.612 --> 32:04.160 targeted . And we are very honored to 32:04.160 --> 32:06.382 do that . And Sunday you're gonna start 32:06.382 --> 32:08.493 that process very soon you'll let the 32:08.493 --> 32:10.660 farmers No , nobody can take advantage 32:10.660 --> 32:12.716 of our farmers . So we have a lot of 32:12.716 --> 32:14.882 money that we've taken in from China . 32:14.882 --> 32:17.049 We're gonna be distributing that money 32:17.049 --> 32:19.960 from from Sonny to the farmers and his 32:19.960 --> 32:22.127 tremendous money over and above that , 32:22.127 --> 32:24.238 that money was paid directly into the 32:24.238 --> 32:26.293 treasury of the United States . Uh , 32:26.293 --> 32:28.627 this has never happened to China before . 32:28.870 --> 32:31.570 They never gave us 10 cents . Now 32:31.570 --> 32:33.681 they're paying us billions of dollars 32:33.681 --> 32:35.737 that we appreciate it . So thank you 32:35.737 --> 32:37.848 very much . On a great job . Please , 32:37.848 --> 32:38.848 Mike . Please . 32:44.510 --> 32:46.677 Thank you . Mr . President , The White 32:46.677 --> 32:48.899 House Corona Virus Task Force met today 32:50.140 --> 32:52.400 was reported to us that we've conducted 32:52.400 --> 32:56.180 and completed 3,324,000 32:56.180 --> 32:59.730 tests across the nation . More than 32:59.730 --> 33:03.630 619,000 Americans have tested 33:03.630 --> 33:06.190 positive . But as you reflected 33:06.190 --> 33:09.180 yesterday when we welcomed Corona virus 33:09.190 --> 33:11.357 survivors here to the White House from 33:11.357 --> 33:14.240 across the country , more than 45,000 33:14.240 --> 33:17.560 Americans have fully recovered . Sadly , 33:17.570 --> 33:21.470 we mourn the loss of more than 27,000 33:21.470 --> 33:24.590 of our countrymen . Our hearts are with 33:24.590 --> 33:26.820 their families and with the families of 33:26.820 --> 33:28.987 all of those that continue to struggle 33:28.987 --> 33:30.876 with serious consequences of this 33:30.876 --> 33:33.070 illness . But as Dr Burke's just 33:33.070 --> 33:35.330 reflected , despite the heartbreaking 33:35.330 --> 33:38.450 losses , were getting their America 33:39.440 --> 33:42.940 because of the efforts of people all 33:42.940 --> 33:44.718 across this country to put into 33:44.718 --> 33:46.829 practice the president's Corona virus 33:46.910 --> 33:49.680 guidelines because of their adherence 33:49.680 --> 33:52.000 to the direction of state and local 33:52.010 --> 33:54.180 authorities is Dr Burke's just 33:54.180 --> 33:57.610 reflected we . We see great signs of 33:57.620 --> 33:59.620 progress from the West Coast to the 33:59.620 --> 34:01.860 East Coast . President Trump has a 34:01.860 --> 34:04.120 directed our team to develop new 34:04.120 --> 34:06.200 guidelines that will be presented 34:06.200 --> 34:08.610 tomorrow to our nation's governors and 34:09.200 --> 34:11.200 and released to the American people 34:11.200 --> 34:13.820 they're after . The American people 34:13.820 --> 34:15.931 will be encouraged to know that as we 34:15.931 --> 34:18.960 stand here today , 24% of the counties 34:18.970 --> 34:22.710 of this country have ah no reported 34:22.970 --> 34:26.770 Corona virus cases . In fact , half of 34:26.770 --> 34:29.410 the states in America have less than 34:29.410 --> 34:32.590 2500 cases per state . 34:33.320 --> 34:35.620 This is a great tribute to the efforts 34:35.620 --> 34:38.200 by the people of those communities . 34:38.600 --> 34:41.490 But as the president suggested , when 34:41.490 --> 34:43.720 we unveil the guidelines that the team 34:43.720 --> 34:46.550 has been working present tomorrow to 34:46.550 --> 34:49.420 our nation's governors were going to 34:49.420 --> 34:51.309 reflect on the fact that , as the 34:51.309 --> 34:53.531 president said , there will be areas of 34:53.531 --> 34:55.753 the country that will require continued 34:55.753 --> 34:57.864 mitigation , strong efforts and there 34:57.864 --> 35:00.087 will be other areas of the country that 35:00.087 --> 35:03.100 will be be given guidance for greater 35:03.150 --> 35:05.240 flexibility . The president is so 35:05.240 --> 35:08.130 directed our team when we think of more 35:08.130 --> 35:10.980 than 619,000 Americans having tested 35:10.980 --> 35:13.640 positive , more than 45,000 having 35:13.640 --> 35:15.920 recovered . We wanted to announce today 35:15.920 --> 35:18.142 that the FDA recently announced efforts 35:18.142 --> 35:20.180 to facilitate the development and 35:20.180 --> 35:22.570 access toe convalescent plasma . Mr . 35:22.570 --> 35:24.737 President , you've spoken about this . 35:24.990 --> 35:26.934 People who have recovered from the 35:26.934 --> 35:29.480 Corona virus have antibodies in your 35:29.480 --> 35:31.850 blood stream that can attack the virus . 35:32.280 --> 35:34.520 The Mayo Clinic today is working with 35:34.520 --> 35:36.770 the Red Cross to make sure the Corona 35:36.770 --> 35:38.890 virus patients have access to the 35:39.230 --> 35:41.286 convalescent plasma treatments . And 35:41.286 --> 35:43.690 over 1000 institutions across America 35:43.690 --> 35:46.810 have already joined this program . And 35:46.820 --> 35:49.390 we want to urge every American who has 35:49.390 --> 35:52.500 recovered from the Corona virus for at 35:52.500 --> 35:55.200 least two and preferably four weeks to 35:55.200 --> 35:57.900 contact your local blood or plasma 35:57.900 --> 36:00.370 donation center and arranged to donate . 36:00.830 --> 36:03.410 It's one more way that the American 36:03.410 --> 36:05.400 people can do their part and step 36:05.410 --> 36:07.690 forward , and thousands have already 36:07.690 --> 36:09.579 done so when we know that tens of 36:09.579 --> 36:12.200 thousands will join them on the subject 36:12.200 --> 36:14.367 of supplies . Mr . President , I'll be 36:14.367 --> 36:16.589 very brief because you detailed a great 36:16.589 --> 36:18.900 amount . This president mentioned . The 36:18.900 --> 36:21.790 air bridge is completed . Of 44 flights , 36:21.790 --> 36:24.440 56 more are scheduled . But on the 36:24.440 --> 36:27.630 subject of facial masks , which are so 36:27.630 --> 36:29.408 important for the protection of 36:29.408 --> 36:31.519 critical infrastructure , I'm pleased 36:31.519 --> 36:33.730 to report that the average daily 36:33.730 --> 36:35.952 delivery through the commercial network 36:35.952 --> 36:38.090 through our air bridge is 22 million 36:38.090 --> 36:41.490 facial mass coming into the marketplace . 36:42.200 --> 36:44.256 The average inventory in the network 36:44.256 --> 36:46.420 over a seven day period is 80 million 36:46.420 --> 36:49.410 masks , and FEMA is actually working as 36:49.410 --> 36:52.270 we speak to move facial mass to 36:52.270 --> 36:54.381 priority infrastructure . Food supply 36:54.381 --> 36:57.230 First responders will be 6.5 million 36:57.230 --> 36:59.452 mass that go out before the end of this 36:59.452 --> 37:02.370 week , an additional 20 million before 37:02.750 --> 37:04.840 April the 20th . And then we'll be 37:04.840 --> 37:07.740 adding 6.5 million each and every week 37:08.020 --> 37:10.076 at the president's direction . We're 37:10.076 --> 37:12.242 going to ensure that all of those that 37:12.242 --> 37:14.409 work in food supply all of those first 37:14.409 --> 37:16.520 responders have access to masks , and 37:16.520 --> 37:18.687 we're increasing those every day . A . 37:18.687 --> 37:20.670 Finally , I know I speak for the 37:20.670 --> 37:22.781 president when I say how proud we are 37:22.781 --> 37:24.690 of all of our health care workers 37:24.690 --> 37:27.460 across the country and how proud we are 37:28.210 --> 37:30.210 of the men and women in uniform are 37:30.210 --> 37:32.210 medical professionals who have been 37:32.210 --> 37:34.480 deployed across the nation , literally 37:34.480 --> 37:36.600 by the thousands . In fact , as we 37:36.600 --> 37:40.290 stand here today , 576 doctors , 37:40.290 --> 37:43.090 nurses and other military medical 37:43.090 --> 37:45.257 professionals have been deployed to 13 37:45.257 --> 37:47.610 hospitals across the nation , 10 in New 37:47.610 --> 37:50.160 York , in one in Connecticut , Texas 37:50.160 --> 37:52.270 and Louisiana . Each and as the 37:52.270 --> 37:54.214 president reflected a few days ago 37:54.530 --> 37:58.090 because we did not have the happily did 37:58.090 --> 37:59.979 not have the demand on the Javits 37:59.979 --> 38:02.090 Center and on the comfort in New York 38:02.090 --> 38:04.257 City . It's president's direction . We 38:04.257 --> 38:06.368 have deployed doctors and nurses from 38:06.368 --> 38:08.810 those two facilities to hospitals . In 38:08.810 --> 38:10.699 fact , the president , I was just 38:10.699 --> 38:12.921 speaking to Mayor de Blasio just before 38:12.921 --> 38:14.866 we came out , and he expressed his 38:14.866 --> 38:16.977 great admiration and appreciation for 38:16.977 --> 38:19.088 the relief that thes medical military 38:19.088 --> 38:21.254 personnel have provided two incredibly 38:21.254 --> 38:24.180 dedicated people in our hospitals . 258 38:24.620 --> 38:26.731 medical personnel just yesterday were 38:26.731 --> 38:28.787 deployed off the ship and out of the 38:28.787 --> 38:31.120 Javits Center into New York . With that , 38:31.120 --> 38:33.180 Mr President , I'll step aside . But 38:33.190 --> 38:35.246 it's remarkable to think of all that 38:35.246 --> 38:37.412 we've accomplished over the last month 38:37.412 --> 38:39.634 since you first issued the Presidential 38:39.634 --> 38:42.290 Guidelines for America . The truth is 38:42.630 --> 38:44.630 because of what the American people 38:44.630 --> 38:46.686 have done over the last 30 days . We 38:46.686 --> 38:48.463 are slowing the spread . We are 38:48.670 --> 38:50.670 ensuring that every American family 38:50.670 --> 38:52.837 have access to the health care that we 38:52.837 --> 38:55.180 want any member of our family to have 38:55.180 --> 38:56.847 with the greatest health care 38:56.847 --> 38:58.791 professionals in the world . We're 38:58.791 --> 39:00.847 saving lives , and we're healing our 39:00.847 --> 39:02.910 land . And so we want to thank the 39:02.910 --> 39:05.132 American people for all you have done . 39:05.340 --> 39:07.340 And tomorrow will be presenting new 39:07.340 --> 39:09.229 guidance to the governors in this 39:09.229 --> 39:11.118 country about how we build on our 39:11.118 --> 39:14.320 progress and reopen America in a safe 39:14.330 --> 39:16.386 and responsible way . Thank you , Mr 39:16.386 --> 39:18.910 President . Thank you . Recess 39:18.910 --> 39:21.077 appointment , Mr . President , I could 39:21.470 --> 39:24.170 receive place the possibility of 39:24.590 --> 39:28.380 turning very 39:28.380 --> 39:30.380 simple if they don't act on getting 39:30.380 --> 39:32.324 these people approved that we need 39:32.324 --> 39:34.547 because of the We need him anyway . But 39:34.547 --> 39:36.658 we especially need now because of the 39:36.658 --> 39:39.000 pandemic . We are going to do something 39:39.000 --> 39:42.120 that will be something I'd prefer not 39:42.120 --> 39:44.231 doing , but which I should do . And I 39:44.231 --> 39:46.260 will do if I have to . Caitlyn , go 39:46.260 --> 39:47.530 ahead . One 39:52.530 --> 39:54.530 country where they feel comfortable 39:54.530 --> 39:56.697 reopening their stores , restaurants , 39:56.697 --> 39:58.419 but not Isn't that what health 39:58.419 --> 40:00.586 officials state governor ? It's what I 40:00.586 --> 40:02.752 want to and we have great tests and we 40:02.752 --> 40:04.752 want the States to administer these 40:04.752 --> 40:06.752 tests for the most part . But we're 40:06.752 --> 40:08.808 standing behind them . We have great 40:08.808 --> 40:08.280 tests . We've done more testing now 40:08.280 --> 40:10.502 than any country . As you know , in the 40:10.502 --> 40:12.613 world , by far we have the best tests 40:12.613 --> 40:14.669 of any country in the world . Nobody 40:14.669 --> 40:17.030 has as the quality of tests , the If 40:17.030 --> 40:19.252 you look at Abbott what they've come up 40:19.252 --> 40:21.086 with in a short period of time , 40:21.086 --> 40:23.086 they've been incredible . Roach has 40:23.086 --> 40:25.030 been incredible . We have the best 40:25.030 --> 40:24.870 tests in the world , and we will be 40:24.870 --> 40:27.130 working very much with the governors of 40:27.130 --> 40:29.250 the States . We want them to do it . 40:29.250 --> 40:31.472 We're not going to be running a parking 40:31.472 --> 40:33.694 lot in Arkansas . We're not going to be 40:33.694 --> 40:35.861 running a parking lot where you have a 40:35.861 --> 40:37.972 WalMart which has been great , by the 40:37.972 --> 40:40.306 way , Wal Mart has done a fantastic job . 40:40.306 --> 40:42.472 But when you have a testing center and 40:42.472 --> 40:42.470 running that from Washington , D . C . 40:42.470 --> 40:44.637 The states are much better equipped to 40:44.637 --> 40:46.692 do it , but will be working with the 40:46.692 --> 40:48.914 States was standing behind the states . 40:48.914 --> 40:51.081 We're gonna work very closely with the 40:51.081 --> 40:53.026 governors in terms of that getting 40:53.026 --> 40:55.670 additional equipment . It used to be 34 40:55.670 --> 40:57.950 weeks ago , two weeks ago . Could we 40:57.950 --> 41:00.283 get more ventilators ? More ventilators ? 41:00.283 --> 41:02.394 Right ? And we got on ventilators and 41:02.394 --> 41:04.339 you don't hear that anymore . It's 41:04.339 --> 41:06.450 pretty pretty amazing what we've been 41:06.450 --> 41:08.394 able to do . You go ahead , John . 41:10.950 --> 41:13.006 Still first responders , health care 41:13.006 --> 41:15.380 workers . When is it going to be 41:15.420 --> 41:17.531 widespread ? It where these companies 41:19.050 --> 41:20.939 Well , I think the companies will 41:20.939 --> 41:23.161 determine that , and the governors will 41:23.161 --> 41:24.883 determine that And the federal 41:24.883 --> 41:24.840 government and if we're not happy , 41:25.200 --> 41:27.367 will take very strong action against a 41:27.367 --> 41:29.311 state or a governor . If we're not 41:29.311 --> 41:31.422 happy with the job of governors doing 41:31.422 --> 41:33.589 well , let them know about it . And as 41:33.589 --> 41:35.700 you know , we have very strong action 41:35.700 --> 41:37.922 we can take , including a closed down . 41:37.922 --> 41:37.660 But we don't want to do that . We're 41:37.660 --> 41:39.771 working with the governors that we're 41:39.771 --> 41:41.882 working closely with the governor's . 41:41.882 --> 41:43.993 The relationship has been very good . 41:43.993 --> 41:45.604 Vice presidents had a lot of 41:45.604 --> 41:47.716 conversations over the last two weeks 41:47.716 --> 41:49.827 with either 50 or almost 50 governors 41:49.827 --> 41:51.827 on every conversation , and they've 41:51.827 --> 41:53.970 been , uh , really positive 41:53.980 --> 41:57.830 conversations . We have the right to 41:57.840 --> 41:59.951 do whatever we want , but we wouldn't 41:59.951 --> 42:01.896 do that , but no we would have the 42:01.896 --> 42:04.062 right to close down what they're doing 42:04.062 --> 42:06.118 if we want to do that . But we don't 42:06.118 --> 42:08.118 want to do that . And I don't think 42:08.118 --> 42:10.340 there'll be any reason to do that . But 42:10.340 --> 42:12.507 we have the right to do that . Steve . 42:12.510 --> 42:14.860 Go ahead . Mr . President , Why did you 42:14.860 --> 42:16.950 have your name added to these Corona 42:16.950 --> 42:19.200 virus relief checks ? Well , I don't 42:19.200 --> 42:20.922 know too much about it , but I 42:20.922 --> 42:23.033 understand my name is there . I don't 42:23.033 --> 42:25.200 know where they're going , how they're 42:25.200 --> 42:27.144 going . I do understand . It's not 42:27.144 --> 42:29.256 delaying anything , and I'm satisfied 42:29.256 --> 42:31.422 with that . I don't imagine it's a big 42:31.422 --> 42:33.422 deal . I'm sure people will be very 42:33.422 --> 42:35.478 happy to get a big , fat , beautiful 42:35.478 --> 42:35.430 check in . My name is on it . Yeah , go 42:35.430 --> 42:37.750 ahead , please . Go ahead . Please . 42:37.910 --> 42:40.920 Please , please , go ahead . Thank you , 42:41.030 --> 42:43.086 President . Dr . Parks just said the 42:43.086 --> 42:45.252 bird island . You're seeing increasing 42:45.252 --> 42:47.419 cases from people that are coming from 42:47.419 --> 42:49.419 Boston and New York . You just said 42:49.419 --> 42:51.586 you'd like to reopen states before May 42:51.586 --> 42:53.752 1 . How will you stop a second spiking 42:53.752 --> 42:57.680 people traveling between states ? Well , 42:57.680 --> 42:59.902 the governor's can control that flow as 42:59.902 --> 43:02.013 an example Effect I just saw a little 43:02.013 --> 43:04.013 while ago was reported that certain 43:04.013 --> 43:06.236 borders are being controlled already by 43:06.236 --> 43:08.347 states to starting to take control of 43:08.347 --> 43:10.291 their borders , which is good , so 43:10.291 --> 43:12.347 they'll be controlling . They may do 43:12.347 --> 43:14.569 testing for people wanting to come in . 43:14.569 --> 43:16.680 I'd read that about Rhode Island , so 43:16.680 --> 43:16.030 they have to watch it . They have to be 43:16.030 --> 43:18.252 very careful . Yeah , please . Investor 43:18.252 --> 43:20.530 president , about really being country . 43:20.530 --> 43:22.752 And you said along with other nations , 43:22.752 --> 43:24.641 what form would it take ? Are you 43:24.641 --> 43:27.310 considering also are relaxing the 43:27.310 --> 43:29.421 border between Canada and the U . S . 43:29.560 --> 43:32.650 So our relationship with Canada is very 43:32.650 --> 43:35.030 good . We'll talk about that . It will 43:35.030 --> 43:36.919 be one of the early borders to be 43:36.919 --> 43:39.141 released . Canada is doing well . We're 43:39.141 --> 43:41.197 doing well , we'll see . But at some 43:41.197 --> 43:43.086 point will be doing that . In the 43:43.086 --> 43:45.086 meantime , nations that are heavily 43:45.086 --> 43:47.086 infected . We have a lot of nations 43:47.086 --> 43:48.919 that air heavily infected summer 43:48.919 --> 43:51.086 getting better . Some are still in the 43:51.086 --> 43:53.252 way up . Unfortunately , we're keeping 43:53.252 --> 43:55.530 very strong borders with those nations . 43:55.530 --> 43:57.697 But with Canada , we are talking about 43:57.697 --> 43:57.600 different things yet please , President 43:57.600 --> 43:59.378 said the evidence suggests that 43:59.378 --> 44:01.489 nationwide we have passed the peak on 44:01.489 --> 44:03.544 new cases . What's your evidence for 44:03.544 --> 44:05.600 that ? What are the numbers ? Well , 44:05.600 --> 44:05.300 All we're doing is looking at the 44:05.300 --> 44:07.522 numbers . We're looking at our graphs . 44:07.522 --> 44:09.522 We're looking at our models . We're 44:09.522 --> 44:11.633 getting a great response from Deborah 44:11.633 --> 44:13.578 and from Tony and from many of the 44:13.578 --> 44:15.578 professionals that are working . We 44:15.578 --> 44:17.689 have great professionals working with 44:17.689 --> 44:19.744 us , and I think based on that where 44:19.744 --> 44:21.856 we're doing very well , based on that 44:21.856 --> 44:23.967 it looks like we're headed absolutely 44:23.967 --> 44:25.856 in the right direction . But some 44:25.856 --> 44:28.022 states are looking at other states and 44:28.022 --> 44:30.133 they're saying , I can't imagine what 44:30.133 --> 44:32.244 they're going through because they're 44:32.244 --> 44:34.411 not in that position . They're in very 44:34.411 --> 44:34.390 good shape . I would say that we have 44:34.390 --> 44:36.590 20 states at least , but you really 44:36.590 --> 44:39.220 have 29 that are in extremely good 44:39.220 --> 44:41.053 shape . You have others that are 44:41.053 --> 44:43.220 getting much better . And I think with 44:43.220 --> 44:45.164 almost a few exceptions , you have 44:45.164 --> 44:47.690 every state that is either doing better 44:47.690 --> 44:49.857 or on the way to doing better . Yeah , 44:49.857 --> 44:53.650 please . Yeah , Good threat to 44:53.870 --> 44:55.830 adjourn early . Adjourn Congress 44:56.530 --> 44:58.474 clearly of the power Article two , 44:58.474 --> 45:00.474 Section three . But that'd be quite 45:00.474 --> 45:02.530 radical to do . Earlier last month , 45:02.530 --> 45:04.752 you were in the old office . Talk about 45:04.752 --> 45:06.919 now is not the time for partisanship . 45:06.919 --> 45:08.586 How will that act lower ? The 45:08.586 --> 45:10.586 partisanship in this town and could 45:10.586 --> 45:12.960 have potentially hinder your ability to 45:12.960 --> 45:15.182 get something done on Corona virus . It 45:15.182 --> 45:17.930 is . Look , it's been a very partisan 45:18.440 --> 45:20.607 government for a long period of time , 45:20.607 --> 45:22.551 not just this administration . You 45:22.551 --> 45:24.162 could go back until last two 45:24.162 --> 45:26.329 administrations . You've seen a lot of 45:26.329 --> 45:28.440 partisanship , and even now you would 45:28.440 --> 45:27.970 think that we wouldn't have as an 45:27.970 --> 45:31.260 example with e paycheck plan that's 45:31.260 --> 45:33.440 going so well . It's so smooth , so 45:33.440 --> 45:36.190 beautiful , almost without a hitch . 45:36.300 --> 45:38.467 All of that money is being distributed 45:38.467 --> 45:40.689 to small businesses . They're giving it 45:40.689 --> 45:42.689 to their employees . That's keeping 45:42.689 --> 45:44.800 them ready , viable . So when we open 45:44.800 --> 45:46.800 and now it's been so good that it's 45:46.800 --> 45:48.522 almost depleted and we want to 45:48.522 --> 45:50.730 replenish it and we can't get the 45:50.730 --> 45:52.841 Democrats to approve it , and thats a 45:52.841 --> 45:54.897 program that they and everybody else 45:54.897 --> 45:56.897 admit that our great So you do have 45:56.897 --> 45:59.830 partisanship . We have been trying for 45:59.830 --> 46:01.663 years to get people approved for 46:01.663 --> 46:03.750 positions people have left . One man 46:03.750 --> 46:06.770 left the law firm . One man left . Ah , 46:06.780 --> 46:09.130 a big changing . It was a very 46:09.130 --> 46:11.750 successful executive . He left . It was 46:11.750 --> 46:13.750 two years ago . We have people that 46:13.750 --> 46:16.030 have been waiting for three years and 46:16.030 --> 46:17.919 we can't get them approved by the 46:17.919 --> 46:20.141 Democrats in the Senate because they're 46:20.141 --> 46:22.670 taking so long to approve our judges . 46:22.670 --> 46:24.892 Now I have to tell you that I'm totally 46:24.892 --> 46:26.970 in favor of what Mitch is doing with 46:26.970 --> 46:29.240 judges because that's always seems to 46:29.240 --> 46:31.580 be a priority . And it's a very 46:31.580 --> 46:33.802 important prayer . And I think it's one 46:33.802 --> 46:35.580 of the great trademarks of this 46:35.580 --> 46:37.840 administration . We've approved record 46:37.840 --> 46:40.370 numbers of federal judges and appellate 46:40.370 --> 46:42.481 judges and two Supreme Court judges . 46:42.880 --> 46:44.824 But rather than approving somebody 46:44.824 --> 46:46.991 who's highly qualified , somebody that 46:46.991 --> 46:49.213 everybody knows is going to be approved 46:49.213 --> 46:51.324 rather than going quickly , they take 46:51.324 --> 46:54.120 the maximum amount of time , whatever 46:54.120 --> 46:56.210 that time , maybe , and what they're 46:56.210 --> 46:59.160 doing by doing that is taking days to 46:59.160 --> 47:01.382 approve somebody that could be approved 47:01.382 --> 47:03.271 in a quick vote . People that get 47:03.271 --> 47:05.590 phenomenal reviews and committee are 47:05.590 --> 47:08.880 going maximum number of hours , and 47:08.880 --> 47:10.936 what they do is there's only so many 47:10.936 --> 47:13.269 hours of the day now we could have said , 47:13.269 --> 47:15.491 Let's stay , I would have been in favor 47:15.491 --> 47:17.713 of that . They didn't choose to do it , 47:17.713 --> 47:19.960 but I have a very strong power . I'd 47:19.960 --> 47:22.700 rather not use that power , but we have 47:23.380 --> 47:26.550 way over 100 people that we very badly 47:26.550 --> 47:28.900 need in this administration that should 47:28.900 --> 47:30.956 have been approved a long time ago . 47:31.050 --> 47:33.272 And one of them is the head of Voice of 47:33.272 --> 47:35.383 America . If you look at what they're 47:35.383 --> 47:37.810 doing and what they're saying about our 47:37.810 --> 47:39.977 country , it's a disgrace . The people 47:39.977 --> 47:42.143 that are running that we have somebody 47:42.143 --> 47:44.199 that's really good , really talented 47:44.200 --> 47:46.680 and that loves our country . And I want 47:46.680 --> 47:48.791 to get these people approved . That's 47:48.791 --> 47:50.840 one of many we have professionals , 47:51.260 --> 47:53.427 study have been waiting for . How long 47:53.427 --> 47:55.593 have you been waiting for the man that 47:55.593 --> 47:58.190 we're talking about coming in 2.5 years ? 47:58.580 --> 48:01.160 So Sonny Perdue just happens to be here 48:01.160 --> 48:03.700 talking about something else . So 48:03.700 --> 48:05.922 you've been waiting for one of the most 48:05.922 --> 48:07.922 important positions as secretary of 48:07.922 --> 48:09.811 Agriculture is the position , its 48:09.811 --> 48:11.950 distribution . We need it now . We're 48:11.950 --> 48:13.894 talking about shelves were talking 48:13.894 --> 48:16.020 about cupboards . He needs it . He's 48:16.020 --> 48:18.131 been waiting . He did know he's gonna 48:18.131 --> 48:20.353 get this question . You've been waiting 48:20.353 --> 48:22.576 2.5 years . The person is exceptional . 48:22.576 --> 48:25.200 That person left a very good job , and 48:25.210 --> 48:27.490 it's embarrassing to me . He'll say , 48:27.490 --> 48:29.490 Do you think you'll get that man to 48:29.490 --> 48:31.712 prove he's been saying that to me for a 48:31.712 --> 48:33.490 long time . It's because of the 48:33.490 --> 48:35.601 Democrats , and what we're doing is , 48:35.601 --> 48:37.768 and I think anybody here would do it . 48:37.768 --> 48:40.170 Judges are a priority . A federal judge 48:40.170 --> 48:41.892 is going to sit for 50 years . 48:41.892 --> 48:43.726 Potentially young judge gonna be 48:43.726 --> 48:45.948 sitting for That's always gonna have to 48:45.948 --> 48:47.948 be a priority , but because they're 48:47.948 --> 48:50.114 taking so much time in approving every 48:50.170 --> 48:52.226 they're trying to put us through the 48:52.226 --> 48:54.114 mill . That's when you talk about 48:54.114 --> 48:56.059 partisanship , and it's never ever 48:56.059 --> 48:58.281 happened before . You can look at every 48:58.281 --> 49:00.392 administration in the history of this 49:00.392 --> 49:02.730 country . Nobody nobody has ever had 49:02.740 --> 49:05.830 hundreds of people not approved after 49:05.830 --> 49:07.941 3.5 years . Go ahead , plays timeline 49:07.941 --> 49:10.163 for that , though . If Congress doesn't 49:10.163 --> 49:12.219 know you have a video , they've been 49:12.219 --> 49:14.330 warned and they're being warned right 49:14.330 --> 49:16.497 down . If they don't approve it , that 49:16.497 --> 49:18.608 we're going to go this route and will 49:18.608 --> 49:20.608 probably be challenged in court and 49:20.608 --> 49:22.830 we'll see who wins . But when the court 49:22.830 --> 49:22.810 hears that we aren't getting people 49:22.810 --> 49:25.260 approved , as Sonny would say for 2.5 49:25.260 --> 49:27.482 years for an important position that we 49:27.482 --> 49:29.704 need because of this crisis , we needed 49:29.704 --> 49:31.927 these people before . But now we really 49:31.927 --> 49:34.520 need these people way back to the 49:34.520 --> 49:36.576 numbers for a second . When you talk 49:36.576 --> 49:38.520 about the numbers jobless claims , 49:38.520 --> 49:40.687 they're gonna come out tomorrow . It's 49:40.687 --> 49:40.450 likely around five million more 49:40.450 --> 49:43.120 Americans putting their names in front 49:43.120 --> 49:45.342 employment benefits . But yet there are 49:45.342 --> 49:47.398 still a couple 1000 people as well , 49:47.398 --> 49:49.509 dying a day because of Corona virus . 49:49.509 --> 49:51.453 When you talk about opening up the 49:51.453 --> 49:53.676 American economy , or at least in parts 49:53.676 --> 49:55.842 now , how do you balance that decision 49:55.842 --> 49:57.842 out ? Given both of those figures , 49:57.842 --> 49:59.731 well , we are . There has to be a 49:59.731 --> 50:01.953 balance . You know , there's also death 50:01.953 --> 50:04.120 involved in keeping a close , and I've 50:04.120 --> 50:06.342 gone over this with you , and I believe 50:06.342 --> 50:08.231 this so strongly when you look at 50:08.231 --> 50:10.064 mental health , when you look at 50:10.064 --> 50:12.460 suicides , suicide hotlines which are 50:12.460 --> 50:15.480 exploding people losing their jobs when 50:15.480 --> 50:17.369 you look at drugs and people that 50:17.369 --> 50:19.369 didn't take drugs , and now they're 50:19.369 --> 50:21.536 becoming drug addicted because they're 50:21.536 --> 50:23.702 going through a problem . They have no 50:23.702 --> 50:25.758 job . They have no money coming in . 50:25.758 --> 50:25.660 Other than the money we're getting them . 50:25.660 --> 50:28.090 We've opened up the coffers to a large 50:28.090 --> 50:30.312 extent . We're helping people . This is 50:30.312 --> 50:32.479 why I wish the Democrats would help us 50:32.479 --> 50:34.368 a little bit with it because they 50:34.368 --> 50:36.312 should . It's purely partisan what 50:36.312 --> 50:38.368 they're doing , and it's bad for our 50:38.368 --> 50:40.590 country . But But , you know , there is 50:40.590 --> 50:42.757 death by doing by having this strongly 50:42.757 --> 50:44.979 closed country , we have to get back to 50:44.979 --> 50:47.034 work . With all of that being said , 50:47.034 --> 50:49.090 we're going to start with states and 50:49.090 --> 50:51.201 with governors that have done a great 50:51.201 --> 50:53.201 job and they're gonna open it up as 50:53.201 --> 50:55.423 they see fit , and we're gonna be right 50:55.423 --> 50:57.757 behind him . And we're gonna be working . 50:57.757 --> 50:59.701 We're gonna be supplying them with 50:59.701 --> 50:59.550 things . If they don't have them , we 50:59.550 --> 51:02.270 want them to have him . We're gonna be 51:02.270 --> 51:04.270 helping them with ventilators after 51:04.270 --> 51:06.880 this is over so that they can't say Oh , 51:06.880 --> 51:09.047 the federal government we want them to 51:09.047 --> 51:11.158 have . They've had a lot of options . 51:11.158 --> 51:13.380 Many of the governors have had a lot of 51:13.380 --> 51:15.047 options over the years to buy 51:15.047 --> 51:17.213 ventilators . They didn't choose to do 51:17.213 --> 51:19.380 it , so we're gonna be helping them to 51:19.380 --> 51:19.120 fill up their stockpiles . We're gonna 51:19.120 --> 51:21.580 have plenty . And as I said , I'm very 51:21.580 --> 51:23.802 proud to do it . We're gonna be helping 51:23.802 --> 51:25.802 other nations were gonna be helping 51:25.802 --> 51:28.870 Italy , Spain , France , other nations , 51:29.430 --> 51:31.208 and we're gonna be helping them 51:31.208 --> 51:33.450 strongly . I think Russia is going to 51:33.450 --> 51:35.617 need ventilators having a hard time in 51:35.617 --> 51:37.783 Moscow . We're gonna help them . We're 51:37.783 --> 51:39.839 gonna help other countries that need 51:39.839 --> 51:42.006 ventilators . We're gonna have a lot . 51:42.006 --> 51:44.061 You see it with General Motors . You 51:44.061 --> 51:43.940 see it with other companies that are 51:43.940 --> 51:46.051 producing . We're gonna have hundreds 51:46.051 --> 51:48.218 of thousands of ventilators . And it's 51:48.218 --> 51:50.273 a great thing to have . Yes , in the 51:50.273 --> 51:54.130 back . Is anybody freezing ? It's 51:54.130 --> 51:57.220 very cold out here . Waken leave early , 51:57.230 --> 51:59.341 right ? A couple of more . Go ahead , 51:59.341 --> 51:59.110 please . 52:06.070 --> 52:08.181 You don't know what you have . Do you 52:08.181 --> 52:10.181 think you're getting honest numbers 52:10.181 --> 52:12.292 from some of these countries ? Do you 52:12.292 --> 52:12.140 really believe those numbers in this 52:12.140 --> 52:15.010 vast country called China and that they 52:15.010 --> 52:17.010 have a certain number of cases of a 52:17.010 --> 52:19.121 certain number of that ? Does anybody 52:19.121 --> 52:21.288 really believe that he is a story ? We 52:21.288 --> 52:23.399 report everything we're reporting the 52:23.399 --> 52:25.621 cases and our reporting is good . We're 52:25.621 --> 52:27.843 reporting every death . In fact , I see 52:27.843 --> 52:30.010 this morning where New York added 3000 52:30.010 --> 52:32.530 deaths because they died and they're 52:32.530 --> 52:34.752 now saying , rather than it was a heart 52:34.752 --> 52:36.919 attack . They're saying it was a heart 52:36.919 --> 52:36.840 attack caused by this . Are they 52:36.840 --> 52:39.560 reading ? Uh , if you look at it , 52:40.130 --> 52:42.920 That's it . And everything we have is 52:42.920 --> 52:45.120 documented , reported , and what they 52:45.120 --> 52:47.480 are doing is just in case they're 52:47.480 --> 52:49.369 calling it this and that's okay . 52:49.480 --> 52:53.110 That's okay , But we are . We have more 52:53.110 --> 52:55.790 cases because we do more reporting . We 52:55.790 --> 52:57.901 have more cases because everything is 52:57.901 --> 53:00.150 down . But does anybody really believe 53:00.150 --> 53:02.317 the numbers of some of these countries 53:02.317 --> 53:04.372 that you've been watching and you've 53:04.372 --> 53:06.539 been reporting on ? And then it's like 53:06.539 --> 53:08.706 they didn't have the big thing . There 53:08.706 --> 53:11.070 have been some really , really bad 53:11.850 --> 53:15.020 heavily , really , some countries that 53:15.020 --> 53:17.920 are in big , big trouble and then not 53:17.930 --> 53:20.220 reporting the fax , and that's up to 53:20.220 --> 53:22.450 them . All I know is we report the 53:22.450 --> 53:24.283 facts and we're a country that's 53:24.283 --> 53:26.600 getting better . John . Go ahead , Mr 53:26.600 --> 53:28.850 President . Multiple sources are 53:28.850 --> 53:31.017 telling Fox News today that the United 53:31.017 --> 53:32.760 States government now has high 53:32.760 --> 53:35.220 confidence that while the Corona virus 53:35.220 --> 53:37.970 is a naturally occurring virus , it 53:37.980 --> 53:41.210 emanated from Avery Ology Lab in Wuhan 53:41.540 --> 53:43.707 that because of lax safety protocols , 53:43.710 --> 53:46.020 an intern was infected who later 53:46.020 --> 53:48.242 infected her boyfriend and then went to 53:48.242 --> 53:50.187 the wet market in Wuhan , where it 53:50.187 --> 53:52.353 began to spread . Does that correspond 53:52.610 --> 53:54.777 with what you have heard from Well , I 53:54.777 --> 53:56.888 don't want to say that , John , but I 53:56.888 --> 53:58.888 will tell you more and more . We're 53:58.888 --> 54:00.999 hearing this story and we'll see when 54:00.999 --> 54:03.166 you say multiple sources . Now there's 54:03.166 --> 54:02.500 a case where you can use the word 54:02.500 --> 54:06.320 sources . But we are doing a very 54:06.320 --> 54:08.790 thorough examination of this horrible 54:08.790 --> 54:10.846 situation that happened guy place in 54:10.846 --> 54:13.012 your many conversations with President 54:13.012 --> 54:14.957 Xi . Mr . President , did you ever 54:14.957 --> 54:16.846 discuss with him State Department 54:16.846 --> 54:18.846 concerns about lax safety protocols 54:18.846 --> 54:20.846 that had been reported to the State 54:20.846 --> 54:23.012 Department from the embassy in Beijing 54:23.012 --> 54:25.234 about that laboratory ? I don't want to 54:25.234 --> 54:27.401 discuss what I talked to him about the 54:27.401 --> 54:29.290 laboratory . I just don't want to 54:29.290 --> 54:31.623 discuss it just inappropriate right now . 54:31.623 --> 54:31.200 Please go ahead in the back to Mafia 54:31.210 --> 54:33.377 from Channel on Australia . There have 54:33.377 --> 54:35.599 been calls in our country for our prime 54:35.599 --> 54:37.599 minister , Scott Morrison , to make 54:37.599 --> 54:39.766 funding for W . H . O . Conditional on 54:39.766 --> 54:42.550 reforms to the organization . Wanted to 54:42.560 --> 54:44.727 get your thoughts on that . And if you 54:44.727 --> 54:46.949 had any advice , Mr Morrison , look , I 54:46.949 --> 54:49.116 feel very badly about the World Health 54:49.116 --> 54:51.282 Organization , but it's been a tool of 54:51.282 --> 54:53.500 China . It's been , as I say , totally 54:53.510 --> 54:56.150 China centric . You take a look at 54:56.150 --> 54:58.206 everything that's happened . They've 54:58.206 --> 55:00.261 been wrong . I was all for it at the 55:00.261 --> 55:00.180 beginning . What do I know ? I walked 55:00.180 --> 55:02.402 in . I said , World Health Organization 55:02.402 --> 55:04.402 isn't that wonderful ? And then you 55:04.402 --> 55:06.458 start to see all the mistakes . They 55:06.458 --> 55:08.624 didn't want us to close our borders to 55:08.624 --> 55:10.840 China , to Wuhan , specifically that 55:10.840 --> 55:13.030 you won our borders laws . You take a 55:13.030 --> 55:15.030 look . Mike was there . We were all 55:15.030 --> 55:17.197 there , and they're criticizing me for 55:17.197 --> 55:19.252 closing the border . I did that very 55:19.252 --> 55:21.308 early , By the way . I did that very 55:21.308 --> 55:21.250 early . Well , Nancy Pelosi was 55:21.250 --> 55:23.850 tryingto have in San Francisco parties 55:23.850 --> 55:26.370 in Chinatown because they she thought 55:26.370 --> 55:28.426 it would be great . You want to show 55:28.426 --> 55:30.537 that this thing doesn't exist ? These 55:30.537 --> 55:32.703 are people , I tell you . We have some 55:32.703 --> 55:34.648 politicians on the other side that 55:34.648 --> 55:36.814 don't know what they're doing . If you 55:36.814 --> 55:36.150 look at if you look at timelines , 55:36.150 --> 55:38.317 you're gonna look at some time lines . 55:38.317 --> 55:40.150 But the world , the World Health 55:40.150 --> 55:42.094 Organization , just like the World 55:42.094 --> 55:44.261 Trade Organization , I'm telling you , 55:44.261 --> 55:46.372 I call them . They have been treating 55:46.372 --> 55:48.650 the United States for decades so badly , 55:48.650 --> 55:51.100 and they've been so in favor of China . 55:51.460 --> 55:53.682 China took off when he joined the world 55:53.682 --> 55:56.250 trade organization because of what's 55:56.250 --> 55:58.083 happened . Think of it . They're 55:58.083 --> 56:00.028 considered a developing nation and 56:00.028 --> 56:02.250 because there and we're not . But we're 56:02.250 --> 56:04.417 developing nation , too , in my book . 56:04.417 --> 56:06.639 Okay , we're developing , too . But the 56:06.639 --> 56:08.861 fact is , we have been treated so badly 56:08.861 --> 56:11.610 by these organizations , and believe me , 56:11.610 --> 56:13.721 I'm looking at that one , too . We're 56:13.721 --> 56:15.721 winning a lot of lawsuits right now 56:15.721 --> 56:17.888 that we never won before in the past . 56:17.888 --> 56:19.943 We're winning a lot of money that we 56:19.943 --> 56:22.166 never won in the past . That's what the 56:22.166 --> 56:24.388 world trade . But with the World Health 56:24.388 --> 56:26.610 Organization , what's happened there is 56:26.610 --> 56:28.721 a disgrace . Here's the other thing . 56:29.430 --> 56:33.170 We pay 400 to $500 million a 56:33.170 --> 56:36.810 year . China's paying 38 39 $40 million 56:36.810 --> 56:39.790 a year , and it's like they 56:39.790 --> 56:43.030 control this group . I could do that , 56:43.030 --> 56:45.197 too , if I want to devote full time to 56:45.197 --> 56:47.252 what I have some very capable people 56:47.252 --> 56:50.300 dealing with Dr Ted Ra's . Okay , I 56:50.300 --> 56:52.300 could do it , too . I could do very 56:52.300 --> 56:54.467 well with that , but there's something 56:54.467 --> 56:56.689 going on , something going on this very 56:56.689 --> 56:59.380 bed now , the 500 million that we save 56:59.850 --> 57:01.739 will determine we're gonna make a 57:01.739 --> 57:03.850 determination over a little period of 57:03.850 --> 57:05.906 time , but they could either have to 57:05.906 --> 57:07.906 make massive changes . I don't even 57:07.906 --> 57:09.906 know if they're gonna be able to do 57:09.906 --> 57:12.239 that . We're gonna give money to people . 57:12.239 --> 57:14.406 We want to help people . You know what 57:14.406 --> 57:16.628 we do in Africa with AIDS ? People have 57:16.628 --> 57:19.030 no idea what we do . And the money we 57:19.030 --> 57:21.086 spent , we were talking about it the 57:21.086 --> 57:23.141 other day . Doctor , we are spending 57:23.141 --> 57:26.420 billions of dollars to help people in 57:26.420 --> 57:29.060 the case of ah , one that Dr Burke's is 57:29.060 --> 57:31.630 very much involved in AIDS . Millions 57:31.630 --> 57:33.852 of dollars . And you know what ? It's a 57:33.852 --> 57:35.963 great thing . Nobody talks about it . 57:35.963 --> 57:38.186 Nobody gives us credit . We do that and 57:38.186 --> 57:40.130 we do it very directly . But we're 57:40.130 --> 57:42.186 spending billions of dollars to help 57:42.186 --> 57:45.330 people live and all over the world . 57:45.740 --> 57:49.370 But we're spending $500 million 57:49.830 --> 57:52.410 to the World Health Organization , and 57:52.410 --> 57:54.521 there's something very bad going on . 57:54.521 --> 57:56.577 And you know what ? I've gotten very 57:56.577 --> 57:58.743 much involved . It's been going on for 57:58.743 --> 58:00.966 a long period of time and we don't want 58:00.966 --> 58:02.966 to be the suckers anymore . So it's 58:02.966 --> 58:05.299 cold out . We will talk to you tomorrow . 58:05.299 --> 58:04.420 Big day tomorrow