That the borders are automatically shut down without having to say shut down. I mean, they are to a certain extent, automatically shut down, but its affecting the Airline Business as it would, and a lot of people are staying in our country and they are shopping and using our hotels in this country. So from that standpoint, i think probably there is a positive impact. But there is also an impact on overseas travel which will be fairly substantial. Mike, maybe ill let you give a briefing what we just discussed. Vice pres. Pence thank you, mr. President , and grateful to have the opportunity to meet with the leaders of the Airline Industry today. Mr. President , you said from early on we were going to have a whole of government approach. But the truth is as evidenced by all these great industry leaders, its really a whole of america approach. The American People deserve to know that according to all of our experts, the risk to the average american of contracting the coronavirus remains low. And that is largely owing to your decision, mr. President , to suspend all travel from china into the United States and quarantine all americans that are returning. Its also owing to the tremendous cooperation of this industry, the Airline Industry. Because in addition to suspending travel from china, you recently made the decision to designate as do not travel certain areas of italy, certain areas of south korea, but we also, at your direction, worked with this industry so that now as of yesterday morning, all passengers on all direct flights from all airports in italy or south korea are being screened multiple times before they board any of these airlines. We are grateful for that, mr. President. I know you are. And everyone here should know that we are going to continue to follow the facts and the data. Dr. Burks has worked closely with all of our Health Officials to determine what additional screening might be required in the United States. Or in partners around the world, but our airlines are going to play a key role, mr. President , in preventing the spread of this disease. And even earlier today, at your direction, we met with leaders of our Nursing Home Industry to talk about the measures of increased measures to prevent the spread of infectious disease. We sent new guidance out to nursing homes. We will be announcing later today new priority of inspections for infectious diseases. We will be detailing that. We explained it to the industry today. And also, on the issue of testing, mr. President , you have made that a priority. Well have over a million tests in the field today. I spoke to several governors this is morning that were grateful for the fact that the changes you made this weekend through the f. D. A. Now make it possible for state Health Clinics as well as universities around the country to be able to conduct coronavirus tests, but well also be meeting this afternoon with leaders of our commercial laboratories to make a coronavirus test more rapidly, more widely available to doctors offices, medical clinics, and consumers around the country. So mr. President , as you said, it is a whole of government approach, but in a very real sense a whole of america approach, and i have already expressed and i know you feel a great deal of gratitude to our partners in the industry and in the Airline Industry for acting on your priority to put the safety and health of the American People first. Pres. Trump thank you very much. I just want to add, and to go a little bit further, the Obama Administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we are doing. And we undid that decision a few days ago so that the testing can take place in a much more accurate and rapid fashion. That was a decision we disagreed with. I dont think we would have made it, but for some reason it was made. But we have undone that decision. Also, when people come in from certain areas, we are doing checks not only at the site of takeoff, but the site of landing, so when they land in our country, well also do it, if planes are leaving from certain destinations. I might ask, if you could, i would like you to say a few words. You have been doing a fantastic job in a short time. We havent had much time, but you have been doing a fantastic job. Please. Mr. President , we talked about which americans are most vulnerable. And the fact that younger americans may not be as vulnerable. So we are really focused very much in that way and i think the Airline Industry can help us in screening required particularly to protect our older americans. Pres. Trump good. Thank you. Do you have anything to say . Thank you for having us. Thanks for your work that we are doing jointly. We are proud of our team and the work they are doing. We appreciate the aggressive containment efforts that the United States has done to protect americans. And the role we played in that. And so, we are happy to be here. And continue to be interested, particularly as we move from maybe aggressive containment to mitigation efforts and what can be done there, as well. Pres. Trump doug is the head of american airlines, as you know. Maybe well go around the room if youd like to say something, please. Thank you, mr. President. We appreciate the leadership and your collaboration and coordination and certainly the industry wants to do everything that we can to keep americans safe, and certainly our employees and our customers. We stepped up our efforts to make sure the airplanes are clean and disinfected. And we worked very closely with the c. D. C. And i think thats gone very, very well. We have the proper protocols in place whenever there is a suspected illness. And i think all thats working very well. I think everybodys doing a great job and doing all we can. Pres. Trump we appreciate it. Thank you very much. We appreciate the efforts, mr. President. I think like all of the folks around the table, the focus of the Airline Leadership teams is the safety of our employees and the safety of our customers. I think all of us have made a lot of changes to our cleaning procedures, changes to our onboard procedures, gloves, sanitation, the service our flight attendants are providing our customers, and we are trying to do what we can to help everyone contain the virus and contain the spread of it. And we appreciate it. If there is more thing we can do to help, we are here if you want to do that. President trump are you using Different Things for the cleaning . The fluids, are you using . We have taken a good look at them. The stuff we are using i think we concluded as effective. We are changing the routines. There are three levels of cleaning we do and we are intensifying the cleaning of the aircraft. Peter ingram, hawaiian airlines. I echo my counterparts in the industry talking about the safety of our guests and employees is paramount to everything we do. And we really appreciate the collaboration with the administration and the government to make sure that we are doing everything we can to ensure that. I think it is very helpful to hear dr. Burks talk about the specific areas of risk, because there is a lot of concern out there. Theres concern internationally and domestically. And i think the more information that we have to share with our guests about the facts, its very helpful as we go forward with this challenge. Pres. Trump good. We need to ensure people have the tools and resources to do their jobs. The one thing the Aviation Industry has proven it does well is comes together in times of challenge to provide a solution for the country. I feel confident with your leadership and the folks in the room, we will serve our employees. Do you have anything to say . Specific airports and contracted medical staff in place, we screened 50,000 individuals and prevented folks from coming into the country, that is part of the cooperation and flexibility for everyone in this room. Differente anything on the southern border, we are setting records in terms of allowing people who are supposed to be here in, anything new . From a screening standpoint, we have some of the measures at points of entry. Staff, some from hhs are screening individuals and referring to cdc if necessary. Airports arees at taking place at points of entry. We are looking at every way individuals come into the country. We are making sure we secure the country as a whole. Thank you for having us. Believe in collaboration and want to solve these problems short and longterm. We are sharing ideas with the Vice President s staff. We think there are better ways to trace passengers coming in. We will send information directly to the cdc, and we are moving forward for that. There has been good progress, and we need the reassurance that you and the Vice President assuring travel is safe so we can go forward. The fear is a most worse than the virus. These professionals are amazing, they have stepped up. Thank you. Thank you for having us. A lot of it has been said, we are taking the same measures as everyone else to keep our customers and employees safe and secure. Thank you for putting the Vice President in charge of these efforts. Hasfederal government tremendous activity when it comes together for a common goal. I would like to give a quick shout out to people in the federal government and those who work with us, and the relic efforts we are making to keep effortsy the heroic we are making to keep everybody safe. I started my conversation about safety and health for customers and employees are top priority. I am a heart transplant survivor. Child think of a poster of an individual who could be affected, i am it. Task we take to keep our airline safe. We ask if there is anything we can do to ensure our plans are as safe as possible. Anything that can project stability, calm with regards to behavior. It is a fun way of expressing, be careful for the next few weeks. Thank you. You are a heart transplant survivor, one of the great executives of the world, and you look very good to me. You do not recommend it. That is great, thank you. Again the American People deserve to know the threat of contracting the coronavirus remains low according to our experts. At your direction we will continue to bring the full resources of the federal government and enlist the full resources of american industry to keep the American People safe. Our airlines are exceptional partners with us not only the executives but the cruise who who take goodews care of the passengers, and cleaning the planes and working with us on the screening process. We will continue to lean into this effort, and we will continue to do so until we find our way through. That, we willlish , and iish it as one team am grateful to have the people on the team here. Areas get to be more of a problem, we may close them up as we have done with numerous areas. We think we have it very much in hand. , some areas within countries like in italy we are doing an effective job. ,ne thing we were discussing some people have this at a light level. There are many people, young people who are not immune to it, but the numbers are small. People affect the older like in the nursing home situation on the west coast. A single nursing home we have a big percentage of people. We will try along, to adjust the number and see what it might be. If you add many people who have it and do not think they have it, and they are recovering from i think that is an important thing for people to know. I am proud of people in the administration. When you saidll the airlines pulled together. I have seen that over the years. I want to thank you, you are great executives, you love the country and what you do. Thank you, we appreciate it. Do not ask that question, they have not asked it, i do not want you to give them ideas. That is a tough question. We have not discussed that yet. Message to americans that it is safe to fly . I think where people are flying it is safe to fly. Large portions of the world it is safe to fly. We do not want to say anything other than that. Sections ofed down the world, and they have closed down automatically, they understand better than anybody. Is it overreacting to cut down Domestic Travel . A lot of people are doing domestic business, they are staying in this country and feel safe. Percentage, and the big percentage is 40 or so people from the ship that we immediately quarantined. The numbers we had a very small. What we will do as people get better, most people are getting better, some are already released and going home. Them off the list. We have a small number of people in this country, we have a big country. The biggest impact was the 40 plus people, americans, i can say do not let them into the country, but they are americans who were stranded. We brought them back and immediately quarantined. That to thet add numbers, we are talking about small numbers in the United States. We have all done a very good job. The media has treated us very fairly, which i appreciate. They shouldanything be doing differently since you think it is safe to fly . If you are a passenger and get on a flight, we are told to wash her hands. Maybe you can say something. We say the common sense of washing your hands, not touching your face, ensuring you touch anything, wash her hands again. 20 seconds with soap. Work, but iers also am reassured about airliners talking about their cleaning procedures because that will be reassuring to the american public. I have not touched my face in weeks. Concernsu address the for travelers who have booked their flight, and they might have to make new arrangements . We put out something that allows customers the flexibility to book their travel, and find they want to change it later, we are figuring out ways to make sure there is flexibility. A lot of people have booked. This is a time unprecedented in our history that we need to be understanding of peoples travel plans. We are taking all measures to make sure our customers get the best treatment. We will be impressed with what the airlines do. There is an obama era rule you changed i did not follow that. The last administration asserted fda jurisdiction over developing tests like this, the president change that on saturday. As i spoke to several governors, states have the ability to induct the coronavirus test state labs, university laboratories. That is because of the change the president authorized. Changing jurisdiction of that frees up more available testing. Past, you used to have laboratories that could develop Laboratory Developed tests, and use them for clinical purposes. The Previous Administration that became regulated. Now for someone to do that they had to formally file with the fda, and what the president did was allow that regulatory relief , that those University Labs and other labs have to be fully laboratorydeveloping diagnostics for the clinical arena. Then women and men in this nation can get access to doctors. It is important and what has changed the availability of testing overnight. It was a big move and something we had to do, we did it likely, now we have tremendous flexibility. You could not have had that under the obama rule, and we ended that quickly. Whatn you explain information they need to track or share with the government . Fore are asking Additional Information so the cdc can track individuals as they come into the countries and continue to their final destination. We need to reach out and track them and get in touch with them looking for more pieces of information. We will continue to have conversations. The North Carolina case was someone who was at the nursing home in washington state. Does the administration have the Contact Information of who was with that person on the flight to North Carolina . Now. At is ongoing right we are working with the airlines and with the North CarolinaHealth Department. The cdc supports the local Health Department to get that information. You do not have the passenger information . My understanding is we have the manifest, and the trick is to find them, and that is why we are having this conversation. I think the results, it was a great comeback for joe biden. At whatou looked Elizabeth Warren should have won a lot ofd have states probably texas, definitely minnesota. Bernie would have won states that he lost. The particular message is minnesota in particular and texas, and some others. Spoiler because other people got out of those votes for joe, and they helped joe getting out early. Case of Elizabeth Warren, had she gotten out, it would have been a different situation i think. One simple move, had she left, you pick up massachusetts, minnesota, and probably texas. I imagine there were others too. Elizabeth warren was the single biggest factor in that election last night. It would have been a different thing and not in a positive way for her, in a selfish way for her, she was selfish. Do i care . No. We are waiting to find out who we are running against, but incredible if she would have gotten out and endorsed. She did not even have to endorse. Had she gotten out, he would have been a lot better off. Think it is tough. Joe has an easier path. , and he will try to save face by putting money into bidens campaign. I do not think that will have an impact. Money has to be spent wisely. One thing this has shown as you cannot buy an election, a beautiful thing. Yer put in 350 million and he is licking his wounds. Limburg put in a billion dollars bloomberg put in a billion dollars. It is not easy doing what i did. It is one of those things. It will be interesting to think this would have changed, before saturday and south carolina, jo had no chance according to you people. They used to say that about me, not as much. It happened easily. I think joe would have the advantage now. You look at florida and others, he has an advantage. Had Elizabeth Warren endorsed you were talking about a different subject. That is not a question. He would have gotten most of those votes. What do you think of the stock Market Reaction today . I have said from the beginning it is partially this, but also the fact they did not like seeing what they are seeing. They do not like joe either. A lot of people are with joe, and they are worse than bernie. In terms of being radical left. They areoes handlers, handlers, some of those handlers are further left than bernie. That is scary. Do you think bloombergs money will be more powerful without him in the race . Be lessuld not powerful, look at what a billion dollars did, nothing. He got so few delegates, it is incredible. Spiteful, i know him well. He is very upset. Himself. Full out of he is not happy about that. He should fire his political consultants. I could have told him you cannot win. You could put 2 billion in and not win. Thank you. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. Here is a look at our live. Overage thursday on cspan the house is back at 9 00 a. M. Eastern to finish work on a bill to overhaul the Transportation Security Administration by giving tsa employees the same rights as most rural workers. Atcspan2 the Senate Returns 10 00 a. M. To consider a build up provides a . 3 billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak. 3, surgeons general from the army, air force and navy testify on the military response to the coronavirus. Passed thee coronavirus emergency funding bill today. The 8. 3 billion package provides Telehealth Medical Services to patients at their homes, and offers assistance to state and local agencies. Here is the debate before the vote, it is about 10 minutes. Without objection. 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