Through on a major pledge from his 2016 president ial campaign, a promise to protect American Workers, to put an end to the abuse of the h1b visa program. President trump signed an executive order at the white house today banning federal agencies from firing american citizens or green cardholders from their federal jobs and or suring Foreign Workers and hiring Foreign Workers to replace them. Todays action also orders a study to determine just how many federal jobs are now held by foreign visa workers. President trump today heard from a number of American Workers, workers who were forced into the degrading, humiliating process of training their less qualified foreign replacements. Thats right. H1b visa workers trained by the reporters they were the workers they were replacing from the Tennessee Valley authority. The federallyowned corporation that provides Utility Services to residents in seven states. The tva recently announced a plan to outsource 20 of its Technology Jobs to Companies Based overseas. Do you suppose anyone in the tva knew who was president . That move threatens more than 200 highly skilled American Technology workers in tennessee alone. President trump was enraged, announcing that he is firing two of the Board Members and called for the board to fire the companys ceo. The current ceo is ridiculously overpaid. He earns 8 million a year. Did you know that . 8 million. Hes the highest paid Government Official of any country, anywhere in the world. The board must work to insure the ceo does not receive a lavish compensation package upon his departure too. We dont want him leaving and then he gets a big check for millions and millions of dollars. So let this serve as a warning to any federallyappointed board, if you betray American Workers, then you hear two simple words, youre fired. So with that, were getting rid of him in one form or another. Either the boards going to do it, were going to do it, but hes gone. Lou well, he ought to be gone, and he should have been long gone. Not long after that strong warning from the president , he was handed a note from chief of staff mark meadows. Heres what that note said. Just brought this in from the tva ceo, and hes indicated a very strong willingness to reverse course [laughter] [applause] lou hes willing to reverse course. Isnt that nice . He would actually well, you know, we couldnt get the same note, im sure, from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, we couldnt get it from the department of defense in all likelihood. Its good at least that the tvas overpaid ceo, arrogant as he is and as disloyal as he is to the u. S. Worker, at least he understood that he should be a little flexible when the president of the United States is telling you to reverse course. During that same round table discussion today, President Trump also learned of a 15 Million Contract given by the Tennessee Valley authority to the frenchbased tech firm cap gemini. Here is the president reacting. You spend 15 million its not a consulting thats one of the companies, thats 15 million [inaudible] how many are there . Theres cap gemini, future and tech systems are they paying tremendous amounts of money . Our workers theyre very political people. You know, thats a very Political Group of people not to me. I dont care who they are, but they are very political. Lou very political. Their names have been on nearly every list of outsources of the country for ten years. These are the same people who lobby day in and day out, spending millions of dollars to influence your elected representatives when they be congressmen or senators, and they are at it full time, and it is outrageous, outrageous that Anyone Running any agency would think that he or she is entitled to replace an American Worker with a cheaper Foreign Worker who the fired american must, well, train. Outrageous. President trump once again showing he is standing up to corporate interests and providing a straightforward defense of American Workers every day. All of the companies you just heard about frenchbased cap gemini, canadabased cgi, theres a beauty, by the way, with a terrible checkered background with, irishbased accenture, it was, i believe, it was part of the, well, illfated Arthur Anderson company. Flooded around 15,000 h1b visas into the United States every year, 15,000. Thats, by the way, a conservative estimate, 15 is65,000. 1565,000. Yet, there are corporations on wall street and their lobbying groups that would have more Foreign Workers come into this country to undercut the future of millions of American Workers and their families. We asked the business round table for a statement on todays president ial executive order. They pointed us to a statement from june which says in part they are concerned that the administrations proposed changes to immigration policy will disrupt business operations, the lives of our employees and, ultimately, harm our ability to do our part to rebuild the economy. These are the, this business round table along with the chamber of commerce are the globalist elites who dont really give a damn about the American Worker. At a time when roughly 30 million americans are collecting unemployment benefits, the business round table sufficiently arrogant and indifferent to be concerned there wont be enough immigrants to rebuild the economy. Hmm. I guess they havent heard of robotics either. These are ideas that are swirling around the swamp and not just among the open border, add radical dems. Republican senator mike lee, oh, yes, hes still pushing his outsourcing bill. He calls it the fairness for highskilled immigrants act. You know, we cant get anywhere without a bunch of lowerpaid, highskill Foreign Workers. The bill is backed, of course, by Big Technology and their owner oligarchs and the outsourcing firms, a number of whose names youve just heard here. It is estimated to clog green card lines for the next decade with hundreds of thousands of indian and chinese h1b visa workers. Perhaps senator lee should take a listen once again to President Trumps warning for those who betray American Workers. President trumps defense of the American Worker today sure to help his continued rise in the polls. Rasmussen now showing President Trump with a 51 Approval Rating. How good is that in well, lets put it in context. It is 7 points higher than barack obama at the same point in his presidency; that is, when he was running for reelection in 2012. Mean while, supporters of china, joe biden chief among them, are fearful that the nominee for the party of hate might have to actually show up for a debate with President Trump. Whoa. You dont think that would work out so well for china joe . Me either. Bill clintons former White House Press secretary, joe lockhart, advised biden in an oped saying this whatever you do [laughter] dont debate trump. I event agreed with joe about much, but hes got this one right. Perhaps bidens supporters are concerned about the former Vice President s, well, so many things to be concerned about. But amongst them, the enthusiasm levels of his supporters. A new poll finds 40 of biden supporters or are enthusiastic about china joe. That compares to 68 of voters supporting President Trump. They are very enthusiastic about reelecting the president of the United States. The president s surge in these polls coming as violence has exploded in democratrun cities all across america. This weekend Minneapolis Police were investigating the citys 41st murder of the year. Thats nearly double the number for the same period a year ago. Radical dem leaders in that city, they dont have any other kind, by the way, in minneapolis, pushing the Police Department into submission. So far that the department is now urging residents to cooperate with criminals in order to remain safe. My lord. Dont you wish you lived in minneapolis . Recommendations from the Minneapolis Police, whats left of them, include being prepared to give up your cell phone and purse or wallet, to carry less cash because you dont want to share that, do you . And to not fight with the criminal and just do exactly what they say. Thank you, Police Department of minneapolis. Youre an inspiration of every american. In socialist bill de blasios new york city, there have already been more shootings in the first seven months of this year than in all of last year, and the carnage continues to rage in chicago. Chicagos murder rate rising last month by 139 . August is off to just as deadly a start. Nine people murdered this weekend. Thirty people were shot. One of those shot, a 9yearold africanamerican boy. The criminals running the streets of chicago. Husband life obviously does not his life obviously does not matter, and the organization pushing all of this nonsense, all of these organizations. Do you want to open your eyes, do you want to be woke when it comes to the children of this country being slaughtered on your street streets and youre playing games . On wall street stocks finishing higher to kick the week off. The dow up 236 points, the s p up 23, the nasdaq gaining 158 points to its 29th record close of the year. Volume on the big board, 4. 5 billion shares. Crude oil, 40. 82 a barrel. A reminder, listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. Up next, were awaiting the president to give an update on his efforts to fight the china virus pandemic. Also tonight President Trump may take action if the dems keep slowrolling a deal on a rethey have package for millions of americans. Vice president pences chief of staff mark short joins us here next. And my new book, the trump century how our president changed the course of history forever, please repreorder your copy or copies. You can do so at thetrumpcentury. Com, amazon. Com, barnesandnoble. Com. Were coming right back with much more. Stay with us, please. Tara, did you know geico is now offering an extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Wow. Ok thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . Idina menzel to sing your own theme song . Tara, tara, look at her go with a fresh cup of joe. 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Anthony fauci weighed in last week saying dont worry about china stealing our research and intellectual pot. Everything is so transparent, whats the fuss all about . Here he is. I dont think so at all. I think one of the things people need to understand, that what we do is really transparent. We publish it. We announce it. So if they want to hack into a computer and find out what the results of a vaccine trial are, theyre going to hear about it in the new england journal of medicine in a few days anyway. Lou yeah. As dr. Fauci knows, it wasnt about the results of the vaccine, it was about the construction of the vaccine. And Anthony Fauci talking about everything is so transparent, well, maybe its about time everyone got used to the idea that we are now in a serious cold war with the peoples republic of china, and it is time to understand that the communist Chinese Party is stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from the United States every single year. This is not a game, and it is not a set of benign elites at the new england journal deciding what will be the outcome of that contest. One top Federal Reserve official says the economy, speaking of bizarre elites, that we could all benefit from a four week shutdown of the economy. Husband name is neel kashkari. Hes the president of the minneapolis Federal Reserve bank, and he says economic recovery is possible if the chinese virus is brought under control. Now, this is a member of the Federal Reserve. They dont even know how to run the Federal Reserve, folks, let alone what is best for the economy. He also says congress can afford big spending on another china virus relief bill. The fed, however, cant manage an economy, as i said, let alone our entire society. They cant even manage interest rates. So is here we have the president of the minneapolis fed Holding Forth on just what is best to forestall the pandemic. Its just unbelievable, what the fed produces. President trumped today says he may use executive orders to help American Families if the radical dems continue to resist any kind of relief for hurting americans. A lot of people are going to be evicted. But im going to stop it because ill do i it myself if i have to. I have a lot of powers with respect to executive orders, and were looking at that very seriously right now. But what the democrats want, they want theyre slowrolling it, and theyre all really interested in is bailout money to bail out radical left governors and mayors. Lou and that is exactly what they want to do. Joining us tonight is mark short. Hes chief of staff for Vice President mike pence. And its great to see you, mark. You were present at the signing of the executive order today. Were used to a lot of outrages in the federal government. But to have an 8 millionaor year ceo of the Tennessee Valley authority deciding to replace workers, American Workers with h1b cheap labor, this is the outrage that must be felt across this country wont be even measurable. Its going to be off the charts. Well, lou, i thanks for having me back on. As you know n2016 donald trump campaigned and pledged to drain the swamp, and i think thats evidence of todays action. A lot of americans dont even recognize the tennessee sali Authority Program set up during the fda years is still around other than those fdr. The fact that somebody on the federal government payroll is getting 8 million in compensation is outrageous to most americans. And donald trump brought attention to it, said were going the stop it. But as you mentioned earlier in your show, also what were going to do is make sure that Government Agencies like that are not using the h1b visa program to displace American Workers. By shining light on it, it shows exactly what this president promised when he said he would drain the swamp in washington d. C. Lou absolutely. And it is also, to me, its just dismal that the federal government has never kept track of who is in its work force. We dont know how many contractors there are. Ive never seen the number. I have never seen the number of, well, people being outsourced in this country from the labor market to cheap foreign, to cheap foreign labor markets. Its really stunning what the federal government doesnt know about itself and about the country. And i hope as a result of this well know how many visa workers are employed by the federal government. Its, again, this president thinks of things no one else does. Hopefully, we can have a quick response. Well, lou, again, its why they elected a businessman to come in and to help create 7 million jobs for americans in his first three and a half years before the pandemic. Its why they trust him to rebuild our economy again, and its because hes going to help make sure that American Workers are placed first. Its what his Campaign Promise was, what hes delivered on, what hell keep doing as president of the United States. Lou the visa sponsors, theyre led by google, amazon, tcs, facebook, apple, i mean, weve got all sorts of them. These are the big tech, silicon valley. The president has said weve got to bust it up. Hes talked about it throughout the first three years, three and a half years of husband presidency. Of his presidency. Where are we . Because we really do need to do precisely what the president said. We watched the three top ceos of the three Major TechnologyCompanies Make 250 billion in Additional Market cap within one day of being on capitol hill being grilled by the radical dems. Its stunning stuff, what were permitting in this country. Well, lou, i think that our concern is less how much value theyre creating or earning from the private sector, but it is a concern, as you mentioned before, about censorship and how many of these Companies Really watching a Democratic Party that is not only the party of hate, speaking rhetorically, they have become a party of hate in terms of letting young people be shot to death on their streets. The explosion in violence since the minneapolis death what we saw in the first three and a half years of the administration was the lowest Unemployment Rate ever for the africanamerican population in this country. The president puts them first and foremost. Sadly, what youre seeing in the name of protest is the destruction of a lot of the private property and, frankly, businesses that are owned by africanamericans. And this administrations not going to tolerate it. Lou mark short, always good to have you with us. Thanks so much. Mark short, chief of staff for mike pence. 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When will attorney general barr or perhaps chief Justice John Roberts or the judiciary, we cant do much, i guess, with the State Government of new york. That would be, talk about nonsense. But somebody needs to straighten all of this political combat out. Joining us now is larry you would or. Hes host of the larry elder show on the salem radio network, also the executive producer of the number one documentary in the entire world, uncle tom oral history of the american black conservative. [laughter] larry, great to have you with us. Thank you. Lou i mean, here we have cy vance trying to justify wanting to go after this president any way he can, and people i mean, hes talking like he has, that these are serious charges. This is frivolous, its fraudulent, and he is a leftwing hack. Well, lou, hes picking up on the mantel that was thrown down on thursday by former president barack obama who at john lewis funeral compared donald trump, believe it or not, to bull connor, a birmingham lawman who in the 60s turned water hoses and six dogs on civil rights workers. He also compared President Trump to George Wallace who famously stood in front of the university of alabama and said segregation now, tomorrow, forever. Meanwhile, donald trump, as mark short just said, presided over the lowest Unemployment Rates for blacks before the shutdown, he expanded on historically black college, he wants to do something about the threat to unskilled workers in the inner city by unskilled illegal aliens. If hes a racist, he needs to go back to racism school. Lou yeah, its and its, absolutely, a straightforward reality. This president has done more for africanamericans than any president in history including, including barack obama. I mean, its just stunning that he stood there in that church in atlanta and lied through his teeth. I would say especially under barack obama. The black poverty rate increased under barack obama. The socalled wealth gap increased, and from the period of 20102013 fell a full third under barack obama. So donald trump has done far better for black people than obama has ever done. Its not even close. Lou yeah. And thats one of the reasons that blacks in this country are showing up in polls 40 saying that they will vote for President Trump. Thats a stunning margin. I think ive lost you, lou. I really didnt hear the question. Lou well, im going to, im going to back it up, well try it again. What do you think of the fact that 40 of blacks surveyed in this, in the most recent poll said theyll be voting for donald trump . Im not sure its going to be that high, but certainlyst its going to be much higher than the 7 or 8 that he got. I think its going to be i think ive lost you again. I think its going to be twice what he got in 2016, if not more. And thatll be enough for donald trump to prevail at the president ial level. If he gets 20, 25 of the black vote, its all over for mr. Biden. Lou all right. Larry elder, its always good to have you with us, and im sorry that you lost me because that is the most fascinating thing, is to hear me all the time, larry. Just joking. Up next, President Trump threatens the radical dems with legal actions over their efforts to steal another election. And a reminder about my new book, the trump century how our president changed the course of history forever, available for preorder now at thetrumpcentury. Com, amazon. Com, barnesandnoble. Com. Stay with us, well be right back. Businesses are starting to bounce back. But what if you could do better than that . Like adapt. Discover. Deliver. In new ways. To new customers. What if you could come back stronger . Faster. Better. 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Over the next several days, theres expected to be heavy wind and rain in the coastal areas of north carolina, virginia, maryland, delaware and new jersey. Were working with each of those states, and in particular as it relates to fema, the military, law enforcement, a all of the different groups that are involved. Storm surge and inland flooding are possible, and Everyone Needs to remain vigilant until it passes. I encourage everyone to follow the guidelines at the state and local authorities. Were working with them, and i think the guidelines have been very accurate so far, to is stay safe. Next, let me provide an update on the path forward for our country as we continue our war to defeat the china virus. Were beginning to see evidence of significant progress nationwide. The number of positive cases has dechained by nearly 6 decline ared by nearly 6 from the week before, and the positive test rate has dropped from 8. 7 to 8 over that same period of time. An encouraging sign, very encouraging, i have to add, that the virus is receding. In hot spots across the south and west, weve seen slow improvements. From their recent weekly peaks, arizonas case count has dropped 37 . Thats a tremendous drop, and the governor and the state have done a fantastic job with, down 37 . Texas down 18. 7 . I was there a couple of days ago. And florida, 21. 2 drop. So thats a tremendous job that theyre all doing. As we begin to contain the virus in these states, we must focus on new flareups in the states where the case numbers have risen including georgia, mississippi, tennessee, oklahoma, missouri, and i think youll find that theyre soon going to be very much under control. Meanwhile, 18 statements continue to have states continue to have very lower case numbers and low test positivity rates, under 5 ; alaska, connecticut, delaware, ills,oi ine,maine, marylsachusetts, chigan, montana, new mpshire, nshire, newsey, new yo, north da, oregon, r r island, ver ver,t virgi and wyomaninan itsnder 5. Iev t thetates,tes,oweverev,evv where th the v i u underer contronol and a a ver l lumbe amershohod cti cnue c t prevent the the n spots s fm opening up or any new hot spots from opening up in those states. To that end, i urge all americans to continue to socially distance, wash your hands, wear a mask when you cannot avoid crowded places and to protect the elderly. Very, very important, protect the elderly. Its much different. The Young Children are very strong immune systems. Weve learned how strong they are. But protect the elderly. The average age of those who succumb to the virus is 78 years old. Thats the average age. Its important for all americans to recognize that a permanent lockdown is not a viable path toward producing the result that you want or certainly not a viable path forward and would ultimately inflict more harm than it would prevent. As were seeing in Foreign Countries around the world where cases are once again surging, you have many places where we thought they were under control and doing a great job, and they are doing a great job. But this is a very tough invisible enemy. Lockdowns do not prevent infection in the future. They just dont. It comes back many times. It comes back. The purpose of a lockdown is to buy time to build capacity, especially as it respects, with respect to hospitals, learn more about the disease and develop effective treatments as we did in the United States. Were doing very well with the vaccines and the therapeutics. Countries where there have been very significant flareups over the last short period of time are spain, germany, france, australia, japan and also, as you probably heard, in hong kong theyve had some very serious flareups. Japan has gone yeah, a lot of, sixfold flareup. Thats a lot. But theyll get it under control. In our current phase, we must focus on protecting those at highest risk while allowing younger and healthier americans to resume work and school with careful precautions. Ideally, we want to open those schools. We want to open em. At the same time, were placing an emphasis on continuing to drive down the mortality rate with improved care, treatment and medical interventions, building a bridge to the introduction of a vaccine. The vaccines are coming along incredibly well. Today id like to also provide an update on the actions of my administration and the work that weve done. Were taking, really taking an increased interest, and were seeing numbers that nobody can even believe in terms of percentage increase. Its telehealth for american patients, the percentage increase is being worked on right now, but its very, very significant, numbers that you would not even think possible. This has been a priority from the beginning of my administration when we launched an initiative to allow veterans to connect remotely with their v. A. Health care team, and it worked out really well. We have a 91 Approval Rating in the v. A. In terms of the job were doing. Thats the first, the highest ever record ared. Now telehealth is a critical part of our path guard in the v. A. Path forward in the v. A. , and its becoming a critical path, especially with our senior citizens. You dont have to go to the theres office, to hospitals. When the invisible enemy struck our shores, i took immediate action to eliminate regulatory barriers to telehealth, making it easier for patients to consult with doctors from safety and convenience. And really they have great safety and great convenience, right from their homes. Today im taking action to insure telehealth here to stay. Moments ago i signed an executive order to make many of our regulatory reforms permanent. Weve done some regulatory reforms that have had a tremendous impact on what were doing, on medicine and medical and what were doing. They can do things that you wouldnt believe that even a year ago, two years ago would not have been doable. Were enshrining the right of american patients to meet with their medical providers in a way that is best for them and very, very convenient. And very talented people on the other side of the line, i have to tell you. The order wild builds upon a series of actions weve all taken to make telehealth available to all. We insured that medicare covers telehealth visits at no additional cost. Thats no additional cost. And copayments can be waived for Telehealth Services. We are working very hard also on Prescription Drug prices, and i will tell you that the favored nations clause that ive signed into existence nobody thought anybody would ever do that has a massive impact on Prescription Drug prices. In addition to the three other elements of reduction of drugs, particular Prescription Drugs. But the favored nations clause is massive. For instance, if germany buys a pill for 10 cents a pill as an example, just as an example, and the United States pays 2 for the same pill, we get the same privilege, the same right as they do. Never had that before. We paid all of the expenses, all of the research and development. So the numbers are astronomical. And as you probably noticed, big ads are taken against me by big pharma. Big ads, very massive buy. But in the meantime, theyre calling. They want to know if they can make a deal. And i say to people the only reason these ads are being taken is because prices are coming down for you. And i they understand that. When you look at the matching, you could call it matching or call it favored nations, call it whatever you like, its going to have a tremendous and im talking about 50, 60 , 70 . That doesnt mean it goes to 10 cents, as an example, but theirs goes up and ours comes down. And you have many, many countries where their numbers, the numbers are so low. I mean, so low. By that, i mean much lower than the United States. Another thing im doing is if a certain country like canada, canada buys for very much less than the United States, how they allowed this to happen, representatives of our country, standing at these podiums or in the oval office, how they allowed this happen is just, to me, incredible. Weve been working on this for a long time. Ive been talking about it with haley for a long time, right . So now a governor of ron desantis the of florida doing a great job or our great governor of ohio or our great governor of any state can call up and buy the drugs directly from canada at sometimes 50 less. So well be buying from canada. Now what the Drug Companies are going to do, maybe theyll raise them, maybe theyll lower them, or maybe theyll just give up and sell them to us directly much cheaper. So a lot of things are happening. Also the rebate. We have people that are very wealthy that nobody ever heard of them, nobody knows who they are. I guess in some cases they could be pharmacies, in some cases theyre individuals. Were doing a rebate, and the rebate goes to the people that lower the price of drugs. So we have a series of four things that we signed, and you will see over a period of, fairly short period drug prices are going to be tumbling down at numbers that nobody would have ever believed possible. We have, in 51 years the only time prices came down was during this administration. It was last year. 51 years it went up. But that was just a small decline. This is a massive decline. This is a decline that nobody can believe. I was called by senators, i was called by congressmen, please dont do this. But big pharma doesnt mean anything to me other than we want them to do a great job, we want them to get their vaccines, do what has to be done. So i think youre going to see drug Price Reductions over the next four, five or six months. Probably take a little while to kick in, then theyre going to be at numbers you wouldnt believe. But in the meantime, they called on friday amp, they want to meet afternoon, they want to meet. They dont like favored nations clause, i understand that. We have asked for expanded coverage allowing medicare to cover more than 135 new services through telehealth, by the way, including physical therapy, Emergency Department visits, home visits, Mental Health counseling, Substance Abuse treatment which is a very big priority. We brought the Substance Abuse at least prior to the china plague, whatever you want to call it, we brought it down very substantially. Pediatric Critical Care and much more. Thanks to our actions, an estimated 2 billion of additional funding will support medicare patients receiving Telehealth Services. So a very, very big priority, telehealth. As part of the cares act, we secured 200 million to help Health Care Providers and hospitals expand their telehealth, and theyre all doing it. Theyre doing it gladly. Prior to the epidemic or the pandemic, whatever you want to say and how you want to refer to it, prior to the pandemic the telehealth was fine, but it wasnt anything raging. And i guess one of the only good things that weve gotten out of this whole horrible situation is telehealth has been incredible. Again, the increases are, you know, many hundreds of times greater than it was before. Do you have a number . Its like 2,000 or Something Like that. Its an incredible, its an incredible increase. Youll get the number, but its i think they have it now finally, and its really an incredible thank you, kaylee. We work with the leaders of major Health Insurance companies to insure coverage for the visits related to coronavirus. We cut red tape to allow Many Services to be conducted by phone rather than video which is much simpler, providing a much easier option for many seniors in particular. 35 of the Medicare Beneficiaries who have received Telehealth Services or over 3. 6 million seniors did so over the phone. So youre talking about 3. 6 million seniors. Thats something. 10. 1 million Medicare Beneficiaries have have accessed care through telehealth since the beginning of the pandemic. So youre talking there 10. 1 million people. In april over 43 of all medicare primary care visits were done via telehealth, and compared to less than. 1 in february. Those are part of the numbers that i think ill have you get them. So this part you dont have to, youll get the other section. Thank you. So think of that. Compared to less than. 1 . Thats an incredible number. So over 43 of all medicare and primary care visits were done via telehealth compared to so you went from. 1 to 43 . Thats an incredible, thats an incredible number. The executive order i signed today will also expand Health Care Access in rural america. We take care of rural america. It directs agencies to deploy Strategic Investments in our Rural Communications infrastructure, and were working very hard with all of the people in government that are involved with the Communications Infrastructure so that the telehealth gets very quick and easy access. Additionally, revenue for rural providers varies significantly from month to month making it difficult for many to stay in business. To help fix this problem, my order will create a voluntary medicare Payment System that will give rural hospitals flexibility, really great flexibility, and a more consistent income stream to better serve their patients. Furthermore, i am directing the department of agriculture and department of health and Human Services and the federal Communications Commission we were just with the heads of each one in the Oval Office Just before i came up to the podium to form a task force that will break down barriers to expanding rural health care. This order continues my administrations focus on rural health care. We allocated nearly 165 million through the cares act to support nearly 1,800 small rural hospitals who have done an incredible job as well as 11. 5 million to expand Technical Assistance for rural and underserved areas. We allocated another 10 billion to 2,000 rural hospitals and more than 2,400 rural health clinics. We waived burdensome licensing certification and Registration Requirements which took tremendous amounts of time, and these are people that had great reputations and great track records for practitioners that serve on the front lines in rural areas allowing more medical personnel to serve their wonderful patients. Were also, in terms of ppe, insuring that the state and local areas have the supplies they need. Weve been supplying hospitals and cities and states, governors, helping governors at a number that nobodys ever heard of before. 50,000 440 Nursing Homes have received a second shipment of personal protective equipment. Theyre very much stocked up. Theyre in great shape. They all have the event laters that they ventilators that they need, more than they need, and their medical equipment is in very, very good shape. Theyre full. My administration has worked with the private sector to deliver over 100 million n95 respirators, 85 million gloves and nearly 250 million face coverings nationwide. We continue to make the extraordinary progress that weve been talking about together on vaccines and treatments under operation warp speed which is very exciting. Most exciting. Last week we distributed 2,979 cases of remdesivir which is proving to be extremely powerful and good, enough to treat more than 19,000 patients. Had great results. This includes 500 cases for florida, 500 for texas, 300 for california, 200 for ohio and 150 for arizona and georgia, and those numbers will be going up rapidly as we move along. Hospitals are reporting an adequate supply of steroids such as dexamethasone better usedded successfully in latestage the illness. Theyve been very good. Were also very encouraged about the prospects for plasma therapies, and that were working on, and thats a brilliant art. Its really an art. And we launched a National Plasma drive last week. I was at the red cross building with the American Red Cross and 13 other health care organizations. I i urge everyone who has recovered from the virus to go to coronavirus. Gov, coronavirus. Gov and donate plasma today. We would really appreciate it. This really makes people better. But we need, what we need is we need that beautiful ingredient that you that got better seem to have in your veins. You have to go to coronavirus. Gov and donate palace if ma today. Plasma today. Itd be tremendous, we really appreciate if youd do it because were low. Were low. We could help a lot more people, and it would be a terrific thing. Itll take an hour, maybe a little bit more than an hour, but everybody will be very appreciative. Makes people better. And, you know, you have something very special. You have something that knocked it out, so we want to. Whatever you can do. Coronavirus. Gov result of improvements we made in treatment for americans over the age of 18 the mortality rate has declined 85 from its april peak, 85 decline. On vaccines last week we announced a 2. 1 billion partnership with sanofi and gsx to purchase and produce 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine, 100 million doses. This is the sixth vaccine candidate we are proactively supporting. Were supporting Numerous Companies doing very well having wonderful results and theyre in final stages of testing. There are now two vaccines in the final stage of Clinical Trials in america with a third vaccine likely to begin phase three almost immediately and we have additional Clinical Trials scheduled over the next few weeks for a couple of the other companies. These are great companies. These are companies not only wellknown, theyre wellrespected most importantly. Were balancing speed and safety and were on pace to have a vaccine available this year, maybe far in advance of the end of the year. Were mass producing the most promising candidates in advance so were ready immediately upon approval. We have our military lined up. It is logistics, it is all about logistics. They deliver a lot of things including soldiers but now they will be doing vaccine. Our general is already to go and very excited and once we have the vaccine fully approved he will start the process, they will start the process and get it out very quickly all over the country and maybe beyond if it as we think it probably will. By unleashing americas technical and scientific brilliance we will end the pandemic and hopefully end it very quickly. The therapeutics are exciting to me whether you go through a hospital or a or a shot or transfusion they get better. That is something very important to me and were doing really well on therapeutics and doing well on vaccines. Thank you all very much for being here. Well take a couple questions. Lou President Trump in the white house announcing his executive order to improve rural access to health and telehealth care, updating us on the fight against the china virus. Join us tomorrow night for my exclusive interview with President Trump right here on the fox business network. 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