In language while seeming to try to help yates whenever he could. The senator promised to dig into the political corruption of the intelligence agencies and their efforts to subvert and to overthrow President Trump. Yates answers were predictable as she tried to deflect any responsibility for her role in obamagate. Yates blamed the fbi entirely for obamagate. Heres what she had to say about former fbi director james comey sending agents peter doc and joe pientka to question former National Security adviser general Michael Flynn in january of 2017. When you heard about the interview, you got upset, didnt you . I was upset that that wasnt coordinated. They acted unilaterally, yes, i was. Okay. Did comey go rogue . You could use that term, yes. Lou yates also confirmed that the logan act was brought up in a nowinfamous Oval Office Meeting on january 5th of 2017. But she said she remembers only comey talking about it and not former Vice President joe biden. It just so happens others say that the former Vice President is the one who brought up the idea of the logan act as a way to go after general flynn. Yates made it clear she doesnt like President Trump, and she did her best to assume a pretentious mantel of superiority over the president of the United States. Senator john kennedy drew this response if yates. From yates. You dont like donald trump, do you . I dont like, i dont respect the manner in which he has carried out the presidency. Lou well, tsk, tsk, tsk. In another exchange, yates claimed she wases aware of the origins of the fraudulent steele dossier. She nonetheless signed off on the fisa warrant to spy on former Trump Campaign aide carter page. If i had known that it would take Incorrect Information, i certainly wouldnt have. Thank you. And do you agree with me it did contain Incorrect Information . I know that now based on the hour horowitz thats all im trying to say. Lou a trying witness, at best. Yates spewed more lies saying that general flynn was trying to neuter, as she put it, president obamas sanctions against russia. Recentlyreleased transcripts show that was a lie. One senator, josh hawley, didnt buy anything yates was selling. He called out her selective amnesia. He demanded a house clearing at the fbi and the doj. I seem to detect a pattern here. Theres ms. Yates says she has no idea what her deputy doing as he facilitates contact between Political Party research and the fbi, now idea these applications materially misrepresented a federal court. Nobody appears to know anything in this government, and yet somehow a federal court was deliberately and systematically misled so severe hi that they now say they cant trump anything the fbi e did. If this doesnt call for a cleaning of house, i dont know what it is. I just know that bruce ohr is still on the payroll. Lou and bries other on bruce ohr on the payroll, by the way, is the least of the offenses off the obama era fbi. President trump tweeted this, quote big news, the political crime of the century e is up folding. Obama biden illegally spied on the Trump Campaign both before and after the election. Treason. With an exclamation point. President trump today also railed against the radical dems latest efforts to subvert his presidency. Heres what he said just moments ago during his meeting with the governor of arizona about voter fraud. This mailin voting where they mail undiscriminately millions and millions of ballots to people, youre never going to know who won the election. You cant have that. I dont believe the post office could be set up. They were given no notice. Youre talking about millions of votes. No, its a catastrophe waiting to happen. We cant have that. Youll never know who the winner is. But the winners going to be me. Lou the same radical dems pushing mailin voter fraud are also turning a blind eye e to the systemic violence raging in many of their cities. Thats right, systemic violence. Senator ted cruz held a hearing in washington about the role of antifa and other leftwing groups in that nationwide spike in violence that has seized the democratled cities of this country. Cruz sparring at one point with radical dem mazie hirono before she got all huffy and walked out of the hearing. So i hope this is the end of this hearing, mr. Chairman, and that we dont have to listen to any more of your rhetorical speeches. Thank you very much, im leaving. Well, i appreciate the, as always, kind and uplifting words of senator hirono, and i would also note throughout her remarks, she still not say a negative word about antifa, nor has any democrat here. Lou while dems in washington ignore antifa, theyve been creating chaos and causing destruction in portland for now 69 straight nights. Police in the city of portland declared a riot there last night after a Portland PoliceAssociation Building was broken into and set awe afire. Three people aafire. Three people were arrested and sent to jail. Their charges are pending, the outcome far from certain. Joining us tonight is congressman andy biggs, member of the house judiciary committee, chairman of the House Freedom caucus. Congressman, its great to have you with us. Your take, if you will, on sally yates, she who remembers as various senators acknowledged only what seems to be convenient. Well, thats it. Shes going the protect herself and, actually, i think shes trying to protect president obama, former president obama. She was at that meeting in january, and she said biden was not the guy, she said somebody else, comey brought up the logan act. All of this stuff is so convenient, and now, oh, yeah, now i wouldnt sign e that fisa application to spy on carter page. The reason she wouldnt sign it now is because shes been caught. She signed this application to spy on the Trump Campaign and on the Trump Administration. And she was, she was basically trying to be a thorn in the Trump Campaigns side and prevent them from taking office. And she went after flynn. These things that she was doing and now shes there, oh, i dont quite remember that or i dont remember that, that is what we see all the time when people get put on the spot for something theyve done wrong. And thats where sally yates is, in my opinion, having learned and seen what she said today. Lou i have to say i think it was very kind of senator graham to try to put the best possible interpretation of her remarks and her role. Did you have a particular reaction to that yourself . Well, i mean, theres decorum and then theres just allowing some things to go kind of be swept under the rug. I felt like sally yates should be put on the spot. She was the Deputy Assistant attorney general. She was the one who signed these documents. He was there from the get go she was there from the get go with obama and with biden. With comey. [audio difficulty] going on. And i just felt like she should have been pressed harder by some members, perhaps by the chairman himself. But certainly, i thought ted cruz and judge josh hawley were getting after her pretty good, and they needed to because he needs to come clean, and she didnt come clean all the wayed today, in my opinion. Lou well, its very clear that he does not want to discuss a number of things, and she shielded only the Justice Department and blamed the fbi which is a highly improbable inversion of a relationship between an agency and a department, dont you think . And the reality is thats she threw comey under the bus, which is where he should have been a long time ago because theres a guy who should have some criminal charges against him. But for her to basically say, oh, its all the fbi e, theyre the ones. We dont have to verify what they say. She had some duties that she abrogated on the fisa applications. But more overworks what she was was moreover, what she was doing in the Trump Administration she was later praised by Andrew Weissmann because of what she was doing. But to go after general flynn, she was in on that, she knew about it, and you shes got to own that stuff, but shes trying not to own it. Lou yeah. Well, shes trying not to and, by the way, the Committee Chair was helping her divest herself of any responsibility. Congressman andy biggs, we thank you very much for being with us. Appreciate it. On wall street today another rally. Stocks finishing higher. The dow climbing 373 points, the s p up 21. The nasdaq gained 57, its 31st record close this year. Volume on the big board, 4. 6 billion shares. Crude oil climbing up to 42. 15 a barrel. A reminder to listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. Up next, china joe goes on a bizarre rant after being challenged about his mental state. How do you take it, a cognitive no, i havent taken the test. Why the hell would i take a test . The come on, man, thats like saying before you got on this program, you take a test where youre taking cocaine or not . What do you think, huh . [inaudible] im so forward looking to have an opportunity to sit with the president or stand with the president in debates. I am, i am very willing to let the American Public judge my physical and mental my physical as well as my Mental Fitness. Lou and so it goes. We take that up with sebastian gorka. Also chinas upset that a member of the Trump Administration is actually headed to taiwan, leading a full delegation, and hes chosen an interesting way to travel. Gordon chang joining us with that and more. And my new book, the trump century how our president changed the course of history forever, please preorder your copy or copies now. 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Thats why were helping you stay ahead and adapt with a network you can count on, 24 7 support and Flexible Solutions that work wherever you are. Call or go online today. Lou breaking news now, at least one american was killed in that massive explosion in the port of beirut. [background sounds] lou an extraordinary explosion. The blast from almost 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, felt more than 150 miles away, killing more than 100 people. 300,000 people have lost their homes. Thousands were injured in the blast. Beiruts government says the losses at the port explosion amount to more than 10 billion. It is still unclear at this hour who is responsible for the explosion, exactly what happened and why. Also breaking tonight, health and Human Services secretary alex azar is going to taiwan. He is the First American cabinet member to visit taiwan in six years, leading a delegation. Secretary azar saying that hes going to support the democratic government and its response to the china virus pandemic. Taiwan Foreign Ministry saying the chinese planes have been flying aircraft have been flying into their air space almost every day and being met by taiwan. Saudi arabia getting some help from china to expand its nuclear program. The wall street journal reporting that the two nations have built a facility to extract uranium yellow cake from uranium other ore in a small, remote part of northwest saudi arabia. And there are reports that russia is helping the saudis as well. Joining us tonight to take all of this up is gordon chang. Hes a columnist, author, senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and, first of all, gordon, its good to see you. Lets start with this explosion in beirut. Do you have any sense of what the intelligence agencies believe happened . We dont know, lou, as you reported. This could very well just been negligence. I think the beirut government has been talking about the failure to store this correctly. But as you point out, were going to find out, but its going to take only time. Take some time. Lou and lets turn quickly to taiwan and secretary azars delegation that hes leading to taiwan to both offer support to the taiwan government, democratic government i might add, and to, actually, poke a finger in the eye of the peoples republic of china, ill think as well. Well, yes. You know, we talk about covid19, coronavirus, china virus, well, taiwan told the World Health Organization on december 31st that this virus was humantohuman transmissable. But we know that the w. H. O. And china conspired to keep that out of the public narrative. It actually propagated chinas false assurances that it was not humantohuman transmissable. And if taiwans statement had been known, 24r8d have been many fewer infections and death. So i think its important to establish that linkage between the Health Authorities there and the health authoritys here. Authorities here. Lou i think, as you know, President Trump was on this broadcast last night. I think its pretty clear that this complex, ever more complicated relationship between the United States and can china getting more difficult for this administration, for the United States. We know that xi jinping was aware that it was transmissable, that it was highly contagious, that it was a deadly disease and that the w. H. O. , we learned later, was carrying the chinese water, supporting an absolutely false narrative and lying to the worldment not just the United States to the world, not just the United States. So irrespective of what we do learn about the origins and whether or not china created this virus in their laboratories, is really beside the point. Theyre responsible for the death of over 150,000 americans, as many soon as700,000 the people around the world. What more do we want to play at . This isnt fbi time, this is National Security, National Sovereignty to be redressed. Your thoughts. Well, absolutely, lou. Because xi jinping knew for at least five weeks and maybe even as much as five months that this was humantohuman transmissable, but he has basically said, no, this is not contagious. And that led Health Authorities around the world to not take precautions other side they would have adopted, and at the same time pressured countries not to impose travel restrictions and quarantine it is on arrivals from china. President trump on january 31 imposed those travel restrictions and quarantines, and he took a lot of heat from beijing, and he took a lot of heat from domestic critics. But he did absolutely the right thing because if he didnt do that, this would have been much, much worse in the u. S. Lou absolutely. And even anthony the fauci, the man of many anthony fauci, the man of many opinions and many of them conflicting, acknowledges this president is responsible for saving, well, millions if millions of american lives, without questions, in putting that travel ban into effect. For sop reason the national some reason the national leftwing media seems to forget that fact. I want to turn to saudi arabia and chinas role in helping saudi arabia move ahead with its nuclear ambitions. There were also reports that the russians are also helping the saudis in that regard. What should be the United States level of concern and response . We should be extremely concerned because its clear that saudi arabia wants more than just the ability to enrich uranium. It really wants the full cycle and also i think it wants Nuclear Weapons. Because theres no other explanation that fits the facts. Saudi arabia has a lot of energy. Why it would want to spend a lot of money to be able to take uranium ore and put it into yellow cake and to develop other parts of the cycle, it just doesnt make economic sense. And we know that china has been the worlds master proliferater of Nuclear Weapons since the 1970s, so you put these two facts together, and weve got to be extremely, extremely worried about whats going on here. Lou well, we also, we have reason to be concerned about almost everything china is doing, also russia in the middle east. And escaping the attention of the national leftwing media, it seems almost daily, is the fact that russian mercenaries have taken control of the largest refineries in libya. Putin is expanding his probes into the middle east, trying to expand his influence in the region. And so far without response from europe, from the gulf states or from the United States. Yes. You know, and the one thing that President Trump has tried to do is hes developed cooperative relations with countries in the gulf and tried to to be as strong relations with saudi arabia as possible because he realizes that despite the can khashoggi murder, the u. S. Has very important interests with riyadh, and those go back decades. Its really, i think, responsible foreign policy. But hes taken a lot of heat from critics in this country, and to his great credit, hes persisted in this course of action. Lou gordon chang, as always, good to have you with us. Thanks so much. Wed like to have your thoughts on all of this. Please share your comments and follow me on twitter loudobbs like me on facebook, follow me on instagram loudobbstonight. Up next, President Trump moments away from holding a News Conference at the white house. Well be taking you there to the Briefing Room live when he moves toward the podium. President trump taking legal action against one tates plan one states plan for universal mailin ballots. Sebastian gorka with us right after these quick messages. Stay with us, well be right back. Weve always put safety first. And we always will. For people. For the future. And there has never been a summer when its mattered more. Wherever you go, summer safely. Get 0 apr financing for up to five years on select models and exclusive lease offers. I appreciate what makes each person unique. Thats why i like liberty mutual. They get that no two people are alike and customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Almost done. What do you think . I dont see it. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Lou President Trump and the Republican National committee suing the state of nevada for planning to mail ballots to all registered voters. President trump says nevada isnt ready to stop massive voter fraud in november. Even if nevada wanted to do it well, they wouldnt is have enough time. Im sure the post office doesnt have enough time. The millions of ballots all of a sudden coming out of nowhere . You know, voting starts in a very short period of time. To in florida theyve done a good job, in arizona theyve done a good job, but theyve been doing this thing and refining it for years. Lou well, china joe biden using the china virus pandemic as an excuse to stay hidden away at home at his nominating convention. Biden today announcing he wont be going to the Democrat National convention to be held in milwaukee. Milwaukee e is problematic to begin with, but now he will accept his partys nomination not in milwaukee. Hes chosen to deliver a speech in delaware. Bidens decision follows this extraordinary exchange with a cbs reporter about cognitive testing. Please clarify specifically, have you taken a cognitive no, i havent taken a test. Why in the hell would i take a test . Come on, man. Thats like saying, you know, before you got on this program, did you take a test for taking cocaine or not . What do you think, huh . What do you say to President Trump who brags about his test and makes your mental state an issue for voters . [laughter] well, if he cant figure out the difference between an elephant and a lion, i dont know what the hell hes talking about. Did you watch that look, come on, man. I know youre trying to goad me, but i mean, im so forward looking to have an opportunity to sit with the president or stand with the president in debates. This is going to be plenty of time. And by the way, as i joke with i shouldnt say it. Im going to Say Something i probably shouldnt say. Anyway, i am, i am very willing to let the American Public judge my physical and mental my physical as well as my Mental Fitness. Lou well, from there e there yu are. Joining us now, sebastian gorka, author, former strategist to President Trump. Seb, might as well just go there as quickly as we can. What is wrong with him . Its, its stunning. I mean, after the lou youre scaring me, seb. Youre scaring me. [laughter] look, when he said if you aint voting for me, you aint black, could it get worse . To call your black host a junkie and then not have the capacity to say the word Mental Fitness . And now hes not going to go to the convention that the is allegedly nominating him . This is a man, lou, that they want to give the Nuclear Codes to. The Democrat Party thinks should be the commander in chief. Hes in hiding, he clearlies has mental cog any etive issues cognitive issues. Hes talking about the difference between an elephant and a giraffe, i mean, this is the man who doesnt know the difference between his wife and his for. This should scare people. Forget about politics, the idea that this man could be in charge of americas defenses should frighten all reasonable americans. Lou could you possibly explain to me, just take a shot at it, how in the world the Democratic Party or any democrat in the Country First of all, just on the issue of joe biden could accept a president ial nominee who, first of all, does not get the nomination in the city of his partys convention, who does not in any way want to debate, it appears, and in every public almost every public appearance doesnt seem to be particularly, whats the expression, with it . Your thoughts. Ill raise an issue that a publisher who i dont have the authority to give his name raised to me yesterday in a hong hong in a long discussion. He said have you noticed any e of these stages events when he comes out of his bunker, joe biden leaves very early. He never takes questions and never speaks after 6 p. M. Whats that about . This is a person who has to debate a president of the United States, who has to have the toughest job in the world . Youre asking me how did we come to this punitive nominee . I have a theory. It is the laziest, kneejerk establishment reaction. He was the last man standing. It is a continuation of the Clinton Obama legacy, and biden is now the hollow man that just will be the vessel for all the extremism of the squad of knapp i pelosi, the defund the police, the toantifa proantifa blm party that has become an extremist party. It should disturb all americans that this man could have a position beyond welcome county dogcatcher, let alone the president of the United States. Lou and weve got just about a minute but, seb, im not sure this country is color blind anymore, and i wonder about hispanics concern about the fact that this nominee is has reduced his Vice President possibilities down to two black women. Your thoughts about why, why not hispanic. I think Martin Luther king is spinning in his grave. The democratic pears picking partys picking their Vice President ial nominee based on their skin color. That should horrify everybody who believes in the message that we are based upon our character, not our skin color. Lou yeah. All americans should be concerned. Seb, thank you so much. Sebastian gorka. Well be right back with much more, stay with us. Lou breaking news, the radical dems, the leftwing radical mob close to having their demands met at least in the city of seattle. The city counsel members will vote monday to defund the Police Department by 50 , eliminate a hundred department jobs. Here is Seattle Police chief carmen best. Purpose of council to do these large scale changes in 2020 with no tactical plan for community safety. And i believe wholeheartedlies that is completely reck wholeheartedly that is completely reckless. Lou shes very constrained. For her part. Seattle mayor jenny durkan allowed an autonomous zone for weeks and weeks. He opposed defunding the Police Department by 50 , but shes still calling for a 20 million cut and doing nothing about any of this, certainly not leading. President trump today called black lives matter a Marxist Organization. The president also pushed back against professional athletes who choose to kneel in support of black lives matter. We gotta stand up for our flag. We have to stand up for our cup. We have to stand up for our anthem x. A lot of people agree with me. Hey, if im wrong, im going to lose an election, okay . And thats okay with me. But i will always stand for our country and our flag. Thats what were all about. Lou and joining us tonight to take up the issue of race in this country and the politics involved is bob woodson, former civil rights activist. He headed the National UrbanLeague Department of criminal justice for five years. Hes the founder of thed Woodson Center which helps residents in low income neighborhoods, and it is great to have you with us tonight. Leapt bob, lets turn to just, first of all, black lives matter. The president called it a Marxist Organization. I do too. It is, its manifesto is marxist in tone and in letter. What how would you describe black lives matter . As a Marxist Organization who are breeding terrorists, and theyre a making their intentions quite obvious now. If you look at a whats happened in eugene, oregon, where the mob tried to go onto campus to tear down a cross because they said the Christian Cross is a symbol of white supremacy. In portland, oregon, they just last night rioted, burned American Flag and dumped a bunch of bibles on the flames. So theyre making their intentions quite obvious. Theyve abandoned all preespecially the pretension of seeking justice for black americans in response to george floyd. So theyve abandoned that. And it was very interesting, something small but significant happened. A group of black black lives matters moms came on the scene and poured water on those flames. And that was highly symbolic lou god bless em. Yeah. Black america waking up to theyre being used. The very fact that black lives matter is hostile to the nuke hard family. They Nuclear Family. They say its hostile to it. Theyre also against Free Enterprise system. And theyre also against Christian Faith. It was faith and family and Free Enterprise system that caused blacks to thrive in the face of racism and slavery. We built towns, we built hotels. And for black lives matter to say that our Christian Faith and the Nuclear Family are racist, how can any selfrespecting black pastor fly a black lives matter flag on their church . And its obvious that theyre using, the using of the black community. Lou you were part of the Civil Rights Movement in this country. An important part of it. Could you are you have imagined in the 60s as all of the tumult grasped this country that all see a black organization see a black organization, an africanamerican organization whose symbolism would be to kneel, to kneel as they sought equality, as they sought civil rights, to kneel . What on earth . Id just like to hear what you think when you see it. Well, when i see it, when i think about my father fought in the First World War and was injured in germany, when i think about all of the wars that this, that blacks participated and fought in, every war, to black lives matter saying that somehow this sacrifice was for naught, that somehow they were fighting for a criminal Organization Called america in america . I think black lives matters actions fly in defiance of everything that black america has stood for. We have not had one black ever found guilty of treason even though we had the struggles. Because america is defined not by its birth defect of slavery, but by the promise that it held out. The tuskegee airmen, the black panthers, the triple nickels, the paratroopers, the montauk marines. Theres a rich tradition of blacks serving this country. And i think black lives matter isty riding us in ways that the Civil Rights Movement tried to bring us together. Theyre putting black against white, straight against gay. Lou right. Hispanic against blacks. They are dividing us, and they are really trying to use the moral authority of the black struggle as the bludgeon to tear apart civic institutions in this country. But, lou, im telling you, theres a move afoot in the black community to change that. And one hopeful sign occurred in the last election, Gubernatorial Election in florida, 2018, when desantis, the republican, ran on a platform of school choice. He won by only 20 32,000 votes. 100,000 of those are low income black parents who split their ticket and voted for him. So desantis got elected because of the vote of blacks, lower income blacks. Now, they lou and thats [inaudible] and obama to campaign for desantis in support of gillam, and yet the black communitys responsible for this man. Thats e a hopeful sign that black americans are waking up and withdrawing the moral authority that has been assumed by black lives matter. Lou bob, thank you. The president of the United States. Id like the begin by providing an update on my administrations actions to protect American Workers as we battle the china virus. Since the virus escaped china, my administration has enacted three 3 trillion in economic relief. Its been very, very successful, and you saw that by the numbers that were issued yesterday and the day before as to used car sales and auto e production. Theyve been incredible numbers, actually. Shockingly are incredible. Weve been negotiating in good faith with democrat leaders in the house to extend relief payments. Were negotiating right now as we speak, and well see how that works out. But if democrat leaders put partisan demands aside, we would reach an agreement very quickly. It would happen very quickly. In the meantime, my administrations exploring executive actions to provide protections against eviction. Evictions a big problem. Very unfair to a lot of people. It wasnt their fault that this virus came from a faraway land. As well as additional relief to those who are unemployed as a result of the virus. Very importantly, im also looking at a termlimited suspension of the payroll tax, something that has great support from many, many sides, especially some of our top economist and some people that we have Great Respect for. So were looking at a suspension of the payroll tax. The democrats are primarily interested in a 1 trillion bailout of the poorlyrun states. We have some states and cities, you know them all, we dont have to go through names, but theyve been very poorly run other the years, and we cant go along with the bailout money. Were not going to go along with that, especially since its not covidrelated. Earlier today i met with a great governor, Arizona Governor doug ducey. Hes really done a fantastic job, beyond even the covid situation which youve been reading about as it pertains to arizona. A state that is a model for applying a sciencebased approach to the decreasing cases and hospitalizations without implementing a punishing lockdown. Arizonas record in reducing the spread of the virus while maintaining Hospital Capacity and allowing society to continue functioning and functioning very nicely, very successfully is an example that shows how our path forward can work in other states. Arizona has a record, a record really to be proud of. Its reduced the number of daily new cases by over 7 a 75 , cut the Positivity Rate in half and reduced e. R. Visited by twothirds, all the while keeping the economy functioning and functioning really well. When cases surged in june, the Vice President and dr. Birx visited arizona to consult with the governor. They had long consultations with governor ducey and his staff, and the Vice President has been in Constant Contact ever since. My administrations also collaborating with the state and local are officials across the south and midwest to provide similar guidance. We had a great relationship with the representatives in arizona, and its been such a successful endeavor. The federal government has supplied or delivered more than 400 million pieces of personal protective equipment to arizona along with nearly 70,000 vials of remdesivir. We provided over 1 excuse me, we provided over 18 billion in economic support to arizona including more than 8. 6 billion to support over 80,000 small businesses. So we really have been helping arizona, and its gotten tremendous results. Our goal is to protect the most vulnerable, increase recovery rates. You know that. Thats something so important. And prevent hospital overcrowding, all the while avoiding the kind of stringent lockdowns that would inflict substantial suffering in the phase and this phase of the battle. We have the tools, resources and knowledge to implement a targeted approach as we race to deliver a vaccine. And we are really working very hard on the vaccine, and were doing, i think theyre doing a fantastic job. Ive been meeting with officials of some of the greatest companies in the world. Meeting with scientists, and theyre getting, theyre getting very close. If not there, theyre getting very close. Theyre testing. Any proper analysis of Infection Control measures must take into account the shortterm and longterm. Public health harms including death caused by a farreaching shutdown. When you shut down, you have many, many things that happen from suicides to depression, to drinking, alcohol problems, to drug problems, to problems with marriages, problems with marriages. You have people confined to their house, their apartment for long periods of time, it causes a lot of problems with that also. Instead, arizonas adopted the following measures the governor advised residents to aggressively social distance when possible and maintain strict hygiene, encouraged mask use in crowded public spaces especially when social distancing is not possible. The governor also exercised his discretion to restrict capacity at indoor locations to limit the possibility of superspreading. Its a big thing. My administrations surged treatments, we got them a lot of treatments and therapies to the state including nearly 70,000 vials of remdesivir, enough to treat over 11,000 patients. And its been very successful, i might add. My administration also delivered ppe and point of care testing to over 100 arizona nursing homes. In total, the federal government has provided massive amounts of masks and equipments and downs and you know some of and gowns and you know some of those numbers. Arizona was a very big beneficiary, and they very much received very much appreciated it. More than 1,000 National Guard and medical personnel are also been deployed in arizona, and theyve really helped. Theyve been terrific and i want to thank them. They have been brave and brilliant, combination of both. We also support our tribal communities. The tribal communities were hit very, very hard. Governor ducey and i personally delivered Rapid Testing systems to the navajo e nation which has been really, really in originally bad shape and now Getting Better and very, very quickly. The Navajo Nation now has one of the highest levels of testing per capita anywhere in the world. Really worked very hard on the tribal areas, and in particular in this case the Navajo Nation. Theyve done incredibly well. Overall, arizona has conducted over 1. 1 million tests, more than the entire nations of japan, mexico and switzerland. Arizonas per capita testing is higher than germany, south korea, france and canada. And tribal governments in arizona have received nearly 1. 3 billion from the Coronavirus Relief fund. Meanwhile, outdoor dining, limited Indoor Dining and most of the other businesses in arizona have remained open and very vibrant. Theyre doing incredibly well. This is an approach, and its an approach thats been incredibly successful, or arizonas been able to protect highrisk populations and quickly bring its outbreak under control without the need to impose overly punitive measures. Thanks to advances in treating the virus, the fatality rate across all age groups in arizona is very low. Arizonas scientific and datadriven strategy also preserved Hospital Capacity, insuring that those who need care were able to receive it and receive it immediately, very quickly. At the peak approximately 15 of beds remained available statewide. That was at their peak. With roughly 20 of all occupied beds going to patients hospital aized with the virus. Hospitalized with the virus. They kept other things going. They kept other forms of operations going. They kept elective surgery going. They did a really amazing job. Today only 6 of the current hospitalizations in the state are related to. Arizona is also demonstrated success in protecting the states africanamerican population. Only 5 of patients hospitalized were africanamericans. Africanamericans represent 2 of all deaths from the virus. It has worked to contain its outbreak, arizona has been formulating a plan to get children safely back to school as soon as possible. We want our schools open all over the country. We want our schools open. Arizona worked very hard on this and theyre doing very well. The department of education is providing arizona schools with 625 million. Theyre working very hard and that is conjunction with cares funding. My administration is actively working with other states in the same way we worked with arizona in recent weeks. Members the Coronavirus Task force have visited over 15 states to encourage them to follow our path forward including tennessee, kentucky, virginia, indiana and ohio and i will be going to ohio tomorrow. I look forward to it very much. It is a great place and a great state with an excellent governor and we look forward to being there tomorrow. Next week dr. Birx will be visiting iowa, nebraska, kansas, missouri, oklahoma and arkansas. Also i believe theyre trying to get in West Virginia a great place a great state. Im sure that will happen because we would like it to happen. They would like to see her so well try very hard to get the doctor to West Virginia in addition to those states to deliver aggressive, tailored, targeted guidance. The strategy were taking to these states will protect those at highest risk allowing others at lower risk to safely resume work and school. If we do this successfully it, can be really something incredible because were talking about a lot of states. Were talking about many, many states. It is really great to see also that florida, were coming down. It is coming down in pretty substantially in many locations. Even miami is starting to come down. Miami was hit very hard. California likewise, texas likewise coming down and really starting to be a substantial amount of reduction. It recognizes that prolonged lockdowns impose a wide range of Serious Public Health threats including higher levels of suicide, drug overdoses and other Significant Health harms resulting from the depression that we talked about. Socializelation, economic hardship. It is tough for those people that are put in a lockdown position for too long. Really has been a very tough and harmful situation for many people. The fact is that these harms are not measured daily, it makes them really a very serious threat because people dont know exactly what they are. Lou the president wrapping up his News Conference on the latest on the china virus pandemic. Thats it for us tonight. My new book, the trump century, how our president changed the course of history forever, is available for preorder now. Trumpcentury. Com, amazon. Com and barnesandnoble. Com. Tomorrow our guests include ken cuccinelli, sara carter and michael pillsbury. We hope you will be with us. Thank you for being with us tonight. Good night from sussex. President trump especially from highrisk family members and friends. So important, isolate yourself from highrisk family members and friends. If youre not feeling well. Together we will defeat the virus, emerge from this safer and stronger than ever. Thanks to the robust federal action in partnership with state and local leaders, new cases of the virus are declining in 80 of the jurisdictions which is an incredible number. The overall test Positivity Rate is declined by 8 since last week. Zero states have seen outbreaks get worse since yesterday. So zero states