Good week to ten days, and that is being able to fulfill the promises that have been made about testing. And this is now second day in a row where somebodys reminded a member of the task force, yesterday, it was somebody reminding the president , somebody, the Vice President , that we were supposed to be ramping up to millions of tests and you heard the Vice President say we are only able to just do 100,000 in a day. Dr. Zeke emanuel, penn university, a Health Adviser during the obama administration, kristen welk er with me, as wel. And the original sin of our struggles here, inadequate testing, dr. Birx seemed to say, maybe a month, maybe in a month we could have the asymptomatic testing. We heard Vice President pences very rosy response to not being able to hit the goals that they had set not very long ago. Zeke, ill start with you. Did you hear any green shoots here on the issue of testing . No, i heard a lot of evasion. The Vice President was pretty evasive about why we didnt get t
People. Thats a number that just a few months ago would have been unthinkable. On a positive note, several hot spots, including new york, connecticut, rhode island, detroit, and new orleans appear to be stabilizing. Governors there is a they are seeing progress in stopping the spread. Over the weekend the hospitalization rates in connecticut and new york dropped after weeks of a steady climb. So which places are next to be hardest hit . Well, chicago, boston, and philadelphia are being closely monitored as areas of concern. So are we on track to reopen parts of the country soon . Thats hard to answer, because of the continuing problems with testing. Over the weekend, we saw tension between the white house and a group of governors over how to get testing done. Many of the nations governors from both parties say there arent enough tests, things like swabs needed for the tests are in short supply. Researchers from harvard estimate that testing rates must triple before the United States ca
Michigan democratic congressman about both of those topics, but first, reporting live from a midwest beer in chicago to get a lay of the land on this monday afternoon. Matt, hello. Bill, hundreds of protesters already gathered outside of the capitol in pennsylvania and there are even more demonstrations nationwide today from arizona to new york. A growing number of outraged americans and at least 23 states are now demanding their State Government reconsider some if not all parts of the state home orders. Insisting their livelihoods are being destroyed. It was probably a good decision at the time, but now, its clear it was a mistake. Now its time to just flip the switch, just flip the switch. Theres a lot of people that are hurting, not just people sick from the virus, but people, their entire livelihoods are being upended by this. Many protesters in various estates or blatantly disregarding social distancing guidelines will demonstrating, facing health concerns. In a protest near india
Safely . Two months in it took them to ask this rudimentary question. So now here we are at step one. Planning to get on the same page about testing. Trump and pence celebrating, telling you to be proud of this miraculous moment. Lets think news and all the trump applaud. This show is about the reality. We have a governor tonight who is on that call with the truth of how we got here and where we need to be. Okay . Now, what we have to talk about is the worry of why you dont want to go too soon. We all want to reopen, but look at georgia, we have atlantas mayor who has eyes on the ground and a mayor, a message for all of us. And lets take a step deeper, what does opening too soon look like in major cities up in the northeast and on the west coast . We have an expert who will model our future. For all the doubts, for all the politics, one thing has been consistent here. Us. Together as ever as one, we have kept this virus at bay. Together, we will get back to where we want to be. What do
Okay . Now, what we have to talk about is the worry of why you dont want to go too soon. We all want to reopen, but look at georgia, we have atlantas mayor who has eyes on the ground and a mayor, a message for all of us. And lets take a step deeper, what does opening too soon look like in major cities up in the northeast and on the west coast . We have an expert who will model our future. For all the doubts, for all the politics, one thing has been consistent here. Us. Together as ever as one, we have kept this virus at bay. Together, we will get back to where we want to be. What do you say . Lets get after it. So, the federal Task Force Says we need to double our capacity of testing and tracing before the u. S. Can reopen. What does the president say . Listen to him today. We have enough testing to begin reopening and the reopening process, we want to get our country open and the testing is not going to be a problem at all. In fact, its going to be one of the great assets. It always h