Everyone who needs tests will hopefully have access in about one month. President trump used the defense production act to order Meat Processing plants to stay open during all of this. A controversial move meant to preserve the food supply after closures due to the virus outbreak. Our nbc news team has it covered from all angles, sam brock, Erin Mclaughlin, blayne alexander covering the impact of the president s order, and carol lee is at the white house for us with an exclusive nbc news report on a new order to collect intelligence on china and the World Health Organization. Were going to get to that in just a moment, but let me begin with sam brock. Sam, some parts of florida have already started to reopen. Weve been talking about that for the past couple of days. What are you hearing about the plans and the timetable for the rest of them as we go forward . Reporter some of those timetables are starting right now. Good morning, we know at some point were going to be hearing from Gove
Im ayman mohyeldin. We begin with new information about the ongoing rescue efforts to raise 12 boys and a soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in thailand. We learned a tiefr who was once a member of thailands elite Navy Seal Unit has died during a rescue operation. Rescue teams have been working around the clock for days trying to figure out how to get the group out of the cave, but clearly the conditions are too dangerous. Joining us live from chiang rai, thailand, what can you tell us about the setback, Janis Mackey Frayer . Reporter this is a reminder of the dangers that this operation involves in trying to take these 12 kids and their coach out from this cave system to safety. This young diver is a former Thai Navy Seal diver. He was here in a volunteer capacity almost from the beginning. He had been documenting the rescue effort on instagram and felt very proud of his involvement. He ran out of oxygen when they were trying to take supplies into the cave system last night in pre