Your new i hear. What President Trump has launched his initiative to reopen america in the coming weeks americans across the country took to the streets calling for changes to be made right now but while some demonstrators say they are in favor of the Administration Others have criticized its response to the pandemic arties Rachel Blevins is joining us live from the newsroom with more details to all of this so rachel what can you tell us well manila in the midst of a nationwide walk down Many Americans are taking to the streets voicing their opposition to the ongoing restrictions in the name of stopping the coronavirus over the weekend demonstrations were carried out in florida virginia michigan maryland texas california and 10 other states in idaho over 1000 protesters broke social distancing protocols. As they gathered outside of the State Capitol building in boise many of them wave signs that read there is no justification for taking individual freedom in the guise of Public Safety
The crown a virus has infected more than 2400000 people globally its taken more than 160000 lives while some countries are seeing a flattening curve others are still seeing a surge in new cases coppa 19 has infected more than 766000 americans while thats in the u. S. Have top 40000 new york state which is finally seeing a drop in new cases announced that its going to begin aggressive statewide Antibody Testing this week protests continue across the u. S. Over shelter in place orders amid pressure on governors to reopen local economies at sundays briefing president said that hell use the defense production act to increase manufacturing of testing swabs while working with governors to reopen their economies. Some of the governors doing a better job than others the robust capacity that weve brought online will empower governors to deploy sophisticated strategies so they can safely reopen their states. Some people believe in test play and other people believe in it less strongly but still
Were very focused on that until we get over this. Obviously well not ship too much. We have excess of certain things and dont have enough of others. I just had a great talk with Doug Mcmillan from walmart and i gave him a very, very big order for gowns, for protective gear for the doctors, for the nurses, for everything and hes actually very excited about it. He is biggest purchaser of this kind of thing, of anything probably in the world and and he is very excited about it. I said what size . Almost unlimited. When you look at these hospital, the amount that they order, you almost say how could they possibly use so much whether it is masks or the protective gear but we supplying a tremendous amount and we just ordered a lot from walmart and he is taking this on personally. I said let it go, let it be shipped not to a warehouse, directly to the site of the hospital or wherever they need it because we save a lot of time when we do that. So walmart, in addition to many other companies an
We get over this. Obviously well not ship too much. We have excess of certain things and dont have enough of others. I just had a great talk with Doug Mcmillan from walmart and i gave him a very, very big order for gowns, for protective gear for the doctors, for the nurses, for everything and hes actually very excited about it. He is biggest purchaser of this kind of thing, of anything probably in the world and and he is very excited about it. I said what size . Almost unlimited. When you look at these hospital, the amount that they order, you almost say how could they possibly use so much whether it is masks or the protective gear but we supplying a tremendous amount and we just ordered a lot from walmart and he is taking this on personally. I said let it go, let it be shipped not to a warehouse, directly to the site of the hospital or wherever they need it because we save a lot of time when we do that. So walmart, in addition to many other companies and people is now involved at the
Out war to defeat the virus, this horrible virus. You see how terrible it is, especially when you look at the numbers from yesterday. We explained why we are extending nationwide guidelines to slow the spread for 30 days. We have the power to save countless lives. We are attacking the virus on every front with social distancing, economic support for workers, rapid medical intervention and very serious innovation, and banning dangerous foreign travel that threatens the health of our people. And we did that earlier, far earlier than anyone would have thought, been way ahead of anyone else. In this time of need, i know every american will do their patriotic duty and help us achieve a total victory. As governments and nations focus on the coronavirus, there is a growing threat that cartels, criminals, terrorists and other malign actors will try to exploit the situation for their own gain, and we must not let that happen. We will never let that happen. Today the United States is launching e