Out nearly identical guidelines getting totally different treatment in the media. Bread him joins us to weigh in on what many are now arguing is a blatant double standard and in the last full week of april the number of new cases continuing on an encouraging trajectory declining for three days straight. I am Shannon Bream in washington, we begin with kevin cork as the president rolls out a new plan he says would ramp up testing across the country. Reporter earlier today we heard the president wasnt going to have everything but cancel which on the heels of the clarks controversy seems provocative to say the least but it turns out there was not only a briefing but plenty to discuss notably increased testing capability, publicprivate partnerships and the slow journey to rebuild our economy. We are doing everything in our particular stick and gradually reopen our nation. There is a hunger for getting our country back. To get the country back on the road to recovery white house officials in
Guidelines and plans getting total different treatment in the media. Brit hume and what many say is a blatant double standard. And the last week of april, the new covid cases within encouraging trajectory, climbing three days straight. Hello welcome to fox news night, Shannon Bream and washington. We began tonight with White House Correspondent and roles in a new plan he says would ramp up testing across the country. Good evening kevin. Good evening, shannon, it actually where the president would not have a briefing and it was canceled but on the hills of the clorox, provocative to say the least but as it turns out, not only a briefing but plenty to discuss notably increasing publicprivate partnerships and the slow journey to rebuild our economy. We are doing everything in our power to heal the six domestic and reopen the nation. There is a hungry forgetting our our nation back. But to get the country back on the road to recovery white house Officials Say there needs to be continued ro
Ainsley. Ainsley thats right. The white house unveiling a plan hoping to help all these States Louise lockdowns and get americans back to work. Brian. Brian jiff jenkins is live in washington as the sba Unprecedented Demand for loans under the paycheck protection program. Sadly it crashed and it crashed and it crashed yesterday. Griff oh boy did it ever. Round 2 opened up and they got crushed almost immediately. Sba administrator had to take to twitter ensuring frustrated applicants. Writing this Unprecedented Demand is slowing response time. Currently double the number of users accessing the system compared to any previous day during the first round of paycheck protection funding. That first round, thats when 349 billion went to 1. 6 million Small Businesses. Now this 310 billion of replenishment, even with the system in place was in such high demand any one of the more 30 million Small Businesses across the nation it, just couldnt hold it. The sba is now asking for patients. Meanwhil
Monitoring systems. What do i mean by that . Systems where we bring together the ability to not only diagnose the symptomatic, but proactively work with individuals that we know are at higher risk here and we work with states to look at where the outbreaks have occurred when they are not in the large metros and we see that it occurs very often in places of closed settings. Among our native americans and among our longterm care facilities. So, and active Monitoring Program that is active, integrative, an end. The Rapid Response program. Relying on the cdc to be working with state and local governments to ensure that every symptomatic case and critical go to ensure that we cannot only control this epidemic, but prevent outbreaks before they expand. Finally, the plan includes a program of using science and technology to develop newer platforms, more efficient testing, really ensuring that the antibody tests that are utilized and recommended by both the fda and the cdc have high quality an
5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Two, big wins physician the u. S. President donald trump, on immigration. The Supreme Court cleared the way for the dump administration to use 2. 5 billion for the pentagons money, at least for now, to build a border wall. The u. S. Signed an agreement with guatemala, that agreement limit s migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. Those coming from guatemala have to apply for asylum. Mr. Trump calls the deal a win for both countries. We have been dealing for many years, i would say, with guatemala and with other countries. Were now at a point where we just get along. Theyre doing what we asked them to do. I think it will be a great thing for guatemala. They dont want these problems, either. Were able to get this done. We got it done quickly. This is after many, many years. Mexico is working along with us nicely, tremendously, actually. Youll see a chart where the numbers are through the floor, because theyre going down. The deal seems to be