California. We are also seeing disturbing surges in a number of other states weve been keeping an eye on and tracking including florida, michigan and louisiana. Here is the thing, the way this virus works is that not everyone will have exactly the same epidemic at the same time. The actual way the virus spreads in the community is the same everywhere. Its the same virus. The same human bodies and that is why it is critical there is a cohesive federal national response. Last week the governor of alabama kay ivy who has taken some strong steps down there explained why she had not issued a shelter in place order for residents opting instead for less restrictive measures. She said quote, yall, we are not louisiana, we are not new york state and we are not california. Thats right. You are not. Yet. It is just a matter of time. New york city e. R. Doctor this morning offered a message to anyone that believes they might escape the worst of it. New york two weeks ago had only 300 cases. New yo
Past. He exerted more effort to try to demonstrate empathy towards victims in this crisis. That is something hes done a poor job of in the past and had the briefing that was much more focussed on the central issue. Which is testing. Well see how long that lasts. Drew, lets talk about that. Youre tasked with giving us the truth about testing. White house putting a system in place to improve testing. You have been covering the truth about testing. Is this more pr than an actual plan . Whats going on. Short answer is yes. This blueprint to fix the testing as one governor told us at least its a plan to eventually have a plan. It doesnt seem to address the key issues that were hearing from the hospitals, from various labs and points of care. The supplies that supply line is still not addressed. It seems like the white house is punching this down to the states who are clambering for federal leadership on this issue. I want to share with you a piece of a letter the association of american med
You have to respect the law. You have to treat everybody equally. And youre right. Listen, those are the authorities. And i hear everybody saying all the time, why dont those people, if they had just done what the cop said and followed the orders and that would not have happened to them. That should go for everybody. And some of those protesters are out there, and theyve got long guns and they are armed. I dont see anybody pushing them down, putting knees in their back, punching them in the back of the head, throwing them into police cars. Those are the authorities out there. Stomping on flags. Right. And, look burning them. For what . I dont want to paint this kid as something that he isnt. I know hes 25. I dont want to ruin anybodys life. Im just saying theres a double standard. Theres hypocrisy. Lets not be hypocritical. This kid was arrested. Well see what happens. Where are his parents . Who taught him how to do this . You know, why isnt somebody telling him the right way to behav
Policy. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. Charging the president with a crime was not an option we were even allowed to consider. By the way, though, if we had concluded that he didnt commit a crime, we would definitely tell you that, and youll notice were not telling you that. It has been two years now since special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate russian interference in the last president ial election. Two years and 12 days ago is when he was first appointed. Today was the first day that we have heard from mueller himself in his own words, and honestly, the consequence of hearing from him today for the first time is i think what is now the widely held expectation that the Democratic Controlled Congress will have no choice but to open an impeachment inquiry into president trump. Not because they want to. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been blunt and consistent and insistent in making sure she would frankly rather sti
A special counsels office is part of the department of justice, and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. Charging the president with a crime was not an option we were even allowed to consider. By the way, though, if we had concluded that he didnt commit a crime, we would definitely tell you that, and youll notice were not telling you that. It has been two years now since special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate russian interference in the last president ial election. Two years and 12 days ago is when he was first appointed. Today was the first day that we have heard from mueller himself in his own words, and honestly, the consequence of hearing from him today for the first time is i think what is now the widely held expectation that the Democratic Controlled Congress will have no choice but to open an impeachment inquiry into president trump. Not because they want to.