Hours. It is nightfall when the problems have started especially for local Business Owners. That has been our focus. Last night, however, here in new york, the citywide curfew that went into effect at 8 00 instead of 11 00 at night, that seemed to have helped the situation. That is the same plan that they have for tonight. Now we did see some protesters who defied the orders from officials. Overall though, there was less violence. There was less looting than we had seen the previous two nights. Now businesses weve been all around manhattan today have been boarding up. You can see it here. You can see it as local cvs in Lower Manhattan. This is the rule rather than the exception. Just about all retailers, many closed already for the coronavirus lockdowns, now taking extra precautions because they have had windows broken by looters over the last few days or theyre afraid that that might happen over the next few. This cvs is open for business, as it has been but again, it is boarded up. A
Get 36 million unemployed americans back to work. Youre overseeing historic despair. I think were announcing a plan, opening up our country, just a rude person you are. Were opening up our country, were opening it up very fast. The plan is that each state is opening and it is opening up very effectively and, when you see the numbers i think, even you will be impressed which is pretty hard to impress you. Go ahead. Reporter a lot of these jobs are not coming back. Thank reporter thank you, mr. President canada confirmed the border will be closed until june 21st. Arent you worried about the economy of the border states . We do. We speak to canada all the time. Obviously the relationship is very good with the Prime Minister and myself and two countries. Canada is our neighbor. We have a great relationship. Were talking. At right time that will open up very quickly. Yeah go ahead please. Reporter good happen before june 21st. Yeah it could. Were both doing well. Reporter mr. President you
The s p and nasdaq shaking off earlier losses closing near the highs of the day. There is optimism out there about a economic recovery and also about hopes for a vaccine. So, optimistic day. We will get to the launch. Well spend a lot of the hour on it. First fox Business Team coverage of our top stories. Lauren simonetti on the markets for us, blake burman in washington who has the latest for the president who is in florida for the launch and Kristina Partsinevelos joins us with news on disney. We start, blake, with you. Reporter connell, melissa, speaking of that launch who wouldnt want a front row seat to it. Exactly where President Trump and first lady, the Vice President , section lady are right now in florida in advance of what we are expecting to be the historic launch about 31, 32 minutes from now at the Kennedy Space center. President trump taking a tour there. He was asked what his message is for those two astronauts who will be aboard the spacex rocket going up to the Intern
And more. Fox Business Team coverage as the market closes. Blake burman following the president s movements. Edward lawrence is in washington. Blake, we start with you as President Trump moves on to a tour of this ford plant. Reporter exactly a tour of the ford plant in ypsilanti michigan. This plant was making auto ports parts. They brought back workers in to take on the health care fight. What well see President Trump highlight the ford plant in particular for making up ventilators which the president , Vice President , feel is really one of the main success stories. The ability to sort of reposition to take up the health care fight over the last couple months. So we anticipate that, that meeting with the ford president here shortly. What we did hear from the president today is this continued push for his belief that the economy and that the country needs to reopen sooner rather than later. For example, the president saying that earlier today he had a phone call with the cdc about op
Mike headed up the task force, he worked with cdc. I could ask mike to give you a part of it but i will say that they originally, they had no tests and one of the tests had a problem, very early on but that was quickly remedied. Now we have the best tests anywhere in the world. I think, i give ourselves a lot of that credit, a lot of the brilliant people that worked on testing. A lot of brilliant people worked on ventilators to the point where we have the best testing in the world. We have the best ventilators, distribution of the most ventilators in the world, it is not even close. I cant tell i would like to ask mike that question. Cdc you work with them all the time, certainly much more than i do, mike. We do, mr. President , let me say i think Peter Navarros point was that cdc and our Public Health labs at the state level were operating with an arcane testing system and it was one of the reasons why early on we brought in all of the commercial labs around the country. The president