The governor announced the state conducted over 600 tests and was planning on opening a second testing site monday. Gov. Murphy sorry to be, again, a few minutes behind, which is my bad. Its good to be in Bergen County. I havent been here in a couple of weeks, jim. Ive been under the weather, so its nice to be back. I also want to thank our friends, in particular at Bergen County college here, starting with president dr. Michael redmond, whos a dear friend, and i want to thank him for hosting us so graciously today, as he always has. I had the great opportunity a couple of years ago to deliver the commencement address to the graduates of this fine institution, and it was one of the highlights during my time as governor. And i want to thank him and his team for opening their door to us today on his campus and his community. And, obviously, its been a big day here. More on that in a minute. Im here with a cavalcade of vips, so i want to thank a woman who needs no introduction immediately
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Do i look bright and cheery this morning . It is good to see you. To my right, the head of empire college, our Health Commissioner and to my left our budget director. Lets talk to you about where we are today. This is a situation which none of us have ever seen before and it manifests itself in many different ways. There is economic anxiety, people are out of work, what does this mean . Unemployment insurance, will it cover the bills . There is isolation. There is fear of the unknown. There is misinformation. You put it all together, and it is very disorienting to say the least. If you are feeling disoriented, it is not you. It is everyone. And it is everywhere. And it is with good cause. Today is saturday. You know how i knew today was saturday . Because my alarm clock said saturday when i woke up. But if you drive around, it doesnt seem like saturday. Saturdays are the day that people are off work, except that people were off work yesterday. Saturday is a day traffic is lighter, but
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