We must have a working economy, and we want to get it back very, very quickly. And thats whats going to happen. I believe it will boom. Sandra all of this as china raises wuhans covid19 death told by 50 among growing questions over its handling of the outbreak. We have Fox Team Coverage for you on this friday morning. Gillian turner standing outside the Chinese Embassy in washington but we begin with john roberts live from the north lawn this morning. Good morning to you, white house officials and dr. Anthony fauci said this is not going to be like flipping a light switch, this is going to be a rolling opening to get to these guidelines and they are going to be very specific state by state and county by county and city by city. First of all, these areas have to achieve what is called gating criteria, 14 day downward trend in infections and make sure they have adequate testing and place. They get through that gate way, they can then begin to enter phase one when people can go back to wo
With governors all across the country, all 50 of them. What is a right time to start unwinding the process that has . We are not venturing too far from home. What happens right now, especially as states differ on who is ready and whos ready for what . In the case of new york city, the possibility that the citys beaches could be closed for the summer. Where do we go with all of this . John roberts at the white house. The president is ironing all of this out and finding some compatibility with the nations governors. Lets hope he is finding compatibility. Hes been on the phone for the past hour. The last time we checked, the president was still on the phone with them going over his new opening up america again and guidelines that will be released at 6 00 tonight. This is real specific medicallybased data that is providing to the governors, so that they can formulate a plan to open up the country. Heres what we know about the country. It will be gone or, datadriven. It will be datadriven a
Reopen their economies. Dow and s p 500 rose about 100 in trading. Gavin newsom is expected to announce a task force to lead the states postpandemic job initiative. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and President Trump are going at it. Theyre engaged in a back and forth after cuomo criticized the president for passing the buck on federal assistance on testing. He said 11 times i dont want to get involved in testing its too complicated, too hard. I know its too complicated and too hard. Thats why we need you to help. I cant do an International Supply chain. He wants to say, did enough. Yeah, none of us have done enough. We havent. Because its not over. For his part the president tweeted cuomo should spend more time doing and less time complaining, get out there and get the job done. With that, good afternoon to you. Brian williams along with katy tur. Brian, a Health Professional tells nbc news that coronavirus testing would have to double even triple before this country could open safely.
Again and accordance with white house guidelines announced on thursday this as stay at home orders continue to spark protest across the country by people who say it is time to get back to work. We have Fox Team Coverage heir began is in Atlanta Aishah from new york and we begin with Mark Meredith reporting live from the white house. Mark. Reporter good evening jon during briefing the president praised his Administration Efforts to contain the outbreak but at the same briefing president had tough words for a number of organizations including media democrats up on capitol hill and china. The president , though, also appearing optimistic that u. S. Will get over this sooner rather than later. We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus is passed its peak. It has been very devastating all over the world 184 countries. As we approach hopefully downward side of whats going on. I think youre going to see some incredible hard facts and evidence that what we did was right. Repo
2nd, there is a long, long way to go. The president is talking about the future with the country totally reopen, there will be restaurants crowded and College Football stadiums in alabama will be full and the message is, were passed the worst of it already. Were over the hump. Were going to get back to it. But if youre thinking in the long term and it brings me zero joy to say this, the reality is we are early in the parts of battling the pandemic. Today alone we lost a1300 americans. This remains a fouralarm fire. This is not the decorating were doing in the house when it burns through and according to the head of the World Health Organization unless the world can Work Together, things are going to get worse before they get better. Without National Unity and Global Solidarity, the worst is yet ahead of us. The worst is ahead of us. Even if were able to open up in small waves in the next few we weeks, well have to go back to staying at hope if cases spike and there is a crisis every ho