The president of the United States, against governors from both sides of the aisle. The white house claims they have all the testing that they need to reopen their states. But ask these governors and the answer pretty much is, what are you talking about . To try to push this off to say that the governors have plenty of testing and they should just get to work on testing, somehow, we arent doing our job is just absolutely false. Thats just delusional, to be making statements like that. We have been fighting every day for ppe and weve got some splice now coming in. Weve been fighting for testing. It would be nice if we had a National Strategy that was working with the states, so every state knew, precisely what was coming in. In the meantime, frustration with social distancing rules is growing across the country. Protests popping up in places like california, texas, maryland, and wisconsin. Officials warning these demonstrations could lead to a spike in infections. And force social distancing rules to stay in place longer. But, a glimmer of hope in new york. The especially of the crisis. The governor reporting that total hospitalizations are down. Although the battle hasnt been won yet. If the data holds and if this trend holds, we are past the high point and all indications at this point are we that we are on the descent. Whether or not the descent continues depends on what we do. And news for millions of americans out of a job or struggling to keep their business afloat. The treasury secretary says he is hopeful they are close to a second round of Small Business loans. After all the initial relief money in this progra ran out at the worst possible time. The president has been clear about his desire to get the American Economy back on track while experts say any reopening will hinge on the nations testing capability, but as states plea for more federal help to deal with testing shortages, President Trump continues to cast the white house and the federal government in a secondary role, blaming governors for the shortages. Jeremy diamond joins mep from the white house. We are about an hour away from the White House Coronavirus briefing today. Do you expect well see the president on the attack again after facing a fresh round of bipartisan criticism from several governors today . Reporter well, if yesterday is any indication, that is exactly what we will see, because yesterday we saw the president go on the attack against these governors, amed questions about shortages in Testing Capacity, even as the president is pressuring different states to begin to reopen their economies. The president yesterday even suggesting that some governors are simply unwilling to ramp up the Testing Capacity in their states. But what you heard from those governors, democrats and republicans, who were speaking this morning on the sunday shows, they were all speaking one voice, saying that they are missing some of the critical supplies needed in order to get their states reopened, to have the sufficient testing that allows them to do that. Now, there was, in addition to those governors, another governor who spoke with our colleague, jake tapper, on condition of anonymity, and that governor said how frustrating the double speak is from the white house. Saying theres a huge difference between having test capacity and actually running the tests. And that is because we are seeing these governors, theyre facing shortages of some of the testing swabs that they need, of the chemical reagent that they need. Some governors making an appeal directly to the president , saying that the fda could perhaps approve new regulations for the reagents, and allow testing to double or triple overnight in their states. But so far, the president has been unwilling to listen to those voices, it appears. Instead, claiming the credit for past successes on the testing front, but placing blame on now with these shortages. And harvard researchers say they believe there should be three times the amount of testing per day than is currently taking place. Jeremy diamond, thank you. It is a slow and painful waiting game right now for americans all around the country, feeling desperate to get back to work and school, and we are starting to see protests. In many case, protesters have been defying social distancing rules to demand the stayathome restrictions be lifted. Those restrictions have shut down so many nonessential businesses and limited travel, but they are credited with slowing the spread of the virus here in the United States. And cnns natasha chen is in atlanta with more on these protests and who exactly is protest i protesting. Protesters stood shoulder to shoulder in many states over the last several days, to voice frustrations with stayathome orders and to demand an end to the economic shutdown brought on by coronavirus. Freedom and liberty. Were losing it. Reporter ignoring social distancing measures that have been key in slowing the deadly pandemic spread, many gathered at the steps of state capitals, directing anger towards governors who President Trump criticized saturday. Some of the governors have gotten carried away. Reporter but its the Trump Administration who told those very governors to enact statebystate mitigation efforts. When asked about people who choose not to listen to his own administrations guidelines. Urge those protesters to listen to local authorities . I think theyre listening. I think they listen to me. They seem to be protesters that like me and respect this opinion. Reporter and they did. Evidenced by the trump 2020 flags and the actions that seemed to follow what the president called for in his tweets, to, quote, liberate michigan, minnesota, and virginia. This is just grossly irresponsible and it is dangerously bombastic, because it inspires people to do dangerous things. Reporter those who dangerously flouted the rules to protest their Governors Authority said it was out of frustration. Im a Small Business owner and my business was shut down forcefully on the 17th of march and i have yet to see any unemployment, any money come through from the government and im sitting here without a paycheck with no definitive answer on when i will be returning to work, and i dont think thats right. Reporter desperation is high, but so is the risk. With all due respect, i think anybody who thinks were doing this just to take away peoples liberties and rights isnt looking at the data that were looking at. Were doing what were doing to try to save lives. There is a scheduled protest right now in olympia, washington. And that organizer told cnn, hes not funded by any big groups. Hes doing this as a private citizen. He did also say that he opens people follow the cdc guidelines in Wearing Masks and staying apart from each other, but he also told cnn that he wouldnt be policing that strictly, ana. Natasha chen, thank you for your reporting. In new york, the state hardest hit by this pandemic, Governor Cuomo says if the data holds, he believes his state has passed the high point and is on the descent, yet the number of people admitted to hospital and suspected of having covid19 is actually up in new york city. As of today, there is at least 849 patients getting treatment in the citys icus. This as new york states death toll is climbing and its number of cases nears a quarter of a million. Evan mcmoran santoro joins us now. And andrew cuomo was not mincing words for President Trump today. Reporter city officials here in new york have been warning for weeks that budget shortfalls caused by the loss of revenue around this pandemic will be a big obstacle toward reopening. Were talking about huge cuts to city services, huge cuts to state services. The governor mentioned that possibly cuts to hospitals might have to happen. But here in new york city, governor bill de blasio was not happy with news that the next bill from congress will not campaign aid to cities and states. President trump, whats going on . Cat got your tongue . Youre usually really talkative. You usually have an opinion on everything. How on earth do you not have an opinion on aid to americas cities and states . Mr. President , are you going to save new york city or are you telling new york city to drop dead . Which one is it . But you have to speak up now. Reporter de blasio and Governor Cuomo are basically setting up a Pretty Simple equation here for officials in washington and the president. They say, if you dont send federal dollars to help new york city and new york state, these places cant reopen with a semblance of the way they were before this all happened. Ana . Evan Mcmorris Santoro in new york city for us. Thanks. Up next, he was a doctor in queens, and then he got the coronavirus. One night after gasping for air, he was admitted to the very icu where he often treated patients. Well bring you his story of survival, next. Heres the thing about managing multiple clouds for your business. When youve got public clouds, and private clouds, and hybrid clouds things can get a bit cloudy for you. But now, theres the Dell Technologies cloud, powered by vmware. 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And if you watch my show regularly, you might remember dr. Weg. Hes a gas tro ent rolgs in queens. And he contracted covid19 early on, before new yorkers were told to go home, he was seeing patients and one happened to cough during an exam. That patient, dr. Weg later learned, had covid19. At first, dr. Weg was coping with this virus pretty well, but his condition quickly deteriorated, until he was in bed one night, gasping for air and was admitted to the very icu where he often treats patients. While there, he was on the brink of needing to be intubated. And back at home, his family went online and they pleaded for help. They asked for prayers and asked for pharmaceutical companies to make experimental drugs available and for the fda to allow for more trials. His son, russell, came on my show and i stayed in touch with him about his fathers recovery. And today, dr. Weg himself joins us now. Doctor, it is so good to see you and to be able to speak with you. I know your family was so worried. You know, ae wez learned, and as we continue to learn more and more about this virus, i just think its helpful to understand what people like you have experienced. Can you share with us what the coronavirus did to your body . What were your initial symptoms and how did they develop over time . Thank you very much, ana, for having me on your program. This means a lot for me to be able to come full circle with all of this. I want to share my experience, but ill take a second to just gratefully thank my wife, my sons, my physicians and nurses at cornell hospital, especially dr. Robert gelfan who advocated on my behalf. My staff and patients who reached out in a magnificent way, including all the prayer. And im sure that all of that goodwill and all of those tremendous efforts are what brought me here today to be able to speak with you. The experience was something that i must tell you, ive never ever had the experience in my life, nor could i ever have imagined how difficult it was between the fevers and the shortness of breath and the sense that i was drowning, there was this overwhelming sense of doom that ultimately wound up in my transfer to the intensive care unit, where i narrowly avoided intubation. I would like to take a second to share what i think really made the difference, acutely what a medicine called atemra, which is an anticytokline that takes water out of the lungs. I had an instant sense of wellbeing after having had this medication and i think it contributed to my sense of wellbeing to the degree that i was able to avoid intubation. And it was followed by r remdisivir, which is an antiviral, which helped kill the virus. That is fascinating. Were all looking for treatments. Theres no proven treatment that works right now, but your case is promising. Ive heard patients like our own chris cuomo say that nighttime is the hardest, that these symptoms become worse, and i understand that that was the case for you. You had been checking your oxygens regularly, and in the middle of the night one night, you woke up struggling to breathe and noticed your oxygen was just 75 , if im correct, and thats when you went to the er. Why do you think symptoms get worse at night . Im not completely sure what the physiology and what the mechanism for that is, but i think part of the problem is lying down, you tend to accumulate secretion. I can tell you that the nights were terrifying. And to this day, i wake up with nightmares, hoping that i dont wind up with a tube in my throat. This is something which is really true. The nights were very, very, very scary. How quickly did you deteriorate . I had deteriorated, i think, over approximately a tenhour period of time. When things really got bad. I was unable to walk from my bed to the bathroom and i certainly became so short of breath that there was it seemed like there was no other alternative but to go to the hospital. It was over a couple of hours, really. And i have to tell you, your family seems so close and so wonderful. When i spoke with your son, russell, they were just in disbelief that you could end up in such bad shape, given how healthy you are and how energetic and athletic you are. I just want to play this clip with your son, when you were strugglin struggling. I tell him how much i love him and to remain strong and to be emboldened and that he will get through this and that we and the rest of the country are in this together and he has an army behind him. And he will make it through, just like hes done Everything Else in his life. Doctor, hearing that really touched me. Whats your reaction to hearing that . It continues to bring tears to my eyes. I have to say, i was not surprised by anything that my sons and my wife and my family did and my friend. Im not surprised, but this exceeded expectations. I must tell you. And in a practical sense, it really made a difference, because it gave me the courage to know that i had an army behind me and it gave me the courage to know that i could accomplish this against odds as i have done with other things in my life. I know youre a Long Distance runner, i heard you were training for another marathon, in fact. Im a runner too, and so often when ive faced challenges, ive leaned into what ive learned in running about how to work through physical and emotional struggles. I just wonder if that made a difference for you at all in this case . It certainly did. And it wasnt just my impression, but my physicians felt that the level of the stamina that i had and the level of cardiac and pulmonary reserve was largely due to the fact that i was a runner. And ironically, as this virus evolved, we actually had plans for me to run the milan marathon april 5th. And i was training for that race. Now, in the history of what happened with milan is well known, so i guess we really didnt get a chance to do it, but thats the race i was training for. Well, dr. Arnold weg, i have a myriad of other questions for you, but mostly of all, im ju so grateful to see you on your road to recovery. Thank you and im sending you more strength and wishing you good health. Its really great to see you doing well. Thank you for your support, as well. Thanks for reaching out to my family. Well, your family is something. Say hi to me for russell, please. Still ahead, new criticisms of World Leaders not taking the spread of coronavirus seriously enough, including accusations that british Prime MinisterBoris Johnson mishandled the crisis. I totally get how important it is to stay connected. Customers can do what they need to do, whenever they need to do it online. 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