[laughs] i thought you liked putting your makeup on . Only of the club jesse. This is the greatest show ever. There is no better show than this. We got to get out of here, this is falling apart. See you guys. America, we love you. Bret good evening and welcome to washington, im bret baier. Breaking tonight we are awaiting the start of the Daily Coronavirus Task Force Briefing at the white house and the rose garden today. Any minute now we will bring you there when it begins. President trump is expected to announce the makeup of his Advisory Group intended to oversee the reopening of the countrys economy. When and where that happens, we will see. Governors of both parties in the meantime are pushing back on the president s claims that he has total authority to order a restart in each of the states. New yorks andrew cuomo says the president is acting like a king. Californias gavin newsom is warning against pulling the plug too soon. The International Monetary fund meantime is projecting a Great Depression is sized to slow down ahead for the u. S. Economy. That did not slow down investors on wall street today, all three major markets are up significantly. Chief White House Correspondent is here with us today. Lots to talk about when the president takes the podium. The turf battle continuing today over who gets to wave the green flag to restart the American Economy and the president earlier this afternoon hearing some very personal stories from people who contracted coronavirus and recovered from it. They went through a lot having to do with the coronavirus. President trump in the cabinet room today meeting people whove recovered from the coronavirus. Hearing everything from mild symptoms. At i never had fever or respiratory issues, i did have the bodyaches and chills and i felt overall bad. To the worst illness they ever had. I was filling up with fluid, my breathing being labored, i felt if i didnt get that medication it was either the medication or die. At the same time the president is looking ahead to the day were americans can go back to work. President trump im going to make a decision pretty quickly and its being done in conjunction with governors. President trump taking a leading role in a new Advisory Board to help determine which regions of the country could be reopened and when. Mark meadows would also guide the process bringing together a wide range of outside advisors with Key Administration officials. President trump we have a lot of great people in this country that know the different fields and a lot of skill will have to be used to get our country back to where it was. We want to do it quickly. But the president is so
arguing over who has the authority to fire the starting to make a starters pistol taking aim and saying, they will make the decision. The president tweeting tell the democratic governors that meet me on the bounty is one of my alltime favorite. Its an invigorating thing to watch especially when the mutineers need so much from the captain. Too easy. One of those governors, new yorks andrew cuomo acknowledging he has appealed to the captain for help. He is right. The president is us also assisting, and he has no fight here. I wont let it happen. And it looked. He suggested that we do something that would be reckless and endanger the health or welfare of the people in the state, then it would have no choice. But shy of that i put my hand out to say lets do this
together. In an interview with the associated press, Infectious Disease expert Anthony Fauci saying the u. S. Has not yet had the testing and tracing procedures necessary for reopening. Actually telling ap we have to have something in place that we can rely on and we are not there yet. In an interview to air on Laura Ingrahams program tonig tonight, the task force met this morning to ensure that there will be a sufficient supply of diagnostic and surveillance testing equipment so that businesses will be able to in the nottoodistant future reopened and the Vice President also suggesting that the new guidance from the white house about reopening would likely be named first at the areas of the country that really start hit hit by this crisis. Bret john roberts in a socially distanced rose garden. We will head there for the Task Force Briefing momentarily. It is no information tonight about what many feel was a major
coverup by the Chinese Communist government concerning the origin of the coronavirus. I suspected cover coverup that may have cost many lives there and all over the world. Heres correspondent Gillian Turner. Lawmakers have claimed for weeks the chinese obstructed governments related to the origins and side of wuhan. And the timeline of the outbreak. If the Chinese Communist party had been transparent and honest. Beijing claims the virus originated at an animal market but now theres a smoking gun. Two state Department Cables warning about issues at a wuhan Infectious Diseases lab. The first cable dated january 201 2018 ones warns thae
work and potential human transmission represented a risk of a new star is like a pandemic. The cables note the lab had insufficient technicians to operate safely which is something that tom cotton raised with fox news ten days ago. Its entirely possible that they were conducting good and reasonable scientific experiments but they had bad safety practices. The Chinese Ministry and since theyve been transparent from the getgo. Shared this genome sequencing of the virus, and helped other countries affected. Over the weekend the Chinese Government tamped down even further on scientific information ordering that all Coronavirus Research must be vetted by the government prior to publication. Now one rightleaning think tank estimates the number of cases is much closer to 2. 9 million than the 83,000 beijing claims. Outside of wuhans city and he who bay province, cases are lowered by 100 or more. A precise timeline of covid19s emergence from china is difficult to produce. An outbreak was suspected in early november and workers were quarantined by authorities in late december claim no obvious event to human transmission. It wasnt until january 9th at the Chinese Media identified a new type of coronavirus and later ordered a mass quarantine. Despite evidence pointing to dangerous practices inside of the slab the top military Officials Say that as of now the evidence of coronavirus origin still remain inconclusive. Bret Gillian Turner outside of the Chinese Embassy in washington. On the market, stocks are up today and the dow gained 559. S p 500 finished ahead 84 in the nasdaq search 323. And tonights democracy 2020 report, better late than never. That may be the reaction from many joe biden supporters tonight as former president Barack Obamas longawaited endorsement of his
former Vice President and Presumptive Democratic nominee. Correspondent peter doocy has that story. Barack obamas pitch to send joe biden from to the white house came from his house in d. C. Choosing joe to be my Vice President was one of the best decisions i ever made. And a 12 minute long video he never named drops donald trump but instead talks about bidens character. Right now we need americans to unite in a great awakening against politics that has too often been characterized by corruption, carelessness, selfdealing, disinformation, ignorance, and just plain meanness. Biden tweeted, barack, this endorsement means the world to me and the jail. Why didnt president obama endorse you . I asked president obama not to endorse and whoever wins the nomination should win it on their own merit. Brad parscale says now that
biden is the only candidate left, obama has no other choice but to support him. Even Bernie Sanders beat him to it. Elizabeth warren still hasnt announced who she wants to win but Bernie Sanders is backing by then and took notice. Obama also suggests that what sanders wants isnt too radical. If i were running today, i wouldnt run the same race or have the same platform as i did in 2008. The world is different. I will see you on the campaign trail as soon as i can. And any other cycle rolling out the endorsements of popular Vice President on backtoback days would bring enormous crowds to whatever swing state the campaign wanted. But instead of streaming into arenas they are stuck with streaming video. Bret the obama endorsement comes as biden fights off an allegation of Sexual Assault by one of his former aides, an
allegation he denies. Tonight, how Media Coverage of that story compares with the handling of similar allegations against someone supported by the other side of the political spectrum. Here is Fox News Media analyst and host of Fox News Media buzz, howard kurtz. The Washington Post was a first report does Sexual Misconduct allegations when she claimed that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually accosted her at a High School Party for decades earlier. The New York Times and the rest of the media quickly pounced. But most news outlets remain silent when tara read alleges that he and joe biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 which his Campaign Strongly denies. He had me up against the wall and then his hands were down my skirt and up my skirt. And he pulled back and said, come on now, i heard you liked
me. They did not run the story until monday and when the times posted a link the account 19 days after she went public. If his paper was going to cover the story we needed to introduce it with some reporting and perspective. He said it Brett Kavanaugh was treated differently because he was already in the public forum in a lon a big way while with b, they were in a heated race with the clock ticking. The there was no corroboration with ford who said she told no one about him for decades. The former top biden aides denies that both papers read the account and complained. Then she says he only touched her neck and shoulders. She now mentions that as a lack of courage. These are tough judgment calls but even now even now cnn, abc, nbc and cbs have made no online mention from the abide in
allegations. Bret thank you. Now to a sad story down south, the death toll from more than two dozen tornadoes in the southeast now stands at at least 34. Hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed in the areas already reeling from economic hardships from covid19. Correspondent Steve Harrigan has sleeps tonight from atlanta. At least 28 tornadoes touched down in the south between sunday and monday killing people in six states. 11 in mississippi, nine in south carolina, eight in georgia where one woman who survives that she got into a bathtub and held onto that her child as the house rose into the air and spun. She said mommy, are we going to die . And i said we are going to be okay, gods got us. I prayed the entire time and we couldnt have taken a second
round. We would have been dead of another tornado came through. When speeds reached 170 miles per hour. Before we could even get to the kitchen, it hit. And it just flipped us. We flipped upside down. All i knew to do was grab my youngest son and i held onto him for dear life and i just did not turn loose of him. Among the victims, laurus county mississippi Deputy SheriffRobert Ainsworth and his wife paula. His final action was to shield his wife from debris. Its not very common that you hear of a husband and wife that pass away together. And all i can say is hes a he hero. Some fortunate survivors searched through the wreckage for memories. Kids baby like its, my son stuffed bear from the day he was born. Social distancing is not easy
to practice inside of a tornado shelter or when trying to save a neighbors life or help them rebuild. Some who lost their homes in the storm had already lost their jobs from the virus shut down. The one to punch not easy to imagine. Bret that is tough. Steve, thank you. Up next we will take you to the rose garden for the briefing that scheduled. We will also answer your questions about the pandemic if we can. First, heres what some of our affiliates around the country are saying. A federal Appeals Court panel rules medication abortions in which pills are taken to terminate a pregnancy can be provided in texas during the coronavirus pandemic. Lets go now live to the gross garden. President trump is walking out. We take you there now. President trump very importantly i would like to begin by saying that we have just reached agreement. The secretary of treasury steven mnuchin, with the major
airlines, all of our great airlines, to participate in a payroll support program. This agreement will fully support the Airline Industry workers and preserve the vital role airlines play in our economy and protect taxpayers. Area lanes are now in good shape and they will get over a very tough period of time that was not caused by them. The United States is continuing to make substantial progress in our war against the virus. We grieve every precious life thats been lost to the invisible enemy, but through the darkness we can see the rays of light. We see that tunnel and at the end of that tunnel, we see light. We are starting to see it more than ever before, the weight and the numbers, everything weve done, weve been very strong on it and very powerful on it. You look at whats happening in other countries, spain, italy and the united kingdom, we are working with them and trying to help them especially ventilators. Theyve been calling a lot, they need ventilators so badly. 15 of counties within the United States have zero cases and many counties within the United States have a very small number of cases. Large sections of our country are really looking at other sections and saying, that looks bad, but they dont have the problem. I salute the American People for following our guidelines even though you you people are so different looking out there when i look at you. Your devotion to saving lives. Today im instructing my administration to help funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organizations role in severely mismanaging and covering up the
spread of the corona virus. Everybody knows whats going on there. American taxpayers provided between 400,000,500,000,000 per year to the w. H. O. In contrast china contributes 40 million a year or even less as the organizations leading sponsor. The United States has a duty to insist on full accountability, one of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w. H. O. Was its disastrous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. They were very much opposed to what we did. Fortunately i was not convinced and suspended travel from china, saving untold numbers of lives. Thousands and thousands of people would have died. Had other nations likewise suspended travel from china countless more lives would have
been saved. Instead, look at the rest of the world and look at parts of europe. Other nations and regions who follow w. H. O. Guidelines and kept their borders open to china accelerated the pandemic all around the world. Many countries, they said we will listen to the w. H. O. And they have problems with the likes of which they cannot believe. Nobody can believe. The decision of other major countries to keep travel open was one of the great tragedies and missed opportunities from the early days. That w. H. O. s attack on travel restrictions put Political Correctness above lifesaving measures. Travel bans worked for the same reason that quarantines work. Pandemics depend on human to human transmission, order control is fundamental to virus control. Since it this establishment in
1948 the American People have generously supported the World Health Organization to provide Better Health outcomes for the world and most importantly help prevent Global Health crises. With the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic, we have deep concerns that we have put that together in the best use possible. The w. H. O. Failed to adequately obtain in a timely and transparent fashion. The wha continues to work with countries to ensure that Accurate Information about International Health threats is shared in a timely manner. The w. H.