Friend. Appreciate it. Welcome to am joy. As the coronavirus continues to play out, and wreak havoc on our daily lives, our economy and frankly our psyches, were still only just beginning to process the cost of the frankly incompetent management of crisis by the Trump Administration. Here is where the map stands today. There are almost now 3,000 confirmed cases of covid19 in the United States. Including 60 people who have died. And so you can understand how fast this outbreak is moving. I want you to compare the map last sunday, when there were 395 confirmed cases, and 19 deaths. With last week, there were 300,000 confirmed deaths and looked at that way, it is clear the pandemic is growing exponentially. What is not clear is that the president and his administration have any kind of a handle on it. Donald trump, whose history in business and entertainment and now in politics is frankly capable of containing the growing threat to Public Health. Let alone assuaging public anxiety. And that is frankly scary. Because you need a president to be capable at a time like this. Yesterday, donald trump made a brief appearance at a sprawling press conference that featured Vice President pence, and the Surgeon General, jerome adams and even the hud secretary ben carson, who is a neurosurgeon, though he didnt offer any medical wisdom. The Rare Press Conference at which we finally learned that trump would be tested for coronavirus despite his initial defiance in saying he wouldnt, the white house says he tested negative, by the way, we are watching a president try to make it appear as if he has everything under control. Trying to stop the stock market from crashing again, trying to be trying to seem like a president. And yet when questioned about the effect that their slow start had on the United States, here is what the Surgeon General said. No more bickering, no more partisanship, no more criticism or finger pointing, there will be plenty of time for that, but we all need to hit the reset button and lean into moving forward the health and safety of the American People as our top priority. Sorry what . Where was the prioritizing of health and safety when the Trump Administration said no thank you to the World Health OrganizationsGold Standard covid19 test . And made the cdc try to make their own, which turned out not to work . Where are the widely available tests today . And what about the president s own downplaying of the coronavirus threat, which, of course, triggered his political followers in congress and in the media to follow suit. Making millions of people ignore coronavirus as nothing more than a flu, the thing hyped up by democrats and the mainstream media. The poll shows the damage the first weeks of the crisis has already done. Many dont believe the severity of covid19 will get worse. Thats on donald trump and his media and his fellow republican politicians who do whatever he does and whatever he says. Democrats in congress have been taking this threat very seriously and this week they stepped forward to craft a bill to help those soon to be hit economically by the coronavirus crisis. Heres what the house originally proposed. Free coronavirus testing, paid sick leave so hourly workers can stay home when theyre sick, extended Unemployment Benefits for those displaced by the drop in customers, and Food Assistance for those in need. And then along came Steve Mnuchin, mnuchin, the treasury secretary whose most recent claim to fame was hiding trumps taxes from congress was the white houses negotiator. The bill passed late friday night with exceptions. Not just for the smallest Small Businesses with fewer than 50 employees, but also this countrys biggest businesses, those with more than 500 employees like mcdonalds and walmart and amazon. The businesses trump, mcconnell and House Republicans already gifted with a 1 trillion tax cut in 2017. Who now get to decide whether or not they want to give their employees paid leave during this crisis, which could go on for who knows, weeks, months, when people could be without a paycheck. This is the second bill pushed through congress by Speaker Pelosi and the democrats with some bipartisan support to address this crisis. The first being the relief bill that democrats boosted from the 2 billion requested by the white house to 8. 3 billion. It has been kind of a stark reminder in these last several weeks of the frequent contrast between the priorities of the two political parties, in terms of how they deal with crisis and who they focus on helping. We have several members of congress joining us this morning and joining the discussion first is katie porter of california, congresswoman, lots of people anticipating hearing from you this morning, i want to first i think a lot of people want to thank you for standing up for the American People in terms of trying to get testing for people that is free. Can you just tell us, as of today, is free Testing Available to any american that wants it or in some limited form or what is the status as far as you know . The questioning i did with director of the centers for Disease Control was designed to make sure that nobody hesitates, nobody who is symptomatic, nobody who is having trouble breathing, who has a fever, who meets the symptoms of coronavirus, that nobody hesitates from calling a healthcare provider, and telling them they think they may be sick, because they either are uninsured or underinsured. So thats the goal. We do the no have the capacity in the country and you heard dr. Anthony fauci, who i have a lot of respect for saying we have simply failed to dlifrt te deliver the tests we needed to deliver in the time we needed to do it. I appreciated his honesty in the committee. The goal is not for everyone to be rush out and be tested, but the goal is to make sure we dont allow infection to spread because the government wont step up and do its job of using the existing law that provides for help and Public Health emergencies to protect those who may otherwise not come in or not call because of insurance or underinsurance or the fear of the financial consequences. One of the questions we got, we put out a tweet, and you got a lot of praise and also some questions, heres one that is asking along the same lines, will we have widespread testing following the model of south korea, which has been one of the Gold Standard countries in terms of the way they have done f so, when, if not, why. I would add to that, is it possible that we might be able to have states in this country get access to the w. H. O. Test, which is very effective, being used all over the world, including in south korea. Is it possible that congress could mandate that americans can get access to that test . Absolutely, congress should be pressing for more testing and thats something that, you know, that was the part of the point of the hearing that i was at was doing my job, fighting for the American People, pressing on this point about testing. It is clear that were already behind where we should be, weeks behind in terms of testing. And so one of the things i want to emphasize to people, we need to be using the testing to identify those who are showing symptoms. If youre not sure if you have the virus, or if youre totally healthy and feel great today, there is still something you can do to help stop and slow the spread of this pandemic, practice appropriate social distancing. And so we absolutely have a problem with testing, the w. H. O. Testing we should be accessing those, we didnt that was a big failure on the part of the Trump Administration. The fact that the president isnt taking personal responsibility for the decisions here is infuriating to me. And so there is a problem with the amount and distribution of testing. It is going to improve, there is going to be more access to testing, we do have first drive by Testing Available in new rochelle right now, new rochelle, new york. Well see more of that, were also working im personally working with the university of california system to see if we can use their lab equipment, if it can be brought to clinical standards so that we can expand the testing capacity. Making use of that existing research equipment. Im going to play this q a that a lot of people saw this week, Lawrence Odonnell and other people have played it. I want to see if we can get an update from you on the status of what you were asking. Youre asking Robert Redfield a question. We asked for a response yesterday. The deadline and the time for delay has passed. Will you commit to invoking your existing authority under 42 to provide for coronavirus testing for every american regardless of Insurance Coverage . What i was trying to say is cdc is working with hhs to see how we operationalize that. You dont need to do any work to operationalize. You need to make a commitment to the American People so they come in to get tested. You can operationalize the payment structure tomorrow. I think youre an excellent questioner, so my answer is yes. Excellent. Everybody in america hear that, you are eligible to go get tested for coronavirus and have that covered regardless of insurance. So is that now the case, congresswoman, that people can be fully covered by regardless of what kind of insurance they have, getting tested for coronavirus, theyre covered . Thats the promise that the cdc director made that regardless of insurance, the government will pay any additional cost beyond insurance or the full cost if there is no insurance for coronavirus testing. Now, in the part of the clip that follows that, i make clear not everyone should be tested right now and it is really important that people, if they have symptoms, the first step to do is to isolate yourself, the second thing to do is pick up the phone, call your healthcare provider. And carefully follow their instructions. You mention what south korea has done with testing, it has been very effective, but were also learning that if even one person, now were calling this patient 31, if even one person ignores the instructions, they have the potential to infect hundreds of other people. So there is an obligation on the government, and i intend to hold director redfield he was under oath when he made that statement to me. Im sure you will, no doubt about that. Congressman katie porter, thank you for your time this morning. Thank you. Hopefully she can hear me. Joining me now is congressman Charlie Crist of florida who served as governor and attorney general of florida. Congressman, thank you for being here. And youre in a very unique position great to be with you, joy, thank you so much. Youre a unique position, youve been a governor of the state, so you understand this, i think from both of those two points of view. The first question i want to ask you, i had a friend that texted me from Broward County this morning who is now staying home, because there are now cases in Broward County. Where i used to live. And so people are very nervous. And so one question i would like to ask, this person has a Senior Citizen in their family, a senior parent, what should people be doing if theyre not symptomatic, just really more afraid of what is happening out there, visavis their parents or seniors in their family . Is it safe to visit folks because they dont want to leave them on their own . Sure it is. I mean, you know, comforting your family members, particularly seniors, when i finished this, im going to go see my mom and dad. Dad is 87, mom is a little younger. And but i think it is important to do that. Show them love. Show them how much you care. Put them at ease. People should not panic, they should be smart, and not have, you know, social interaction beyond what is responsible. But, you know, seeing your family members and having the sunday to show them your love, gods grace, if you will, thats very important. I would encourage that always. Do it smart and do it reasonably. Lets also talk about the bill that has now gone through fairly bipartisan bill in the house. But some of the changes that were made to it after Steve Mnuchin got involved in the negotiation have disturbed a lot of folks as they looked at it. The bill guarantees sick leave to 20 of workers, bill g emplos are not required to pay any sick leave. What does that mean for the other 80 of americans who are not then covered by guaranteed paid leave . I think youre going to see this thing expand. The speaker wanted to get something passed, very smart of her. Shes incredible. And Speaker Pelosi wanted to get something passed. And make sure that we had something ready for the senate to vote on, hopefully on monday. Theyre out there this weekend, hopefully on monday theyll take that up. I think that was responsible. It is an amazing bill. You have paid leave, you have sick leave, youre providing food for the poor, it is very comprehensive, joy, i think thats an important first step, but the longest journey begins with one step. We can always improve what has happened. And im sure that we will. Im confident of it. Right. And, well, you know, one other question i want to ask specifically, because you also were education secretary, commissioner, in florida, you know about that as well. A lot of jobs. You had a lot of jobs, you had a lot of jobs. Taking the west indian route, a lot of jobs. Floridians have been very kind to your friend charlie. Yes, absolutely. What do you make of this sort of back and forth between different states, in new york city theyre not closing schools in some states theyre closing all of the schools. Where do you stand on the idea of whether or not there should be comprehensive Public School closings at this point . I think they should close them all. The idea here, you and i know this, it is applying common sense frankly, you dont want too much public contact. The more contact you have with other people, what is it, 250 people where they say you dont want to have crowds that large, why we have no sports right now, frankly, and thats prudent. Thats being smart. So i think the notion that they do that is right. But it ought to be unilateral. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. All americans need to be properly protected. To apply common sense. To have a sober position that understands we have to be clear eyed, steady, confident and led by good people who understand what is right. And this is not about right versus left, it is about right versus wrong. And it is right to do the right thing now more than ever. And before i let you go, florida is going to go ahead and hold a very important primary vote, a few states have decided not to hold their votes. And a lot of those a lot of voting takes place in schools, schools, libraries and other places like that. How do you think that this crisis will impact the vote in florida . I dont think it will impact it very much. Floridians are excited about this primary on tuesday. Were going to see a great debate tonight. I look forward to it. Im supporting joe biden. I endorsed him last september. Hes the leader we need now more than ever. Hes a man with great experience. A great heart. And put through an awful lot emotionally and god has tested him. And he has met that test every single time and been made a better man because of it. And i was campaigning with his wife joy last sunday here in tampa bay, and theyre ready, theyre ready for this. And i know that floridians are excited, theyll turn out were the Third Largest state in the country, the largest swing state in the country, which, joy, if you ever play chess, that makes us the check mate state. What i mean by that is whoever wins florida becomes president of the United States. And so i think that Vice President joe biden is going to do very well here on tuesday in the primary. But keep our eye on the ball. Im an old quarterback, hes an old wide receiver, got to get in the end zone on this thing. The most important thing we can do to change is happening in America Today is win november 3rd. Thats what we have to be focused on. I know Vice President biden surely is. Congressman Charlie Crist, as you said you had a lot of jobs in florida. I appreciate you sticking around to touch on a little bit of all the Different Things youve done there. Thank you very much, appreciate it. Thank you, god bless you, i appreciate it. Thank you. Same to you. Joining me now is congressman from colorado, joe nagoose who serves on committee. Good morning, congressman. Good morning, joy. Good morning. Lets talk about this drive through testing. Colorado has done something i think that is really putting colorado out ahead of the pack in terms of getting testing done. This is from u. S. News, with one drive through site, more colorado patients are lining up than testing staff can handle. The office of Colorado Governor Jared Polis said the site had to turn away patients because it reached capacity after wait times exceeded approximately three hours by 11 00 a. M. Not all residents who suspect they have been infected are allowed in line. Patients must get a doctors order, they have to show signs of a virus. Is there a plan to expand that testing that you know of in the state of colorado . First, let me say this, you noted this, the