Everybody. It is may 22nd. Im yasmin vossoughian. Were going to begin with the president unable to hold big Campaign Rallies as he so likes to do turned another official president ial stop into a back drop for his campaign yesterday. This time in battleground michigan, touring a ford factory that was repurposed to make ventilators. The president made a reelection pitch to reopen the economy, despite warnings from Health Officials that it is too soon for some areas to do so. Americans who need and want to return to work should not be vilified. They should be supported. Unlike many politicians and journalists, for those who earn a living with their own two hands, working remotely is just not an option. You dont have the option of doing that. Our plan emphasizes safety and protection for returning employees. So what the president didnt mention was that two ford plants had to temporarily close just days ago after workers tested positive for coronavirus. A chicago plant closed and reopened twice in less than 24 hours on tuesday after two workers tested positive there. And a deerborn, michigan, plant had to close temporarily wednesday because a worker tested positive. Detroit automakers just reopened their large north American Assembly plants on monday. Meanwhile, the president refused to keep on his mask while touring the ford plant yesterday as is company protocol. This photo, showing he wore the mask during the private part of his tour, but not in front of news cameras. A ford spokesperson says executive president bill ford encouraged the president to wear a mask. The expectation was that he would keep it on the entire time. Here is what the president had to say about that. Well, i did wear i had one on before in the back area. But i didnt want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. I had it in the back area. Did you have the goggles on, too, sir . I did. And why would you not be wearing it because in this area why arent you wearing it here, sir . Not necessary. Everybody has been tested and ive been tested. In fact, i was tested this morning so its not necessary. But the executives are wearing it. Well, thats their choice. I was given a choice and i had one on in the area that they preferred it. It was very nice. But they said not necessary. What about the example it would set for other americans well, i think it sets an example both ways. He was strongly encouraged to wear that mask throughout the entire tour and chose not to. Michigans attorney general is criticizing President Trump to withhold federal aid to the state for accepting mailin voting. She slammed the president s comments and argued that there is no sound, legal basis for withholding money from the state. If right now he decides that. For political reasons he wants to withhold money from our state, i promise you, michiganers will remember this come november. So the president didnt explain what kind of funding he would withhold, but once again criticized mailin voting without any concrete evidence to support his claims. Were not going to go to voting by mail. Voting by mail is wrought with fraud and abuse. What we want is we want good, straight,el honest voting, okay . And by the way, you get a ballot, youre sitting in your bedroom signing it. Who knows who is signing it. They pirate these applications. They print new voting forms and then they send them around. Obviously theres going to be fraud. Were not babies. The centers for Disease Control and prevention now says while it is possible the illness does not easily spread from touching contaminated surfaces or objects and that there is a low risk that it can be passed on from animal toes people, the revised guidance clarifies that the virus that causes covid19 mainly spreads from person to person. And as Nursing Homes nationwide battle severe covid19 outbreaks, concerns are growing over a new federal effort to collect data on the impact of the longterm virus and longterm care facilities. The cdc will not require Nursing Homes to reports deaths and infections that occurred before early may, which would leave the full toll from the pandemic unclear. The new rule was issued on may 8th based on a form posted on the cdcs website. The information only has to go back to the week leading up to their first filing while older data is optional. T it didnt require Nursing Homes to submit earlier data, but encouraged them to do so. An earlier form told Nursing Homes to provide data going back to january 1st. Joining me now to get into this, kimberly leonard. Good morning to you. Great to see you this morning. Lets talk about the new cdc guidance saying that the coronavirus does not spread easily from most contaminated surfaces. How do you think this information is going to impact states as they work to reopen . Well, hopefully it will be helpful. Just because guidance is changing doesnt mean that experts were wrong. It just means that were learning so much more as you go along and that is just how science works. You keep gathering information. Do you think this will alleviate the issues as some people try to reopen their businesses as they wipe down surfaces and figure out a plan to keep patrons coming to their businesses safe . Yes, it could. Weve heard so much from businesses and Health Care Facility bes how much cleaning they have to do, how much its costing them and theyre losing a lot of money by doing all of that. Hopefully there are ways that they can find to do that in a way that is not expensive and that is science based. Lets talk about Nursing Homes. We dont have the exact numbers, and now we are seeing essentially this report that the Nursing Homes dont necessarily have to bring their numbers to the cdc but they can sort of provide those numbers only dating back to sometime in midmay or so. What do you make of this guidance with regard to the Nursing Homes, especially when you consider the fact that we have heard there could be a wave two in the fall and they need to prepare for that . Definitely. It was surprising to see the new information out about Nursing Homes. We know people in Nursing Homes have been disproportionately affected by this virus. If youre in a nursing home, you probably need a lot of help getting up, going to the rest room, need to go be fed. So you cant have the same social distancing rules. Its surprising to see there wont be as much reporting potentially moving forward. Kimberly leonard, thank you. Stay close. So the Georgia Bureau of investigations arrested and charged William Brian jr. 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All right. I am back. Thank you to bill karins for holding down the fort. Seems like these things always seem to happen on a friday. So actress Lori Loughlin and her husband agreed yesterday to plead guilty for the admission scandal that happened last year. They will be convicted for paying 500,000 to get their daughters admitted to the university of Southern California as members of the crew team. Theyll plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud and loughl i n will spend two months in prison while her husband will serve five months. Shell be subject to two years of supervised release. Loughlin and her husband claimed their independence for more than a year. They agreed to ask the judge to dismiss the charges. Danny, good morning to you. Great to see you on this friday morning. Good to see you, too. You wrote an analysis piece on this case for nbcnews. Com. And i want to talk about part of that piece. You talk about this dynamic of wanting to hold out for a trial by jury of your peers, but being worn down by time and by money. Talk about this thing that you are calling the trial tax. A lot of white collar criminal defendants vow at the outset of their case that they are innocent and theyll fight it all the way to the supreme court. Six months, a year in when theyve drained their Financial Resources and theyve had this sword of conviction and trial hanging over their head, often their change their tune and come in and plead guilty. The trial tax is the well recognized rule of thumb that if you exercise your right to go to trial as a criminal defendant in state or federal court, you are going to get a much stiffer penalty than if you had rushed to the courthouse and pleaded guilty right away. Its not a hard and fast procedural rule, but its something that judges and prosecutors and Defense Attorneys all know goes on. And it is the trial tax because it penalizes a criminal defendant for exercising their constitutional right to a trial. You also say covid19 has played a part in this plea. We actually saw michael cohen, the president s former attorney and fixer, released him earlier yesterday, as well, you argue in part this. It is a bad time for the world, but a good time for those who are facing sentencing because judges and wardens nationwide are more inclined to impose noncustodial sentences particularly for first time nonviolent offenders. So in a way, this seemed like maybe it was the good move if you were Lori Loughlin and her husband because you would receive less harsh sentencing during covid19. If youre a criminal defense attorney with a client who is a low risk offender, this is a very good time to get them in front of a judge by zoom or skype and try to get them sentenced because both federal and state judges recognize there is a real threat of outbreak and infection in prisons and custodial facilities and they dont want to be the judge that committed a defendant or a convicted criminal to a prison and then feel responsible for them getting sick and possibly even dieing. Prisons are hot beds ford covid19. So this is a good time, and i put that in air quotes, if you are a defendant facing not serious jail time to get in front of a judge and get sentenced as fast as possible. Yeah. When we were talking about this case earlier before covid19 and we were talking about a trial possibly for Lori Loughlin and her husband, there were many years being considered for her. So it seems like they are getting off easy here. Danny cevallos, thank you for joining us. 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