I didnt have to do that. I could have just ran and i have i didnt have to do that at all. And instead of being thanked for again, not agreeing to do it, but for just not doing it, i get excoriated all the time. So ive learned, lets just see what happens because we have to save some of these Great Companies. They can be Great Companies in literally a matter of weeks. We have to same them. Yes, please. Mr. President , can i go back to your announcement at the top about the National Guard and then also medical that are going to be built. You said there would be eight large medical structures that would be built in california with more than 2,000 beds and i think i heard you say four small medical structures in the state of washington with 250 beds. Could you say what cities in areas those are going to be in specifically . So, we are filling the governors requests. We send that resource to them. Theyll put it to best use. Theyll put it to where they will have the most effect. We dont dictate where it goes. Its a request from the state to the federal government for a certain asset. The governor can use it as he she sees fit. You said using the cruise ships as well . I hope we dont need them. I hope youre going to have great luck on Tuesday Morning. We sent a lot of the medicine we dont have to go into it again, but we sent a lot of the medicine to governor cuomo. I believe they already have it and they have some very capable people. We spoke to dr. Zucker who is his primary representative on this. And we spoke to the governor himself. And i think hes excite ed about it like im excite ed about it. Now, will it work . I think it has a really good chance. I think its worthwhile. Why should we be testing it in a test tube for a year and a half when we have thousands of people that are very sick . Theyre very, very sick, and we can use it on those people and maybe make them better. And some some cases and in some cases maybe save their lives. Governor cuomo said theyll be using their supply starting tuesday. Its very exciting. If that happens, much of what were talking about with ships and hospitals and all of the things that were doing and all of these masks and everything that were ordering, ventilators, its a whole different game if that happens. And well see. Theres been some tremendous signs that this could work. Now, again, you know, some doctors think it should go for years and testing. But this has been something thats been around for many years. Its been phenomenal, strong, powerful drug for malaria, but we think it might work on this based on evidence. Based on very strong evidence. Were going to see. Were going to know on, you know, sometime after tuesday. But youll have to ask governor cuomo. I think theyre going to start the process weve gotten them the drug. I think theyre going to start the process of giving the drug through mouth, and i think that starts on Tuesday Morning he said. And that will be i tell you what, i dont want to get anybody overly excited, but im very excited by that, by the prospect of it. Then in addition to that, theyre working n. I. H. Is working on vaccines. Theyre making great progress, but the vaccine does have to be tested because you cant give it to thousands or millions of people because it has to be tested. Yes, please. Mr. President , i wanted to ask about china and president xi. When was the last time you had a conversation with him . I dont want to exactly say, but i have spoken to president xi specifically about this and, look, he doesnt want this, you know. This is not something that he wants. And it happened, it happened to china. And one thing they told me i was told by our great secretary of agriculture, sunny purdue, china has been buying a lot of our farm product. Im looking at different pricing. China has, despite all of this, and it started this delayed it a little bit obviously. It started fairly recently. But china is buying we made a new deal, as you know, with china, very big trade deal. And china has been buying our agricultural products. Have you talked to china about masks . Theyve been a supplier of the United States of masks. Yes, theyre sending masks to italy. Theyre sending masks to italy. Were in a very good process with masks, but im a little upset with china, ill be honest with you. Because as much as i like president xi and as much as i respect the country and admire the country i have great admiration for the country, what theyve done in short period of time. Our previous president s allowed that to happen. He should say thank you very much to all of them. But they should have told us about this. And i did ask him whether or not we could send some people in. They didnt want that. Out of pride. I think really out of pride. They dont want us sending people into china to help them, you know. China is a strong country. They have, they have their scientists and they have their doctors, very smart, a lot of people. But i did discuss that about sending our people in. And they didnt really respond. Again, they didnt respond. If we had gone in, they would have been able to give us an earlier indication. We had an early indication. Thats why i closed out china. It was my instinct, but thats why i closed china at a very early time. Please. Mr. President , are undocumented persons welcome at testing sites and can they show up to be tested without fear of being reported to immigration officials for possible deportation . Its a fair question. I think ill let would you like to answer that question . Please, please. Absolutely. Surgeon general. We know from a Public Health perspective it is important that people who have symptoms can get tested. But as you heard earlier regardless of citizenship . We know the virus doesnt judge base ed on whed on where from, so its important to get people tested. The important thing we want people to hear is that inpatients need to be tested. We need to prioritize our Health Care Workers. One thing i would like to say to you all very quickly on behalf of the doctors on the task force, Health Care Workers, we hear you. We hear you and we absolutely are prioritizing your health and safety, making sure Health Care Workers can get tested, inpatients can get tested, people at highest risk. To answer your question, yes, we want people who could have symptoms get tested. Surgeon general . Department of Homeland Security addressed that issue a few days ago. Customs and Border Protection actually issued guidance that absent certain circumstances, customs and Border Protection does not target Emergency Rooms or Health Clinics. And i would refer you to the website. They issued a very clear statement, making it clear to any person that is in need of a test or medical care that customs and Border Protection is not focusing on Emergency Rooms or Health Clinics or the drivethru clinics. They could come in without fear of yes. If thats not the policy, ill make it the policy. I was just saying, mike was saying the answer is yes, we will do those tests because i think in that case its important. I think that if you could call you could say illegal alien, you could say illegal immigrant, you can say whatever you want to use your definition of what youre talking about, were all talking about the same thing. Yes, we will test that person because i think its important that we test that person and we dont want to send that person back into where ever were going to be sending the person. Whether its another country or someplace else. Because were now bringing them right out of our country. But yeah, we will test those people, okay. Mr. President mr. President , sir question. We were talking about this before the briefing. A lot of folks are watching tv, theyre reading up on this constantly. If you are not somebody who has a preexisting health condition, but all of a sudden you dont feel 100 and then your mind starts playing with you, you think oh, my god, i coughed three hours ago, was that a first sign, when should those people start to say, maybe i need to call the doctor . You dont want to flood them, but a lot of people that are healthy now are thinking, thats all im hearing about, when should i call a doctor or get tested . Do you need a test . Well, i hope not. I asked before you came in if you were checked. You better not. The vicepresident gave an important statistic this morning. Only 10 of the people who have symptoms who have been tested actually tested positive for coronavirus. Mean being 9 out of 10 people who actually likely had symptoms do not have the coronavirus. I want people to understand that so that they are reassured. I also want to direct people to a website weve been telling them about all the time, coronavirus. Gov. Coronavirus. Gov has information to walk you through the symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath, body aches and what to do if you have symptoms or youre worried. The most important thing we can tell people is call your health care provider, talk to your health care provider. Information at coronavirus. Gov to walk you through when to come in and what to do. And, mr. Vicepresident , you got tested yesterday. Can you tell us what that was like for you . A lot of people are going through this. Were you standing by the phone . What was that like, what did you do until that time to keep your mind at ease . The test was very quick, but it goes a fair amount up into your sinuses and its not comfortable. This is probably a Good Opportunity to say to any american looking on. If you dont have symptoms, you dont need to test. And the current testing format, although theyre evolving regularly now, we just mentioned that i think at the end of this week there will be a new test. Theres all new technologies. I would say again to all the governors that are looking on and their state health officials, contact fema. Well give you all the latest information on new testing that is available, including steps were making where americans will be able to test themselves and send it in. But what was that like for you . For me and mrs. Pence, it was kind of a pinch. It was invasive. But we were grateful for the support. Walter reed processed the test. They had a lab at the hospital to be able to do that and gave us the results quickly. But it also informed me. We were wondering during that time as a family and its one of the reasons the president s made it such a priority that we brought all these commercial labs together, and now more than a quarter million tests have been done. We believe well be caught up, if you will, by the middle of this week on a backlog of tests. But we announced today that we are directing commercial labs to prioritize people who are in the hospital for tests because we want to continue to work with new technology and with a new focus and guidance from hhs to get the results of that as quickly as possible for every american so if they have coronavirus, they can be properly treated or they can have the peace of mind that they may have some other respiratory ailment. But not that. Mr. President mr. President mr. President anybody that knows karen pence knows this because the vicepresident told me. He said, she actually handled it better than him, right . [ laughter ] thats true, right . I didnt handle it so well either. Mr. President , Speaker Pelosi earlier today said the house may introduce its own bill. Are you willing to work with the speaker on a house bill . And given what happened in the senate just a short time ago, what are you willing to do to get this bill over the finish line, given the urgency . Secondly, did you send a letter to north Koreas Kim Jongun seeking cooperation on the coronavirus . And if so sure, with numerous countries if they need help well give them help. Nobody has what we have with the new tests coming out. North korea, iran, by the way, and others. We are open for helping other countries and there is a very serious time. North korea is going through something. Iran is going through something very, very strong. We let iran is really going through a difficult period with respect to this, as you know. So ive put the its really a glad hand is all it is to north korea and iran and other countries. Were working with the doctor can say were working with many countries with respect to the problems they have. Again, its over 140 countries right now, but north korea, iran, and many other countries we will help and were willing to. As an example, this new test if this new test works out, instead of going through what we all went through with this rather difficult test, to put it nicely, we would have is that just a swab on the tongue, doctor . How does that work . A similar swab, but they can not to the same not the same. It doesnt go all the way up and hangs a right under your eye. Its a tough test. If we do that, the procedure, the test and nobody has this in the world. Nobody has this. This is developed by us. We think its going to be certified soon. We think its going to be very good. But if we have that well be able to help a lot of countries. What about Speaker Pelosi . Were going to work with everybody to see if we can get something done. Please. To followup on that, are you willing to work directly with Speaker Pelosi . Whenever we have to. We have to help the American Worker. We have to help the countries from which the American Workers i mean, they came out of these companies. They were doing phenomenally well. You saw where payroll was going way up, wages were going way, way up. Theres never been a time like this. We cant lose those companies and we want the worker to be happy. And were being i think more generous than anybodys ever been. We want to take dare of the worker you, but we want to make sure when we win the war its when, not if. When we win the war against the virus, we want to make sure those companies are ready to charge forward. Not that theyve been disbanded because we were penny wise and dollar foolish. Mr. President , there are factories around the world that produce medical equipment in european hospitals. Theyve been certified in european hospitals. Is the fda willing to look at a waiver for those were looking at it. Please. I wonder if you can give guidance to American Families anxious about their financial features. Earlier today on one of the sunday morning shows, the secretary of treasury Steve Mnuchin was talking about the millions of americans who were impacted by the shutdowns happening in the cities, sometimes full states. And secretary mnuchin said this shutdown, this lockdown could last ten to 12 weeks, perhaps early into june. Given that, would you consider another fiscal stimulus, another check to these families . Lets see what happens. Hopefully we wont need it, but we might. Were going to see what happens. Look, the greatest thing we can do is win the war. The war is against the virus. Thats the war. We do that, everything i believe everything is going to fall into place. Its going to be beautiful. I call it a pentup demand. People are dying to go to a restaurant. People are dying to go onto airplanes. I think theres a tremendous pentup demand. You may be surprised to the degree. I think its going to go very rapidly. Because this wasnt a financial crisis, just the opposite. This was a medical crisis. Mr. President , did you and your family sell stocks . I dont have stock. I own things. Did you make any alternate in investments . I didnt think about it. Its interesting that you ask a question like that. You know, nasty question, yet it deserves to be asked, i guess. What ive done by deciding i knew this, i knew this i said if i win its going to cost a lot of money. It cost me billions of dollars to become president to be president of the United States. In things that would normally be run a certain thing, even people that dont like me because they think im too tough on the border. Some people love me for it, other people dont like me at all. You know, its very funny. My wife, we were at a Charity Event in new york city. I had Just Announced that i was running. And we were at the Robinhood Foundation at the convention center, which now were going to be converting to hospitals for governor cuomo. And i was walking in and there was a smattering of boos and a smattering of cheers. I was getting both. And our very popular first lady, shes turned out to be very popular. People have Great Respect for her. But our very popular first lady said to me, thats strange. Ive never heard anybody booing you. That was very early on. Because i think i called for strong borders, i called for something that other people dont like, you know. And i knew this would happen. I knew it was going to happen. But the fact that i ran and i knew as soon as i announced when i ran, i said, its going to cost me a fortune. Not only actual costs, legal costs. You people, everybody is suing me. Im being sued by people that i never even heard of. Im being sued all over the place and doing very well. But its unfair. But ill say this. In terms of running for president , i dont think rich people Michael Bloomberg spent almost a billion dollars and look what happened. I think its very hard for rich people to run for office. Its far more costly. Its just its a very tough thing. Now, with all of that being said, im so glad ive done it. There are a lot of rich people around, got a lot of rich friends, but they cant help and they cant do what ive done in terms of helping this country. We are doing things. We got sidetracked by the invisible enemy, but, you know, when you look at what weve done i said before with the veterans, with all of the things weve done, especially choice. But when you look at all of accountability, when you look at all the things weve done rebuilding the military, the tax cuts which thank goodness we had the tax cuts because we had cushion. Without that, this would have been catastrophic. We had a big cushion. I mean, with all of the losses that youve seen