MAY IS. >> MAY IS GOING TO DRAG OUT,
TOO.
TOO. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> THE END OF THIS WEEKEND, STAY
AT HOME ORDERS AND OTHER
RESTRICTIONS WILL BE EASED OR
LIFTED IN AT LEAST 21 STATES,
AFFECTING ROUGHLY 116 MILLION
AMERICANS.
AMERICANS. HERE ARE A FEW STATES WE’RE
KEEPING AN EYE ON.
TODAY, GEORGIA WILL LIFT A
STATEWIDE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER
FOR MOST OF ITS 10.6 MILLION
RESIDENTS.
RESIDENTS. THE ORDER REQUIRES ELDERLY AND
MEDICAL FRAGILE RESIDENTS TO
SHELTER IN PLACE UNTIL JUNE
16th.
16th. CONNECTICUT IS MOVING FORWARD
WITH ITS FIRST STEP IN A
GRADUAL, MULTI-STAGE PROCESS, OF
LIFTING RESTRICTIONS ON
BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES.
THE ROLLBACK IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN ON MAY 20th, WHICH WOULD
ALLOW OUTDOOR DINING AT
RESTAURANTS.
RESTAURANTS. ON MONDAY, FLORIDA WILL EASE
RESTRICTIONS STATEWIDE BUT WILL
KEEP THE THREE LARGEST COUNTIES
CLOSED.
CLOSED. AND IN CALIFORNIA, STATE LEADERS
ARE CLOSING BEACHES AFTER THEY
WERE PACKED OVER THE WEEKEND
DESPITE SOCIAL DISTANCING ORDERS
ORDERS.
ORDERS. DR. ANTHONY FAUCI IS WARNING TO
STATES THAT ARE BEGINNING TO
REOPEN THEIR ECONOMIES BUT DO
NOT YET HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
CONTRACT TRACING.
CONTRACT TRACING. >> THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS
FROM 40,000 FEET, JUST CONTINUE
TO URGE THE ONES WHO DON’T HAVE
THAT CAPABILITY TO REALLY GO
VERY SLOWLY.
VERY SLOWLY. AND THOSE THAT DO, GO BY THE
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. THE GUIDELINES ARE VERY, VERY
EXPLICIT AND VERY CLEAR.
THERE’S A LOT OF LEEWAY BECAUSE
WE GIVE THE GOVERNORS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CORE
PRINCIPLES OF THE GUIDELINES.
YOU CAN’T JUST LEAP OVER THINGS
AND GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE
YOU’RE REALLY TEMPTING A
REBOUND.
REBOUND. THAT’S THE THING I GET CONCERNED
ABOUT.
ABOUT. I HOPE THEY DON’T DO THAT.
>> JOE AND WILLIE, DR. FAUCI
AGAIN STRESSED THAT STATES
SHOULD FOLLOW FEDERAL GUIDELINES
AND ONLY REOPEN IF THEY HAVE A
TWO-WEEK DECLINE IN CORONAVIRUS
CASES, AND THE ABILITY TO
IDENTIFY, ISOLATE, AND CONTACT
TRACE PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE.
THAT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE WE HAVE
THAT.
THAT. >> NO, WE DON’T.
WILLIE, THAT’S THE MADNESS OF
ALL THESE PROTESTS.
WE SAW ONE IN MICHIGAN YESTERDAY
WHERE PEOPLE WERE CARRYING
AROUND MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS,
TRYING TO INTIMIDATE
LEGISLATORS.
LEGISLATORS. IT IS PRETTY SURPRISING THAT
LAWS ALLOW THEM TO CARRY WEAPONS
AROUND LIKE THAT IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATURE. THAT’LL BE ANOTHER ISSUE FOR
ANOTHER TIME.
ANOTHER TIME. BUT WHAT’S SO FASCINATING IS
THAT ALL THESE GOVERNORS ARE
DOING, IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT IT,
IS THEY’RE FOLLOWING WHITE HOUSE
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. IT WAS DONALD TRUMP WHO
ANNOUNCED THE GUIDELINES FROM
THE WHITE HOUSE LAST WEEK.
AS DR. FAUCI HAS SAID, IF THEY
WILL FOLLOW THE WHITE HOUSE
GUIDELINES THAT DONALD TRUMP PUT
OUT THERE BEFORE HE STARTED
DARTING AROUND WILDLY, THEN
STATES WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER
CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO BE
ENSURED THAT WHEN THEY REOPEN
BUSINESS, THOSE BUSINESSES COULD
STAY OPEN, AND THEIR EMERGENCY
ROOMS WOULDN’T BE SLAMMED.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. AND THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS
GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR
OPENING ITS UP LAST WEEK.
THAT OPENS UP EVEN WIDER TODAY.
IT’S NOT JUST GEORGIA.
IT’S NOT JUST FLORIDA THAT’S
BEGINNING TO STEP IN, AS WELL.
IT’S, AS MIKA MENTIONED, PLACES
LIKE CONNECTICUT AND COLORADO,
ARE LOOKING AT REOPENING.
AS YOU SAY, NONE OF THE STATES
MEET THE FULL GUIDELINES, THE
GATING, AS THE WHITE HOUSE PUT
IT, TO TAKE THESE NEXT STEPS,
THE NEXT PHASE.
THERE’S NO SCALE TO KEEP TRACT
OF EVERYONE WITH CORONAVIRUS AND
ISOLATE ALL THOSE PEOPLE.
BUT YOU’RE RIGHT, THE GOVERNORS
HAVE GOTTEN MIXED MESSAGES.
HE SAYS, "LIBERATE THE STATE OF
MICHIGAN."
MICHIGAN." ON THE OTHER HAND, HE SAYS HE,