SITTING NEXT TO ME. >> WE’RE REUNITED.
WE HAVE ANOTHER PRIMETIME
SPECIAL TONIGHT SO I’M IN TOWN
FOR THAT AND HAPPY TO BE IN YOUR
PRESENCE.
PRESENCE. >> SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU.
>> WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO,
INCLUDING THIS TUG-OF-WAR OVER
WHO REALLY DOES HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO REOPEN THIS COUNTRY
FOR BUSINESS WHEN THE PANDEMIC
CRISIS IS PASSED.
>> THIS MORNING 583,000 CASES OF
THE CORONAVIRUS INCLUDING NEARLY
24,000 DEATHS.
24,000 DEATHS. >> THAT NUMBER INCLUDES THE
FIRST REPORTED FATALITY IN THE
STATE OF WYOMING MEANS ALL 50
STATES HAVE NOW RECORDED AT
LEAST ONE CORONAVIRUS-RELATED
DEATH.
DEATH. >> MEANTIME NEW SIGNS OF HOPE IN
NEW YORK WHERE DEATHS AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE FLATTENED.
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SAYS THE
WORST IS LIKELY OVER IF PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO BE SMART WHEN IT
COMES TO SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
>> THE GOVERNOR WILL BE OUR LIVE
GUEST AHEAD BUT FIRST PETER
ALEXANDER.
ALEXANDER. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT THE BALL IN
THE GOVERNOR’S COURT SAYING THEY
ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR
BATTLING THE CORONAVIRUS IN
THEIR STATE.
THEIR STATE. NOW HE’S REVERSING COURSE SAYING
AS THEY MAKE PLANS TO REOPEN,
ACTUALLY HE IS THE ONE CALLING
THE SHOTS.
THE SHOTS. ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM A
HEATED BRIEFING THAT FOCUSED
LESS ON THE DEADLY PANDEMIC AND
MORE ON HIS HANDLING OF IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW DECLARING
HE’S THE SOLE POWER THAT GETS TO
DECLARE WHEN AND HOW THE STATES
REOPEN EVEN AS GOVERNORS IN THE
HARDEST HIT STATES MAKE PLANS OF
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. >> WHEN SOMEBODY IS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
THE AUTHORITY IS TOTAL, AND
THAT’S THE WAY IT’S GOT TO BE.
AND THE GOVERNORS KNOW THAT.
>> IN FACT THE CONSTITUTION
GIVES THAT POWER TO THE STATE.
EXPERTS SAY THE PRESIDENT DOES
NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DIRECT
GOVERNORS, MAYORS, OR OTHER
LOCAL OFFICIALS TO LIFT THEIR
EMERGENCY ORDERS.
EMERGENCY ORDERS. OVERNIGHT NEW YORK GOVERNOR DRUM
CHALLENGING THE PRESIDENT’S
CLAIM.
CLAIM. >> TO SAY I HAVE TOTAL AUTHORITY
OVER THE COUNTRY WAS I’M THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. IT’S ABSOLUTE, THAT IS A KING.
WE DIDN’T HAVE A KING.
>> TENSION PUNCTUATING THE WHITE
HOUSE BRIEFING WHERE PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS COMBATIVE AND AT TIMES
ANGRY.
ANGRY. >> I HAVEN’T ASKED ANYBODY.
YOU KNOW WHY?
I DON’T HAVE TO.
>> WHO TOLD YOU THE PRESIDENT
HAS THE TOTAL AUTHORITY.
>> ENOUGH.
>> ENOUGH. >> THE PRESIDENT PLAYING WHITE
HOUSE PRODUCED CAMPAIGN STYLE
VIDEO IN AN EFFORT TO DEFEND HIS
BATTLE OF THE CRISIS.
THIS COMES UNDER INCREASED
SCRUTINY.
SCRUTINY. >> EVERYTHING WE DID WAS RIGHT.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HIGHLIGHTING
HIS JANUARY BAN ON TRAVEL FROM
WHINE.
WHINE. >> ONE CASE IN THE WHOLE UNITED
STATES, ONE CASE, I’M SUPPOSED
TO SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT, THE
BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD.
SHUT IT DOWN, WE HAVE ONE CASE.
>> Reporter: SPARRING WITH
REPORTERS WHO CHALLENGED THE THE
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. >> IN FEBRUARY FROM THE TIME OF
YOUR TRAVEL BAN.
>> A LOT.
>> A LOT. A LOT.
A LOT. IN FACT, WE’LL GIVE YOU A LIST.
SOME OF IT WAS UP THERE.
LOOK, LOOK, YOU KNOW YOU’RE A
FAKE.
FAKE. >> OVER THE WEEKEND, DR. ANTHONY
FAUCI ARGUED MORE LIVES COULD
HAVE BEEN SAVED HERE IF THE
GOVERNMENT ACTED SOONER.
>> OBVIOUSLY IF WE HAD RIGHT
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING SHUT
EVERYTHING DOWN, IT MAY HAVE
BEEN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT
THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSH BACK
FROM SHUTTING THINGS DOWN THEN.
>> ON MONDAY THE PRESIDENT
CALLING FAUCI TO THE PODIUM
WHERE THE NATION’S TOP
INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR
CLARIFIED HIS COMMENTS ABOUT
PUSH
PUSH PUSHBACK WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. >> THAT WAS A POOR CHOICE OF
WORDS.
WORDS. >> AFTER #FIREFAUCI, TODAY HE
PRAISES THE DOCTOR.
>> TODAY I WALK IN AND I HEAR
I’M GOING TO FIRE HIM.
I’M NOT GOING TO FIRE HIM.
I THINK HE’S A WONDERFUL GUY.
>> AS FOR THE ECONOMY, HE SAYS
WHEN IT REOPENS, IN HIS WORDS, I
THINK WE’RE GOING TO BOOM.
BUT MANY ALLIES AND ECONOMISTS
AGREE NO MATTER WHAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAYS THE REAL RECOVERY
WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AMERICANS
FEEL SAFE RETURNING TO THEIR OWN
LIVES.
LIVES. >> PETER ALEXANDER FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. THANK YOU, PETER.
>> AMID THAT BATTLE WHEN TO
START THE ECONOMY ARE NEW SIGNS
THE CORONAVIRUS IS FLATTENING IN
THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK.
GABE GUTIERREZ JOINS US FROM A
VERY EMPTY TIMES SQUARE.
HEY, GABE, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: HODA, GOOD MORNING.
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN THREE WEEKS
SINCE THE GOVERNOR ISSUED HIS
STAY-AT-HOME ORDER AND TIMES
SQUARE HAS BEEN EARLY QUIET
SINCE THEN.
SINCE THEN. NOW GOVERNORS FROM STATES ARE
BANNING TOGETHER TO DECIDE HOW
BEST TO GRADUALLY REOPEN THE
ECONOMY HERE.
ECONOMY HERE. THE DEATH TOLL HAS NOW TOPPED
10,000 IN NEW YORK STATE.
ICU AND INTUBATIONS ARE WAY
DOWN, A SERIOUS SIGN THE CURVE
IS FLATTENING.
IS FLATTENING. >> THE WORST CAN BE OVER, AND IT
IS OVER, UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING
RECKLESS.
RECKLESS. >> Reporter: NOW THE GOVERNORS
OF NEW YORK AND SIX OTHER
NORTHEASTERN STATES THAT
REPRESENT MORE THAN HALF THE
NATION’S CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE
PARTNERING TO DISCUSS THE BEST
WAY TO SAFELY EASE RESTRICTIONS
AND RESTART THE REGION’S
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. THE GROUP OF GOVERNORS INCLUDES
SIX DEMOCRATS AND ONE
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. >> WE CANNOT ACT ON OUR OWN.
EVEN IF WE GIVE OURSELVES AN A
PLUS, THAT WON’T BE ENOUGH.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WE
COORDINATE.
COORDINATE. >> THREE WESTERN STATES,
INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, ARE DOING
THE SAME.
THE SAME. IN NEW YORK CITY 21 PUBLIC
SCHOOL TEACHERS HAVE DIED FROM
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. COVID-19 IS KILLING AS MANY NEW
YORKERS IN THREE DAYS AS THE
SEASONAL FLU TYPICALLY DOES IS
AN ENTIRE YEAR.
BUT THERE ARE SOME ENCOURAGING
SIGNS.
SIGNS. THE NUMBER OF NEWLY HOSPITALIZED
PATIENTS IN NEW YORK IS AT ITS
SLOWEST POINT IN WEEKS BUT THAT
DOESN’T MEAN DOCTORS AND NURSES
AREN’T STILL STRESSED.
>> EVERY PATIENT IS GETTING
MULTIPLE MEDICATION, SOME ARE
GETTING BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS.
>> DR. MELANIE MALLOY WORKS AT
MT. SINAI IN BROOKLYN.
>> IT’S HARD TO THINK THAT SOME
OF YOUR PATIENTS THAT YOU
DIAGNOSED TODAY MIGHT NOT BE
HERE TOMORROW WHEN YOU COME BACK
FOR YOUR SHIFT.
ALL OF IT, I DON’T KNOW, I’M
JUST TIRED.
JUST TIRED. >> ARYAN, A ARKSOORKS IS ICU NUR
BRINGS iPADs TO SICKEST PATIENTS
TO CONNECT WITH HER LOVED ONES.
>> HOLDING HIS HAND, PLAYING THE
VIDEO AND CRYING.
THAT’S THE PERFECT SCENE OF WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE’RE IN
THERE WITH THESE PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: TO BE CLEAR, WE DO
NOT YET KNOW WHEN ALL THIS MIGHT
REOPEN BUT GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS
THE MULTISTATE GROUP OF
GOVERNORS MIGHT BEGIN WORKING ON
THE PLAN AS EARLY AS TODAY.
SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. >> ALL RIGHT, GABE.
THANK YOU SO UP MAKE.
AGAIN, GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO OF
NEW YORK WILL JOIN US LIVE IN
JUST A MOMENT.
FIRST AS ELECTED OFFICIALS
GRAPPLE WITH HOW AND WHEN TO
RESTART THIS ECONOMY, WHAT
EXACTLY COULD IT LOOK LIKE?
NEEL KASHKARI IS THE PRESIDENT
OF FEDERAL RESERVE OF
MINNEAPOLIS, HELPED RUN BAILOUT
PROGRAM AT THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT DURING 2008 GREAT
RECESSION.
RECESSION. MR. KASHKARI, GOOD MORNING TO
YOU.
YOU. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
>> YOU SAID ON A SUNDAY SHOW
THIS WEEK YOU LOOK AT THIS ON AN
18-MONTH TIME LINE.
YOU THINK THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY
SHOULD REALLY BE OVER 18 MONTHS
BECAUSE THAT’S THE OUTSIDE
ESTIMATE OF WHEN WE COULD GET A
VACCINE.
VACCINE. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN.
I’M SURE PEOPLE ARE THINKING 18
MONTHS, I CAN’T SUSS TAPE THIS
FOR 18 MONTHS.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AROUND THE
WORLD, OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY FLATTENED THE CURVE
WITH ECONOMIC CONTROLS, IT SEEMS
AS THOUGH WHEN THEY RELAX THE
CONTROLS THERE’S A TENDENCY FOR
THESE FLAIRUPS TO HAPPEN AGAIN
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE
DISEASE BUT AREN’T SHOWING
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. UNTIL YOU DISTINGUISH IT WITH A
TREATMENT OR VACCINE THERE’S
ALWAYS THE RISK OF A FLAIR UP.
WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL AND THINK
LONG-TERM.
LONG-TERM. TO ME IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT HOW DO
WETS TO THAT VACCINE OR THERAPY.
>> TO BE CLEAR YOU’RE NOT
SUGGESTING PEOPLE STAY AT HOME
AND BUSINESSES STAY AS THEY ARE
FOR 18 MONTHS, OR ARE YOU?
>> NOT AS THEY ARE, BUT I THINK
WE NEED TO BE VERY SMART ABOUT
THIS.
THIS. I’LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
SOME BUSINESSES ARE MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
THINK ABOUT OPTOMETRIST ARE
CLOSED.
CLOSED. I COULD SEE IF WE FLATTEN THE
CURVE, AN OPTOMETRIST SO YOU CAN
GET YOUR EYES CHECKED, NOT A LOT
IN A STORE AT THE SAME TIME.
CONTRAST THAT TO A MOVIE
THEATER.
THEATER. IS IT GOING TO MAKE ACCEPTS TO
HAVE 100 PEOPLE IN A MOVIE
THEATER UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE?
PROBABLY NOT.
PROBABLY NOT. I DON’T THINK WE’LL GO BACK TO
THE WAY LIFE WAS IN JANUARY OR
FEBRUARY FOR THE NEXT YEAR OR 18
MONTHS.
MONTHS. WE’RE GOING TO BE MUCH MORE
TARGETED AS WE TRY TO REOPEN THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK -- I KNOW
YOU’RE IN THE ECONOMIC SECTOR,
NOT PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR BUT
FROM YOUR ANALYSIS, WHAT DO YOU
THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU
CAN START TALKING ABOUT LETTING
PEOPLE GO BACK TO SOCIETY EVEN
IF IT ISN’T PIECEMEAL FASHION.
FOR EXAMPLE, DO WE HAVE TO HAVE
WIDESPREAD ANTIBODY TEST, BLOOD
TEST THAT WOULD TELL YOU IF YOU
HAD THE VIRUS AND IF YOU ARE
PRESUMPTIVELY IMMUNE.
PRESUMPTIVELY IMMUNE. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE SHOULD PURSUE ALL THAT
WIDESPREAD TESTING AS WELL AS
VACCINES AND THERAPIES BUT I’VE
ALSO TALKED TO HEALTH EXPERTS
WHO THINK WE’RE MONTHS, IF NOT
YEARS AWAY, FROM BEING ABLE TO
TEST MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ON A
GIVEN DAY.
GIVEN DAY. I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE
BREAKTHROUGH WILL COME FROM.
I THINK THE GOVERNORS ARE BEING
VERY SMART TRYING TO FLATTEN THE
CURVE.
CURVE. BUT WE HAVE TO SLOWLY REOPEN AND
VERY CAREFULLY SEE.
IF WE’RE GETTING FLAIR UPS
AGAIN, WE MIGHT BE IN A CASE OF
RELAXESING THINGS, IT FLARES UP
AND WE LOCK BACK DOWN AGAIN AND
KEEP DOING THAT FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND KEEP
DOING THAT UNTIL WE GET A
VACCINE.
VACCINE. >> FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN
JEROME POWELL WAS RECENTLY.
HE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THE
CRISIS WE WERE IN A GOOD
POSITION, LONG EXPANSION AFTER
GREAT RECESSION, UNINTERRUPTED
JOB GROWTH.
JOB GROWTH. THE NOTION WAS ONCE THIS PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS PASSES, WE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO RETURN TO A STRONG
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE THE
CASE?
CASE? >> I THINK THAT’S TRUE.
AGAIN, IF THE REOPENING -- I
WISH IT WERE JUST A LIGHT
SWITCH.
SWITCH. IF THERE WAS A THERAPY THAT
EMERGED A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM
NOW AND WE HAD CONFIDENCE WE
COULD GO BACK TO WORK AND NOT
TAKE A RISK, WE COULD TURN
THINGS AROUND QUICKLY.
THE MORE THE EXPERTS ARE
LEARNING FROM WHAT’S HAPPENING
AROUND THE WORLD, IT SEEMS A
GRADUAL RETURN TO NORMAL.
THE MORE GRADUAL IT IS,
UNFORTUNATELY, THE SLOWER
RECOVERY, AND THE LONGER IT
TAKES TO GET BACK TO NORMAL.
>> IT’S KIND OF A DEEPER
QUESTION, PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION
BUT AN ECONOMIC ONE, TOO.
WHAT HAS CHANGED FUNDAMENTALLY
THAT MAY NOT EVER GO BACK TO BE
THE SAME?
THE SAME? I THINK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WONDER IF THEY WILL BE BACK NO
MATTER HOW MUCH HELP THE
GOVERNMENT GIVES THEM.
I WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
WANT TO GO TO BIG SPORTING
EVENTS.
EVENTS. I WONDER IF BUSINESSES WILL SAY,
YEAH, WE SHOULD HAVE A
CONVENTION.
CONVENTION. HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THIS
ECONOMY MAY HAVE CHANGED FOREVER
JUST BY VIRTUE OF THIS
EXPERIENCE?
EXPERIENCE? >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WHAT YOU’RE SAYING IS EXACTLY
RIGHT.
RIGHT. WE KNOW AFTER THE GREAT
DEPRESSION, PEOPLE CARRIED THE
SCARS OF THAT EXPERIENCE WITH
THEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
ULTIMATELY WHO IS GOING TO
DETERMINE HOW THE ECONOMY
RECOVERS, IT’S ALL OF US, HOW
COMFORTABLE WE ARE HAVING OUR
FAMILY GO TO THE RESTAURANT,
MOVIE THEATER, SPORTING EVENT.
I THINK THE LONGER THIS GOES ON
AND THE LONGER PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED BY IT, THE LONGER THE
RECOVERY WILL BE JUST BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO GAIN CONFIDENCE
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. >> WE DO.
>> WE DO. NEEL KASHKARI, THANK YOU FOR
YOUR WORK, WE APPRECIATE IT AND
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
WE’LL HAVE A LOT MORE ON THE
PANDEMIC JUST AHEAD.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO REMIND
EVERYBODY HODA AND I WILL BE
TOGETHER TONIGHT ANCHORING
PRIMETIME NEWS SPECIAL BRINGING
YOU THE VERY LATEST, ANSWERING
YOUR QUESTIONS.
YOUR QUESTIONS. ALSO A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT
WHAT’S BEING INNOVATIVE RIGHT
THAT HIT MISSISSIPPI AN EF-4. IT WAS PACKING WIND WHEN IT HIT
UP TO 170 MILES AN HOUR.
HODA.
HODA. >> MORGAN FOR US IN MONROE,
LOUISIANA.
LOUISIANA. >> 7:16, MORE ON TODAY’S STORMS
AND ALSO THE FORECAST.
HELLO, AL ROKER.
GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE.
>> HEY, GUYS, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKFULLY OUR WEATHER IS A
LITTLE QUIETER TODAY THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. MY GOSH.
MY GOSH. AS WE LOOK, WE CAN SEE THE
REMNANTS OF THAT SYSTEM HAS
PUSHED INTO THE SOUTH, MAKING
ITS WAY THROUGH NORTHERN FLORIDA
WHERE WE’VE GOT STRONG STORMS
FARING UP.
FARING UP. THIS FRONT STALLED FROM FLORIDA
TO CAROLINA COAST.
WE’RE LOOKING AT LOCALIZED HEAVY
FLOODING.
FLOODING. TOMORROW SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
CONTINUE ALL DAY.
WE’RE ALSO LOOKING AT HEAVY
RAIN, UPWARDS OF 4" OR MORE,
NORTHERN FLORIDA INTO SOUTHERN
GEORGIA.
GEORGIA. HERE IN THE NORTHEAST, WE’RE
LOOKING AT THIS UPPER LEVEL
IMPULSE FROM THE GREAT LAKES.
IT’S A DEVELOPING STORM THAT
WILL BRING RAIN AND WET SNOW
INTO THE NORTHEAST CLEARING
SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES