“He’s a very capable man, he knows what he’s doing,” President Trump tells jonkarl about Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp amid some concerns that Georgia is loosening COVID-19 restrictions too soon. Trump says he will be speaking with Kemp “in a little while.”
Here are the latest developments in the government response:
“We are opening up America again. Twenty states, representing 40% of the population have announced that they are making plans and preparations to safely restart their economies in the very near future,” the president said, without providing specifics. “They’re moving along pretty quickly. Three announced today, as you know. And they are going to be doing it safely.”
“I'm going to request it,” Trump injected, claiming he will ask some companies like Harvard University to return the money intended for small businesses. Asked by Karl if he has an estimate of how many jobs have been saved with the program, Mnuchin put the number at"far over 30 million jobs." The overall deal lawmakers and the White House agreed to tops $484 billion and also adds funding for hospitals and a national testing plan, measures pushed for by Democrats.It comes just weeks after Congress approved a $2 trillion stimulus package, the largest relief measure in American history.
Donning masks and practicing social distancing, roughly 20 members of the largest nurses union in the U.S. protested at the White House on Tuesday to demand additional funding for mass production of personal protective equipment in the next coronavirus relief package. "There have been three COVID-19 packages passed in Congress and not one has earmarked any COVID funds for healthcare workers’ PPE in any of those packages," the protester added."The president has not fully exercised the Defense Production Act to produce badly needed PPE -- and the CDC continues to weaken its COVID-19 guidance for facilities."
"To get the kinds of testing that is done, to get the contract tracing, to make the tests free, you need a significant federal involvement, you need a national strategy, and the President and Mnuchin and Meadows agreed to that, to their credit," Schumer said.
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