CORONAVIRUS TUESDAY POTTS

President trump unexpected announcement that he's taking an drug to avoid getting covid 19

Drug to avoid getting covid-19.

Tracie potts has that story...plus more details on today's testimony on capitol hill.

:00 :31 :39 :58 1:06 (sot: president donald trump/ no super :00-:04) "so far i seem to be okay."

President trump, with the stunning revelation that he's been taking hydroxychoroquine - one pill a day for the last week and a half, under a doctor's care.

A white house physician saying the potential benefit outweighted the relative risk clinical trials found it doesn't work.

(sot: president donald trump/ no super :20-:26) "maybe it does, maybe it doesn't, but if it doesn't, you're not going to get sick or die."

The fda warns against it except for the sickest hospital patients.

("msnbc") super burned in (sot: dr. john torres/ nbc news medical correspondent :31-:38) "doctors in particular stopped using it because we're saying it doesn't seem to work that well and it does have these issues with heart arrhythmia that's a big concern."

Reaction on capitol hill: ("msnbc") super burned in (sot: senate minority leader chuck schumer/ (d) new york :39-:44) "reckless.

Simply reckless."

"he's giving people false hope."

Today the senate banking committee hears from treasury secretary steve mnuchin and federal reserve chair jerome powell... on whether the two billon dollars spent so far on the economy, is working.

Democrats want three billion more.

("cnn") (sot: house speaker nancy pelosi/ (d) california :58-1:05) "our states and localities are going to have to either raise taxes, cut services or both unless they have an infusion of cash."

(sot: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell/ (r) kentucky 1:06-1:17) "the 1800-page doorstop that speaker pelosi dropped last week, was appropriately greeted as the legislative equivalent of a stand-up comedy."

A stalemate, as america begins to see more crowded bars and beaches - and mixed caseloads: stable in colorado and georgia dropping in illinois but the biggest spike yet saturday