WEBVTT - Chattanooga Mayor Calls for Washington Response

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Masser and

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Kelly on Bloomberg Radio. Well, let's head back down south.

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<v Speaker 1>We checked in with Rob pro Wine down in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do a little bit north of there to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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<v Speaker 1>The mayor of that fine city joins us. Andy Burke

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<v Speaker 1>is his name, joining us, Andy, Mayor Burke, I should say,

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<v Speaker 1>nice to have you with us. Great to be there, Andy,

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<v Speaker 1>Andy is just fine. We're about two hours north of Nashville,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean north of Atlanta. For oh, I know, I've

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<v Speaker 1>I used to live down in Atlanta, spent a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of time in your fine city. Have an amazing aquarium,

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<v Speaker 1>and just that whole area around, their rich history of

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<v Speaker 1>Coca cola bottling and and all of that. You're a native,

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<v Speaker 1>So tell us, you know, in your seat, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you deal with something like we're dealing with now, this

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<v Speaker 1>global pandemic that obviously plays out at a very local

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<v Speaker 1>level as well. Well. We're seeing it in real time

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<v Speaker 1>and it is extremely concerning. UM. In January, Force magazine

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<v Speaker 1>said that UM that Chattanoogo is predicted to have the

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<v Speaker 1>number one job growth in the country in I really

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<v Speaker 1>did not think on March the eighteenth that I would

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<v Speaker 1>be having a conversation about how we're dealing with, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>business closures. Um, this is just the reality that we're

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<v Speaker 1>adjusting to. And uh, you know I heard, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're doing calls with restauranturs and they're they're saying they're closed. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>their rent might be seven thousand dollars a month plus

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand dollars utilities. So they're saying, is this is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be one month, two months, three months? Because if

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<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be six, how do they you know, or

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<v Speaker 1>or four or five? They don't know that they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be on the other side, So white pay month one

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<v Speaker 1>and and that's really the kind of real time issues

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<v Speaker 1>that we're seeing in our community. I did see also,

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<v Speaker 1>or heard earlier about mayors around the country requesting about

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<v Speaker 1>two billion dollars for their cities. As we you know,

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<v Speaker 1>continues to see news out of Washington, the Administration and

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<v Speaker 1>Congress about programs to help you know, individuals, cities, states,

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<v Speaker 1>big business as well, small business as well. Tell us

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about your thoughts on that. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>we have to have Washington response, and it's got to

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<v Speaker 1>put dollars in people paying immediately. I get that they're

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<v Speaker 1>debating today, and I thought they just passed this package

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<v Speaker 1>that was I guess done last week by the House,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, the urgency just could not cannot be

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<v Speaker 1>overstated because is Washington missing, That is Washington missing the

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<v Speaker 1>urgency of all of this. I I do believe they're

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<v Speaker 1>missing the urgency of this because we're on day sixty

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever from the first case um of this in

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<v Speaker 1>our in our country, and we're now passing things that

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<v Speaker 1>I think address issues that we had weeks ago and

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<v Speaker 1>in our city. Like I try to remind people, today

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<v Speaker 1>is Wednesday, Like a week ago at two o'clock, the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA season was still theoretically going on. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel like that's been a week. It feels like

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<v Speaker 1>that it was a month ago. Um. But but the

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<v Speaker 1>real time daily uptick of here's what's going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>we see the numbers climbing and we see the changes happening,

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<v Speaker 1>the urgency is there to say, we gotta be quick,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta be nimble, we gotta figure out where people are,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've got to really help them so that they

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<v Speaker 1>can both make it through this time, and in a

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<v Speaker 1>consumer driven economy, how are we gonna come out the

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<v Speaker 1>other side? So, uh Andy, tell us about what you

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<v Speaker 1>are hearing from your constituents, from residents of Chattanooga, because

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're here in New York City or in

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<v Speaker 1>the environs of New York City and it's playing out

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe a little bit differently. I mean, is

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<v Speaker 1>their food on the shelves? Are there people you know,

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<v Speaker 1>essentially staying home? What does it look like there? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we're we're working hard to um do social distancing, have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people staying home? Um the grocery stores

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<v Speaker 1>are are very empty? Uh from on the shelves, even

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<v Speaker 1>though we don't have the numbers that you all have. UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I think what you would. What I try to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make sure people understand is you know, y'all are the

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<v Speaker 1>trailer for the movie we're about to be in. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're just a few weeks behind you, and

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<v Speaker 1>we've got to make sure that we're preparing and watching

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<v Speaker 1>all the things that New York is going through so

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<v Speaker 1>that we have the capability to the quicker and responding

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<v Speaker 1>the day that it happens to us. Right, I do

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<v Speaker 1>wonder and you know, we've talked about the importance of

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<v Speaker 1>sharing information around the globe, around the country so that

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<v Speaker 1>people can learn from maybe past mistakes, UM from elsewhere. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, any final thoughts. I we've only got about

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seconds here, But as we face what's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be probably one of the most difficult moments in our

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<v Speaker 1>nation's history, I think that we just have to be

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<v Speaker 1>UM more responsive to the UM, to the changing environment. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>It is going to continue to be the least among

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<v Speaker 1>us who are the most affected. And so we we

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<v Speaker 1>are dealing. We're trying to figure out when a homeless

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<v Speaker 1>person gets UM has of coronavirus, not just what do

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<v Speaker 1>we do with them, how do we transport it's that

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<v Speaker 1>micro and so the thing are really severe, oologize. We

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<v Speaker 1>have to go. But Mayor Burke come back after we

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<v Speaker 1>get through this, because we'd love to hear about more

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<v Speaker 1>that you're doing in your city. Andy Burke, Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee,