Cuomo, Deblasio plan for widespread COVID-19 testing, spar with President Trump

"The president of the United States calls the shots," President Trump said, but governors on both coasts are moving forward with planning how to reopen.

In the Northeast, 7 states including New York and New Jersey say they will come together to decide when and how it is best to begin returning to normal.

On the West Coast, a similar alliance between California, Oregon and Washington.

The northeast coalition will each appoint a public health and economic development official to work with each governor's chief of staff to come up with a reopening plan -based on data and research.

This comes after weeks of financial destruction with all non-essential business shut down.

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