Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged President Donald Trump by phone Friday morning to use the Defense Production Act to "get ventilators and other important medical equipment to those who need it," a Schumer spokesman said Friday morning.

"POTUS told Schumer he would, and then POTUS yelled to someone in his office to do it now," the spokesman said.


Appearing at the daily press briefing of the White House coronavirus task force shortly after the call, Trump described his conversation with Schumer (D-N.Y.) as "extremely good" and appeared optimistic regarding negotiations over the massive coronavirus relief package in Congress.