What his young son asked him, as many Americans fear that what they're seeing in Europe is about to play out here.

Here's ABC senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega.

Tonight, despite widespread delays over testing and repeated mixed messages from his own administration today, President Trump gave himself high marks.

And on a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your response to this crisis?

I'd read it a 10.

I think we've done a great job normally, but I think when you hear the you know, this has never been done before in this country.

But the confusing messages from the administration continued The New York Times, reporting that President Trump stunned some of the nation's governors in a conference call telling them they should not wait for the federal government's help with respirators, ventilators and other critical life saving equipment, telling them they should quote, try getting it yourselves.

Asked about that today, the president did not back down.

If they can get them directly, it's always gonna be faster if they could get them directly.

If they need them on.

I've given them authorization to order directly.

President Trump had said the virus would just disappear.

Now he's marking a shift in tone.

How are you talking your own family about this?

How are you talking to your youngest son?

Do you empathize with this sense of anxiety?

People are really scared.

No, I think they're very scared.

What you can do it.

All you can do is a professional, totally confident.

But I think that I think that what we do and I've spoken actually with my son, he says.

How bad is this?

It's bad.

It's bad.

The president himself was exposed to the Corona virus a little over a week ago.

The Brazilian official in this photograph tested positive.

The president was tested himself on Friday.

He says the tests came back negative, not something I want to do every day.

I can tell you that.

And the vice president said today that he has not been tested.

He says that he is in constant touch with White House doctors, David, but that's so far He is not showing any symptoms.

Cecilia Vega tonight.

Thank you, Cecilia.

Hi, everyone.

George Stephanopoulos here.

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