More, from the president, on when sports will reopen: "I can’t tell you a date, but I think it’s going to be sooner rather than later."

He is guessing. Again, as Dr. Fauci said, "the virus sets the timeline."

Optimism is fine, but science is what matters most.

Asked about telling sports commissioners he wanted to reopen sports by August, the president said "I’m not committing to it. We’re going to see where we are. But that would be great, if we could."