MAKESHIFT FACEMASKS. ALSO MAKING THEIR OWN SURGICAL
MASKS.
MASKS. OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS THE
TOP AIDE TO VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE WHO IS LEADING THE
U.S.-CHINA TASK FORCE.
MARK, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
THIS IS QUITE A DAY.
THE -- ONE OF THE PRESIDENT’S
CHIEF AIDES HERE ON THE CORONA
TASK FORCE MAKING IT CLEAR THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF ANTI-VIRALS THAT
ARE SHOWING GREAT PROP IS AND
THAT HASN’T GOTTEN LOTS OF
ATTENTION IN THE MEDIA.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT
WILL HAVE MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON
THAT TOP WHEN HE JOINS WITH THE
FDA COMMISSIONER TO TALK ABOUT
PROGRESS WITH THERAPEUTICS.
WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES GETTING
TO THE VACCINATION WE ARE
CONFIDENT WE’LL HAVE WITHIN
12-18 MONTHS.
12-18 MONTHS. BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THERAPEUTICS
ON THE MARKET BY THE SUPPER.
CORONAVIRUS LEADS TO RESPIRATORY
ILLNESS.
ILLNESS. SO HAVING THERAPEUTICS ON THE
MARKET WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE
PATIENTS OF THIS VIRUS.
LOU: DR. BIRX IS LETTING US
KNOW.
KNOW. CHLOROQUINE AS WELL AS TODAY --
AS KALETRA.
AS KALETRA. U.S. HOSPITALS RUNNING OUT OF
MEDICAL SUPPLIES.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT AN
INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF
PARTICULARLY THE RESPIRATOR
MASK.
MASK. THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THAT,
BUT WE DON’T HAVE A SENSE AS TO
HOW SOON THAT SHORT AND IS GOING
TO BE CLOSED.
>> I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY
SELF CON POPE INTEREST TO THIS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS LEANED IN AND
ASKED THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO LEAN
IN AND SOLVE SOME OF THESE
PROBLEMS AS WELL.
HE MET WITH DOCTORS AND DOCTORS
FROM THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SAID THEY HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF
MASKS THAT CAN BE PROVIDE TO
OTHER DOCTORS.
OTHER DOCTORS. BUT THEY NEED A CHANGE IN
REGULATIONS.
REGULATIONS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO FREE
UP THE REGULATORY PROBLEM.
YOU SAW SECRETARY IS -- ESPER.
A FEW WEEKS AGO THE VICE
PRESIDENT TOOK A TRIP TO 3M IN
MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA. WHAT WE LEARNED IN THAT TYPE,
LIST WHEN I HAVE A CRISIS OF
THIS NATURE, THERE ARE LIABILITY
PROTECTIONS AND WAIVERS GIVEN.
BUT THE DEMOCRATS DIDN’T WANT TO
GIVE THOSE PROTECTIONS IN THE
FIRST BILL THAT WENT THROUGH FOR
PROTECTION.
PROTECTION. THE VICE PRESIDENT WORKED WITH
SEVERAL DEMOCRAT GOVERNORS WHO
LEANED ON DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS
AND IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MOST
RECENT BILL ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET MANY MORE
MASKS ON THE MARKET.
LOU: THE BUREAUCRACY IS WHAT IT
IS.
IS. THIS IS GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE ALL FACED WITH IT.
YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH IT EVERY
DAY.
DAY. YOUR SENSE ABOUT HOW WILLING THE
BUREAUCRACY IS TO TURN TO AND
MOVE AHEAD IN THIS CRISIS?
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE DEMOCRATS
MOVE TOWARDS THE PRESIDENT.
ARE WE STARTING TO SEE THE
BUREAUCRATS UNDERSTAND THIS IS
THE TIME FOR ACTION AS THE
PRESIDENT HAS DEMANDED IT SINCE
THE ONSET OF THIS CRISIS?
>> YES.
>> YES. ONE OF THE MOST DISHEARTENING
THINGS, THE VICE PRESIDENT AND
THE PRESIDENT CALLED ON PEOPLE
TO COME TOGETHER NOT JUST IN A
BIPARTISAN MANNER IN DIFFERENT
KRCHT.
KRCHT. YOU ARE SEEING CHURCHES AND THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
PRIVATE SECTOR. HOW IS AMAZON CONTRIBUTING A LOT
OF THE MASKS THEY HAVE IN
STORAGE.
STORAGE. HOW ARE WE COMING TOGETHER TO
SOLVE ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH
TESTING WE INITIALLY HAD.
I THINK WE HAVE SEEN AN ENORMOUS
AMERICAN SPIRIT THAT WE’LL STEER
THROUGH THIS.
THROUGH THIS. I THINK WE LOOK AT WHAT THE
TIMETABLE IS FOR THIS, LOU.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE VIRUS
JOE SEAS, SOME THE DATA WE HAVE
SEEN COMING OUT OF KOREA
SUGGESTED IT WAS A SIX-WEEK
OUTBREAK THERE.
OUTBREAK THERE. WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
ASKING ALL AMERICANS TO COME
TOGETHER AND FOLLOW THE
GUIDELINES DONALD TRUMP PUT OUT.
WE KNOW THERE ARE INCONVENIENCES
AND SACRIFICES THERE.
IT’S INTENDED TO LOWER THAT
CURVE AND SHORTEN THE DISTANCE
OF HOW LONG THIS OUTBREAK IS
GOING TO LAST.
>> IT’S ENCOURAGING TO WATCH
THIS WHERE WE BEGAN WITH MORE
UNKNOWNS THAN AT ANY TIME IN OUR
HISTORY.
HISTORY. A NATURAL DISASTER WITH THIS’
UNKNOWNS AND THIS SEVERE A
THREAT.
THREAT. I THINK THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN
REMARKABLE.
REMARKABLE. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU, THE
VICE PRESIDENT AND THE
PRESIDENT, THE ENTIRE
ADMINISTRATION ARE DOING.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, LOU.