OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE "ALL IN WITH CHRIS HAYES" IS UP NEXT.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
TONIGHT, THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NAMSNC
PELOSI WILL JOIN ME HERE, AS THE
PRESIDENT TRIES TO STEER THE
COUNTRY TOWARDS A PREMATURE
REOPENING.
REOPENING. WE ALSO SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
LAST FEW MONTHS, RIGHT?
THREE ABSOLUTELY DEADLY ERRORS
MADE FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
PANDEMIC BY THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS ADMINISTRATION.
HIS ADMINISTRATION. ONE, JUST NOT TAKING THE VIRUS
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.
SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. NOT APPRECIATING WHAT A
DANGEROUS NOVEL VIRUS IT IS FROM
THE BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING. TWO, NOT HAVING ADEQUATE TESTING
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY. AND THREE, THINKING THAT THE
PROBLEM TO BE MANAGED IS THE
ECONOMY AS IF THAT IS SOMEHOW
SEPARATE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY OF FIGHTING THE VIRUS.
THOSE MISTAKES GAVE US THE WHOLE
DISASTROUS RESPONSE FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. THE FAILED TEST KITS.
THE UTTER INABILITY FOR WEEKS TO
RAMP UP TESTING, TO KNOW WHERE
THE VIRUS WAS.
THE FACT THAT THEY TOOK WAY TOO
LONG TO BEGIN TO RECOMMEND
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. THE FACT THE PRESIDENT DURING
THIS PERIOD WOULD COME OUT AND
DO A SERIES OF SONG AND DANCE
ARE YOU TEENS TO PUMP UP THE
STOCK MARKET AS IF THAT WAS THE
GOAL, INSTEAD OF TAKING ACTION
ON THE VIRUS, RIGHT?
ALL THOSE ERRORS ARE WHAT GOT US
TO THIS POINT.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ALMOST
30,000 AMERICANS WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR LIVES.
THEIR LIVES. IT’S AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE TOLL.
THE NEW YORK CITY DEATH TOLL
ALONE HAS SHOT PAST 10,000 JUST
IN NEW YORK CITY, AFTER A
REVISED COUNT ADDED 3700
ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT
BEEN COUNTED.
BEEN COUNTED. AND TODAY, THE DAILY TOTAL FAY
SILTS IS S
-- FATALITIES IS THE HIGHEST
NUMBER WE HAVE HAD SO FAR.
ALL OF THAT IS CRUSHING.
WE KNOW, THOUGH, IF THERE IS A
SILVER LINING IS THAT DEATH IS
IS -- THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THE
DATA ELSEWHERE.
DATA ELSEWHERE. HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR INSTANCE
HAVE FALLEN IN NEW YORK.
OTHER PLACES LIKE MARYLAND
APPEAR TO HAVE REACHED THEIR
PEAK.
PEAK. AS WE’RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH
THE WORST OF IT RIGHT NOW, IT
APPEARS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IS LITERALLY REMAKING ALL THE
SAME MISTAKES.
SAME MISTAKES. THE SAME THREE MISTAKES THEY
MADE IN THE BEGINNING.
NEARLY THREE MONTHS AFTER WE GOT
OUR FIRST CASE, STILL TO THIS
DATE, THE PRESIDENT STILL FAILS
TO TRULY APPRECIATE HOW
TRANSMISSABLE AND DANGEROUS THE
VIRUS IS.
VIRUS IS. HE IS SET ON OPENING UP THE
COUNTRY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HE FLOATED EASTER A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
AGO. ALL THE EXPERTS SAY IF YOU JUST
OPEN UP WITHOUT A PLAN, THE
VIRUS IS GOING TO COME BACK AND
WE’LL BE BACK WHERE WE STARTED.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STOCK
MARKET WILL DO WITH THAT?
EVERY EXPERT FROM TRUMP’S FORMER
FDA CHIEF TO THE YALE PROFESSORS
WHO WROTE THIS IN "USA TODAY"
LAYING OUT HOW THEY WOULD OPEN
UP THE COUNTRY, TO EVERY DOCTOR
WHO HAS BEEN ON THIS SHOW FOR
WEEKS INSISTING WE NEED TO
MASSIVELY SCALE UP WIDESPREAD
AVAILABLE TESTING, IF WE WANT TO
OPEN THE COUNTRY BACK UP.
IN FACT, HERE’S WHAT DR. ANTHONY
FAUCI TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUST TODAY.
JUST TODAY. >> I THINK IF WE ARE ASSUMING
THAT TWO WEEKS FROM NOW THAT ALL
THE CURVES ARE GOING TO BE DOWN,
I THINK THAT’S A BIT OVERLY
OPTIMISTIC.
OPTIMISTIC. I THINK HOW YOU REOPEN, IF YOU
WANT TO USE THAT WORD, THE
ECONOMY AND THOSE COMMUNITIES IS
GOING TO DEPEND A LOT ON THE
ABILITY TO CONTAIN WHAT WE KNOW
WILL HAPPEN.
WILL HAPPEN. I GUARANTEE YOU, ONCE YOU START
PULLING BACK, THERE WILL BE
INFECTION.
INFECTION. IT’S HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE
INFECTION THAT’S GOING TO COUNT.
>> THERE WILL BE INFECTIONS.
THAT’S DR. FAUCI TALKING ABOUT
JUST HOW DANGEROUS THE VIRUS IS,
THINKING WORST CASE SCENARIO.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL
TRYING TO THINK BEST CASE
SCENARIO.
SCENARIO. NUMBER TWO, TESTING REMAINS THE
MAJOR PROBLEM.
MAJOR PROBLEM. WE RAMPED UP TESTING QUITE A
BIT, BUT WE HAVE PLATEAUED IN
THE LEVEL THAT WE ARE TESTING
AT.
AT. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" HAS THIS
REPORT ABOUT ALL THE BOTTLENECKS
AND THE INEFFICIENCIES THAT ARE
SLOWING DOWN TESTING ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. GET THIS, WHILE EVERYONE IS
SAYING WE NEED TO TEST AND TEST
WIDELY AND IT’S AN APOLLO MOON
MISSION TO GET THE TESTING WE
NEED, THE PRESIDENT SAID THERE’S
NO NEED FOR TESTING IN AREAS OF
THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE’S ONLY A
SMALL NUMBER OF CASES.
THAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH. THAT’S THE WHOLE THING ABOUT THE
VIRUS, RIGHT?
VIRUS, RIGHT? EVERY PLACE STARTS WITH A SMALL
NUMBER OF CASES.
THEN IT GROWS.
THAT’S WHY YOU NEED TESTING.
AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL
ERROR, IT’S BEEN CLEAR FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING, VERY CLEAR,
PAINFULLY CLEAR, THE PRESIDENT
HAS FOCUSED ON WHAT THIS
PANDEMIC MEANS FOR HIM
PERSONALLY AND HIS RE-ELECTION,
AND HE VIEWS HIS POLITICAL
FORTUNES AS TIES TO THE STATE OF
THE ECONOMY.
THE ECONOMY. SO WHEN THE STOCK MARKET STARTED
TO CRATER BECAUSE OF FEARS ABOUT
THE PANDEMIC, TRUMP WAS MAD.
HE WANTED TO BRING THE MARKETS
BACK UP INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE
VIRUS AND LETTING THE MARKETS
TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AFTER
THE VIRUS WAS VAP QUISHNQUISHED.
PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW JUST WANTS
TO WRING THE ECONOMY BACK AS IF
THAT’S SOME SEPARATE THING,
OTHER THAN THE VIRUS.
JUST LIKE HE DID BACK IN LATE
FEBRUARY.
FEBRUARY. WHEN THE EXPERT CONSENSUS BACK
THEN IS WE NEEDED TO MOVE TO
MITIGATION, SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND LOCKDOWN.
AND LOCKDOWN. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
FROM THE EVIDENCE OF THE FAILED
RESPONSE DOCUMENTED IN THE RED
DAWN EMAILS, THE TOP DISASTER
OFFICIAL DECIDED ON FEBRUARY
24th TO RECOMMEND TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP HE PUBLICLY SUPPORT THE
START OF MET GAGS EFFORT SITIGAT
AS SCHOOL CLOSINGS.
BUT ANOTHER OFFICIAL WENT PUBLIC
WITH A WARNING, SENDING THE
STOCK MARKET DOWN ANGERING
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE MEETING WAS CANCELED AND IT
WAS THREE WEEKS BEFORE PRESIDENT
TRUMP WOULD RELUCTANTLY COME
AROUND WITH MITIGATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOTHING,
AND SO NOW THE PRESIDENT HAS
APPOINTED A TASK FORCE OF
UNQUALIFIED LACKEYS WHO WANT TO
REOPEN THE ECONOMY WITHOUT EVEN
ONE PUBLIC HEALTH VOICE.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM, RIGHT?
THE PUBLIC HEALTH PART OF IT IS
THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM. POLITICO REPORTS FOR NOW THE
COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE
MARK MEADOWS, LARRY KUDLOW,
TREASURY SECRETARY STEVE
MNUCHIN, VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE, WHO IS NOT EXPECTED TO
PLAY A LEADING ROLE.
BUT IT’S JUST THE SAME MISTAKE
LITERALLY THE SAME MISTAKE ALL
OVER AGAIN.
OVER AGAIN. HE WAS LATE TO ACT, THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
NOW HE WANTS TO ACCUSED TOO
EARLY AND RISK THE SAME
DISASTER.
DISASTER. WE ALL WANT THE NATION TO
REOPEN.
REOPEN. WE NEED A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO
DO THAT, THANKS TO THIS
PRESIDENT, THAT IS COMPLETELY
ABSENT ONCE AGAIN.
I MEAN, THERE IS A LOT WE DO NOT
KNOW ABOUT THIS VIRUS.
IT’S FRUSTRATING.
IT’S FRUSTRATING. A LOT WE DO NOT KNOW ABOUT --