McCASKILL AND FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE CIA AND DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE JEREMY BASH.
CLAIRE, LET ME START WITH YOU
AND A WHOPPER OF A
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT.
WHISTLE-BLOWER COMPLAINT. HE SEEMS TO PULL EVERY THREAD,
WE TALKED ABOUT, WORRIED ABOUT,
COVERED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY, TIES TO
LOBBYISTS, SCIENTISTS BEING
BULLIED AND PUSHED AWAY FROM
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES BY POLITICAL
AMBITIONS AND RETRIBUTION.
HE WAS ULTIMATELY REMOVED FROM
HIS JOB.
HIS JOB. YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT DR. BRIGHT?
>> WHAT DR. BRIGHT IS DESCRIBING
IS THE SWAMPIEST OF SWAMP
BEHAVIOR.
BEHAVIOR. HE’S TALKING ABOUT CRONISM AND
HE’S TALKED BEING PUSHED INTO
DECISIONS BASED ON WHO PEOPLE
KNEW AND MAKING MONEY, AS
OPPOSED TO SCIENCE.
LOT OF DOCUMENTS HERE AND I’M
WILLING TO BET THAT THIS DOCTOR
KEPT GOOD NOTES.
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO TRACK CONTRACT
THAT DIDN’T HAVE BIDS, YOU’LL BE
ABLE TO TRACK THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT WAS PAID FOR EXAMPLE
FOR DOSAGES OF VARIOUS DRUGS IN
THE STOCKPILE AND COMPARE THAT
WITH PREVIOUS PRICES PAID.
YOU’LL SEE A LOT OF NO-BID
CONTRACT AND THAT WHEN YOU WRAP
THAT UP WITH A BOW IS GOING TO
TELL A STORY.
THEY’LL TRY TO SAY HE’S DEEP
STATE.
STATE. HE’S A SCIENTIST.
HE’S A DOCTOR AND I GUARANTEE
YOU, THERE’S GOING TO BE A
VOLUMINOUS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
WHAT HE’S SAYING.
IF WE CAN GET AMERICA TO PAY
ATTENTION LONG ENOUGH.
WE ALL KNOW, I’M LUCKY ENOUGH TO
TALK ABOUT THIS ON TV.
THIS IS SCANDAL A MINUTE AND
EVERYBODY HAS SCANDAL FATIGUE.
>> YOU KNOW, JEREMY BASH, I
THINK CLAIRE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
ABOUT WHAT’S COMING DR. BRIGHT’S
WAY.
WAY. IT’S TRAGEDY, BUT IT’S ONE
THAT’S HAPPENING AND FORE
SHADOWED ON THE AIR WAVES OF FOX
NEWS, THEY WERE PUSHING
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE ALONGSIDE
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE ALONGSIDE DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. IT’S HARD TO DIAGNOSE STATE-RUN
MEDIA OR MEDIA-RUN STATE.
HERE’S WHAT THE DOCTOR SAID IN
HIS PHONE CALL LAST HOUR, HE
SAID HE WAS FIRED BECAUSE HE
REFUSED TO SUBVERT SCIENCE AND
THE FUNDING OF PRODUCTS OF
AKRONNYS OF DONALD TRUMP.
HE WAS WORRIED AS CLAIRE SAID
ABOUT THE ACTUAL QUALITY OF THE
SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES. THAT IT WASN’T APPROVED BY THE
FDA AND HE SAID HE WAS
RETALIATED BECAUSE, QUOTE, I
WOULDN’T ALLOW AMBITION COME
BEFORE SCIENCE.
BEFORE SCIENCE. WHAT DOES IT SAY INCLUDING
DIRECTOR BRENNAN THINKS HE’S IN
FOR A PRETTY ROUGH PATCH OF MORE
PUBLIC ABUSE FROM THIS WHITE
HOUSE IN THE DAYS TO COME?
>> WELL, NICOLLE, WHO WAS DR.
BRIGHT?
BRIGHT? HE WAS DIRECTOR OF A KEY OFFICE
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES CALLED BARTA AND
THAT WAS THE OFFICE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DEVELOPING THE SCIENTIFIC
RESPONSES TO A POTENTIAL
BIO-EVENT, A BIOHAZARD, VACCINES
IN COMBATTING PANDEMICS SUCH AS
INFLUENZA AND NOW OF COURSE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS
SERVED HIS COUNTRY.
HE’S SERVED IN GOVERNMENT AND
PUBLIC SERVICE AND NOW THE
PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE TRULY
MAKING HIM PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER
ONE.
ONE. WE KNOW BECAUSE IT’S DEJA VU ALL
OVER AGAIN.
OVER AGAIN. WHEN A WHISTLE-BLOWER STEPPED
FORWARD LAST FALL THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS MISUSING HIS
OFFICE FOR PERSONAL GAIN THAT
ULTIMATELY GOT THE PRESIDENT
IMPEACHED, THE PRESIDENT’S
ALLIES LINED UP DIRECTLY BEHIND
HIM WE HAVE TO OUT THAT
WHISTLE-BLOWER, ALSO A CAREER
NATIONAL SECURITY PROFESSIONAL.
I THINK DR. BRIGHT IS FOR SOME
BUMPY TIMES.
BUMPY TIMES. THE RIGHTEOUS OF HIS CALL, OTHER
COOPERATING WITNESSES, OTHER
DOCUMENTS, I THINK WILL LEAD TO
A MASSIVE INVESTIGATION IN THE
WAY THIS ADMINISTRATION HANDLED
OR MISHANDLED THIS CRISIS.
NICOLLE, WE’RE MUCH CLOSER TO
THE BEGINNING OF THIS CRISIS
THAN WE ARE TO THE END.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
WE BETTER GET THIS RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, JONATHAN, WHAT’S
NEW IS THAT 70,000 AMERICANS
HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. AND UNLIKE OTHER SCANDALS THAT
DONALD TRUMP COULD TWEET AWAY OR
CHALK UP TO A DEEP STATE
CONSPIRACY, WE CAN ROLL THE
TAPE, WE CAN SEE WHAT DONALD
TRUMP WAS SAYING ABOUT CHINA, WE
CAN SEE HE WAS SAYING THE CASES
WILL MIRACULOUSLY WILL GO FROM
15 TO 0.
15 TO 0. HIS NEW PRESS SECRETARY IS ON
FOX NEWS BUSINESS, TRISH REGAN,
SAYING IT WON’T COME HERE.
IT CAME HERE.
THE CASES EXPECTED TO DOWEL.
DO YOU THINK THIS DOCTOR IS
REALLY GOING TO BE THE CAUSE,
THE NEW TARGET FOR THE TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE AND HIS ALLIES?
>> IT’S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE,
NICOLLE.
NICOLLE. WE HAVE SEEN THIS PLAYBOOK
BEFORE, WHEN SOMEONE HAS STEPPED
FORWARD TO CRITICIZE THIS
PRESIDENT TO ALLEGE WRONGDOING,
THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN USUALLY
BEGINS ONLINE, ON TWITTER,
CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA OFTEN FROM
THE OVAL OFFICE ITSELF, THERE
HASN’T BEEN MUCH OF A REACTION
YET, THIS REPORTING HAS ONLY
BEEN OUT IN THE LAST HOUR OR
TWO.
TWO. IT SHOULDN’T SURPRISE ANYONE
THAT WE DON’T HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT TODAY.
PRESIDENT TODAY. ANOTHER SIGNAL TO TRY TO SUGGEST
THAT THE COUNTRY’S READY TO GO
BACK TO NORMAL, BEGIN REOPENING,
EVEN THOUGH THAT FLIES IN THE
FACE OF A LOT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.
PROFESSIONALS. MY COLLEAGUES AT THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS RELEASED A STUDY, WHILE
CASES IN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA
HAVE DROPPED, THEY’RE RISING
EVERYWHERE ELSE.
EVERYWHERE ELSE. IF YOU REMOVE THE NEW YORK METRO
AREA, YOU’LL SEE A STEADY RISE
OF CASES ACROSS THE NATION.
HOTSPOTS POPPING UP ALL OVER THE
PLACE, INCLUDING IN AREAS THAT
HAVE NO NEAR THE PUBLIC HEALTH
CAPACITY OF A NEW YORK CITY TO
HANDLE THE ONSLAUGHT OF CASES
THAT ARE COMING.
AND THIS IS -- REMAINS SUCH A
REMARKABLY RISKY BET BY THIS
WHITE HOUSE TO TRY AND, TO SEND
THIS SIGNAL THAT THINGS ARE
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL WHILE THE
TESTING STILL REMAINS SO THIN