>> "THE 11TH HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS NOW.
>>> AND GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN,
DAY 1,362 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION LEAVING 22 DAYS
UNTIL ELECTION DAY, AND THE U.S.
IS NOW ON TRACK TO HIT 8 MILLION
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS BY THE
MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.
OVER 216,000 AMERICANS HAVE NOW
DIED IN THIS STILL RAGING
PANDEMIC.
PUT ANOTHER WAY THIS AS YET
UNCONTROLLED VIRUS HAS ALREADY
KILLED 1 OF EVERY 1,600
AMERICANS.
PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE AT THE
START OF THE YEAR GONE TODAY.
YET TONIGHT DONALD TRUMP
CLAIMING IMMUNITY, NOT
SURPRISINGLY CLAIMING GREAT
PERSONAL STRENGTH, WENT BACK OUT
ON THE ROAD FOR A RALLY IN
FLORIDA, FEARED BY MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS TO BE YET ANOTHER
SUPER SPREADER EVENT IN THE
MAKING.
HE THREW MASKS OUT TO THE CROWD
BUT DIDN’T ADVOCATE WEARING
THEM.
MANY SEATED BEHIND HIM WHERE
CAMERAS COULD SEE HIS SPEECH
WERE WEARING MASKS.
MANY OTHERS IN THE CROWD WERE
NOT AND WERE CRAMMED TOGETHER.
HERE IS WHAT THEY HEARD FROM
THEIR PRESIDENT ABOUT HIS SO FAR
AMAZING RECOVERY.
>> THE NICE PART, I WENT THROUGH
IT.
NOW THEY SAY I’M IMMUNE.
I FEEL SO POWERFUL.
I’LL WALK IN THERE, I’LL KISS
EVERYONE IN THAT AUDIENCE.
I’LL KISS THE GUYS AND THE
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND EVERYBODY --
I’LL JUST GIVE YOU A BIG FAT
KISS.
NO, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING -- I
DON’T HAVE TO BE LOCKED UP IN MY
BASEMENT.
YOU’VE GOT TO GET OUT, AND IT’S
RISKY.
IT’S RISKY BUT YOU’VE GOT TO GET
OUT.
BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A GOOD
FEELING WHEN YOU CAN BEAT
SOMETHING AND NOW THEY SAY
YOU’RE IMMUNE.
I DON’T KNOW FOR HOW LONG.
SOME PEOPLE SAY FOR LIFE, SOME
FOR 4 MONTHS.
>> THAT WAS TRUMPS TREATISE ON
THE VIRUS TONIGHT.
THE TRENDS ARE HEADED THE WRONG
WAY.
OVER 35 STATES ARE NOW REPORTING
RISING INFECTIONS.
IN FACT, THIS WEEKEND MISSOURI,
MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, OHIO,
OKLAHOMA, WEST VIRGINIA ALL
REPORTED NEW SINGLE-DAY HIGH
RECORDS.
AND IN A CASE OF PERFECT TIMING
JUST AS THE PRESIDENT WAS
TRAVELING TO FLORIDA TONIGHT THE
WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN RELEASED A
LETTER SAYING, QUOTE, REGARDING
THE PRESIDENT’S MOST RECENT
COVID-19 TEST I CAN SHARE WITH
YOU THAT HE HAS TESTED NEGATIVE
ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS.
HE WENT ONTO SAY TESTING DATA,
QUOTE, INFORMED OUR MEDICAL
TEAMS ASSESSMENT THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS NOT INFECTIOUS TO
OTHERS.
AS YOU’LL HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR
GUESTS, DOCTORS HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT STATEMENT.
AND THEY ARE RIGHT TO HAVE A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT
STATEMENT.
WHILE TRUMP IS ACTING LIKE HE IS
NO DANGER TO THOSE AROUND HIM
ONE MEMBER OF HIS TASK FORCE
WARNS THE PRESIDENT IS POSING A
SERIOUS DANGER TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
>> PUT ASIDE ALL OF THE ISSUES
OF WHAT POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS A
RALLY HAS, AND JUST PUT THAT
ASIDE AND LOOK AT IT PURELY IN
THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS ASKING FOR
TROUBLE WHEN YOU DO THAT.
THE DATA SPEAKS FOR THEMSELVES.
IT HAPPENS, AND NOW IS EVEN MORE
SO A WORSE TIME TO DO THAT.
>> THE RESPECTED COMPUTER MODEL
WE ALWAYS QUOTE FROM THE FOLKS
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
IS NOW PROJECTING NEARLY 395,000
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN THIS
COUNTRY BY FEBRUARY.
THE STUDY ALSO SAYS AND THIS IS
IMPORTANT, 80,000 OF THOSE LIVES
COULD BE SAVED IF MORE PEOPLE
WORE MASKS.
DURING A CAMPAIGN STOP IN
CINCINNATI TONIGHT BIDEN OOP
CONTINUED TO HAMMER TRUMP FOR
HIS PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
>> HE KNEW IT WAS EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS AND AN EXTREMELY
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE, AIRBORNE,
BUT HE DIDN’T TELL ANYBODY.
HE TOLD BOB WOODWARD HE DIDN’T
WANT TO PANIC THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC.
AMERICANS DON’T PANIC.
WHEN WE WERE A MEMBER NATION
DURING THE EBOLA OUTBREAK.
SHE’S AMONG OUR MEDICAL
CONTRIBUTORS FOR A GOOD REASON.
MR. COSTA, I’D LIKE TO BEGIN
WITH YOU.
TALK ABOUT THE PERIL, THE RISK
VERSUS REWARD OF THE PRESIDENT
WHO WAS IN THE HOSPITAL A WEEK
AGO GOING BACK OUT ON THE ROAD
FOR THESE RALLIES, ENTERING AIR
FORCE ONE WITHOUT A MASK.
NO INTENTION OF DEPOLITICIZING
MASK WEARING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN
OUT OF CONTROL PANDEMIC.
>> YOU JUST LAID IT ALL OUT
THERE, BRIAN, BUT THE QUESTION
IS ALSO THE MOTIVATION HERE.
WHY IS HE DOING THAT?
AND BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POLITICAL
ADVISERS HE’S SEEN POLLING
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY THAT SEES
HIM DOWN.
AND YOU LOOK AT THOSE IMAGES OUT
OF GEORGIA, A DEEP RED STATE
TODAY AS EARLY VOTING BEGINS AND
THE REPUBLICANS ACROSS THE BOARD
WHETHER IT’S SENATOR CORNYN IN
TEXAS, SENATOR GRAHAM ON ANOTHER
NETWORK TONIGHT EXPRESSING ALARM
ABOUT DEMOCRATS FUND-RAISING IN
HIS STATE, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO
THE PRESIDENT BEING IN FLORIDA
AND URGING HIS CORE VOTERS IN
THAT CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE
WHOLE STATE -- HE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT PANHANDLE FLORIDA TOO TO
MAKE SURE THOSE REPUBLICANS COME