ON THIS FRIDAY MORNING.
I’M ALEX WITT.
STAY TUNED.
"MORNING JOE" STARTS RIGHT NOW.
HAVE A GOOD ONE.
>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL DAYS IS A SPIKE IN
CASES THAT ARE WELL BEYOND THE
WORST SPIKES THAT WE HAVE SEEN.
THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS.
WE HAVE GOT TO GET THAT UNDER
CONTROL OR WE RISK AN EVEN
GREATER OUTBREAK IN THE UNITED
STATES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FACT THAT
WE NEVER GOT THINGS DOWN TO
BASELINE, WHERE SO MANY
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND THE UK
AND OTHER COUNTRIES DID, THEY
CLOSED DOWN TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT
97% LOCKDOWN.
IN THE UNITED STATES, EVEN IN
THE MOST STRICT LOCKDOWN, ONLY
ABOUT 50% OF THE COUNTRY LOCKED
DOWN.
THAT ALLOWED THE PERPETUATION OF
THE OUTBREAK THAT WE NEVER DID
GET UNDER VERY GOOD CONTROL.
>> YOU HAVE BEEN LOSING THIS
BATTLE, HAVEN’T YOU?
>> YEAH.
WE CAN’T GIVE UP.
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE, BUT NOT IN A WAY
WHERE YOU LOOK DOWN ON THEM.
BUT TO TRY TO GET THEM TO
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF
EVIDENCE.
>> AND THE CRISIS IS BEING
HANDLED.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK WE’RE
TALKING THIS MORNING, SOMETHING
TO THINK ABOUT.
CHINA WAS WAY EARLY AND THEY’RE
GETTING UNDER CONTROL JUST NOW.
AND EUROPE WAS WAY EARLY AND
THEY’RE GETTING UNDER CONTROL.
WE FOLLOWED THEM WITH THIS
TERRIBLE CHINA VIRUS AND WE ARE
LIKEWISE GETTING UNDER CONTROL.
SOME AREAS WERE VERY HARD HIT
ARE NOW DOING VERY WELL.
SOME WERE DOING WELL AND WE
THOUGHT THEY MAY BE GONE AND
THEY’RE FLARING UP AND WE’RE
PUTTING OUT THE FIRES, BUT OTHER PLACES WERE LONG BEFORE US.
PLACES WERE LONG BEFORE US.
AND THEY’RE NOW -- IT’S LIFE,
IT’S GOT A LIFE AND WE’RE
PUTTING OUT THAT LIFE BECAUSE
THAT’S BAD LIFE.
>> DR. FAUCI LOSING THE BATTLE
VERSUS THE PRESIDENT, IT’S BEING
HANDLED.
IT IS FRIDAY, JULY 3rd.
>> HE WENT BACK TO TALKING ABOUT
US DOING VERY WELL.
AND THAT THE CRISIS IS HANDLED.
AGAIN IT’S CONSISTENT WITH
EVERYTHING HE SAID IN JANUARY
WHEN HE SAID IT’S ONE PERSON
COMING IN FROM CHINA.
SOON IT WILL BE DOWN TO ZERO --
>> WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
RAMPING UP.
>> 15 PEOPLE -- GOING DOWN TO
ZERO.
WE HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AT
THIS AND IN MARCH HE TALKED
ABOUT HOW IT WAS GOING TO GO
AWAY MAGICALLY.
IN APRIL, JUST GO AWAY MAGICALLY
AND THAT WE WERE DOING VERY WELL
WITH IT.
HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT WHAT A
GREAT JOB HE’S DOING.
HERE, MIKA WE’LL GET TO THE
NEWS.
ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING DAY.
THE TYPE OF RECORD WE DON’T WANT
TO SET.
DEATHS OVER 130,000 AMERICANS
ARE DEAD NOW.
A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS ARE
DEAD NOW BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP
SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO GO
AWAY MAGICALLY, NOT TO WORRY
ABOUT IT.
AND IT’S NOT JUST DR. FAUCI.
I UNDERSTAND THERE’S SOME REALLY
STUPID PEOPLE OUT THERE ON
CAPITOL HILL, SOME REALLY DUMB
PEOPLE THAT ATTACKED DR. FAUCI.
STUPID PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE
THE CORONAVIRUS AND GO TO GYMS
AND HANG OUT WITH OTHER SENATORS
AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE THE
AUDACITY TO TALK DR. FAUCI.
SO TELL US SOMETHING GOOD, GIVE
US SOME GOOD NEWS.
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR?
DO YOU WANT TO BE LIED TO?
IF YOU HAVE CANCER, DO YOU WANT
THE DOCTOR TO PAT YOU ON YOUR
BACK AND GO, HEY, HAVE A GREAT
4th OF JULY WEEKEND.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER.
MY GOD, DON’T EVEN COME BACK FOR
TWO YEARS WHEN THE DOCTOR -- IS
THAT WHAT YOU WANT?
IS THAT WHAT AMERICA WANTS IN A
PRESIDENT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS
IS GOING TO MAGICALLY GO AWAY
WHEN THE FACT WE’RE STILL IN THE
FIRST WAVE?
THIS IS WHAT DR. FAUCI SAID AND
ENDS UP YOU LOOK AT THE
NUMBERS -- TIM CARNIE PUT SOME
NUMBERS TOGETHER, YES, WE ARE
STILL IN THE FIRST WAVE.
AND WE’RE SETTING RECORDS EVERY
DAY FOR THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS
THAT WE’RE HAVING.
DOCTORS FEAR THAT DEATH RATES
ARE GOING TO GO UP, FOLLOWING
ALL OF THESE LARGE INFECTIONS
AND DR. FAUCI AGAIN IS DOING
WHAT HE’S BEEN DOING FROM THE
BEGINNING.
HE’S BEEN TELLING YOU THE TRUTH AND YOU HAVEN’T WANTED TO HEAR
AND YOU HAVEN’T WANTED TO HEAR
IT, SO YOU PUT UP THESE STUPID, STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON
STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES ON
FACEBOOK WHERE YOU SAY HE AND
GEORGE SOROS TYPES ARE MAKING
THIS UP.
AND YOU FOOLED PEOPLE IN MY
FAMILY AND THEY’RE CALLING ME S
THIS REALLY A CONSPIRACY THEORY,
IS THIS SOMETHING SO FAUCI CAN
MAKE MONEY?
FRIENDS, PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR
ME, THEY BELIEVE THE LIES, THEY
BELIEVE THE STUPIDITY.
THEY BELIEVE THE CONSPIRACY
THEORIES.
WHEN GUESS WHAT DR. FAUCI HAS
BEEN DOING FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING?
IT’S VERY SIMPLE AND I KNOW IF
YOU VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP AND
YOU STILL SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP
IT IS ACTUALLY A CHARACTER TRAIT
THAT YOU DON’T SEE VERY OFTEN
FROM YOUR HERO, FROM YOUR IDOL.
IT’S A CHARACTER TRAIT THAT YOU
HAVE GROWN UNACCUSTOMED TO
SEEING FROM PUBLIC FIGURES.
BUT WHAT ANTHONY FAUCI IS DOING
IS SIMPLY TELLING YOU THE TRUTH
AND HE’S BEEN TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YOU DIDN’T BELIEVE HIM WHEN IT
WAS IN NEW YORK CITY.
YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS LIKE NEIL
ARMSTRONG WALKING ON THE MOON IN
A BURBANK-LIKE MOVIE STUDIO.
OH, HE WASN’T ON THE MOON, WAS
HE?
IT WAS IN A SOUND STAGE IN
BURBANK.
THAT’S WHAT YOU THOUGHT WHEN IT
WAS IN NEW YORK CITY.
WELL NOW FROM THE END OF THE
WORLD TO YOUR TOWN IS ELTON JOHN
SINGING CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND
THE BROWN DIRT COWBOYS,
SUDDENLY, TEXAS IS TELLING
PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO WEAR MASKS.
OH, IS THAT REALLY A THREAT TO
YOUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS TO MAKE
SURE YOU DON’T DIE?
TO MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN DON’T
DIE?
IS THAT HOW YOU DEFINE FREEDOM?
TO MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBORS
DON’T DIE?
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE THAT YOU GO
TO FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WITH
DON’T DIE?
THAT’S YOUR DEFINITION OF
FREEDOM?
WHAT A PERVERSE -- WHAT A
PERVERSE WAY TO LOOK AT FREEDOM
AS WE MOVE TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
DAY.
YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THIS.
IT’S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU.
I AM A BAPTIST.
THANK GOD JESUS BELIEVES IN
GRACE.
I BELIEVE IN DEATH BED
CONVERSIONS.
I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT JOHN
WAYNE ON HIS DEATH BED CONVERTED
TO CATHOLICISM, I SAID PRAISE
THE LORD, BECAUSE JESUS SAYS
HE’LL TAKE DEATH BED
CONVERSIONS.
HE’LL TAKE THE PERSON THAT COMES
OUT IN THE FIELD AND STARTS
WORKING IN THE FIELD AND PAY
THEM AS MUCH AS THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN THE WORKING ALL DAY.
HAS BEEN IN THE WORKING ALL DAY.
SO PLEASE, AS MARJORIE PLAYS
JUST AS I AM IN THE BACKGROUND,
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CONVERSION.
NOT TO SCIENCE.
I’M NOT ASKING YOU TO EMBRACE
SCIENCE OVER JESUS.
I’M JUST SAYING -- JUST TALK TO
YOUR DOCTOR, OKAY?
THIS IS BASIC MEDICINE.
THIS IS DOC HOLLYWOOD STUFF.
THIS IS NOT HARD, OKAY?
JUST BASIC MEDICINE.
DR. FAUCI IS TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH.
WHY?
BECAUSE THERE’S NO GREAT
CONSPIRACY THEORY.
HE JUST WANTS YOU TO LIVE.
HE JUST WANTS YOUR CHILD TO BE
ABLE TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
AND DO IT SAFELY.
HE JUST WANTS YOU TO BE ABLE TO
GO BACK TO THE RESTAURANT THAT
YOU LOVE, WITH YOUR FAMILY,
AFTER GOING TO SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
CHURCH.
AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH YOUR
FAMILY.
HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T
LOSE YOUR JOB OR THE SMALL
BUSINESS THAT YOU’RE RUNNING,
DOESN’T GET DESTROYED.
THIS IS BASIC, SIMPLE STUFF AND
I UNDERSTAND THERE’S BEEN A GUY
IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS BEEN
TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE
OF THIS -- THIS IS A CULTURE
WAR.
THIS IS NO MORE OF A CULTURE WAR
THAN CANCER IS A CULTURE WAR.
THIS IS MORE THAN A CULTURE WAR
THAN HEART DISEASE IS A CULTURE
WAR.
THIS IS BASIC SCIENCE, THIS IS
BASIC MEDICINE.