FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND PLUS NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT AND
ASSISTANT FOR
ASSISTANT FOR COUNTERINTELLIGENCE.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. I WANT TO START KWWITH THE FACTS
ON CORONAVIRUS.
ON CORONAVIRUS. THIS IS THE QUESTION I GET ASKED
MORE THAN ANYTHING ON THE
PRESIDENT AND HIS MIRACLE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THE
WARNING TODAY FROM THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION ADDS TO OUR
UNDERSTANDS ABOUT HOW THEY’RE
APPROACHING THE RISK TODAY?
>> SO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO
LISTEN TO THESE PROFESSIONALS,
LIKE THOSE AT THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING WE
KNOW ABOUT THE TENANTS OF CRISIS
MANAGEMENT IS BEING IGNORE
FWHIED WHITE HOUSE.
I WAS INVOLVED AT THE FIRST
ANTHRAX -- AND I CAN ASSURE YOU
WE DIDN’T MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT
MEDICAL DOCTORS AND Ph.D.
MICROBIOLOGISTS DIRECTING
MICROBIOLOGISTS DIRECTING EVERYTHING.
EVERYTHING. AND SO, WHEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL IN
TRUST AND CALM THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AND CALM WALL STREET,
WHAT THEY’RE DOING WRONG IS
THEY’VE MADE THE SINGLE
COMMUNICATOR VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE, WHO ALLEGEDLY IS
CONTROLLING ALL THE MESSAGING.
WHAT WE NEED TO SEE ARE MEDICAL
AND SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONALS WE
CAN TRUST.
CAN TRUST. THEY CAN TURN THIS AROUND IF
THEY LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS
AND PRESENT TO THE PUBLIC
SOMEBODY WITH AN MD OR A Ph.D.
AFTER THEIR NAME.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE TESTING KITS
UNDERSTOOD AND THEY’RE NOT OUT
THERE YETD, TELL US ABOUT IT.
WE HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT TESTING
KITS.
KITS. IF WE DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE CALIFORNIA AND HOW SHE
GOT IT, BE COMPLETELY HONEST AND
TRANSPARENT.
TRANSPARENT. DON’T HIDE THE FACT SHE’S MILES
AWAY FROM THE MILITARY BASE
WHERE WE TOOK IN AMERICAN
CITIZENS FROM THE CRUISE SHIP.
EXPLAIN IT, DON’T HIDE IT.
>> I ACTUALLY ONLY KNOW DR.
DR. FAUCI BECAUSE WHEN I WORKED
IN THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE PRESS
OFFICES, WE DIDN’T TAKE THESE
CALLS OR QUESTIONS.
WE SENT THEM TO HIM.
SO, IT IS REALLY, TO ANY WHITE
HOUSE, DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT BENEFITS HAVING
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS OUT FRONT.
"IT APPEARS THEY’VE LEARNED
NOTHING FROM THE CHINAIZE FAIL
DWROOR COMBAT THE CORONAVIRUS.
IT ONLY INCREASES THE LIKELIHOOD
OF THE VIRUS SPREADING.
BUT THEY HAVE A PERSEPS PROBLEM
AND THIS WHISTLE-BLOWER
COMPLAINT WE LEARNED ABOUT
YESTERDAY AND THE WARNINGS
AGAINST THE HHS WHISTLE-BLOWER
AND SEEMED TO BE COMETICING IN T
LARGE SHADOW CAST IN THE
IMPEACHMENT PURGE.
IMPEACHMENT PURGE. >> THIS IS WHERE DRAINING THE
SWAMP BECOMES INCREDIBLY
DANGEROUS TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. BECAUSE WE KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP
ALSO ENDED THAT GLOBAL HEALTH
SECURITY UNIT WITHIN THE WHITE
HOUSE THAT WAS, IN EFFECT, BOTH
DURING THE OBAMA AND BUSH
ADMINISTRATIONS, KNOWING ALL THE
HEALTH EXPERTS TOLD US IT WASN’T
A MATTER OF IF T WAS A MATTER OF
WHEN A GLOBAL VIRUS LIKE THIS
WOULD POSE A GRAVE THREAT,
GLOBALLY, AS WELL AS HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. WHAT WE’RE DOING IS SCRAMBLING
TO TRY AND RE-CREATE THAT.
THE CDC FUNDING THAT WAS
PROPOSED NEVER DID GET SLASHED.
BUT TO CRITICIZE THEM ON NOT
HAVING A COMMAND AND CONTROL
CENTER ON THIS THAT EXISTED
UNDER TWO PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATIONS SFL A TOGETHER.
AND THE FARBLGT YOU’RE PUTB
FACES LIKE THIS, IS A CONCERN.
HE REALLY WAS BLOCKED FROM THE
SHOWS.
SHOWS. SO TOO, FRANK’S POINT, THE
TRANSPARENCY ISSUE IS CRITICAL.
GIVEN NOW ALL THE TESTING KITS
ARE DISTRIBUTED, WE’RE NOT SURE
HOW LONG IT’S GOING TO TAKE TO
KNOW HOW MUCH THIS HAS SPREAD
GIVEN THE INCUBATION PERIODS,
THAT THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE
HONEST WITH US, NOT LOOKING LIKE
THEY’RE TRYING TO COVER UP
SOMETHING THAT WAS MAYBE A
PUBLIC RELATIONS PROBLEM FOR
THEM IN THE BEGINNING THEY
DIDN’T HAVE THIS UNIT TOGETHER
AND DIDN’T HAVE OO REAL PLAN FOR
COMMUNICATING WITH SOME OF THE
LOCALITIES.
LOCALITIES. >> LET ME SAY SOMETHING
CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL SAID.
HE’S ROOTING FOR THE PRESIDENT.
TO TURN OVER CONTROL TO THE
EXPERTS WOULD REQUIRE THE
PRESIDENT TO BREAK NEW YEAR’S
LONG PATTERN OF TRUSTING HIS OWN
BRAIN AND GUT, EVEN WHEN IT
COMES TO SCIENTISTS AND MILITARY
GENERALS.
GENERALS. LET’S WATCH AND TALK ABOUT IT ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
>> I’M SPEAKING WITH MYSELF,
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE. BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY GOOD BRAIN
AND I’VEADS LOT OF A THINGS.
>> I KNOW MORE ABOUT ISIS THAN
THE GENERALS DO.
>> WHEN MY INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE
TELL ME HOW WONDERFUL IRAN IS,
IF YOU DON’T MIND, I’LL GET MY
OWN COUNSEL.
OWN COUNSEL. >> I ALONE CAN FIX IT.
>> HE DOESN’T TRUST EXPERTS IN
THE INTELLIANCE COMMUNITY IN
AAND NO
AAND NO AAND.
AAND. >> AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
CDC HAVE CONTRADICTED EACH OTHER
A NUMBER OF TIMES.
THEY SHOULD HAVE DAILY UPDATES
FROM A PROFESSIONAL.
SOMEONE WHO CAN BE TRANSPARENT,
WHO KNOWS THE FACT AND CAN BRIEF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TELL
THEM WHAT’S GOING ON.
AND ENHANCED BY THE FACT THE
STOCK MARKET CONTINUES TO
PLUNGE.
PLUNGE. WHAT YEAR SEEING INSTEAD IS THE
OPPOSITE.
OPPOSITE. >> WHAT’S HE EVEN DOING THERE?
THIS IS A RIGHT-WING CIRCLE SNRM
WHY WURNLT THIGH FIG I GOIERING
HOW TO PROTOEMD-FEM THIS IS THE
HIGHLIGHT OF HIS YEAR, THE
HUSBAND HAS SAID HP NRMS WHEN
MULL YEAHY DIT FEEK P HE
SUGGESTS THE MEDIA DID NOT COVER
THE EARLY EFFORTS TO BAS.
FRRG WAS HE HOODS WE -- AND SAYS
WE’RE ONLY HEARING ABOUT IT NOW
BECAUSE IMPEACHMENT IS OVER AND
THIS IS THE NEW WAY THEY’RE
TRYING TO, QUOTE, GET THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AND THE PRESIDENT’S ELDEST SON,
QUOTE, ABOUT DEMOCRATS, FOR THEM
TO TRY AND TAKE A PANDEMIC AND
HOPE IT COMES HERE AND KILLS
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SO THEY CAN
END DONALD TRUMP’S STREAK OF
WINNING IS A NEW LEVEL OF
SICKNESS.
SICKNESS. >> WHO’S THE SINGLE EXAMPLE OF
ANYONE HOPING IT COMES HERE?
>> NONE.
>> NONE. MANY HAVE CALLED FOR DONALD
TRUMP JR. TO APOLOGIZE FOR
SUGGESTING THEY WANT AMERICANS
TO DIE TO MAKE A POLITICAL
POINT.
POINT. INSTEAD OF BEING TRANSPARENT,
THEY’RE DOWNPLAYING THE CRISIS.
YOU HEARD MULVANEY SAY AMERICANS
SHOULD TURN OFF TVS FOR 24
HOURS.
HOURS. AND THEY’RE TRYING TO SCAPEGOAT