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>>> WELCOME TO FRIDAY.
IT IS "MEET THE PRESS" DAILY,
I’M CHUCK TODD.
WE’RE FOLLOWING CRISES FACING
THIS PRESIDENCY AND NOW THIS
DEMOCRACY.
AS THIS DAY UNFOLDED WE’RE
REMINDED THAT EVERY ONE OF
CRISES MIGHT BE WORSE THAN WE
THOUGHT.
154,000 DEATHS INTO THE PANDEMIC
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
TODAY TESTIFIED THERE IS NO END
IN SIGHT.
THEY ALSO MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE
STILL DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE A
NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT AND
CONTAIN THIS VIRUS BEYOND HOPING
FOR A VACCINE.
AS DR. FAUCI SUGGESTED IN
TESTIMONY TODAY, WE NEVER REALLY
HAD ONE TO BEGIN WITH.
>> WOULD YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT
THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE IS
EITHER THE PRESENCE OR THE
ABSENCE OF SOCIAL COHESION AND
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP TO ACTUALLY
DEVELOP A PLAN, EXECUTE IT AND
STICK TO IT?
>> I THINK THAT WITH SUCH A
DIVERSE OF RESPONSE IN THIS
COUNTRY FROM DIFFERENT STATES
THAT WE REALLY DID NOT HAVE A
UNIFIED BRINGING EVERYTHING
DOWN.
>> AT THE SAME HEARING THE
NATION’S TESTING CZAR SAID THAT
WE STILL DON’T HAVE THE TESTING
CAPACITY WE NEED DUE TO TESTING
DELAYS.
>> WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR OUR
NATION TO HAVE RESULTS FOR ALL
COVID TESTS COMPLETED AND
RETURNED WITHIN 48 AND 72 HOURS?
IS THAT A POSSIBLE BENCHMARK
THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE?
>> IT IS NOT A POSSIBLE
BENCHMARK WE CAN ACHIEVE TODAY
GIVEN THE DEMAND AND THE SUPPLY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY A BENCH MARK WE
CAN ACHIEVE MOVING FORWARD.
>> TENS OF MILLIONS ARE ABOUT TO
LOSE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE
TO AN IMPASSE ON CAPITOL HILL
AND THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT SAY
WHAT HE WANTS IN A DEAL WHEN HE
SPOKE TO REPORTERS TODAY.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO SPELL OUT
EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT RIGHT
NOW --
>> -- WHAT I WANT IS OUR PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND LIVE WELL
BECAUSE IT WASN’T THEIR FAULT
THAT CHINA BROUGHT IN THIS
PANDEMIC, THAT CHINA BROUGHT IN
THIS PLAGUE.
IT’S CHINA’S FAULT.
CHINA SHOULD BE PAYING FOR IT
AND MAYBE THEY WILL.
MAYBE THEY WILL.
YOU’LL WATCH.
>> AND TO CAP IT OFF, WITH JUST
95 DAYS TO GO, THE PRESIDENT
RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE FIXATED ON
ATTACKING THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS
UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
AND HIS CAMPAIGN ADMITS THE
CURRENT STRATEGY IS NOT WORKING
AND WARNING THAT OUR ELECTION
INFRASTRUCTURE COULD NOT HANDLE
A SURGE OF MAIL-IN VOTING.
WATCH SOME OF THIS EXCHANGE HE
HAD TODAY WITH PETER ALEXANDER
BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT SEEMED A
LOT LESS INTERESTED IN
ADDRESSING THE ISSUE AND MORE
ABOUT SOWING DOUBTS THAT HE
THINKS IT A FOREGOON CONCLUSION.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WE HEARD
YESTERDAY YOUR FRUSTRATIONS
ABOUT HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO
COUNT THE BALLOTS.
WHY AREN’T YOU SPENDING MORE
ENERGY TO GET THE RESOURCES AND
THE FUNDING FOR THE STATES TO
SECURE THIS ELECTION FOR ALL
AMERICANS.
>> PETER, YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
MY ENERGY.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING
SPECIFICALLY.
>> YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT
I’M DOING.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> LISTEN, YOU KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT WHAT I DO.
EVERYONE KNOWS MAIL-IN BALLOTS
ARE A DISASTER.
THEY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO SEND
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF BALLOTS
ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND
IT’S GOING TO COME OUT.
AND MAYBE NEVER KNOW THE
ELECTION RESULT AND THAT IS WHAT
I’M CONCERNED IT.
IT WILL BE FIXED, IT WILL BE
RIGGED.
PEOPLE OUGHT TO GET SMART.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST
ELECTION DISASTER IN HISTORY.
THIS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR
OUR NATION AND YOU’LL SEE IT.
I’M ALWAYS RIGHT ABOUT THINGS
LIKE THIS.
I GUESS I MUST BE.
I WOULDN’T BE SITTING HERE.