HE WAS BRAGGING ABOUT 1,500 TESTS FROM ABBOTT LABORATORIES.
>> WELL, KATTY KAY, IT APPEARS
THE FACTS ARE CLOSING IN ON THIS
DISASTROUS WHITE HOUSE.
IT’S NOT JUST THE "WASHINGTON
POST."
POST." IT’S NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AND DIFFERENT STATES
WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP MAY WANT
TO GET SOME PRESS AND MAKE AN
IMPACT.
IMPACT. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS WATCHING THE
UNITED STATES, THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES FALL TO THEIR
KNEES, GETTING CRUSHED BY THIS
VIRUS.
VIRUS. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE WORST WEEK
AHEAD.
AHEAD. LOOKING ACROSS THE POND AT BORIS
JOHNSON HEADING TO THE HOSPITAL.
I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AND HOW THAT IS IMPACTING THE
PEOPLE THERE.
PEOPLE THERE. ALSO, HOW AMERICA IS SEEN AROUND
THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AS THEY ARE
DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC.
>> SO I SPENT THE WEEKEND
SPEAKING TO FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES IN ITALY, THE UK, AND
EVEN MOROCCO.
EVEN MOROCCO. MY SISTER LIVES IN MOROCCO.
TIME AND AGAIN, THEY BROUGHT UP
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
THEY’RE ALL WATCHING WHAT IS
HAPPENING HERE.
HAPPENING HERE. THEY’RE KIND OF FLABBERGASTED,
MIKA, THAT NOT MORE IS BEING
DONE.
DONE. THEY CAN’T UNDERSTAND WHY THE
TESTING IS SO WEAK.
WHY AMERICA SEEMS TO LACK SO
MANY VENTILATORS.
MANY VENTILATORS. WHY ON THE MEDICAL SIDE THINGS
ARE NOT GOING WELL.
THE OTHER THING THEY’RE RAISING
IS THEY’RE SAYING, MY GOODNESS,
YOU CAN GO OUT?
YOU CAN GO TO THE PARK AND GO
FOR A RUN STILL?
YOU CAN GO FREELY TO THE
SUPERMARKET AND PEOPLE AREN’T
WEARING MASKS?
WEARING MASKS? THEY LITERALLY CANNOT BELIEVE
THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THE
NUMBERS THAT THEY ARE, THAT
THERE ARE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY
WHERE PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THOSE
STATES THAT DON’T HAVE TOTAL
LOCKDOWNS, INCLUDING RELIGIOUS
SERVICES.
SERVICES. I MEAN, ALL OF THIS, THEY’RE
LOOKING AT IT LIKE IT IS AN
AMATEUR OPERATION HAPPENING
HERE.
HERE. IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
APPARENT THAT IF WE DON’T TAKE
MORE STRINGENT MEASURES NOW,
COUNTRIES LIKE AUSTRIA THAT ARE
OPENING UP ARE OPENING UP
BECAUSE THEY HAD REALLY, REALLY
STRICT LOCKDOWNS.
STRICT LOCKDOWNS. AMERICA HASN’T GOT A REALLY
STRICT, NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN.
SO THIS IS GOING TO GO ON MUCH
LONGER.
LONGER. WE’RE GOING TO SEE OTHER
COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD START
TO OPEN UP, START TO GET THEIR
ECONOMIES BACK ON TRACK.
I THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE WAY
BEHIND BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE THE
TESTING AND BECAUSE OUR LOCKDOWN
IS NOT AS STRINGENT AS IT HAS
BEEN IN THE OTHER COUNTRIES
WHERE IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
ON THE THING ABOUT BORIS
JOHNSON, IT’S REMARKABLE, HOW
THE TOP OF THE BRITISH
ESTABLISHMENT HAS BEEN HIT.
YOU’VE HAD PRINCE CHARLES, THE
HEALTH SECRETARY, NOW BORIS
JOHNSON.
JOHNSON. WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE WENT IN
BECAUSE HIS SYMPTOMS WERE
PERSISTING AFTER TEN DAYS OF A
HIGH FEVER, IN PARTICULAR.
IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT THE TESTS
ARE ACTUALLY -- THAT HEWHAT HE N
THE HOSPITAL.
THE HOSPITAL. IT’S WORRYING.
IT’S WORRYING. THERE COULD BE A STATEMENT
COMING OUT FROM DOWNING STREET
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE
QUEEN GIVING THAT REMARKABLE,
FOUR-MINUTE SPEECH.
FOUR-MINUTE SPEECH. SHE SAID MORE IN FOUR MINUTES
THAN PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IN THE
COURSE OF HIS TWO-HOUR PRESS
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> I THINK IT IS ONLY QUEEN
ELIZABETH THAT HAS THE STATURE
IN THE WORLD, WHO LIVED THROUGH
AND WORKED THROUGH THE SECOND
WORLD WAR, TO BE ABLE TO USE THE
WORD SHE USED SO SPARINGLY, TO
BRING NOT JUST THE BRITISH
PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT REALLY TO
APPEAL TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
WHEN SHE SAID, LOOK, WE’RE ALL
IN THIS TOGETHER, AND WE WILL
MEET AGAIN ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SHE DIDN’T SUGAR COAT IT.
SHE SAID, THIS IS TOUGH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH.
SHE PRAISED THE HEALTH WORKERS
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
SHE PRAISED PEOPLE, THANKED THEM
FOR STAYING HOME.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN HER SPARE
FOUR-MINUTES AT WINDSOR CASTLE,
SHE DID MORE THAN MOST
POLITICIANS HAVE DONE WITH HOURS
ON TELEVISION.
ON TELEVISION. >> SHE’S A REMARKABLE LEADER.
SHE SHOWED ONCE AGAIN WHAT A
REMARKABLE LEADER SHE IS.
PUBLIC FIGURE.
PUBLIC FIGURE. THE UNITED STATES NEEDS A
REMARKABLE LEADER OR REMARKABLE
PUBLIC FIGURE.
PUBLIC FIGURE. WE JUST DON’T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
IT’S VERY INTERESTING.
KATTY TALKED ABOUT THE STRICT
LOCKDOWN IN AUSTRIA AND OTHER
PARTS OF EUROPE.
ON MARCH THE 9th, DONALD TRUMP
MOCKED STATE LOCKDOWNS.
ON MARCH THE 9th, LESS THAN A
MONTH AGO.
MONTH AGO. TWEETING THAT THE COMMON FLU
KILLS THOUSANDS A YEAR AND,
QUOTE, NOTHING IS SHUT DOWN.
LIFE AND THE ECONOMY GO ON.
IT WILL GO AWAY.
JUST STAY CALM.
AGAIN, LESS THAN A MONTH AGO.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, YOU LOOK AT,
AGAIN, ALL THE THINGS THAT THE
"ASSOCIATED PRESS," THE
"WASHINGTON POST," ALL THE
THINGS THAT OTHER NEWS OUTLETS
HAVE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WHAT
IS SO SHOCKING, AS KATTY TALKS
ABOUT, IS HOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
TOWARD THE UNITED STATES,
ABSOLUTELY STUNNED THAT DONALD
TRUMP IS FAILING IS SO MISERABLY
WHEN IT COMES TO PUSHING HIS
ADMINISTRATION FOR TESTING.
DONALD TRUMP IS FAILING SO
MISERABLY WHEN IT COMES TO
TAKING CONTROL OF THE CRISIS.
INSTEAD, HE’S USING A PANDEMIC
TO ATTACK GOVERNORS THAT AREN’T
IN HIS PARTY.
MOST REMARKABLY, AS THE
"WASHINGTON POST" WROTE
YESTERDAY, NO COUNTRY IS BETTER
POSITIONED TO FIGHT THIS
PANDEMIC
PANDEMIC PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. NO COUNTRY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR
TECHNOLOGY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR
MEDICAL SUPERIORITY, WHEN YOU
LOOK AT OUR SCIENTISTIC
SUPERIORITY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
OUR RESOURCES.
OUR RESOURCES. RICHEST COUNTRY ON EARTH.
NO COUNTRY WAS BETTER ERIPQUIPPE
TO ACTUALLY KEEP THIS VIRUS AT
BAY.
BAY. YET, IT IS THE UNITED STATES,
THROUGH THE FAILURE OF THE
ADMINISTRATION, THAT WILL END UP
HAVING MORE CASES AND LOSING
MORE LIVES THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
BECAUSE EVEN UP TO A MONTH AGO,
DONALD TRUMP WAS MOCKING
GOVERNORS WHO WERE SHUTTING DOWN
THEIR GOVERNMENT.
THEIR GOVERNMENT. NOW, THERE’S WHAT ABOUT-ISM.
YOU CAN SAY, de BLASIO SAID
THIS.
THIS. CUOMO SAID THAT.
THAT’S GREAT.
THAT’S GREAT. GUESS WHAT?
GUESS WHAT? THEY’RE NOT RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THEY’RE NOT PRESIDENT, ALL
RIGHT?
RIGHT? YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY SAID IN
MARCH, EARLY MARCH, AND YOU’RE
IN NEW YORK, VOTE AGAINST THEM.
I DON’T REALLY CARE.
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.
I CARE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
OF AMERICA. WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WE HAD A
PRESIDENT, JONATHAN, THAT DID
NOTHING BUT PLAY DOWN THIS
THREAT FOR TWO MONTHS.
WE’RE BRINGING IT UP NOW BECAUSE
HE IS STILL ACTING RECKLESS
INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> HE NEEDS TO STEP ASIDE.
>> AS WE GO INTO THE WORST WEEK
FOR THIS COUNTRY, HE’S STILL
ACTING RECKLESS AND UNMOTHERRED.
HE STILL CAN’T RISE TO THE
OCCASION IN THIS, THE DARKEST
WEEK THAT AMERICANS WILL FACE
PROBABLY SINCE WORLD WAR II.
>> I’D SAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
READY AND IT WASN’T.
THE UNITED STATES HAD THE
BENEFIT OF TIME, UNLIKE CHINA,
UNLIKE SOME OF THE ASIAN
COUNTRIES THAT SURROUND CHINA
THAT WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE.
THE UNITED STATES HAD TIME TO BE
READY FOR THIS, AND IT WAS NOT.
IN TERMS OF TESTING, THERE IS A
DISTINCT LACK, AS WE’VE BEEN
DISCUSSING.
DISCUSSING. FLAK BACK
FLAK BACK FLASH BACK A COUPLE DAYS.
JARED KUSHNER TALKED ABOUT THE
NATIONAL STOCKPILE, SUGGESTING
IT WAS RESERVED FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND WAS NOT USED TO
SUPPLEMENT STATES.
SUPPLEMENT STATES. IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE USED TO
HELP OUT THE STATES.
ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE, HE SAID,
WAS TO HAVE IN RESERVE FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE
DEFINITION OF THE NATIONAL
STOCKPILE
STOCKPILE STOCKPILE.
STOCKPILE. EXCEPT, OF COURSE, THEY CHANGED
THE DEFINITION.
THE DEFINITION. THE VERY NEXT MORNING ON THE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WEBSITE, THEY CHANGED THE
DEFINITION OF THE NATIONAL
STOCKPILE TO REFLECT WHAT
KUSHNER SAID.
KUSHNER SAID. IT WOULD FALL -- IT’S FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND IT WAS
NOT TO BE EXPLICITLY USED FOR
THE STATES.
THE STATES. WE’RE HEARING FROM GOVERNORS
ACROSS THE STATES HOW SLOW IT
HAS BEEN, HOW SLOW AND PAINFUL
THE PROCESS HAS BEEN, TO RECEIVE
VENTILATORS, TO RECEIVE RES
RESPIRATORS FROM THE STOCKPILE.
SOME STATES RECEIVED ENOUGH.
OTHERS, NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
IT IS CLEAR WHERE THE PRESIDENT
IS FEUDING WITH THE DPOV KNORRGO
AND WHERE WE ARE.
THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES YESTERDAY SAID
THAT THIS NATION WAS ABOUT TO
ENTER ONE OF THE WORST WEEKS IN
ITS HISTORY.
ITS HISTORY. ONE OF THE -- PEOPLE WHO LIVE
HERE WILL FACE ONE OF THE
TOUGHEST WEEKS OF THEIR LIVES.
HE COMPARED IT TO OUR PEARL
HARBOR MOMENT, OUR SEPTEMBER
11th MOMENT.
11th MOMENT. IN NEITHER OF THOSE TIMES DID
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKE A
BACKSEAT TO THE STATES.
AFTER PEARL HARBOR, AFTER THE
TWIN TOWERS FELL, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ROSE TO THE MOMENT.
WAS EVERY DECISION FLAWLESS?
OF COURSE NOT.
BUT IT ROSE TO THE MOMENT.
THERE WAS NO RELIANCE ON
FEDERALISM, SAYING EACH GOVERNOR
SHOULD MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION.
INSTEAD, THAT’S WHAT THIS
PRESIDENT HAS DONE.
WE FACE THE CRISIS OF THIS TIME,
OF THIS GENERATION.
HE HAS TAKEN A BACKSEAT.
>> AND THE PRESIDENT JUST KEEPS
LYING, SAYING THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO GET
IN THE WAY OF STATES BIDDING FOR
MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. IT’S HAPPENED TIME AND AGAIN.
THEY DO.
THEY DO. THEY DRIVE UP THE PRICE.
THEY TAKE THE MATERIALS.
THEY SEIZE MATERIAL FROM
MASSACHUSETTS.
MASSACHUSETTS. I MEAN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
IS COMPETING WITH THE STATES.
THEY’RE TAKING EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TAKE, AND THEN THEY’RE
ACTUALLY GETTING UP AND SAYING,
OH, WE’RE NOT GOING TO COMPETE
AGAINST THE STATES.
OH, NO, NO, NO.
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
IT’S ANOTHER LIE.
>> AND GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE
PROCESS OF SAVING LIVES.
>> GETTING IN THE WAY, YEAH.
>>> STILL AHEAD, UNLIKE OTHER
STATES, DELAWARE CLOSED
BEACHES WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS A HUGE HIT TO THE
ECONOMY, BUT GOVERNOR JOHN
CARNEY SAID IT WAS NEEDED.
WE’LL TALK TO HIM AHEAD.
>>> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS ARE,
QUOTE, THRILLED WITH THE LEVEL
OF SUPPLIES.
OF SUPPLIES. >> THAT’S ANOTHER LIE, BUT YOU
KNOW IT’S A LIE.
WE JUST HAVE TO -- SINCE WE READ
THE SCRIPT, IT’S AN OBVIOUS LIE.
DONALD TRUMP IS LYING JUST ABOUT
EVERYTHING NOW.
EVERYTHING NOW. >> THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY TOLD A
GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG.
GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG. KEN DILANIAN HAS NEW REPORTING
ON THAT.
ON THAT. >>> THERE’S CONFUSION ABOUT FACE
MASKS AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE
URGED AMERICANS TO WEAR THEM,
EVEN AS THE PRESIDENT REFUSED TO
WEAR THEM.
WEAR THEM. OUR CHIEF MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT,
DR. DAVE CAMPBELL, BREAKS IT
DOWN FOR US.
WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> THE NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE
OUR PEARL HARBOR MOMENT.
IT IS GOING TO BE OUR 9/11
MOMENT.