4.5%. IN BROWARD, WE’RE SEEING 143 NEW CASES WITH A POSITIVITY
RATE OF 3%.
>> Calvin: NOW WE TAKE YOU TO
WASHINGTON.
THE WHITE HOUSE ONCE AGAIN IN
DAMAGE CONTROL MODE AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS CONFRONTED
ABOUT HIS RESPONSE TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC DURING LAST
NIGHT’S TELEVISED TOWN HALL.
>> Nicole: MANY OF HIS ANSWERS
DIRECTLY CONTRADICTING WHAT
HE’S ALREADY SAID.
OUR DC BUREAU CHIEF ROSS
PALOMBO IS LIVE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE WITH MORE, ROSS?
>> CALVIN AND NICOLE, THE
PRESIDENT APPARENTLY BELIEVING
THAT THAT 90 MINUTE TOWN HALL
LAST NIGHT WENT VERY WELL.
BUT CRITICS SAY IT WAS FILLED
WITH LIES AND PROVES THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS UNPREPARED FOR
DIRECT QUESTIONS COMING FROM
VOTERS.
THE WHITE HOUSE JUST A LITTLE
WHILE AGO, IN FACT, STRUGGLING
TO CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE
ANSWERS.
THE WHITE HOUSE STRUGGLING TO
EXPLAIN THE PRESIDENT’S
QUESTIONABLE ANSWERS MADE
DIRECTLY TO UNDECIDED VOTERS.
>> WHY DID YOU THROW
VULNERABLE PEOPLE LIKE ME
UNDER THE BUS?
>> WHY DON’T YOU WEAR A MASK
MORE OFTEN?
>> PLEASE STOP AND LET ME
FINISH MY QUESTION, SIR.
>> Reporter: FROM THE
BEGINNING, HIS HANDLING OF THE
PANDEMIC UNDER FIRE.
>> WHY WOULD YOU DOWNPLAY A
PANDEMIC THAT IS KNOWN TO
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARM LOW
INCOME FAMILIES AND MINORITY
COMMUNITIES?
>> YEAH, WELL I DIDN’T
DOWNPLAY IT.
I ACTUALLY, IN MANY WAYS, I UP
PLAYED IT IN TERMS OF ACTION.
>> Reporter: TRUMP, IN FACT,
ALREADY ADMITTED TO
DOWNPLAYING THE DEADLY REALITY
FROM THE BEGINNING.
>> I WANTED TO ALWAYS PLAY IT
DOWN.
I STILL LIKE PLAYING IT DOWN
BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO CREATE
A PANIC.
>> THE PRESIDENT CONTRADICTING
HIS OWN HEALTH EXPERTS, STILL
INSISTING COVID WILL JUST
DISAPPEAR.
>> IT’S GONNA DISAPPEAR.
I STILL SAY IT.
>> NOT IF WE DON’T TAKE
ACTION, CORRECT.
>> NO, I STILL SAY TIT.
IT’S GOING TO DISAPPEAR,
GEORGE.
>> TRUMP AGAIN CONFRONTED ON
MASKS.
>> WHY DON’T YOU SUPPORT A
MANDATE FOR NATIONAL MASK
WEARING.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THE
MASKS ARE NOT GOOD.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT, AS AN EXAMPLE --
>> WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE?
>> I’LL TELL YOU WHO THOSE
PEOPLE ARE, WAITERS.
THEY COME OVER AND THEY SERVE
YOU AND THEY HAVE A MASK.
I SAW IT THE OTHER DAY WHERE
THEY WERE SERVING ME AND
THEY’RE PLAYING WITH THE MASK.
>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE
SAYING WITH THAT ANSWER AND
WITH TWO RECENT RALLIES IN
YESTERDAY’S WHITE HOUSE EVENT
WHERE THERE WAS NO SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND VERY FEW MASKS,
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SENDING
MIXED MESSAGES.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS
SUPPORTED MASK WEARING AND
HE’S MADE MANY COMMENTS TO
THAT EFFECT FROM THIS PODIUM.
>> AND AS THE COUNTRY
APPROACHES THE GRIM MILESTONE
OF NEARLY 200,000 AMERICANS
DEAD, THE PRESIDENT AGAIN
LAUDING HIS RESPONSE.
>> I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB.
>> Reporter: TRUMP ALSO AGAIN
INSISTING HE HAS A HEALTHCARE
PLAN THAT NO ONE HAS SEEN.
>> YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE NEW
HEALTHCARE AND THE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION ASPECT
OF IT WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY
PLAN.
AND I’VE SAID THAT LOUD AND
CLEAR.
>> BUT YOU HAVEN’T COME UP
WITH IT
>> AND THIS PASTOR TAKING THIS
MOMENT OF RACIAL RECKONING
DIRECTLY TO THE PRESIDENT.
>> YOU’VE COINED THE PHRASE
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
>> RIGHT.
>> WHEN HAS AMERICA BEEN GREAT
FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE
GHETTO OF AMERICA?
ARE YOU AWARE OF HOW TONE DEAF
THAT COMES OFF TO THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY?
>> WELL, I HOPE THERE’S NOT A
RACE PROBLEM.
I CAN TELL YOU, THERE’S NONE
WITH ME BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT
RESPECT FOR ALL RACES, FOR
EVERYBODY.
>> BREAKING RIGHT NOW, RIVAL
JOE BIDEN JUST SPEAKING A FEW
MOMENTS AGO ABOUT THAT TOWN
HALL.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> ALL THE PRESIDENT HAD TO
OFFER LAST NIGHT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP, WAS THE SAME WEAK
INACTION.
THE SAME LINES AND EMPTY
PROMISES THAT WE’VE SEEN FROM
THE VERY BEGINNING.
HE STILL WON’T ACCEPT ANY
RESPONSIBILITY.
HE STILL WON’T OFFER A PLAN.
AND LAST NIGHT, HE REPEATED
WHAT HE SAID SO MANY TIMES
BEFORE, THAT EVEN IF HE
CONTINUES TO OFFER ONLY
FAILING INDIFFERENCE, SOME DAY
THE VIRUS IS GONNA GO AWAY BY
A MIRACLE.
EVEN IF HE DOES NOTHING, IT’S
GONNA GO AWAY BEA MIRACLE.
>> ALSO IN THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE, JOE BIDEN WAS
TALKING ABOUT AN UPCOMING
VACCINE.
HE WANTS A PANEL OF
INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS TO
VERIFY THAT IT’S SAFE.
BECAUSE HE SAYS ANY AMERICAN
SHOULD NOT BE TAKING THE WORD
OF THE PRESIDENT DIRECTLY.
THE PRESIDENT ARE BE COMING TO
THE PODIUM HERE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
WE’LL FIND OUT WHAT HE HAS TO