>> WE’LL ASK MIAMI’S MAYOR ABOUT
THESE DUAL CHALLENGES TO HIS
CITY JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM
NOW.
THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID HE
EXPECTS TO RELEASE HIS HEALTH
CARE PLAN VERY SOON, POSSIBLY
SUNDAY.
REMEMBER IT WAS JUST 12 DAYS AGO
TRUMP TOLD CHRIS WALLACE HE’D BE
SIGNING A FULL AND COMPLETE
HEALTH CARE PLAN WITHIN TWO
WEEKS.
AS FOR HIS HANDLING OF THIS
HEALTH CRISIS, NEW ABC
NEWS/IPSOS POLL FINDS 34% OF
AMERICANS APPROVE OF HIS
PANDEMIC RESPONSE.
TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE SURVEYED,
66%, DISAPPROVE.
THIS MORNING THREE MEMBERS OF
TRUMP’S CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE,
THE GOVERNMENT’S TESTING CZAR,
BRETT GIROIR, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
AND CDC DIRECTOR ROBERT REDFIELD
WERE ON CAPITOL HILL FIELDING
QUESTIONS FROM HOUSE MEMBERS
ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE.
>> DR. FAUCI, CAN YOU HELP US
UNDERSTAND WHY EUROPE HAS
LARGELY CONTAINED THE VIRUS, THE
UNITED STATES HAS SEEN A
CONTINUED RISE IN NEW CASES?
>> WHEN THEY SHUT DOWN OR LOCKED
DOWN OR WENT TO SHELTER IN
PLACE, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO
DESCRIBE IT, THEY REALLY DID IT
TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 95-PLUS
PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY DID THAT.
WE REALLY FUNCTIONALLY SHUT DOWN
ONLY ABOUT 50% IN THE SENSE OF
THE TOTALITY OF THE COUNTRY.
WE FEEL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
THAT WE WILL HAVE A VACCINE BY
THE END OF THIS YEAR AND AS WE
GO INTO 2021.
>> WE’VE SEEN ALL KINDS OF THAT
STUFF DURING PROTESTS, AND WE
KNOW THE PROTESTS ACTUALLY
INCREASED THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS.
YOU’VE SAID THAT.
SO THE PROTESTS DON’T INCREASE
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS?
>> I DIDN’T SAY THAT.
YOU’RE PUTTING WORDS IN MY
MOUTH.
>> I JUST WANT AN ANSWER TO THE
QUESTION.
DID THE PROTESTS INCREASE THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS?
>> I DON’T HAVE ANY SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE THAT ANYTHING --
>> WOULD IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR
NATION TO HAVE RESULTS FOR ALL
COVID TESTS COMPLETED AND
RETURNED WITH 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 BENCHMARK WE
CAN ACHIEVE MOVING FORWARD.
>> AT LEAST MR. GIROIR WAS BEING
CANDID THERE.
THE EXPERTS WARN THAT WITHOUT
ADEQUATE AND TIMELY TESTING, THE
COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO
STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL.
WE’LL JUST KEEP GOING THE WAY
WE’VE BEEN GOING IN OTHER WORDS.
AND THE ECONOMIC TOLL FROM THIS
PANDEMIC HAS BEEN DEVASTATING AS
YOU KNOW.
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, THAT $600
WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT THAT
HAS HELPED, OH, 30 MILLION-PLUS
AMERICANS MAKE ENDS MEET
OFFICIALLY COMES TO AN END.
BUT THE SENATE LEFT TOWN FOR
THEIR LONG WEEKEND YESTERDAY.
CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE NO
CLOSER TO A DEAL TO EXTEND THAT
AID OR ANY KIND OF AN AGREEMENT
ON A LARGER RELIEF BILL.
INSTEAD THERE WERE MORE
ACCUSATIONS ABOUT WHO’S TO BLAME
FOR THE FAILURE TO REACH EVEN A
SHORT-TERM FIX.
>> WE HAVE MADE NO LESS THAN
FOUR DIFFERENT OFFERS TO
DEMOCRATS ON CAPITOL HILL.
FOUR DIFFERENT OFFERS HAVE BEEN
ACTUALLY REJECTED, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT, THEY’VE
NOT EVEN BEEN COUNTERED WITH A
PROPOSAL.
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS POLITICS AS
USUAL FROM DEMOCRATS UP ON
CAPITOL HILL.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE OFFERED A
SHORT
SHORT-TERM APPROACH OF
CONTINUING WITH THAT $600
ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MONEY TO GO
ON TOP OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE PAYMENTS, AND YOU
REJECTED IT.
SO --
>> NO, THAT ISN’T TRUE.
LET’S JUST SET THE RECORD --
>> BUT EXPLAIN WHY --
>> THEY MADE NO SUCH OFFER.
THEY MADE NO SUCH OFFER.
SO DON’T ACCEPT SOMETHING AS
FACT JUST BECAUSE THE WHITE
HOUSE SAID IT.
THEY MADE NO SUCH OFFER.
>> SPEAKER PELOSI AND CHIEF OF
STAFF MEADOWS, CLOSE FRIENDS AS
YOU CAN TELL, ARE TO MEET IN HER
OFFICE TOMORROW MORNING.
BEFORE LEAVING FOR HIS FLORIDA
VISIT TODAY, THE PRESIDENT WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO SPELL OUT
EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?
>> THEY KNOW WHAT I WANT.
AND WHAT I WANT IS I WANT OUR
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND
LIVE WELL BECAUSE IT WASN’T
THEIR FAULT THAT CHINA BROUGHT
IN THIS PANDEMIC, THAT CHINA