POTENTIALLY CHINA ON A VACCINE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, EDWARD
LAWRENCE.
JOINING ME TRUMP NATIONAL 2020
PRESS SECRETARY HOGAN GIDLEY.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
NOTABLY ABSENT, DR. FAUCI,
ANTHONY FAUCI.
HE SAID HE WAS NOT ASKED TO JOIN
THE BRIEFING.
IS THERE A REASON.
>> THERE IS REASON WE’RE GETTING
CLOSER TO THE VACCINE PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THAT PEOPLE ARE
ACTUALLY WORKING.
LET’S NOT FORGET THE PRESIDENT
SET UP THE CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE AND HE ASKED OUR AMAZING
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE TO
LEAD IT.
THE PRESIDENT IS IN THERE
SOMETIMES, ALL THE DOCTORS ARE
TALKING TO THE VICE PRESIDENT,
RELAYING ALL THE INFORMATION TO
HIM AND THE PRESIDENT MEETS WITH
THE VICE PRESIDENT MULTIPLE
TIMES A DAY.
I WOULDN’T READ A THING INTO
THAT DR. FAUCI WASN’T AT THE
BRIEFING.
DR. BIRX, DR. REDFIELD, DR. HAHN
ALL OF THEM ARE AROUND THE
WHITE HOUSE ALL THE TIME.
THEY ALWAYS COMMUNICATE WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THEY HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
THE SCIENCE IS CHANGING.
WHAT WE KNEW IN JANUARY IS NOT
WHAT WE KNOW NOW.
THINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
THE MASKS THE PRESIDENT TALKED
ABOUT TODAY ARE IMPORTANT
PREVENTING THE SPREAD.
EVEN PULLED OUT OF HIS POCKET I
WEAR ONE.
THAT IS NOTHING NEW FOREPEOPLE
WHO KNOW HIM LIKE MYSELF AND
PEOPLE WITH HIM A LOT, LIKE
MYSELF.
THAT IS LEADERSHIP WHAT YOU SAW
UP THERE, TODAY, LIZ.
LET’S BE HONEST, A LOT OF
PRESIDENTS, A LOT OF ELECTED
OFFICIALS WILL NOT DELIVER BAD
NEWS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEY ONLY SHOW UP IN TIMES OF
PLENTY FOR RIBBON RIBBON CUTTING
DEALS, THIS PRESIDENT TALKS TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID IT WILL
GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER,
AND WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE LEADERSHIP OF
DONALD TRUMP.
ELIZABETH: ALSO THIS, REPORTS OF
THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE
DOCUMENT RELEASED BY THE CENTER
OF PUBLIC INTEGRITY THAT THE
TASK FORCE WAS GOING TO
RECOMMEND GOVERNORS IN 18 STATES
TO DIAL BACK THEIR REOPENINGS
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE RED ZONE
FOR NEW CASES.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> BECAUSE OF WHAT, I’M SORRY?
I MISSED THE LAST PART OF THAT.
ELIZABETH: SO BASICALLY THE
WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE WAS GOING TO ADVISE
GOVERNORS IN 1STATES TO DIAL
BACK ON THEIR REOPENING BECAUSE
THEY ARE IN THE RED ZONE FOR NEW
CASES.
THAT COULD INVOLVE ALSO
BATTLEGROUND STATES.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY HAS
THE REPORT.
>> WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN
LIVES HERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THE FIGHT.
HE DEALS WITH HIS HEALTH
EXPERTS, MEDICAL EXPERTS THE
SCIENTISTS EVERY DAY.
HE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT
HE HEARS.
LET’S NOT FORGET THE PRESIDENT
SHUT DOWN TRAVEL FROM CHINA AND
EUROPE.
IT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS QUITE
FRANKLY PILLORIED IN THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
JOE BIDEN EVEN CALLED IT RACIST
AND XENOPHOBIC.
THEN A MONTH LATER REALIZED
PROBABLY SAVED LIVES AND HAD TO
SAY DONALD TRUMP WAS RIGHT.
I WAS WRONG.
IT WAS SMART TO DO SO.
THE PRESIDENT MADE DECISIONS
BASED ON THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
HE IS GIVEN AND WE’LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS AS IT RELATES TO THE
GUIDELINES AND GUIDANCE MOVING
FORWARD IN THOSE STATES.
ELIZABETH: WHAT ABOUT THE
REACTION TO THE CONTROVERSY, THE
PRESIDENT DECIDED HE DID NOT
LIKE THE CDC GUIDELINES FOR
SCHOOLS TO REOPEN AND ORDERED
THE CDC TO REVISE THEM?
ALSO THE MOVE BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TO BASICALLY
SHIFT THE COLLECTION OF HOSPITAL
COVID DATE TO HHS AWAY FROM CDC?
YOUR TAKE ON THAT?
>> WELL YOU HAVE SEEN SOME
MISSTEPS AND MISTAKES BY THE CDC
THE PRESIDENT WANTS ACCURATE
DATA.
LET’S BE HONEST.
THE WAY YOU END UP COMBATING
VIRUSES LIKE THESE WITH
INFORMATION.
WE HAD NO INFORMATION EARLY ON
BECAUSE CHINA LIED TO THE WORLD.
IT LIED TO THE UNITED STATES.
THE W.H.O. WAS COMPLICIT IN THAT
LIE.
COVERING UP FOR CHINA.
THE PRESIDENT SAW THAT
MALFEASANCE.
WE’LL NOT FUND THE W.H.O. WE’LL
NOT KEEP SPENDING HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO AN
ORGANIZATION THAT WON’T BE OPEN
AND HONEST WITH THE GLOBE.
CONTRAST THAT WITH JOE BIDEN.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE SAYS HE
WANTS TO DOUGH IS REFUND THE
W.H.O. HE WANTS TO DEFUND THE
POLICE BUT REFUND THE W.H.O. IT
MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS THIS COUNTRY
TO BE REOPENING HE HAS BEEN VERY
CLEAR ABOUT.
THAT HE WANTS TO DO IT IN A SAFE
MANNER.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN
LIVES.
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND
SECURITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
AND THEIR HEALTH.
THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN A VERY
SOBERING APPROACH TO THIS,
DEALING WITH THOSE THAT KNOW IT
BEST, INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS
AND LET’S BE CLEAR, DR. FAUCI,
DR. BIRX, AND OTHERS ARE
COMPLETELY EXPERTS IN THIS
FIELD, NO ONE IS AN EXPERT ON
CORONAVIRUS YET.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BRAND
NEW.
WE HAD TO DEVELOP TESTS.
WE HAD TO DEVELOP INFORMATION
BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW ACROSS
THE GLOBE AND CHINA WAS NOT
FORTHCOMING IN THAT AND THAT IS
WHY THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SO
HARD ON THAT COUNTRY.
ELIZABETH: I HEAR YOU.
THE SARS CORONAVIRUS ONE WAS
2003.
IT WENT AWAY WITHIN MONTHS.
THIS IS SARS 2 CORONAVIRUS.
IT’S A DIFFERENT KIND OF VIRUS.
TO THE STORY THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE RELEASED A STATEMENT
TO REPORTERS NOTING THAT THE
TIME, DR. FAUCI HAS BEEN WRONG
ON THINGS, INCLUDING DR. FAUCI’S
DOUBTS EARLY ON AYE SYMPTOMATIC
SPREAD, THAT FACE MASKS WERE
NEEDED.
THAT IS EARLY ON IN OUTBREAK.
SHOULD YOU GIVE HIM A PASS.
TRADE ADVISOR PETER NAVARRO,
CITING THE SAME THINGS ABOUT
DR. FAUCI IN THE USA TODAY.
OP-ED.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> I WILL NOT GET INTO ANY
PERCEIVED OR REPORTED PALACE
INTRIGUE.
I DEAL WITH IT ENOUGH AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
I WILL NOT DEAL WITH IT IN THE
CAMPAIGN ESPECIALLY AT THE
WHITE HOUSE, NOT HERE.
LET’S BE HONEST, THE CDC WAS NOT
SURE ABOUT MASKS EARLY ON.
THERE IS CONFLICTING REPORTS
FROM THEM AND W.H.O. OTHER
ENTITIES JOHNS HOPKINS POINTED
OUT THEY’RE NOT NECESSARILY SURE
HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
THERE ARE A STRONG PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE DON’T GET COVID IF YOU
CAN’T SOCIAL DISTANCE TO WEAR
THOSE MASKS.
THAT IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IT IS OKAY TO POINT OUT,
SCIENTISTS THEIR THEORIES ARE
MEANT TO BE TESTED OR
CHALLENGED.
WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOMS WE WOULD
TALK ABOUT THE DATA, WHAT DOES
IT ACTUALLY MEAN, WHAT IS IT
TELLING US?
DR. FAUCI HAD GOOD DATA.
HE IS A GOOD MAN AND VERY SMART.
SO IS DR. BIRX, SHE IS
INCREDIBLE WOMAN.
A LOT OF THE DOCTORS AROUND THE
TABLE HAD DIFFERING OPINIONS.
PUT THE PRESIDENT HAS TO MAKE
THE DECISION.
YOU HEAR FROM SCIENTISTS SHUT
EVERYTHING DOWN, ECONOMISTS SAY
OPEN EVERYTHING UP, THERE HAS TO
BE A BALANCE TO PROTECT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE, NOT JUST THEIR
HEALTH BUT THE ECONOMY AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS DATA.
IT IS PUBLISHED IN MEDICAL
JOURNALS.
IT WAS GOING TO GIVE THE VIEWER
THE PERSPECTIVE ON THIS VIRUS.
IT IS NEW DATA.
HOGAN, IT IS TALKING ABOUT THE
DEATH RATE FOR COVID-19 IS ABOUT
36 PER 100,000 IN THE U.S.
THAT IS FAR BELOW THE ASIAN AND
HONG KONG FLUS OF THE 1950S AND
’60s, BOTH FOR THE WORLD AND
U.S. WORLD RATE IS 7 PER
100,000.
BY THE WAY WORLD POPULATION WAS
ABOUT HALF TODAY, HALF TODAY,
LET ME BACK UP WAS WAY SMALLER
BACK THEN.
SO THE MEDIA SEEMS TO BE
MISREPORTING WHAT IS GOING ON
WITH THIS VIRUS AND MOST OF THE
OUTBREAK IS REALLY TAKING OUT
90% OF ALL DEATH OCCURS WITH
ELDERLY OVER 70 YEARS OF AGE,
HOGAN.
WAIT FOR IT, THEY ALREADY HAVE
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS LIKE
KIDNEY DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE,
HEART DISEASE, OBESITY.
MAJORITY OF THE ELDERLY DO
RECOVER.
THAT IS THE ISSUE.
IS THE SCIENCE REPORTING IS THE
MEDIA REPORTING THE SCIENCE ON
THIS CORRECTLY, WHAT DO YOU
THINK?
OR OVERREACTING?
>> LOOK, MEDIA I THINK A LOT OF
TYPES, THEY JUST REPORT THE
NARRATIVE THEY WANT OUT THERE,
THE NARRATIVE THEY WANT TO
DRIVE.
LET’S BE CLEAR, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON TELEVISION NOW, THE
TALKING HEADS ARE PRAISING
SOMEONE LIKE GOVERNOR CUOMO
WHERE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEATHS
OCCURRED IN HIS STATE, UPWARDS
10 TIMES OF FLORIDA WHICH HAS
SIMILAR POPULATION.
PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE
ACTUALLY KNEW IT AFFECTED
EARLIERLY MORE WITH THE
COMORBIDITIES, THOSE PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT, HE
KEPT SENDING PEOPLE BACK TO
NURSING HOMES.
EARLY ON, SOME OF THE
PREDICTIONS, 2.2 MILLION DEATHS
IN THIS COUNTRY IF WE DID
NOTHING, DONALD TRUMP IS THE
LEADER HERE.
HE IS THE ONE WHO HAD THE BOLD,
DECISIVE, STRONG ACTIONS AND
THOSE ACTIONS SAVED LIVES.
LET’S BE CLEAR WHEN JOE BIDEN
AND HIS ADMINISTRATION WERE IN
CHARGE, THEY FACED PANDEMIC,
THEY SAID WE’LL NOT TEST
ANYMORE.
WE KNOW IT IS SPREADING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, WE DON’T WANT TO
QUOTE, UNQUOTE, WASTE THE
RESOURCES.
DIFFERENCE IS CLEAR.
LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP SAVED LIVES AND
WILL MOVE US PAST CORONAVIRUS TO
A HEALTHY NATION.
ELIZABETH: HOGAN GIDLEY, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, COME