THE IMPACT OF THE DISEASE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY COUNTRY. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
CALLING FOR CALM.
>> Reporter: CALLING
AN UNUSUAL SATURDAY
PRESS CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT TRUMP
ANNOUNCED NEW MEASURES
AND THOUGHT TO
REASSURE.
>> REAR PREPARED.
>> Reporter: MAKING A
NEW APPEAL FOR CALM
OVER THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> WE WOULD ASK THE
MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
AND EVERYONE ELSE
INVOLVED NOT TO INVITECITE
A PANIC.
>> Reporter: TODAY,
BARRING FOREIGN
NATIONALS WHO HAVE
VISITED IRAN IN THE
LAST 14 DAYS FROM
ENTERING THE U.S.
NEW WARNINGS FOR
EUROPE AND ASIA.
>> WE’RE EARTHING
AMERICANS TO NOT
TRAVEL TO THE AREAS IN
ITALY ANDED AREAS IN
SOUTH YE KOREA.
>> Reporter: 43
MILLION MASKS ARE
AVAILABLE WITH MORE
BEING MADE.
THOSE ARE FOR PATIENTS
AND HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS.
>> THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN DOES NOT NEED
TO GO OUT AND BUY A
MASK.
>> THE URGENCY CARRIED
OVER AT A CONFERENCE
FOR A YOUNG
CONSERVATIVE.
>> WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER TO KEEP THE
VIRUS AND THOSE
CARRYING THE
INFECTIONS FROM
ENTERING OUR COUNTRY.
>> HERE THE PRESIDENT
DID NOT REPEAT HIS
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENT
AT A RALLY FRIDAY.
IS A CAUSING DEMOCRATS
OF POLITICIZE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> THIS IS THEIR NEW
HOAX.
>> Reporter: TODAY I
ASKED THE PRESIDENT IF
HIS USE OF HOAX COULD
BE RISKY.
>> YOU DID USE THE
WORD HOAX, CONNED THAT
CAUSE SOME PEOPLE NOT
TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY
STEPS BECAUSE THEY’RE
LINKING WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING WHEN YOU USE
THE WORD HOAX IN THE
CONTEXT?
>> HOAX WAS BUYING
USED WITH RESPECT TO
DEMOCRATS AND WHAT
THEY WERE SAYING.
THAT WAS VERY CLEAR IF
YOU WOULD READ THE
WORDS.
>> THE PRESIDENT WILL
BE MEETING WITH
PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES ON MONDAY?
>> YES, THAT’S A
MEETING HE ALREADY HAD
SCHEDULED TO TALK
ABOUT DRUG PRICING,
BUT NOW SAYS HE WILL
USE THAT TIME TO TALK
WITH THE BIG PHARMA
COMPANIES ABOUT
DEVELOPING VACCINES.