>> WE HOPE TO GET MORE
INFORMATION FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE.
LET’S TURN NOW TO THE
PRESIDENT’S FORMER CAMPAIGN
MANAGER, SOMEBODY WHO TRAVELED A
LOT WITH THE PRESIDENT AND WITH
HOPE HICKS BY THE WAY.
COREY, YOU STILL ARE IN TOUCH
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAS
UNFOLDED IN THE LAST FEW DAYS?
>> I KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.
OBVIOUSLY THE NATION IS HOPING
FOR A SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR THE
FIRST FAMILY.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS THAT RIGHT
NOW THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
HAVE NO SIGNS OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC OTHER THAN TESTING
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO HIS JOB
FROM INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE.
THIS WILL CHANGE HIS TRAVEL
SCHEDULE.
I WAS SCHEDULED TO BE WITH HIM
TODAY AS WE WERE GOING TO FLY TO
FLORIDA FOR ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
RALLY.
OBVIOUSLY THAT HAS BEEN
POSTPONED.
WITHOUT GETTING TOO FAR AHEAD,
WE KNOW HIS TRAVEL PLANS ARE
GOING TO CHANGE NOW.
HE IS GOING TO SELF-ISOLATE AS
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CDC
GUIDELINES ARE.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH
THE PRESIDENT ON WEDNESDAY.
I WAS TESTED FOR COVID-19 PRIOR
TO SPENDING TIME WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON WEDNESDAY.
I WAS WITH HIM ON SATURDAY AT
THE WHITE HOUSE.
I WAS ALSO TESTED THERE AS IS
THE STANDARD PROTOCOL.
>> HOW QUICK DO THE RESULTS COME
BACK, COREY?
WHAT KIND OF TEST IS IT?
>> SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE WHITE
HOUSE, YOU RECEIVE THE ABBOTT
LAB, THE 15 MINUTE TEST.
THEY NOTIFY YOU IF YOU TEST
POSITIVE.
I WAS NOTIFIED THAT I DID NOT
HAVE COVID-19.
AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WHEN I WAS
WITH THE PRESIDENT, I WAS TESTED
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SEEING HIM.
IT TOOK ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE ABBOTT LAB
TEST AGAIN AND I WAS NOTIFIED I
WAS NEGATIVE FOR THAT.
BUT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION, I THINK EVERYBODY
THAT’S BEEN AROUND THE PRESIDENT
AND THE STAFF WILL BE
SELF-ISOLATING.
>> YOU WERE JUST WITH HIM SO
YOU’RE IN A GOOD POSITION TO
KNOW HOW THIS ALL GOES DOWN.
ONCE YOU TEST NEGATIVE, WOULD
YOU WEAR A MASK FROM THE
PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU STAY SIX
FEET APART OR DO PEOPLE JUST GO
ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AS NORMAL?
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AT
THE EVENT I WAS WITH THE
PRESIDENT ON ON WEDNESDAY,
EVERYBODY WAS SIX FEET APART.
IT WAS A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER
WHERE HE DID TAKE PICTURES WITH
SOME INDIVIDUALS, BUT THOSE
INDIVIDUALS WERE SIX FEET FROM
THE PRESIDENT SO THERE WAS NO
DIRECT INTERACTION WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
THERE WAS NO HANDSHAKING WITH
THE PRESIDENT AT ALL.
I CAN’T SPEAK TO IF ANY OF THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AT
THE EVENT SPOKE TO SOME OF THE
STAFF.
HOPE HICKS WAS AT THAT EVENT, SO
I COULDN’T SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU OUT OF AN
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, I BELIEVE
EVERYONE WILL BE SELF-ISOLATING
NOW.
>> REAL QUICKLY, YOU HAVE RIDDEN
ON AIR FORCE ONE WITH THE
PRESIDENT, TOO.
HOPE ROAD WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
THE WAY TO THE RALLY BEFORE SHE
HAD SYMPTOMS, BEFORE SHE KNEW
SHE WAS SICK.
HOW TIGHT OF QUARTERS IS THAT?
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THAT PART
OF THE PLANE?
>> YOU KNOW, SAVANNAH, IT IS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CONFERENCE
ROOM.
IT IS SMALL.
THERE IS A TABLE IN THERE.
THERE IS EIGHT SEATS AROUND THAT
TABLE AND THEN THERE IS OUTSIDE
SEATING AROUND THE EDGE OF THE
AIRPLANE WALL.
SO IT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
IF YOU HAVE EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE
IN THERE, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY
GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE AS YOU
WOULD BE IN A REGULAR CONFERENCE
ROOM OR A BOARD ROOM.
SO ANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT CABIN BE
HOPE I’M SURE ARE GOING TO BE
RETESTED AND ISOLATED AS WELL.
>> COREY, ARE YOU GOING TO
ISOLATE SINCE YOU WERE THERE?
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO DO
THAT AND GET ANOTHER TEST?
>> YEAH, I DO.
I NO ED TO GET ANOTHER TEST DONE
IMMEDIATELY I THINK IS THE
RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO FOR MY
FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND MY
COMMUNITY.
I’M GOING TO DO THAT TODAY.