FROM
FROM HIS
FROM HIS INNER CIRCLE. ?
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? >>> LET'S START WITH WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN EL PASO.
CORONAVIRUS HAS COME BACK THERE
AT UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS.
HOSPITALS IN EL PASO ARE FULL.
NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES ARE
ORDERED CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS
AND A CURFEW IS NOW IN EFFECT
IN THE COUNTY.
WITH US RIGHT NOW IS THE MAYOR
OF EL PASS COULD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US.
CONSIDER WHAT IS HAPPENING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA?
WINTER HASN'T GUN.
GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT
MODELING SHOWS WHAT MAY HAPPEN
IN THE COMING WEEKS IN THE
CITY?
CITY?
CITY? >>
CITY? >> WE ARE OF COURSE JUST WITH
THE PANDEMIC ALONE, YOU KNOW,
WE HAD 1300 PLUS ANNOUNCED
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. WE
TODAY. WE HAVE HAD A SITUATION THOUGH
OF THE FLIP SIDE WAS ACTUALLY
-- OUR ICU WENT DOWN SOME.
WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET OUR
ARMS ROUND IT.
WE HAVE -- YOU HAVE THE
BEGINNING OF THE FLU SEASON
THAT STARTED IN OCTOBER.
I THINK WE HAVE HAD SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN ONE AND FIVE, JUST FLU
ISSUES WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO US
WHICH WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE
SPACE.
SPACE.
SPACE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING THE
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND THEIR TENTS THEY
BROUGHT OUT THAT ARE AT OUR
HOSPITALS IN ADDITION TO THAT.
I TOURED YESTERDAY OUR
ALTERNATE CARE SITE.
SET UP AT OUR CONVENTION CENTER
WHICH WILL HOUSE 50 INITIALLY
CORONAVIRUS PATIENTS AND CAN
EXPAND TO 100 IF REQUIRED.
IT'S THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT
WAS IN NEW YORK IN MARCH AND IN
THE RIO GRAND VALLEY A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. >> MAYOR, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. A
THIS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS ON TUESDAY.
WE ARE CLOSE TO ELECTION DAY.
HOW DO YOU THINK THE PANDEMIC
MAY AFFECT TURN OUT ON ELECTION
DAY ITSELF THERE?
>> THE THING I -- I THINK WE
ARE DOING FINE.
OUR TURN OUT FROM THE NUMBERS I
HAVE SEEN AND THE COUNTY
OVERSEES THE ELECTION.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE -- ITS
BEEN VERY HIGH.
I THINK THE REAL CONCERN WOULD
BE WHICH WON'T WITH STAND LEGAL
SCRUTINY IS THE SHUT DOWN THAT
THE COUNTY JUDGE ANNOUNCED
YESTERDAY AND UNFORTUNATELY
NEVER EVEN DISCUSSED WITH ME
BEFORE ANNOUNCING IT.
I -- THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID
IT DOESN'T HOLD UP AND I THINK
THAT WOULD HAVE DONE MORE TO
ENDANGER TURN OUT THAN WHAT WE
ARE DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC.
>> NATIONALS WHAT I WANTED IT
ASK YOU ABOUT.
THE COUNTY JUDGE IMPOSED A
CURFEW, ORDERED NONESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES TO CLOSE AND SOUNDS
LIKE YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT
THE COUNTY JUDGE DID.
>> I UNDERSTAND HOW -- WHAT IT
PANDEMIC IS DOING TO PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST THIS UNEQUAL
BALANCING ACT BETWEEN THE
HEALTH, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH
CAN AND OUR EMOTIONAL, MENTAL
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
HEALTH. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE BEEN DEALING
WITH THIS FOR SOME TIME.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY OF MIDSIZE
AND SMALL BUSINESSES FOR THE
MOST PART.
MOST PART. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS HERE.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE NOW OF ANY
SIGNIFICANCE.
SIGNIFICANCE. THE -- THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE --
IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THIS,
FIRST OF ALL, THE SPREAD FOR
WHAT WE ARE GATHERING IS THIS
SPREAD IS COMMUNITY SPREAD.
IT IS NOT COMING FROM ANY
INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES PER SE.
IT'S COMING FROM PEOPLE
SHOPPING, GOING TO RESTAURANTS
WHICH WE INITIATED A CLOSURE OF
THE KITCHENS.
THE KITCHENS. I DID TWO WEEKS AGO AT 9:00.
THEN TAKE OUT ONLY AFTER THAT.
IT'S COMING TRAVEL TO MEXICO
THE LARGEST UNITED STATES CITY
ON THE MEXICAN BORDER.
THERE ARE FAMILY ON BOTH SIDES
AND COMMERCE ON BOTH SIDES AND
IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY FOR OVER
350 YEARS.
350 YEARS. THAT IS ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES.
THE OTHER PART IS THE FACT THAT
WE HAVE 32,000 PEOPLE ON
UNEMPLOYMENT WHO HAVE FILED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT.
UNEMPLOYMENT. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
GOING TO DO AND HOW THEY ARE
GOING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE,
PAY FOR THEIR MEDICAL CARE.
WE CAN'T AFFORD A SHUT DOWN.
THE SHUT DOWN DOESN'T ADDRESS
WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.
AS MY STAFF TALKED TO PEOPLE IN
THE RIO GRAND VALLEY.
WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH, WHEN
THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THIS
WAS IN THEIR DEEP DIVE THEY
FOUND OUT IT WAS MOSTLY COMING
FAMILY GATHERINGS.
FAMILY GATHERINGS. THAT IS THE CASE A SHUT DOWN OF
BUSINESSES DOESN'T DO ANYTHING
TO HELP OR REMOVE THAT PROBLEM.
>> MAYOR.
>> MAYOR.
>> MAYOR. LET ME ASK YOU THIS IN OUR
FINAL MOMENTS HERE.
WHAT IS THE ANSWER?
HOW DOES EL PASO, THE CITY AND
THE COUNTY GET THEIR HANDS
AROUND THIS AND REDUCE THESE
NUMBERS, ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT
HERE, SIR.
HERE, SIR. >> IT'S STILL -- IT GOES BACK
TO THE BASIC BEHAVIORAL ISSUES
THAT ALL DOCTORS THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD TALK ABOUT.
WEAR A FACE COVERING, MAINTAIN
DISTANCE AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
YOU CAN'T -- YOU CAN'T LET THAT
GO.
GO.
GO. UNTIL
GO. UNTIL WE HAVE A