AIRCRAFT TO FLY HOME, NUMBER
ONE, AND NUMBER TWO, WHEN THEY
GET HOME SHOULD THEY QUARANTINE.
THAT’S MY INSTINCT.
I’M WAITING TO HEAR FROM MY
EXPERTS RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: YOU TALK ABOUT HOW
YOU WANT TO PROPOSE A NEW COVID
RELIEF PLAN WHEN YOU TAKE
OFFICE.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: IT TOOK MORE THAN
SUBSTANTIATION MONTHS FOR
CONGRESS TO REACH THIS DEAL.
AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING AT THIS
MOMENT.
HOW CAN YOU ASSURE AMERICANS
THAT RELIEF WILL COME AND COME
SOON?
>> YOU ALL ASK THE MOST
INTERESTING QUESTIONS.
HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN ANYONE IN
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA THAT COULD BE PRESENT
AND ASSURE EXACTLY WHAT THE
CONGRESS IS GOING TO DO?
SO I CAN’T ASSURE ANYTHING.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I
EXPECT.
I FULLY EXPECT ON THOSE CRITICAL
ISSUES THAT WE’RE FACING, NUMBER
ONE, BEING ABLE TO GET ALL THE
WORK WE NEED DONE AND ALL THE
FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT
VACCINE IN EVERYONE’S ARM.
AND THAT’S 300 MILLION PEOPLE.
WE’LL GET THAT DONE, BECAUSE
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE
RESPONSIBILITY HAS ALREADY BEEN
RECOGNIZED BY THE REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS IN THE CONGRESS,
BECAUSE THEIR CONSTITUENCIES
WILL DEMAND IT, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE
OUT THERE HURTING, LOST JOBS
THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.
THEY’VE EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
FOR TEN WEEKS.
SIMPLY NOT SUFFICIENT.
NECESSARY TO GET IT DONE, TO GET
THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS.
BUT I PREDICT TO YOU WE’LL GET
COOPERATION AND GET THAT DONE.
I’VE BEEN ARGUING FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING, I LOVE IT, IT MAKES
ME SOUND SO MUCH YOUNGER, I’M
TOLD HOW NAIVE I AM ABOUT HOW
THE CONGRESS WORKS.
I THINK I’VE BEEN PROVEN RIGHT
ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE THINGS LEFT TO DO, FROM
UNEMPLOYMENT, TO PEOPLE NEEDING
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, TO THE
ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH
CARE, TO BE ABLE TO GET
TREATMENT FOR FREE, ET CETERA,
ALL OF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT
THE PUBLIC IS NOT GOING TO STAND
FOR US NOT DOING.
AND I THINK WITH DONALD TRUMP
NOT IN THE WAY, THAT WILL ALSO
ENHANCE THE PROSPECT OF THINGS
GETTING DONE.
>> Reporter: WILL YOUR PLAN
INCLUDE A NEW ROUND OF STIMULUS
CHECKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: AND IF SO, FOR HOW
MUCH?
>> LOOK, THAT’S A NEGOTIATING
ISSUE.
BUT IT WILL, YES, IT WILL.
AND I THINK -- BY THE WAY, I
THINK WE OWE BERNIE SANDERS AND
HIS REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES THANKS
FOR GETTING NOT ALL THE STIMULUS
WE LOOKED FOR, $1,200, BUT
GETTING $600 DONE.
I THINK YOU’RE SEEING THAT THERE
IS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT
THESE ISSUES GO BEYOND ANY
IDEOLOGY.
PEOPLE ARE DESPERATELY HURTING.
AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE HURTING
AS BADLY AS DEMOCRATS.
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE, AND I’M
NOT SAYING THEY’RE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY OF THIS, A FEW PEOPLE
WHO ARE DOING EXTREMELY WELL IN
THAT K-SHAPED RECOVERY.
AND THEY’RE DOING FINE, BUT THEY
STILL NEED ACCESS TO THE
VACCINES.
THEY STILL NEED ACCESS TO MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO HANDLE
CRISES IN THE HOSPITALS, ET
CETERA.
SO I THINK ON THE THINGS RELATE
TO, A, VACCINE DISTRIBUTION,
WHICH IS GOING TO COST BILLIONS
MORE DOLLARS, IT’S SIMPLY GOING
TO COST BILLIONS MORE DOLLARS,
WE NEED NATIONAL STANDARDS TO
LAY OUT, TO HELP CUSTOMERS
DETERMINE HOW THEY’RE GOING TO
GET THAT VACCINE THROUGHOUT
THEIR COMMUNITIES, NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, WE’LL NEED TO TAKE
CARE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THROUGH
NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN ARE
UNEMPLOYED.
THEY’VE WORKED LIKE HELL, BUT
THEY HAVE NO JOB BECAUSE OF THE
COVID CRISIS.
AND THIRDLY, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
TO BEGIN TO REBUILD THE COUNTRY.
WE CAN’T WAIT.
WE CAN’T WAIT TO REBUILD THE
ECONOMY.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO START
DOING THAT NOW WITH
INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS AND A
RANGE OF OTHER THINGS.
I THINK SORT OF THE DAWN HAS
BROKEN ON THE VAST MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE.
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO DON’T
WANT TO HELP.
THERE’S STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE
INSISTING MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY.
BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS I BELIEVE
WILL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT THOSE