CONFIDENCE THAT MAY NOT HAVE TO COME TO THAT ALTHOUGH HE IS
FOCUSED ON OTHER COUNTRIES.
I WANT TO BRING IN HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY
DR. BEN CARSON WHO OF COURSE IS
ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VIRUS TASK
FORCE AND JOINS US IN STUDIO.
DR. CARSON, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO
SEE YOU.
SEE YOU. >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU.
>> IT IS SORT OF IRONIC.
I WAS TALKING WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP, ONE OF HIS ATTORNEYS,
JENNA ELLIS ABOUT THE INITIAL
REACTION TO TRUMP AND HIS TRAVEL
PUSHBACK ON CHINA AND CALLS
ABOUT BEING XENOPHOBIC.
NOW THE MEDIA IS ASKING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN WOULD ADDITIONAL
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS SHOULD WE
EXPECT, EVEN PERHAPS PERTAINING
TO THE ENTIRE EU.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT GOING?
>> WELL YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS
INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT GOT A
LOT OF PUSHBACK WHEN HE
INITIALLY WANTED TO IMPOSE THOSE
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND THAT’S
BEEN A HISTORY THAT I’VE SEEN
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HE
FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT
PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD
THING.
THING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT REALLY, SO SILLY
TO POLITICIZE THIS.
YOU SAW THAT THE DRUG COMPANIES
YESTERDAY GOT TOGETHER, THE
ARRIVALS WE’LL WORK TOGETHER TO
GET THIS DONE.
WHY CAN’T THE LEADERS OF OUR
COUNTRY ADOPT A SIMILAR
ATTITUDE?
ATTITUDE? WHAT EXAMPLE DOES THIS REALLY
SET FOR OUR CHILDREN?
CHARLES: WHAT DO YOU MAKE ALSO
OF THE EXTREME CRITICISM IN THE
MEDIA OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE
TASK FORCE TO FIGHT THE
CORONAVIRUS FROM VICE PRESIDENT
PENCE, EVEN SOMEONE WHO IS
SUCCESSFUL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD
AS YOU, THE MEDIA HAS GONE NUTS
OVER THE IDEA THIS IS THE QUOTE,
UNQUOTE TEAM.
UNQUOTE TEAM. THIS IS OF COURSE THE SAME MEDIA
DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
LAWYER HEADING UP PRESIDENT
OBAMA’S EBOLA TASK FORCE.
>> I SUSPECT IF JESUS CHRIST WAS
ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD
HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT.
I REALLY DON’T PAY A LOT OF
ATTENTION, THE BOY WHO CRIED
WOLF TOO OFTEN.
CHARLES: WHAT IS THE COURSE?
YOU GUYS MET A COUPLE TIMES.
I’M SURE YOU MUST HAVE HAD
CONFERENCE CALLS.
CONFERENCE CALLS. WHAT’S THE, WHAT’S THE PLANNED
COURSE OF ACTION?
I WOULD ASSUME EACH PERSON HAS A
ROLE THERE.
ROLE THERE. WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING?
>> WELL THE KEY THING WE ARE
VERY CAREFULLY MONITORING ON A
DAY-BY-DAY BASIS.
DAY-BY-DAY BASIS. WHAT THE DIRECTION AND VELOCITY
OF THE PROBLEM IS.
AND, ASKING OURSELVES EACH DAY
WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT.
WHETHER THE VARIOUS
POSSIBILITIES AND ARE WE READY
FOR THAT?
FOR THAT? AS LONG AS WE KEEP ASKING THAT
QUESTION WITH EVERY CHANGE THAT
OCCURS, I THINK WE WILL BE
PREPARED AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE
ALL GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO
TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER
COUNTRIES.
COUNTRIES. CHARLES: RIGHT.
CHARLES: RIGHT. >> AND LEARNING FROM THAT,
BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE MUCH
FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE ARE IN
TERMS OF THE INTENSITY OF THE
DISEASE PROCESS.
DISEASE PROCESS. CHARLES: AND TO THAT POINT
CHINA, THEIR RATE OF GROWTH AT
LEAST OFFICIALLY STARTED TO TURN
OR COME DOWN OVER A WEEK AGO.
I FIND THAT TO BE INTRIGUING.
ALREADY COMPANIES LIKE STARBUCKS
AND APPLE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO
START OPERATIONS AGAIN.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. CHARLES: ANOTHER THING I FIND
INTRIGUING WHAT IS RARELY
MENTIONED IN THE MEDIA, OF THE
80,000 SOME ODD FOLKS WHO
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS 45,000 HAVE
RECOVERED.
RECOVERED. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. CHARLES: THAT IS SORT OF A
HOPEFUL PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT
DOESN’T GET OUT THERE.
>> THAT IS VERY HOPEFUL.
ALSO, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE EVER 10
HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE DISEASE
EITHER.
EITHER. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME HOPEFUL
SIGNS AND ONE THING WE DO KNOW,
THIS TOO WILL PASS.
CHARLES: IT WILL PASS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT
DAY-TO-DAY THERE’S OBVIOUSLY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS A
REALLY DELICATE BALANCING ACT OF
KEEPING THOSE ANIMAL SPIRITS,
THAT REVITALIZATION OF AMERICA
THAT COMES REALLY FROM PEOPLE
FEELING GREAT.
FEELING GREAT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. CHARLES: THAT’S AN INTANGIBLE
SOMETIMES THAT HAS TO BE KEPT
ALOFT IF YOU WILL FROM
LEADERSHIP?
LEADERSHIP? >> YOU KNOW, AS, ROOSEVELT SAID,
WORLD WAR II, THE ONLY THING TO
FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF BECAUSE FEAR
ITSELF MAKES YOU SOMETIMES DO
ILLOGICAL THINGS AND, FOR THE
MOST PART PEOPLE CAN GO ON
LIVING THEIR NORMAL DAILY LIVES
BUT THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT
WE ARE DEALING WITH A CONTAGIOUS
VIRUS.
VIRUS. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE IN
FLU SEASON?
FLU SEASON? THAT IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE
ACTING NOW.
ACTING NOW. CHARLES: YOU’RE NOT SAYING IT IS
THE FLU.
THE FLU. AT THIS POINT CONSIDERED FAR
MORE DANGEROUS.
MORE DANGEROUS. >> SAME KIND EVER PRECAUTIONS.
>> SAME PRECAUTION.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. CHARLES: THE DEATHS IN
WASHINGTON STATE, MOSTLY ELDERLY
FOLK.
FOLK. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE CLUSTER.
AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE FEEL
HORRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE THERE,
IT IS SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGING THAT
IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE SPREADING
WILDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
CHARLES: I CAN SAY WITH
CERTAINTY ANOTHER THING THAT IS
ENCOURAGING YOU’RE INVOLVED IN
THE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT. >> WELL, THANK YOU.
CHARLES: I REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU.
YOU. I RESPECT YOU.
AND I KNOW WITH YOU INVOLVED
ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE TASK FORCE WE’RE IN GREAT
HANDS.
HANDS. >> IT IS A DYNAMITE TEAM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE I’VE KNOWN FOR
DECADES, REALLY, REALLY SMART
PEOPLE.