THE PRIME TIME OUR.
WE AWAIT MORE DETAILS ON THAT.
NEW COMMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT
RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT EXACTLY
WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT THE ONGOING
BABY FORMULA CRISIS AND WHEN HE
KNEW IT.
DESPITE PREVIOUS CLAIMS FROM HIS
WHITE HOUSE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR
MONTHS, HERE IS FORMER PRESS
SECRETARY JEN PSAKI.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DIRECTED
THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK
URGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT INFANT
FORMULA IS SAFE AND AVAILABLE
FOR FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DURING THE NUTRITION RECALL.
THIS HAS BEEN WORK UNDERWAY FOR
MONTHS.
>> Kayleigh: FOR MONTHS, AND
DAYS LATER THE ADMINISTRATION’S
HEALTH SECRETARY REVEALED THIS.
>> WHAT THE GOVERNMENT’S
RESPONSES THROUGHOUT THIS?
>> FOR EVERYTHING I KNOW THROUGH
THE FDA, THE PRIDE FROM THIS
LAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN MOVING
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
>> Kayleigh: JUST YESTERDAY
WHEN THE PRESIDENT MADE THIS
STUNNING ADMISSION IT WAS
MOMENTS AFTER FORMULA
MANUFACTURERS TOLD HIM DURING A
WHITE HOUSE ROUNDTABLE THAT THEY
KNEW IMMEDIATELY HOW BAD THE
SHORTAGES COULD GET AFTER THE
SHUTDOWN OF THE MANUFACTURING
PLANT IN FEBRUARY, THE PRESIDENT
SAID THIS.
>> I BECAME AWARE OF THIS
PROBLEM SOMETIME AFTER --
IN EARLY APRIL ABOUT HOW INTENSE
IT WAS.
AND SO WE DID EVERYTHING IN OUR
POWER FROM THAT POINT ON.
>> Kayleigh: HE FOUND OUT IN
APRIL, JENNA, BUT JEN PSAKI SAID
THAT THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON IT
FOR MONTHS, THERE WAS A
WHISTLE-BLOWER ALL THE WAY BACK
IN THE FALL.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE TIMELINE IS A
LITTLE BIT JUMBLED, AND THE
QUESTION IS WHY DID NO ONE TELL
THE PRESIDENT?
>> Jenna: I’M CURIOUS WHY WE
ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE TIKTOK OF HOW THIS ENDED UP
WHERE DID.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE
MINISTRATIONS THERE IS ALWAYS A
LOT OF JUMBLING, I DON’T NEED TO
REFERENCE EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS
GOING INTO COVID FOR SIX WEEKS,
WITH THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION,
BUT I THINK THAT THE REAL
QUESTION BECOMES HOW IS IT THAT
WE ARE FOCUSING ON FEEDING
NEWBORN BABIES?
THIS IS WE ARE 1 OF 6 COUNTRIES
IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE
A NATIONAL PARENTAL LEAVE
PROGRAM, IT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT.
SO THE BURDEN OF THIS CRISIS, OF
THIS TRAUMA IS AGAIN FALLING ON
WOMEN.
AND SO HOW IS IT THAT WE ARE
MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN
CERTAINLY STREAMLINE INFORMATION
WITHIN THE EXISTING
ADMINISTRATION CLEARLY THEY
FUMBLED IT, BUT THE REAL
QUESTION IS HOW IS THIS POSSIBLY
HAPPENING TO BEGIN WITH WHEN WE
HAVE A MONOPOLY CLEARLY ON BABY
FORMULA?
>> Kayleigh: THE TIME I
MANNERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY
MATTERS, WE TALK ABOUT COVID
WITH THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNICAL
SYSTEM, VENTILATOR STOCKPILE
THAT WAS COMPLETELY DEPLETED.
BUT LET’S FOCUS ON THE CURRENT
CRISIS, YESTERDAY ASKED A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT BABY FORMULA
CRISIS SAYING HERE WERE HER
ANSWERS OR LACK THEREOF.
SPEAK OF THE PERSON IN THE
WEST WING WHO DECIDED AFTER SIX
OR EIGHT WEEKS THAT THE BABY
FORMULA SHORTAGE WAS FINALLY
SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE SHOULD
TELL THE PRESIDENT ABOUT?
>> AGAIN, I HAVE TO GO BACK AND
TALK TO THE PRESIDENT.
I DID NOT HEAR HIM TAKE
QUESTIONS OR ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS TO ALL OF YOU, SO THIS
IS --
I WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE,
RIGHT?
>> SOMEONE CALLING AT THE
WHITE HOUSE SAYING THIS IS AN
ISSUE THAT COULD REVEAL HARM?
>> I DON’T HAVE THE TIMELINE ON
THAT.
>> IS A PRESIDENT SATISFIED WITH
THE FDA RESPONSE?
>> YES, HE IS SATISFIED.
>> Emily: THIS ILLUSTRATES
THAT HIS TEAM IS AS INCOMPETENT
AND WORTHLESS AS THE PRESIDENT
HAS.
AND YOU ARE RIGHT, THE BRUNT OF
THIS IS FALLING ON WOMEN AND
NEWBORNS.
THAT’S A TRAVESTY.
AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HOLD
SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE.
SO ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT HE
FOUND OUT IN APRIL, SARAH SAID
HE KNEW LAST YEAR THAT THE
DIFFERENT RANKS OF THE PRESS
SECRETARY SAID APRIL, I SORT OF
DON’T CARE, BECAUSE THE BOTTOM
LINE IS THAT THEY FAILED, THEY
ARE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT OR
HONEST, AND IT IS A FAT LIE THAT
IT WAS UNPREDICTABLE WHEN YOU
SHUT DOWN A MAJOR PRODUCER OF
BABY FORMULA AND SHUT DOWN THAT
FACTORY WHEN IT TAKES YOU FOR
MONTHS TO DO SO, WHEN THE TAX
DOLLARS PLAY FOR THE BLOATED FDA
TO PRETEND TO CARE, AND YOU CAN
ABSOLUTELY SEE THAT WRITING ON
THE WALL AND IT DOES NOT LOOK
GOOD.
SO RIGHT NOW CHILDREN ARE
STARVING AND I HAVE A DEEP FEAR
FOR WOMEN AND NUTRITION OF
BABIES.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE OUR
ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT CARE AND
IS ONLY CONCERNED WITH POINTING
FINGERS AND I WAS NOT THERE FOR
THAT MOMENT, I’M NOT SURE.
WE DESERVE BETTER AND WILL HOLD
THEM BETTER COME NOVEMBER.
SPEAK TO THE LIMIT
>> Kayleigh: BRIAN WAS ASKED
BY JAKE TAPPER, WHY DIDN’T YOU
TELL THE PRESIDENT?
AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE
PRESIDENT’S RELEVANCY, WATCH.
>> THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN INVOKE
THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TO
FORCE COMPANIES TO PRODUCE THIS
INCREDIBLY DIRE NEEDED INFANT
FORMULA, HE IS NOT TOLD UNTIL
APRIL THAT YOUR PRESS SECRETARY
JUST SAID THIS HAS BEEN A WHOLE
OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE PRESIDENT?
>> THE FDA TOOK THE APPROPRIATE
MEASURES TO SHUTDOWN THE
FACILITY IN FEBRUARY AND WHEN
THAT HAPPENED THE FDA AND THE
RELEVANT OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS
THE GOVERNMENT WERE ON THE
EFFORT TO TRY TO INCREASE
PRODUCTION FROM OTHER PRODUCERS
AND ALSO FIGURE OUT HOW QUICKLY
THEY COULD GET THAT FACILITY
BACK ONLINE.
>> Kayleigh: FIRST OF ALL,
WHEN ABBOTT, THE MANUFACTURERS
SHUT DOWN IN FEBRUARY, BABIES
DIED.
OKAY.
THIS IS A BACTERIA THAT EXISTED
IN THE MANUFACTURING, OF COURSE
THE FDA FOR IT DID THE RIGHT
THING.
FOR THEM TO START OFF THERE AS I
HAVE NO BETTER ANSWER, BECAUSE
ANY IDIOT CAN TELL YOU IF YOU
HAVE BACTERIA IN A BABY FORMULA
PLAN AND IT IS RESULTING IN THE
DEPTHS OF BABIES, WE SHUT IT
DOWN.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS FOR GIVING
FDA THE TWO THUMBS UP ON WHAT
THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE.
THAT’S A NO-BRAINER.
TO THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT
DID NOT KNOW, I DON’T BELIEVE
THAT, HONESTLY.
IF YOU THINK THAT THERE IS A
BABY MANUFACTURER OF BABY
FORMULA MANUFACTURER THAT IS
CAUSING BABY DEATHS AND WE HAVE
A SHORTAGE IN THE COUNTRY THAT
HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE FEBRUARY
AND EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY
PREDICTED THIS WOULD HAPPEN, AND
YET THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT KNOW
ABOUT IT, I’M SORRY, I DON’T BUY
IT.
>> Emily: JUST TO BE CLEAR,
ALLEGATIONS OF BABY DEATHS,
THAT’S WHY IT STARTED FDA
INVESTIGATION FOR FOUR MONTHS.
>> Jenna: AND I APPRECIATE ONE
OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE
JOURNALIST IN THE PIT SAYING IS
THAT A PRESIDENT SATISFIED WITH
THEIR RESPONSE NOW?
AND I AM MOST INTERESTED IN ARE
WE COLLECTIVELY SATISFIED NOW?
I AGREE THAT EVERYTHING SEEMED
TO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE
CRACKS, IT RAISES FLAGS ABOUT
ANYTHING FROM INSULIN TO --
YOU KNOW --
>> Kayleigh: WE ARE NOT
SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE WALL, CHARLIE,
LET’S TAKE A LOOK, BABIES
HOSPITALIZED, THE FORMULA
SHORTAGE IS MORE DIRE, WITH THE
FOUR HOSPITALIZATIONS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA,
ANOTHER EXAMPLE, AND JOE BIDEN
OFF TO DELAWARE, NICE LONG
WEEKEND COMING OUT MEMORIAL DAY,
BY THE WAY.
>> Charlie: THE REASON THAT
GAS PRICES AND INFLATION ARE
LOOKING AT IT SO CRITICALLY IS
PEOPLE FEEL THEM SO PERSONALLY,
NOTHING MORE PERSONALLY FELT BY
A MOM AND A DAD THAN WHETHER OR
NOT THEY HAVE THE FORMULA TO
FEED THEIR CHILDREN.
THIS IS A BIG ISSUE, AND WHEN
THEY TUNE IN AND WHAT THEY SEE
IS THIS ADMINISTRATION SAYING,
THE STUFF THAT THEY ARE SAYING,
IT DOES NOT GIVE THEM ANY FAITH