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very much everybody

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before we begin I'd like to congratulate

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worked for so long on our endless war in

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Afghanistan 19 years going on 20 years

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and that hasn't been a moment like this

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we've had very successful negotiations

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we think they'll be successful in the

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end the other side's tired of war

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everybody is tired of war that's been a

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particularly long and gruesome one and

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want to congratulate president Ghani and

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the people of Afghanistan I want to

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remember all of the people all of the

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great great men and women that have lost

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their lives in the war and to their

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parents and wives and husbands and

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great great people many lives over such

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a long period of time have been lost I

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want to thank our wounded warriors

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people that are still bearing pain and

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all of the problems that they've had to

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go through and they're incredible people

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incredible spirit I'd go to Walter Reed

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and see them so often and the spirit

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they had they wanted to go back despite

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their wounds they always said I want to

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go back wounded warriors they're

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incredible people

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I guess most of all I want to thank all

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of the people in the United States for

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having spent so much in terms of blood

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money that has been spent the lives that

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have been lost and we just signed an

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agreement that puts us in a position to

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get it done bring us down to in the

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vicinity of 8,000 troops the United

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Nations was informed of everything and

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NATO has been great secretary

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Stoltenberg has been fantastic I want to

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thank the United Nations for the help

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they gave and I also want to thank and

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congratulate secretary Stoltenberg of

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NATO 29 countries involved and all

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approving all very happy with what's

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going on I want to also thank and

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congratulate Secretary of State Pompeo

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and Secretary of Defense mark Casper and

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I'll be meeting personally with Taliban

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leaders in the not-too-distant future

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and we'll be very much hoping that they

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will be doing what they say they're

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going to be doing they will be killing

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terrorists they will be killing some

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very bad people they will keep that

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fight going we've had tremendous success

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in Afghanistan and the killing of

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terrorists but it's time after all these

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years to go and to bring our people back

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home we want to bring our people back

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home and again it's been it's been a

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long journey in Afghanistan in

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particular it's been a very long journey

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it's been a it's been a hard journey for

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everybody we're very largely a long

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horsemen group and that's not what our

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soldiers are all about their fighters

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are the greatest fighters in the world

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as you know we've destroyed in Syria and

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Iraq 100% of the Isis Caliphate 100% we

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have thousands of prisoners we've killed

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likewise in Afghanistan but now it's

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time for somebody else to do that work

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and that'll be the Taliban and it could

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be surrounding countries there are many

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countries that surround Afghanistan that

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can help we're 8,000 miles away so we'll

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be bringing it down to 8,000 to

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approximately 8,000 600 in that vicinity

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some point in the fairly near future but

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this was a very spirited agreement there

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was a lot of a lot of talk there was a

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lot of everything they've been trying to

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get this for many years and just it's

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time so I just want to thank everybody I

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want to congratulate everybody I really

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believe the Taliban wants to do

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something to show that we're not all

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wasting time if bad things happen we'll

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go back I let that people know we'll go

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back and we'll go back so fast and we'll

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go back with a force like nobody has

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ever seen and I don't think that will be

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we begin on a topic that has become very

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very important to everybody first of all

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the amount of work that these

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professionals behind me and many other

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professionals in many rooms behind us

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who are watching right now don't have

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the room here to bring them all in but

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they have been working round-the-clock

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on the corona virus it's a it's a tough

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one but a lot of progress has been made

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people to our citizens to the world

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frankly on our action to address the

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corona virus and those that have been

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the United States currently that have

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corona virus unfortunately one person

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which was a wonderful woman a medically

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high-risk patient in her late 50s four

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others are very ill thankfully 15 are

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either recovered fully or they're well

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on their way to recovery and in all

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cases they've been let go in their home

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additional cases in the United States

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are likely but healthy individuals

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should be able to fully recover and we

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think that will be a statement that we

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can make with great surety now that

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we've gotten familiar with this problem

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they should be able to recover should

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they contract the virus so healthy

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probably go through a process and and

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you'll be fine since the early stages of

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the foreign outbreak my administration

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has taken the most aggressive action in

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modern history to confront the spread of

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this disease we move very early and was

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one of the decisions we made that really

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turned out to be a lifesaver in a sense

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big lifesaver on January 31st I imposed

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travel restrictions on foreign nations

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who had and anybody that had been to

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making tremendous progress their numbers

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are way down and if you read Tim Cook of

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Apple said that they are now in full

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operation again in China the numbers are

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way down experts now agree that the

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decision to move so quickly despite a

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lot of opposition on that decision was a

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wise one it greatly slowed the spread of

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the virus to the United States and it

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really gave us time to do some of the

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critical moves that we've done and it

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allowed these great professionals to get

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together and figure it all out and we

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think they've done that we've taken the

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most aggressive actions to confront the

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corona virus they are the most

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aggressive taken by any country and

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anywhere in the world yet we have far

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fewer cases of the disease than even

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countries with much less travel or a

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much smaller population as an important

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part of our efforts on Monday I'll be

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meeting with the largest pharmaceutical

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companies in the world actually they'll

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talking about a vaccine and developing

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very quickly and they've already started

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working on it developing very rapidly a

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vaccine for the virus to combat the

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virus and we're having very good initial

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feedback but the these companies will be

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tremendous amounts of supplies are

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already on hand we have 43 million masks

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just far more than anyone would have

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assumed we could have had so quickly and

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a lot more coming today the White House

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corona virus task force led by Vice

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recommendations and frankly some pretty

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strict edicts that we're going to be

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going by and Mike's going to be

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discussing that but we are really having

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report exactly what's happened how how

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circumstances but we're doing really

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very very professionally handled our

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country is prepared for any circumstance

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we hope it's not going to be a major

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circumstance it'll be a smaller

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media we would respectfully ask the

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media and politicians and everybody else

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involved not do anything to incite a

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panic because there's no reason to panic

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at all this is something that is being

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representatives of our various states in

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areas where we've seen indication of the

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virus but I want to thank the governors

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of our state's the the rooms they've

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little bit about travel and we have some

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restrictions on some travel from other

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and I want to thank everybody we'll take

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let me begin as the president did by

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expressing our deepest condolences to

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the family of the woman in Washington

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State has lost her life to the

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coronavirus I want to assure that family

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that they were on the hearts of every

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American and those that are continuing

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to struggle in some cases in ICU units

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can be assured of the prayers of

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millions of Americans from the moment

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that this country learned of the spread

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of the corona virus president Donald

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Trump took decisive action established

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the White House coronavirus task force

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and as the president just described the

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president took unprecedented action to

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suspend all travel into the United

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States from China simply had never been

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done before by any previous

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administration and it is among the

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reasons why the threat to Americans of

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coronavirus remains low despite today's

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tragic news from Washington State the

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task force met this morning and brought

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the president a range of options and at

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his direction we will be doing the

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following first the president authorized

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action today to add additional travel

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restrictions on Iran we will be using

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ban but we are expanding existing travel

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last 14 days in addition to moving Iran

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advising Americans do not travel to

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specific regions in Italy and South

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Korea let me say again the president

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today

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has authorized the State Department to

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increase the travel advisory for

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Americans to level four we are urging

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Americans to not travel to the areas in

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Italy in the areas in South Korea that

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are most affected by the coronavirus

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president's also directed the State

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Department to work with our allies in

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Italy and in South Korea to coordinate a

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screening a medical screening in their

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countries of any individuals that are

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coming in to the United States of

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America and we look forward to working

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with them in a collaborative and a

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cooperative way now with regard to the

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task force I'm just a few days into this

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job but I can tell you having spent time

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with these extraordinary professionals

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that the president just alluded to

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having spoken directly to more than a

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dozen governors including governor jay

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Inslee this morning in Washington State

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I am I think every American would be

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proud to know what I've heard about the

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work of HHS the work of CDC the work of

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all of our agencies at the president's

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direction

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this team has been working seamlessly

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with health officials at the state and

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local level and I can assure the

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American public that we will continue to

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live out the president's admonition a

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few days ago that we're all in this

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together and as we work with members of

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Congress I've had the opportunity to

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speak with Republican and Democrat

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leadership in the Congress we'll be

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working very closely on a supplemental

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funding bill to make sure they're not

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only to all these agencies have the

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resources that they require but will

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also make sure that that state and local

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health officials have the resources and

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the reimbursement to take such actions

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that are necessary to protect the health

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of the American people the president

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mentioned masks this morning we talked a

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great deal about additional medical

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supplies let me be very clear and I'm

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sure the physicians who are up here will

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reflect this as well the average

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American does not need to go out and buy

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a mask

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but this administration is going to

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always put first our patients first and

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second we're going to make sure and

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protect the health of our health care

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providers as the president said we have

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more than 40 million masks available

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today we've contracted now with with 3m

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to 35 million more mass per month will

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be produced and we're also going to be

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working with other manufacturers in

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addition to that the assistant secretary

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for preparedness and response will be

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announcing today courses of action to

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increase the availability of masks as

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well as prioritizing availability to

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high risk health care workers modifying

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guidance and developing a hold of

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nation's communications plan the

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president wants us to be certain that

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our health care providers have the

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support they need to do their job and to

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do their job safely with that I'm going

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to yield the podium to the Secretary of

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Health and Human Services and then we'll

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hear from some of our medical experts

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but let me assure every American at

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president Trump's direction this is an

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all-hands-on-deck effort and while the

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risk to Americans remain low the

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president's actions today with regard to

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Iran with regard to Italy and with South

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Korea and with regard to making medical

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supplies more available

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I hope gives evidence to the fact that

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at his direction we're going to continue

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to lean into this effort and put the

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health and safety of the American people

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first mr. secretary thank you mr. vice

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president let me begin by on behalf of

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all of the officials at HHS and our

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whole team's expressing our sadness for

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the loss of this patient in the state of

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Washington any single death for us as a

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real tragedy and our sympathy to her

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family and our solidarity with all those

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who are and will suffer from the novel

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coronavirus from day one this is what we

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predicted this is what we expected the

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risk to any average American is low from

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the novel coronavirus

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iris the risk remains low thanks to the

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unprecedented actions President Trump

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has taken and the actions he's

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announcing today that risk remains low

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but this can change rapidly we have

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always said from the first moment that

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we have spoken about this that we would

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see more cases we are seeing more cases

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we will see more cases but it's

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important to remember for the vast

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majority of individuals who contract the

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novel coronavirus they will experience

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mild to moderate symptoms and their

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treatment will be to remain at home

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treating their symptoms the way they

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would a severe cold or the flu for some

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individuals a smaller percentage

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especially those who may be medically

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fragile they will require medical

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attention including possibly

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hospitalization our basic message in

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terms of the containment of this disease

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and the measures that we have and are to

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take and enter today announcing is we

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want to lower the amount of travel to

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and from the most impacted areas this is

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a basic containment strategy that is the

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philosophy behind the moves that we have

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taken the moves were announcing today

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and any moves that we will consider in

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the future with that said let me turn

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things over to dr. Tony Fauci

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the director of the national institute

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of allergy and infectious disease at NIH

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thank you very much dr. Khatri

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thank you very much mr. secretary I want

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to first again as the entire team feels

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to extend our our sympathies to the

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family of the individual who expired as

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a result of this particular virus in

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this particular disease but I also want

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to underscore and emphasize the points

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that the secretary made about what is

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evolving here you've heard of the

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terminology community spread well

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community spread is when you have

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infection in the community in which you

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don't have a direct link

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index case that really challenges us

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with something that we need to do and

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that we do very well the state and local

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health authorities in collaboration with

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the CDC would need to identify isolate

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and contact trace and that's what's

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going on right here in the country with

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regard to the particular area that's

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involved now in Washington the country

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as a whole because we get asked that all

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the time still remains at low risk but

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when we say that we want to underscore

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that this is an evolving situation and

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in real-time we will keep you appraised

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of what is going on just the same way as

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that we are doing it today so how do you

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address this new challenge there's what

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we do from within and what we do from

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without i harken back to the original

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decision that was made by the president

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of making sure that we knew the the the

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scenario that was going on in China we

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prevented travel from China to the

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United States if we had not done that we

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would have had many many more cases

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right here that we would have to be

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dealing with so in that spirit the

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approach is going to be as we address

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this challenge which is going to revolve

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by the day and by the week to do what

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was just mentioned to try and keep our

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citizens from going to places that are

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active infection and to prevent places

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where their active infection that

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necessarily easily get here

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that's the getting it from without to

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within from within we will very

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aggressively do the kind of public

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health measures that would hopefully

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contain this but as we say this we need

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to prepare for further challenges and we

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will have them you will hear about

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additional cases that will be coming on

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you should not be surprised by that but

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to realize that that is something that

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is anticipated when you get community

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spread so when you have cases throughout

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the world the way we're seeing now South

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Korea Italy Iran and places like that

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the United States can

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be completely immune to that the

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challenge is how we deal with it and I

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can assure you all the resources that

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are necessary are going to be put into

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dealing with what we see evolving right

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now again we'd be happy to answer any

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questions later but Bob you want to save

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yours I also want to add my prayers and

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sympathies for those that are sick and

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obviously our citizens that

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unfortunately died last night

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currently as said there's 22 cases in

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the United States and these initial

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cases were really leaked linked to

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travel to China and and their contacts

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recently as was stated we've confirmed

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new cases with no link to travel history

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or contacts and health department's

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under the leadership of the states and

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local health department's supported by

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CDC are aggressively evaluating these

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cases in California Oregon and

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Washington as we said we should

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anticipate to see additional cases and

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clusters in the days of head and we will

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continue to aggressively evaluate them

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and by the state and local and

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territorial tribal health department's

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in conjunction with CDC by embracing

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early case recognition isolation contact

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tracing and begin to do that to limit

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the further spread I want to also add my

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emphasis to what was said that as we

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stand here today the risk of the

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American public remains low as was said

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we should anticipate more cases but

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again the current risk the American

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public remains low you said the other

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day in the Cabinet Room with African

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American leaders you've got to get away

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from politics I you were down in

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Charleston last night using the word

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host when talking about Democrats

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somebody now is dead from this do you

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regret that kind of no no hoax referring

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to the action that they take to try and

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pin this on somebody because we've done

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such a good job the hoax is on them not

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I'm not talking about what's happening

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here I'm talking what they're doing

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that's the hoax

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just a continuation of the hoax whether

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it's the impeachment hoax or the Russia

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Russia Russia notices what I'm talking

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about

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certainly not referring to this how

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could anybody refer to this this is very

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serious but the way they refer to it

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because these people have done such an

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incredible job and I don't like it when

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they are criticizing these people and

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that's the hoax that's what I'm talking

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about

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Thank You mr. president and I'm just

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gonna ask you directly about this with

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regard to the flow of information from

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the very beginning you received a lot of

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criticism regarding that in particular

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about dr. Anthony pouchy he is world

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renowned in contagious diseases and

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there were reports out there that he was

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being muzzled can you tell us that this

552
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,870
widely respected expert dr. pouchy will

553
00:27:10,870 --> 00:27:13,660
have every opportunity to tell us the

554
00:27:13,660 --> 00:27:15,940
truth no that's a very dishonest very

555
00:27:15,940 --> 00:27:17,950
dishonest question because he has

556
00:27:17,950 --> 00:27:21,250
because he has had that ability to do

557
00:27:21,250 --> 00:27:23,140
virtually whatever he's wanted to do and

558
00:27:23,140 --> 00:27:26,020
in fact in fact he was never muzzled I

559
00:27:26,020 --> 00:27:28,450
think I can speak you can speak what are

560
00:27:28,450 --> 00:27:31,870
you speak today very dishonest question

561
00:27:31,870 --> 00:27:34,990
but that's okay clarify I want to

562
00:27:34,990 --> 00:27:37,900
Clarence oh so let me let me clarify it

563
00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:40,870
I have never been muzzled ever and I've

564
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:42,100
been doing this since the administration

565
00:27:42,100 --> 00:27:44,890
of Ronald Reagan I'm not being muzzled

566
00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:46,120
by this administration

567
00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,220
what happened which was misinterpreted

568
00:27:48,220 --> 00:27:51,790
is that we were set up to go on some

569
00:27:51,790 --> 00:27:53,890
shows and when the Vice President took

570
00:27:53,890 --> 00:27:56,470
over we said let's regroup and figure

571
00:27:56,470 --> 00:27:58,690
out how we're gonna be communicating so

572
00:27:58,690 --> 00:28:01,000
I had to just stand down on a couple of

573
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,490
shows and we submit for clearance and

574
00:28:03,490 --> 00:28:06,310
when I resubmitted for clearance I got

575
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:08,710
cleared so I have not been most a little

576
00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:11,200
that was a real misrepresentation of

577
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,340
what happened are you considering other

578
00:28:15,340 --> 00:28:17,410
travel restrictions and yes what about

579
00:28:17,410 --> 00:28:19,270
closing the southern border we are

580
00:28:19,270 --> 00:28:22,660
looking also southern border in fact

581
00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:24,490
some of the folks are here right now ken

582
00:28:24,490 --> 00:28:28,210
is here someplace and yes we are

583
00:28:28,210 --> 00:28:31,070
thinking about southern border we have

584
00:28:31,070 --> 00:28:33,659
we have received a lot of power on the

585
00:28:33,659 --> 00:28:35,760
southern border over the last couple of

586
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:37,710
years from the courts but we are looking

587
00:28:37,710 --> 00:28:42,419
at that very strongly Americans prepare

588
00:28:42,419 --> 00:28:44,250
for this virus should they go out of

589
00:28:44,250 --> 00:28:46,049
their daily lives change their routine

590
00:28:46,049 --> 00:28:48,090
what should what you live well I hope

591
00:28:48,090 --> 00:28:49,559
they don't change their routine but

592
00:28:49,559 --> 00:28:51,779
maybe Anthony I'll let you I'll let you

593
00:28:51,779 --> 00:28:55,799
answer that above thank you I think it's

594
00:28:55,799 --> 00:28:58,559
really important that as I said the risk

595
00:28:58,559 --> 00:29:00,240
at this time is low the American public

596
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,549
needs to go on with their normal lives

597
00:29:02,549 --> 00:29:04,500
okay now we're continuing to

598
00:29:04,500 --> 00:29:06,960
aggressively investigate these new

599
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,120
community links we're going to continue

600
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:11,760
to be transparent in relating that to

601
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,789
the American public but at this stage

602
00:29:13,789 --> 00:29:16,559
again the risk is low we need to go on

603
00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:27,870
with our normal lives and to worry about

604
00:29:27,870 --> 00:29:30,840
the US troops in South Korea now how did

605
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,820
you consider the death of trapped lead

606
00:29:32,820 --> 00:29:34,470
in various well we care very much for

607
00:29:34,470 --> 00:29:36,210
the troops we're in constant touch with

608
00:29:36,210 --> 00:29:36,960
the troops

609
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,970
we've been speaking to the general as

610
00:29:38,970 --> 00:29:41,610
you probably know 32,000 troops in South

611
00:29:41,610 --> 00:29:44,820
Korea and that's all working out fine

612
00:29:44,820 --> 00:29:46,529
and we're in touch we were in touch with

613
00:29:46,529 --> 00:29:48,679
the authorities in South Korea changes

614
00:29:48,679 --> 00:29:51,090
responsibilities do you feel as you're

615
00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:53,460
communicating about this or the public

616
00:29:53,460 --> 00:29:56,279
to follow your directions and to take

617
00:29:56,279 --> 00:29:58,440
the prudent steps and then when you did

618
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,649
use the word hopes couldn't that cause

619
00:30:01,649 --> 00:30:03,360
some people to not take the

620
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,279
precautionary steps because they're

621
00:30:05,279 --> 00:30:07,590
linking what you're saying when you use

622
00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:10,770
the word hoax in the context okay so

623
00:30:10,770 --> 00:30:12,690
again the hoax was used with respect to

624
00:30:12,690 --> 00:30:14,340
Democrats and what they were saying it

625
00:30:14,340 --> 00:30:16,049
was a hoax what they were saying and

626
00:30:16,049 --> 00:30:17,490
that was very clear if you'd read the

627
00:30:17,490 --> 00:30:20,370
words and I think you know that too as

628
00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:22,980
far as what responsibility my great

629
00:30:22,980 --> 00:30:24,480
responsibility I think the biggest

630
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,520
decision we made was going very early

631
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,230
and that was a decision made against a

632
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:29,789
lot of people that though we shouldn't

633
00:30:29,789 --> 00:30:32,429
do that that's why we're at 22 instead

634
00:30:32,429 --> 00:30:33,720
of a much higher number would have been

635
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,399
a much higher no that was a big decision

636
00:30:35,399 --> 00:30:37,289
it was a hard decision because it had

637
00:30:37,289 --> 00:30:39,240
never been done before anyway I mean not

638
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:40,889
even early or late it had never been

639
00:30:40,889 --> 00:30:41,810
made

640
00:30:41,810 --> 00:30:45,950
like that so that was big and my next

641
00:30:45,950 --> 00:30:47,330
thing is really getting the best people

642
00:30:47,330 --> 00:30:48,230
with the best people in the world

643
00:30:48,230 --> 00:30:50,720
they're standing behind me these people

644
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:52,490
are so talent that I've seen them in

645
00:30:52,490 --> 00:30:54,740
action now for a number of weeks

646
00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:57,410
actually but four in particular for the

647
00:30:57,410 --> 00:31:00,320
last four or five days and I want to

648
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:01,970
thank Mike Pence and everybody for the

649
00:31:01,970 --> 00:31:03,470
job they're doing we have a great team

650
00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:06,620
we have great people and this too will

651
00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:17,390
end you talk about people going about

652
00:31:17,390 --> 00:31:18,860
the routine I did want to ask though

653
00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:21,320
with you and the vice president is the

654
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:24,170
White House taking any precautions to

655
00:31:24,170 --> 00:31:26,120
make sure that you don't come in contact

656
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,560
with the virus either through your

657
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,260
travel or with who you meet well I think

658
00:31:30,260 --> 00:31:34,520
so I mean we we lead a life I've I get

659
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,220
around I was in South I did I was in

660
00:31:37,220 --> 00:31:38,930
South Carolina last night we had a

661
00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:41,810
tremendous rally I've been around I

662
00:31:41,810 --> 00:31:44,270
think we're we're gonna be in very good

663
00:31:44,270 --> 00:31:45,920
shape you know you're talking about 22

664
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,080
people right now in this whole very vast

665
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:55,510
country so I think we'll be in very good

666
00:31:55,510 --> 00:31:58,730
yes there's no virus doctor patchi's

667
00:31:58,730 --> 00:32:00,890
what do you now understand about the

668
00:32:00,890 --> 00:32:03,290
morbidity secretary refers to medically

669
00:32:03,290 --> 00:32:05,990
fragile people are you confident that if

670
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:07,460
you are a relatively healthy young

671
00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:09,050
person that this will not be fatal for

672
00:32:09,050 --> 00:32:13,040
you okay so the n the number in our

673
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,500
country currently is low but when you

674
00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:17,660
look at the pattern it seems to be

675
00:32:17,660 --> 00:32:19,610
following the experiences that others

676
00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:23,180
have had it's never 100% if you look at

677
00:32:23,180 --> 00:32:25,520
the totality of the cases that have been

678
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,620
reported particularly from China about

679
00:32:27,620 --> 00:32:30,320
75 to 80 percent of them would do really

680
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,260
quite well they would just sort of like

681
00:32:33,260 --> 00:32:36,050
a bad flu or a cold you get anywhere

682
00:32:36,050 --> 00:32:39,800
from 15 to 20 20 some one percent who

683
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,930
are going to go on to require advanced

684
00:32:41,930 --> 00:32:45,140
medical care hospitalization possibly

685
00:32:45,140 --> 00:32:47,930
intensive care for the most part the

686
00:32:47,930 --> 00:32:50,410
people who get in trouble and ultimately

687
00:32:50,410 --> 00:32:52,640
tragically would die from this are

688
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,860
people who are elderly

689
00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:57,740
or have underlying conditions heart

690
00:32:57,740 --> 00:33:00,340
disease chronic lung disease diabetes

691
00:33:00,340 --> 00:33:02,750
obesity because of the difficulty in

692
00:33:02,750 --> 00:33:05,450
breathing back and forth however every

693
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:07,070
once in a while you're gonna see a

694
00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:09,650
one-off you're gonna see a 25 year old

695
00:33:09,650 --> 00:33:12,350
person who looks otherwise well that's

696
00:33:12,350 --> 00:33:14,780
gonna get seriously ill but the vast

697
00:33:14,780 --> 00:33:17,210
majority of the people who get into

698
00:33:17,210 --> 00:33:19,250
trouble do have these underlying

699
00:33:19,250 --> 00:33:21,049
conditions and that's why it confuses

700
00:33:21,049 --> 00:33:22,730
people because they say well you just

701
00:33:22,730 --> 00:33:24,920
said that and then there's a report of a

702
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:27,620
40 year old physician from China who

703
00:33:27,620 --> 00:33:30,020
died that's gonna happen that happens

704
00:33:30,020 --> 00:33:32,059
with influenza most of the time

705
00:33:32,059 --> 00:33:34,700
influenza kills people who are advanced

706
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:37,309
age and underlying conditions but you

707
00:33:37,309 --> 00:33:38,870
hear in the media every once in a while

708
00:33:38,870 --> 00:33:41,540
a college student would get infected and

709
00:33:41,540 --> 00:33:43,490
ultimately die but the majority is in

710
00:33:43,490 --> 00:33:47,120
that risk group whether there are any

711
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,760
variants of this virus so that person

712
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:51,230
who may have gotten it and then gotten

713
00:33:51,230 --> 00:33:53,510
over it could get it again no there's no

714
00:33:53,510 --> 00:33:56,450
indication that that's going on at all

715
00:33:56,450 --> 00:33:59,960
if this virus acts like other viruses

716
00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:01,820
which I have no reason to believe it

717
00:34:01,820 --> 00:34:04,280
won't once you've gotten infected and

718
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:05,900
recovered you're not gonna get infected

719
00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:13,070
with the same I want to ask you about

720
00:34:13,070 --> 00:34:15,260
the peace deal in Doha between the

721
00:34:15,260 --> 00:34:18,590
Taliban and the US does this mean the

722
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:21,109
war in Afghanistan is over is the

723
00:34:21,109 --> 00:34:23,270
Taliban in charge and secondly

724
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:25,639
Congressman John Radcliffe why are you

725
00:34:25,639 --> 00:34:28,250
re na Minh a ting him he's a terrific

726
00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:31,010
man he's been fantastic and everything

727
00:34:31,010 --> 00:34:33,830
he's done he's highly respected he

728
00:34:33,830 --> 00:34:36,020
wanted to wait till after the IG report

729
00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:38,359
came in as you saw originally I don't

730
00:34:38,359 --> 00:34:39,830
think he was officially or formally

731
00:34:39,830 --> 00:34:42,830
nominated his name was thrown out but he

732
00:34:42,830 --> 00:34:44,270
wanted to wait till after the IG report

733
00:34:44,270 --> 00:34:46,490
the IG report has now come and we've

734
00:34:46,490 --> 00:34:48,980
learned a lot of very bad things from

735
00:34:48,980 --> 00:34:50,859
the IG report as you know very well and

736
00:34:50,859 --> 00:34:55,100
I think he'll go through a process and

737
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:56,750
it'll go fairly quickly he's very

738
00:34:56,750 --> 00:34:59,180
respected man somebody that I've gotten

739
00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:01,730
to like somebody who really has he's

740
00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:04,340
someone who's extremely distinguished

741
00:35:04,340 --> 00:35:07,250
himself and I think over the last year

742
00:35:07,250 --> 00:35:08,000
and a half two year

743
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,010
in particular so we're very happy with

744
00:35:10,010 --> 00:35:13,210
that as far as the Taliban is concerned

745
00:35:13,210 --> 00:35:15,380
everybody wanted this to happen

746
00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:18,490
the Taliban wanted it to happen

747
00:35:18,490 --> 00:35:20,750
President Ghani was very much involved

748
00:35:20,750 --> 00:35:22,460
in this as you know and he's now dealing

749
00:35:22,460 --> 00:35:25,010
with the Taliban but we're talking about

750
00:35:25,010 --> 00:35:27,349
19 years who have been there in 19 years

751
00:35:27,349 --> 00:35:30,349
and other presidents have tried to do

752
00:35:30,349 --> 00:35:33,200
this the Taliban has given a pledge in a

753
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:34,640
very strong pledge so we'll see how that

754
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,290
all works out we hope it's going to work

755
00:35:36,290 --> 00:35:38,420
out very well I think they have big

756
00:35:38,420 --> 00:35:40,490
incentives to do it but they have to

757
00:35:40,490 --> 00:35:42,020
take care of the terrorists and kill the

758
00:35:42,020 --> 00:35:43,280
terrorists we'll be working in a

759
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,380
different kind of a fashion toward that

760
00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:48,410
end but the job we've done has been

761
00:35:48,410 --> 00:35:51,980
fantastic one in terms of terrorists and

762
00:35:51,980 --> 00:35:54,890
terrorism and it's time for our people

763
00:35:54,890 --> 00:36:00,980
to start coming home you mentioned the

764
00:36:00,980 --> 00:36:03,290
tribe of spread in China corn wires kids

765
00:36:03,290 --> 00:36:05,330
it's the US government's considering

766
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:07,310
evaluating similar matters in the u.s.

767
00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:09,380
in cases situation some measures we've

768
00:36:09,380 --> 00:36:11,720
been in very close contact with China

769
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:14,750
including myself with President Xi he

770
00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:16,339
very much wanted this to happen he

771
00:36:16,339 --> 00:36:18,349
wanted this to get out and finished and

772
00:36:18,349 --> 00:36:19,700
be done he worked he's been working very

773
00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:22,240
very hard I can tell you that and

774
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:24,320
they're making a lot of progress in

775
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,540
China you probably saw Starbucks are now

776
00:36:26,540 --> 00:36:30,500
opened again you probably saw that as I

777
00:36:30,500 --> 00:36:32,480
mentioned Tim just came out and he said

778
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,480
Apple is back to normal in terms of

779
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:37,099
production and their facilities in China

780
00:36:37,099 --> 00:36:43,460
they've made a lot of progress couple of

781
00:36:43,460 --> 00:36:45,020
questions one of them technical the

782
00:36:45,020 --> 00:36:47,690
woman who passed away did she travel to

783
00:36:47,690 --> 00:36:49,640
South Korea or she occasion community

784
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:55,609
spread yeah the case again this is why

785
00:36:55,609 --> 00:36:56,690
we're talking about none of the

786
00:36:56,690 --> 00:36:58,820
community cases with no link to travel

787
00:36:58,820 --> 00:37:00,859
so the investigation at this time shows

788
00:37:00,859 --> 00:37:03,260
no evidence of link to travel or unknown

789
00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:05,810
contact you said that Americans as a

790
00:37:05,810 --> 00:37:09,320
whole are at a low risk our Americans on

791
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,070
the west coast of the United

792
00:37:11,070 --> 00:37:12,960
States at a low risk and are you

793
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,700
considering restricting travel within

794
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,370
the United States so I just want to

795
00:37:17,370 --> 00:37:19,950
emphasize again that the Americans

796
00:37:19,950 --> 00:37:21,510
independent of where they live in this

797
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:24,240
nation are at low risk all right and

798
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:25,290
we're going to continue to evaluate

799
00:37:25,290 --> 00:37:27,960
aggressively these on-link cases as we

800
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:29,880
see them and as we learned will

801
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:37,260
obviously communicate that why are you

802
00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,300
considering closing the border with

803
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:41,190
Mexico since there are so many more

804
00:37:41,190 --> 00:37:43,200
cases here than there in another

805
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:45,450
questions are you working with God with

806
00:37:45,450 --> 00:37:47,850
the government's from Brazil and Mexico

807
00:37:47,850 --> 00:37:50,160
to try to coordinate a response about

808
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,780
easy to talk to president also not oh

809
00:37:51,780 --> 00:37:54,600
well we have a great relationship as you

810
00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,150
know with Mexico we have 27,000 soldiers

811
00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:58,770
their soldiers on our border doing a

812
00:37:58,770 --> 00:38:00,060
fantastic job

813
00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:02,670
our numbers are way down people coming

814
00:38:02,670 --> 00:38:03,720
into our country illegally

815
00:38:03,720 --> 00:38:06,630
we have ports of entry that we are

816
00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:08,370
keeping open and we're not talking about

817
00:38:08,370 --> 00:38:10,170
if we're thinking about all borders we

818
00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:11,280
have to think about that border but

819
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:13,560
right now that is not a border as it

820
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,880
pertains to what we're talking about

821
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,220
here this is not a border that seems to

822
00:38:17,220 --> 00:38:19,830
be much of a problem right now we hope

823
00:38:19,830 --> 00:38:30,270
we won't have to do that yes you look

824
00:38:30,270 --> 00:38:32,100
like right now and does the experience

825
00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,290
and lessons come in from China without

826
00:38:34,290 --> 00:38:36,300
the u.s. dealing with a karma situation

827
00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:38,040
well I think our relationship with China

828
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,930
is very good we just did a big trade

829
00:38:39,930 --> 00:38:41,400
deal we're starting on another trade

830
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,440
deal with China very big one and we've

831
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,210
been working very closely they've been

832
00:38:45,210 --> 00:38:46,770
talking to our people we've been talking

833
00:38:46,770 --> 00:38:48,420
to their people having to do with the

834
00:38:48,420 --> 00:38:50,610
virus know our relationship with China

835
00:38:50,610 --> 00:38:52,860
is very good maybe it's closer because

836
00:38:52,860 --> 00:38:54,600
of what's happened here because it was

837
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,550
you know in a certain way this can bring

838
00:38:56,550 --> 00:38:58,380
the world closer if you want to know it

839
00:38:58,380 --> 00:39:03,390
can really do that good you pride

840
00:39:03,390 --> 00:39:05,190
yourself on a dealmaker but your former

841
00:39:05,190 --> 00:39:06,870
national security visor john bolton has

842
00:39:06,870 --> 00:39:09,030
said that this is an obama style deal

843
00:39:09,030 --> 00:39:11,160
and sent the wrong message to Isis and

844
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,650
al Qaeda what did the Taliban give up

845
00:39:13,650 --> 00:39:14,150
here

846
00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:16,740
will you be hosting the Taliban in

847
00:39:16,740 --> 00:39:18,390
Washington to Camp David or will you

848
00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:19,950
meet them abroad we'll look at that look

849
00:39:19,950 --> 00:39:22,140
nobody should be criticizing this deal

850
00:39:22,140 --> 00:39:23,220
after 19 years

851
00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:24,869
he had his chance he didn't do it he was

852
00:39:24,869 --> 00:39:26,520
very much in favor of going in we should

853
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:27,990
have never gone in in the first place

854
00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:32,010
when they went into when when they went

855
00:39:32,010 --> 00:39:34,470
into Iraq listen listen when they went

856
00:39:34,470 --> 00:39:36,119
into Iraq when they went into the Middle

857
00:39:36,119 --> 00:39:38,790
East in such a fashion I was very much

858
00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:40,980
against it into God gun and he

859
00:39:40,980 --> 00:39:42,990
thought we should have that's been

860
00:39:42,990 --> 00:39:45,690
proven wrong I'm surprised that anybody

861
00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:48,060
would be against something where we try

862
00:39:48,060 --> 00:39:51,359
and end a 19 year war were 8000 miles

863
00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:52,859
away from our home we've done a great

864
00:39:52,859 --> 00:39:55,290
job in the sense that we've killed a lot

865
00:39:55,290 --> 00:39:56,700
of terrorists we've put them out of

866
00:39:56,700 --> 00:39:58,380
commission who knows what they would

867
00:39:58,380 --> 00:40:00,540
have done if we didn't do that but it's

868
00:40:00,540 --> 00:40:03,090
time for us to come home now the Taliban

869
00:40:03,090 --> 00:40:05,010
working with other nations perhaps

870
00:40:05,010 --> 00:40:06,720
because you're surrounded by other very

871
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:09,869
strong nations and whether it's Pakistan

872
00:40:09,869 --> 00:40:12,570
or Iran or lots of other places

873
00:40:12,570 --> 00:40:15,300
including Russia they can all work on

874
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,700
this we've been doing it for nations

875
00:40:17,700 --> 00:40:20,400
that are surrounding Afghanistan now

876
00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:22,710
it's time for us to start coming home

877
00:40:22,710 --> 00:40:27,349
and I think it's a very good situation

878
00:40:27,349 --> 00:40:29,609
President Ghani is working on it very

879
00:40:29,609 --> 00:40:31,890
hard we'll see how that works out but

880
00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:33,330
the United States has done great

881
00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:35,130
services for people all over the world

882
00:40:35,130 --> 00:40:37,920
that frankly I don't think they've been

883
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:41,190
given the the really the kind of respect

884
00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:42,690
that they should be given for what we've

885
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:44,400
done what we have done for the world is

886
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:45,180
incredible

887
00:40:45,180 --> 00:40:47,310
and usually we don't even get a thank

888
00:40:47,310 --> 00:40:50,700
you in Afghanistan we did something and

889
00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:52,589
I will tell you for the most part I

890
00:40:52,589 --> 00:40:55,320
noticed he was negative but he should

891
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,940
have tried to do something better he was

892
00:40:56,940 --> 00:40:58,020
here for a year he could have done

893
00:40:58,020 --> 00:41:01,170
something better I was all ears and he

894
00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:03,780
wasn't able to do that the the deal has

895
00:41:03,780 --> 00:41:05,700
a chance to be extremely good but what

896
00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:08,160
it does do is we start bringing our

897
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:16,859
people back home the other day you spoke

898
00:41:16,859 --> 00:41:18,930
about the impact of the financial impact

899
00:41:18,930 --> 00:41:20,970
the economic impact of the corona virus

900
00:41:20,970 --> 00:41:23,609
on our country yesterday there was a

901
00:41:23,609 --> 00:41:26,820
letter that was sent out publicly by the

902
00:41:26,820 --> 00:41:27,990
Federal Reserve chair

903
00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:30,840
and talking about steps that the Fed may

904
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,750
do to prevent economic impacts to

905
00:41:33,750 --> 00:41:36,330
happening good what what's your reaction

906
00:41:36,330 --> 00:41:38,310
is that enough that kind of a lender I

907
00:41:38,310 --> 00:41:40,260
think the Fed is a very important role

908
00:41:40,260 --> 00:41:42,480
and especially psychological I mean if

909
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,820
you look at the the Fed has a massive

910
00:41:44,820 --> 00:41:48,090
impact lots of it is psychological and

911
00:41:48,090 --> 00:41:51,180
lots of it as fact this is something I

912
00:41:51,180 --> 00:41:53,070
think they should have done even beyond

913
00:41:53,070 --> 00:41:54,900
this and before this because other

914
00:41:54,900 --> 00:41:56,910
countries that are not as nearly as

915
00:41:56,910 --> 00:41:59,010
Prime with the the greatest in the world

916
00:41:59,010 --> 00:42:00,960
it's our currency everything we have

917
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,670
everything we should have the lowest

918
00:42:02,670 --> 00:42:04,380
interest rates we don't have the lowest

919
00:42:04,380 --> 00:42:06,119
interest rates our Fed rate is higher

920
00:42:06,119 --> 00:42:07,640
you look at Germany you look at Japan

921
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,140
you look at other countries they have

922
00:42:10,140 --> 00:42:13,619
many of them have negative rates and we

923
00:42:13,619 --> 00:42:15,450
are not put in that position because of

924
00:42:15,450 --> 00:42:18,750
our fed and now we have this problem

925
00:42:18,750 --> 00:42:21,030
you saw where Germany is lowering and

926
00:42:21,030 --> 00:42:23,010
also infusing a lot of money into their

927
00:42:23,010 --> 00:42:25,770
economy a tremendous amount I haven't

928
00:42:25,770 --> 00:42:27,240
heard our feds say they should do this

929
00:42:27,240 --> 00:42:29,670
or Fed should start being a leader not a

930
00:42:29,670 --> 00:42:32,430
follower our Fed has been a follower

931
00:42:32,430 --> 00:42:34,350
we need a Fed that's going to be a

932
00:42:34,350 --> 00:42:37,109
leader we should have at least the same

933
00:42:37,109 --> 00:42:39,119
rates and ideally lower rates than other

934
00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:40,650
countries we shouldn't be paying more

935
00:42:40,650 --> 00:42:42,780
but we're forced to pay more on interest

936
00:42:42,780 --> 00:42:46,190
and we we are the most prime think of it

937
00:42:46,190 --> 00:42:48,750
biggest economy in the world by far

938
00:42:48,750 --> 00:42:50,850
China would have overtaken us in this

939
00:42:50,850 --> 00:42:52,410
year they were expected to for five

940
00:42:52,410 --> 00:42:55,109
years 2019 they were going to overtake

941
00:42:55,109 --> 00:42:57,390
us they're not even close and they won't

942
00:42:57,390 --> 00:42:59,250
be close as some as long as somebody

943
00:42:59,250 --> 00:43:01,920
smart is right here they won't be close

944
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,230
but I will say this the relationship

945
00:43:04,230 --> 00:43:06,210
with them is good but as far as the Fed

946
00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:07,920
is concerned our Fed should be a leader

947
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,790
our Fed has not been a leader at all

948
00:43:10,790 --> 00:43:12,960
frankly we should have known we should

949
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:15,570
have we could refinance our debt at even

950
00:43:15,570 --> 00:43:16,890
lower rates where the rates are very low

951
00:43:16,890 --> 00:43:19,350
but we should be refinancing debt at

952
00:43:19,350 --> 00:43:21,750
even lower rates our Fed is making us

953
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:23,010
pay more than we should and that's

954
00:43:23,010 --> 00:43:27,140
ridiculous

955
00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:29,999
president thank you you mentioned you're

956
00:43:29,999 --> 00:43:31,589
having the meeting on Monday with the

957
00:43:31,589 --> 00:43:34,140
pharmaceutical executives as you know of

958
00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:37,019
a process of them approving medicines is

959
00:43:37,019 --> 00:43:40,109
complex and time-consuming what I think

960
00:43:40,109 --> 00:43:42,599
this process will go very quickly Thank

961
00:43:42,599 --> 00:43:44,609
You Emma grant Republican liberal

962
00:43:44,609 --> 00:43:46,920
conservative this process is going to go

963
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,019
very quickly and you know that was

964
00:43:49,019 --> 00:43:55,680
excuse me yeah we can do that okay would

965
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:03,269
you like to say something so we are

966
00:44:03,269 --> 00:44:05,460
working very diligently with with

967
00:44:05,460 --> 00:44:08,490
industry we're using our authorities in

968
00:44:08,490 --> 00:44:10,259
an expedited fashion to help with the

969
00:44:10,259 --> 00:44:11,789
development of therapeutics particularly

970
00:44:11,789 --> 00:44:13,769
around the corona virus as you probably

971
00:44:13,769 --> 00:44:16,289
know we issued a policy this morning

972
00:44:16,289 --> 00:44:17,579
that allows us to have a lot of

973
00:44:17,579 --> 00:44:19,440
flexibility around the development of

974
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,450
diagnostic tests our colleagues at the

975
00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:24,150
CDC have done a great job to have an

976
00:44:24,150 --> 00:44:26,160
increase in those tests and we expect

977
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,380
this policy to have a significant impact

978
00:44:28,380 --> 00:44:37,349
on that as well by the way the meeting

979
00:44:37,349 --> 00:44:39,539
with the pharmaceutical companies was

980
00:44:39,539 --> 00:44:41,400
actually set up before being over drug

981
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:43,259
pricing because we want prices to go way

982
00:44:43,259 --> 00:44:45,599
down but it turns out to be a very

983
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:48,599
convenient meeting as it pertains to the

984
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:52,140
vaccine Thank You mr. president

985
00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:54,900
you put the vice president in charge of

986
00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:57,420
coronavirus coordination across the

987
00:44:57,420 --> 00:44:59,069
government when he was governor of

988
00:44:59,069 --> 00:45:01,710
Indiana the vice president allowed an

989
00:45:01,710 --> 00:45:03,769
HIV outbreak to spiral out of control

990
00:45:03,769 --> 00:45:06,420
because he did not need the advice of

991
00:45:06,420 --> 00:45:09,180
his public health professional advisors

992
00:45:09,180 --> 00:45:11,489
who said the needle exchange was

993
00:45:11,489 --> 00:45:13,859
necessary at the beginning of the

994
00:45:13,859 --> 00:45:16,859
outbreak what guarantee can you give

995
00:45:16,859 --> 00:45:19,739
Americans that political considerations

996
00:45:19,739 --> 00:45:23,220
and ideological issues will play no role

997
00:45:23,220 --> 00:45:26,640
in your government's response to this

998
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:29,160
virus well let me just respond quickly

999
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,210
and then I'm going to have Mike say

1000
00:45:30,210 --> 00:45:31,799
something about that because I've heard

1001
00:45:31,799 --> 00:45:34,799
very good explanations actually when it

1002
00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:37,289
came to health care Indiana has been a

1003
00:45:37,289 --> 00:45:38,340
leader and

1004
00:45:38,340 --> 00:45:40,710
absolute leader and it was really

1005
00:45:40,710 --> 00:45:43,920
started with others but by Mike Pence

1006
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,260
and he's done a phenomenal job on health

1007
00:45:46,260 --> 00:45:48,720
care one of the best if not the best in

1008
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:49,410
the country

1009
00:45:49,410 --> 00:45:51,690
and with that I'll let Mike respond

1010
00:45:51,690 --> 00:45:53,700
specifically if you want to sure Thank

1011
00:45:53,700 --> 00:45:55,680
You mr. president when I was governor of

1012
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,110
the state of Indiana we actually had two

1013
00:45:58,110 --> 00:46:00,360
experiences with the spread of

1014
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,940
infectious diseases the first was in

1015
00:46:02,940 --> 00:46:05,820
2014 when Indiana was where the very

1016
00:46:05,820 --> 00:46:07,800
first MERS case in the United States

1017
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:10,410
arrived obviously an infectious disease

1018
00:46:10,410 --> 00:46:13,350
much more deadly than the corona virus

1019
00:46:13,350 --> 00:46:15,360
that we're dealing with today it was

1020
00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:17,130
then when I was governor that I learned

1021
00:46:17,130 --> 00:46:20,480
of the extraordinary capabilities of CDC

1022
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,790
worked with my health officials in the

1023
00:46:23,790 --> 00:46:25,260
state of Indiana worked with federal

1024
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:27,590
officials and maybe most importantly

1025
00:46:27,590 --> 00:46:31,560
learn the invaluable role that local

1026
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,240
health officials play in dealing with

1027
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,280
the spread of infectious disease I'm

1028
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:36,870
proud to say that the state of Indiana

1029
00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:40,200
secured that patient found out everyone

1030
00:46:40,200 --> 00:46:42,150
they'd ever contacted there were no

1031
00:46:42,150 --> 00:46:44,220
additional infections in that patient

1032
00:46:44,220 --> 00:46:46,200
recovered there was only one other MERS

1033
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,110
disease the other incident was in 2015

1034
00:46:49,110 --> 00:46:53,130
we had a we had an outbreak of HIV in a

1035
00:46:53,130 --> 00:46:56,490
very small town then emerged in early

1036
00:46:56,490 --> 00:46:59,670
2015 my health officials came to me we

1037
00:46:59,670 --> 00:47:01,890
immediately deployed health resources

1038
00:47:01,890 --> 00:47:05,730
the truth was is hiv/aids was being

1039
00:47:05,730 --> 00:47:07,650
spread by people sharing needles in

1040
00:47:07,650 --> 00:47:10,140
intravenous drug use and the state of

1041
00:47:10,140 --> 00:47:13,800
Indiana did not allow for providing a

1042
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,950
needle exchange to citizens but the CDC

1043
00:47:16,950 --> 00:47:20,940
came in and made a recommendation and I

1044
00:47:20,940 --> 00:47:23,880
declared a public health emergency and

1045
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:26,460
made for 30 days a needle exchange

1046
00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:28,860
available in the state of Indiana I'm

1047
00:47:28,860 --> 00:47:31,080
proud to say that every one of those

1048
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:33,060
patients was treated

1049
00:47:33,060 --> 00:47:37,350
we ended spread of the hiv/aids virus in

1050
00:47:37,350 --> 00:47:40,740
that community but again as I've said

1051
00:47:40,740 --> 00:47:42,930
before I think as president I have

1052
00:47:42,930 --> 00:47:44,460
discussed I think my experience as a

1053
00:47:44,460 --> 00:47:47,910
governor dealing with two different

1054
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:51,300
infectious diseases and seeing the vital

1055
00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:51,980
role that

1056
00:47:51,980 --> 00:47:54,890
local health care providers play that

1057
00:47:54,890 --> 00:47:58,190
federal officials play it has really

1058
00:47:58,190 --> 00:47:59,900
informed me it's one of the reasons why

1059
00:47:59,900 --> 00:48:01,340
I've been spending a lot of time talking

1060
00:48:01,340 --> 00:48:03,770
to governor's I met yesterday with state

1061
00:48:03,770 --> 00:48:05,390
health officials and the governor in

1062
00:48:05,390 --> 00:48:08,119
Florida and I'm proud of the work that

1063
00:48:08,119 --> 00:48:10,220
we did in the state of Indiana and I

1064
00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:12,830
hope to continue to bring all of the

1065
00:48:12,830 --> 00:48:14,600
best minds together to deal with this

1066
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:24,230
issue doing a great job soldiers were

1067
00:48:24,230 --> 00:48:26,869
killed in it that Syria and today

1068
00:48:26,869 --> 00:48:29,300
Turkish foreign words that were two days

1069
00:48:29,300 --> 00:48:30,890
ago okay

1070
00:48:30,890 --> 00:48:32,869
and today Turkish Foreign Minister mucho

1071
00:48:32,869 --> 00:48:35,240
shows that Turkey wants a pen through

1072
00:48:35,240 --> 00:48:37,460
their differences and from United States

1073
00:48:37,460 --> 00:48:39,980
arguing the Turkish government I got it

1074
00:48:39,980 --> 00:48:42,170
we're speaking to president Erdogan a

1075
00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:44,330
lot and we are talking to him about

1076
00:48:44,330 --> 00:48:51,310
exactly what you're referring to

1077
00:48:51,310 --> 00:48:55,040
anything from a policy or reassurance

1078
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:57,050
standpoint to try to deal with the

1079
00:48:57,050 --> 00:48:58,940
market will come back the markets are

1080
00:48:58,940 --> 00:49:01,430
very strong the consumer is unbelievably

1081
00:49:01,430 --> 00:49:03,740
strong the companies are very strong we

1082
00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:05,480
have one problem we have to get this

1083
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,869
problem brought into focus and it is

1084
00:49:08,869 --> 00:49:10,700
right now I think our professionals are

1085
00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:12,350
doing a great job I'm not thinking I'm

1086
00:49:12,350 --> 00:49:14,510
not thinking in terms well it's it's

1087
00:49:14,510 --> 00:49:16,609
certainly it's certainly not a good

1088
00:49:16,609 --> 00:49:18,380
situation when you lose travel that's a

1089
00:49:18,380 --> 00:49:21,260
big part of market but for a period of

1090
00:49:21,260 --> 00:49:22,460
time we're gonna have to do whatever is

1091
00:49:22,460 --> 00:49:25,460
necessary safety health number one and

1092
00:49:25,460 --> 00:49:27,080
we were the markets will take care of

1093
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,060
themselves the company companies are

1094
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very powerful our consumers never been

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in a better position than they are right

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now Larry Kudlow was telling me before

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that the numbers I said don't even bring

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it up what difference but that the

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numbers are very strong he's got numbers

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from Friday very strong you see the

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numbers but but our focus our focus is

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on exactly this it's not on that that

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will take care of itself considering any

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tax breaks to help

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the pain I think the big thing we're

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looking for is the Fed to do its job if

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the Fed does its job that's what we are

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really looking for we're prior to this

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we as you know we announced that we're

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going to be at the end of the year we're

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going to be toward the end of the year

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we're gonna be announcing a

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middle-income tax cut in order to get

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that through I don't think the Democrats

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are going to be approving any tax cuts

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because they'd like to raise taxes of

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said of lower taxes but we'll be in a

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not too distant future announcing a very

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major middle-income tax cut and food

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supplies and also medical supplies your

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hair and their news about some of the

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items are out of stock or do you think

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they should get prepared and also I

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think it's always good to be prepared I

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think it's always good but we are super

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prepared when you hear 43,000 43 million

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masks as an example I will do one more

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go ahead two gentlemen report that

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yesterday that you are willing at this

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point to meet with leaders of Russia

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China the UK and France but to discuss

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arms control you should is just among

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other things they all want to discuss

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arms control and that's a wise thing

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we're spending now over twenty billion

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dollars on nuclear and on the superspeed

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missiles and many other things and they

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have come to me and they all want to now

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discuss arms control and that it was

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China and that includes Russia and I

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think it's very smart of them to want to

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do it and I think it's very smart of us

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to want to do it and we will be

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discussing that in New York

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God one one final question guys you see

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00:51:41,990 --> 00:51:43,460
them returning in this US Taliban

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00:51:43,460 --> 00:51:45,680
agreement how much do you expect troops

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00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:50,990
to be coming back like today okay today

1149
00:51:50,990 --> 00:51:54,410
they'll start immediately so ladies and

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00:51:54,410 --> 00:51:55,850
gentlemen we'll be doing this quite

1151
00:51:55,850 --> 00:51:57,320
often we're going to keep you abreast of

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00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:59,390
all of the facts and again I want to

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00:51:59,390 --> 00:52:00,950
thank the professionals they are great

1154
00:52:00,950 --> 00:52:03,050
professionals I've gotten to really know

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00:52:03,050 --> 00:52:05,300
them and see them under very interesting

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and tough and trying conditions we have

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the finest in the world I will say this

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other countries call us and they ask

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00:52:12,260 --> 00:52:14,030
would it be possible for them to speak

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to Anthony and Bob and the people that

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00:52:16,490 --> 00:52:18,380
you're you're talking to on a daily

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00:52:18,380 --> 00:52:20,270
basis now so we're going to be very

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00:52:20,270 --> 00:52:22,190
transparent we'll be meeting you

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probably tomorrow the next day we'll

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keep you abreast thank you very much

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all right folks thank you so much for

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00:52:37,660 --> 00:52:39,099
joining us and choosing us as your

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00:52:39,099 --> 00:52:43,500
stream of choice president Trump doing a

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00:52:43,500 --> 00:52:46,570
press conference on what's going on with

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the coronavirus as you guys can see the

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fake news is still trying to create a

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panic so that way the stock market

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00:52:55,420 --> 00:52:57,340
crashes and then it gets blamed on Trump

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00:52:57,340 --> 00:52:59,830
it's just another hoax like he said not

1175
00:52:59,830 --> 00:53:02,369
the coronavirus is a hoax the whole

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panic that the the fake news and also

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the Democrats are trying to create

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around this coronavirus pandemic that is

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the hoax that's what President Trump

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said so President Trump is said to

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00:53:19,030 --> 00:53:22,270
deliver a speech at CPAC in just a few

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moments it was scheduled to start in 15

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minutes but obviously that's not gonna

1184
00:53:27,940 --> 00:53:30,070
happen so we're gonna start our live

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00:53:30,070 --> 00:53:33,130
stream coverage of CPAC 2020 so make

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00:53:33,130 --> 00:53:34,869
sure you guys stay tuned live here at

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00:53:34,869 --> 00:53:37,630
Golden State Times for more coverage of

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00:53:37,630 --> 00:53:39,910
President Trump President Trump is said

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to deliver a speech once again at CPAC

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in just a little while in just a few

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00:53:44,530 --> 00:53:46,630
moments so make sure you guys stay tuned

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00:53:46,630 --> 00:53:49,109
we're gonna start our live stream of

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00:53:49,109 --> 00:53:53,050
CPAC in like five to ten minutes so

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00:53:53,050 --> 00:53:55,060
don't go anywhere we're gonna shut this

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00:53:55,060 --> 00:53:56,890
livestream down and then we'll start the

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00:53:56,890 --> 00:53:59,830
new CPAC livestream so stay tuned live

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here at Golden State Times

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you

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once again folks President Trump is

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delivering a speech at CPAC right in

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just a few moments today

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00:54:48,140 --> 00:54:50,779
so right now President Trump is set to

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00:54:50,779 --> 00:54:53,329
address CPAC so if you want to watch

1204
00:54:53,329 --> 00:54:55,249
that speech just give us a few minutes

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00:54:55,249 --> 00:54:57,289
we're gonna put up that live stream in

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00:54:57,289 --> 00:54:58,910
just a few moments and we'll go on from

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there thank you so much for choosing

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00:55:00,529 --> 00:55:02,779
Golden State Times as your stream of

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00:55:02,779 --> 00:55:05,059
choice once again President Trump will

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be delivering a speech at CPAC 2020 in

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just a few moments

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you