DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

SERVICES. SHANNON, LET ME START WITH YOU.

SHANNON, LET ME START WITH YOU. THE PRESIDENT TODAY AT THE CDC.

THE PRESIDENT TODAY AT THE CDC. WE PLAYED THAT CLIP TALKING

WE PLAYED THAT CLIP TALKING ABOUT THE CRUISE SHIP, NOT

ABOUT THE CRUISE SHIP, NOT WANTING THE PASSENGERS TO COME

WANTING THE PASSENGERS TO COME INTO THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL UNITED

INTO THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEN THEY’D BE

STATES BECAUSE THEN THEY’D BE COUNTED IN STATISTIC.

COUNTED IN STATISTIC. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FOLKS

WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FOLKS IN THE ADMINISTRATION, FOLKS

IN THE ADMINISTRATION, FOLKS AROUND THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT

AROUND THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THAT VISIT ABOUT WHAT HE’S TRYING TO

VISIT ABOUT WHAT HE’S TRYING TO COMMUNICATE HERE AND WHAT HE

COMMUNICATE HERE AND WHAT HE ACTUALLY IS COMMUNICATING HERE?

ACTUALLY IS COMMUNICATING HERE? >> WELL, NONE OF WHAT HE

>> WELL, NONE OF WHAT HE COMMUNICATED IS WHAT ANYONE IN

COMMUNICATED IS WHAT ANYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, AND YOU

TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, AND YOU POINTED OUT THE EXAMPLE OF THAT

POINTED OUT THE EXAMPLE OF THAT CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT THE VICE

CONTRAST BETWEEN WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS SAYING ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT WAS SAYING ABOUT THE TESTING KITS AND WHAT THE

TESTING KITS AND WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING ABOUT THE

PRESIDENT IS SAYING ABOUT THE TESTING KITS.

TESTING KITS. WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN

WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE

WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE IN THE

ADMINISTRATION, PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WORKING ON A

WHITE HOUSE WORKING ON A WELL-CRAFTED MESSAGE THAT IS

WELL-CRAFTED MESSAGE THAT IS THEN COMPLETELY BLOWN UP BY THE

THEN COMPLETELY BLOWN UP BY THE PRESIDENT.

PRESIDENT. I MEAN, IT STARTED VERY EARLY IN

I MEAN, IT STARTED VERY EARLY IN THE DAY TODAY WHERE THE WHITE

THE DAY TODAY WHERE THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE PRESIDENT WASN’T

HOUSE SAID THE PRESIDENT WASN’T GOING TO BE GOING TO THE CDC.

GOING TO BE GOING TO THE CDC. THEY DIDN’T SAY WHY, AND NENTHEN

THEY DIDN’T SAY WHY, AND NENTHEN THE PRESIDENT TELLS REPORTER

THE PRESIDENT TELLS REPORTER THERE WAS SOMEONE AT THE CDC WHO

THERE WAS SOMEONE AT THE CDC WHO THOUGHT THERE WAS A CORONAVIRUS.

THOUGHT THERE WAS A CORONAVIRUS. IT TURNS OUT THAT TEST WAS

IT TURNS OUT THAT TEST WAS NEGATIVE.

NEGATIVE. NOW HE’S GOING TO GO, BASICALLY

NOW HE’S GOING TO GO, BASICALLY CONTRADICTING WHAT HIS OWN STAFF

CONTRADICTING WHAT HIS OWN STAFF SAID EARLIER IN THE DAY.

SAID EARLIER IN THE DAY. ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING THINGS

ONE OF THE MOST STRIKING THINGS HE SAID OUT OF THAT MINI PRESS

HE SAID OUT OF THAT MINI PRESS KFRPS

KFRPS CONFERENCE HE DID WITH

CONFERENCE HE DID WITH REPORTERS, HE POINTED OUT THE

REPORTERS, HE POINTED OUT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ON THE

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ON THE CRUISE SHIP.

CRUISE SHIP. ED ADMINISTRATION’S TRYING TO

ED ADMINISTRATION’S TRYING TO TAKE THE POSTURE THEY’RE NOT

TAKE THE POSTURE THEY’RE NOT MAKING THE DECISION FOR

MAKING THE DECISION FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

POLITICAL REASONS. THEN THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES

THEN THE PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES BASICALLY SAYING THE QUIET PART

BASICALLY SAYING THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD THAT HE’S MAKING A

OUT LOUD THAT HE’S MAKING A DECISION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH

DECISION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE CRUISE PASSENGERS BASED ON

THESE CRUISE PASSENGERS BASED ON HOW THE NUMBERS LOOK, AND THEN

HOW THE NUMBERS LOOK, AND THEN HE THROWS THIS CAVEAT ABOUT HOW

HE THROWS THIS CAVEAT ABOUT HOW HE’LL LET OTHER PEOPLE MAKE THE

HE’LL LET OTHER PEOPLE MAKE THE DECISION BUT IT’S HIS CLEAR

DECISION BUT IT’S HIS CLEAR PREFERENCE HE DOES NOT WANT

PREFERENCE HE DOES NOT WANT THESE CRUISE PASSENGERS BROUGHT

THESE CRUISE PASSENGERS BROUGHT BACK INTO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF

BACK INTO THE U.S. BECAUSE OF WHAT IT WOULD DO WITH THE

WHAT IT WOULD DO WITH THE STATISTICS,

STATISTICS, STATISTICS.

STATISTICS. >> WE MENTIONED YOU HAVE A

>> WE MENTIONED YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND WITH HHS.

BACKGROUND WITH HHS. I WONDER WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR

I WONDER WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE TWO

MIND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE TWO STATEMENTS WE PLAYED THERE FROM

STATEMENTS WE PLAYED THERE FROM THE PRESIDENT ON THE ISSUE OF

THE PRESIDENT ON THE ISSUE OF TESTING AND FROM THE VICE

TESTING AND FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT SENDING TWO SEEMINGLY

PRESIDENT SENDING TWO SEEMINGLY CONTRADICTORY MESSAGES.

CONTRADICTORY MESSAGES. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT KIND

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THAT KIND OF MESSAGING?

OF MESSAGING? >> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT A

>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN

TIME WHEN YOU HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON EDGE, A TIME WHEN

PEOPLE ON EDGE, A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WANT INFORMATION,

PEOPLE WANT INFORMATION, OBVIOUSLY INFORMATION IS POWER

OBVIOUSLY INFORMATION IS POWER IN THIS CASE, IT’S REALLY

IN THIS CASE, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE GOVERNMENT

IMPORTANT THAT THE GOVERNMENT SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE.

SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE. IT IS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT

IT IS A WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT SPONS.

SPONS. RESPONSE.

RESPONSE. IT IS SOMETHING THIS

IT IS SOMETHING THIS ADMINISTRATION I KNOW IS WORKING

ADMINISTRATION I KNOW IS WORKING HARD TO COORDINATE.

HARD TO COORDINATE. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU

BUT THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT PANDEMIC PLANNING, WHEN

LOOK AT PANDEMIC PLANNING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IS THE WAY THIS

YOU LOOK AT THIS IS THE WAY THIS HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE, THE

HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE, THE EMPHASIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON CAN

EMPHASIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON CAN GOVERNMENT SPEAK WITH A VOICE ON

GOVERNMENT SPEAK WITH A VOICE ON WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS,

WHAT THE CURRENT SITUATION IS, WHAT THE UPCOMING SITUATION WILL

WHAT THE UPCOMING SITUATION WILL BE, AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS

BE, AND WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO RESPOND.

DOING TO RESPOND. IT DOES CREATE A CHALLENGE BOTH

IT DOES CREATE A CHALLENGE BOTH FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUT ALSO

FOR THE ADMINISTRATION BUT ALSO FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN TERMS

FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THEY’RE

OF THE INFORMATION THEY’RE HEARING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

HEARING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FROM WHAT SOURCES THEY SHOULD BE