BUT FIRST, STAR OF THE VIRUS, NOT THE ECONOMY.
NOT THE ECONOMY. THAT IS THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S
THAT IS THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S ANGLE.
ANGLE. BY NOW WE HAVE ALL BECOME PRETTY
BY NOW WE HAVE ALL BECOME PRETTY EFFICIENT AT AVOIDING DUMB
EFFICIENT AT AVOIDING DUMB THINGS LIKE HUGGING PEOPLE,
THINGS LIKE HUGGING PEOPLE, SHAKING HANDS, NONESSENTIAL
SHAKING HANDS, NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL, 6 FEET APART, WASHING
TRAVEL, 6 FEET APART, WASHING OUR HANDS, DON’T TOUCH THE GAS
OUR HANDS, DON’T TOUCH THE GAS HANDLE, NO FACE TOUCHING, WIPING
HANDLE, NO FACE TOUCHING, WIPING KNOBS BEFORE YOU TOUCH THEM,
KNOBS BEFORE YOU TOUCH THEM, FRANKLY NOT EVEN TOUCHING KNOBS
FRANKLY NOT EVEN TOUCHING KNOBS AT ALL.
AT ALL. >> OUR COUNTRY HAS LEARNED A
>> OUR COUNTRY HAS LEARNED A LOT, LEARNED ABOUT SOCIAL
LOT, LEARNED ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING, LEARNED ABOUT THE
DISTANCING, LEARNED ABOUT THE HANDS, STAYING AWAKE DURING THE
HANDS, STAYING AWAKE DURING THE TIME THE THIS IS EVEN A LITTLE B
TIME THE THIS IS EVEN A LITTLE B AROUND, THIS DISEASE OR WHATEVER
AROUND, THIS DISEASE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
YOU WANT TO CALL IT. >> LIFE IN AMERICA IS ON PAUSE
>> LIFE IN AMERICA IS ON PAUSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THIS
IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THIS VIRUS.
VIRUS. WE HAVE MORE THAN 80 MILLION
WE HAVE MORE THAN 80 MILLION AMERICANS ALIVE, WHO ARE STAYING
AMERICANS ALIVE, WHO ARE STAYING HOME DUE TO STATE ORDERS.
HOME DUE TO STATE ORDERS. THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY SLOWING THE
THAT IS UNDOUBTEDLY SLOWING THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS, WHICH IS A
SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD THING.
VERY GOOD THING. MORE THAN 550 AMERICANS HAVE NOW
MORE THAN 550 AMERICANS HAVE NOW SUCCUMBED TO COVID-19, WE DON’T
SUCCUMBED TO COVID-19, WE DON’T HAVE A BREAKDOWN YET OF MEDIAN
HAVE A BREAKDOWN YET OF MEDIAN AGE OR WHETHER THEY HAD
AGE OR WHETHER THEY HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIONS BUT WE
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS BUT WE WILL AT SOME POINT.
WILL AT SOME POINT. OF COURSE, WE ON "THE INGRAHAM
OF COURSE, WE ON "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE" KNOW EVERY LIFE LOST IS A
ANGLE" KNOW EVERY LIFE LOST IS A TRAGEDY, EVERY LIFE LOST IS
TRAGEDY, EVERY LIFE LOST IS IRREPLACEABLE.
IRREPLACEABLE. BUT WE ARE TESTING A LOT MORE
BUT WE ARE TESTING A LOT MORE PEOPLE, THAT’S A REALLY GOOD
PEOPLE, THAT’S A REALLY GOOD THING.
THING. WE ARE FINDING THAT MORE
WE ARE FINDING THAT MORE AMERICANS ARE INFECTED, AS THE
AMERICANS ARE INFECTED, AS THE PRESIDENT NOTED TONIGHT, WE ARE
PRESIDENT NOTED TONIGHT, WE ARE GATHERING NEW DATA ON MORTALITY
GATHERING NEW DATA ON MORTALITY RATES AS WELL.
RATES AS WELL. >> THE MORTALITY RATES, I THINK
>> THE MORTALITY RATES, I THINK WE ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL IN THE
WE ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL IN THE 1%.
1%. IT IS STILL TERRIBLE, THE WHOLE
IT IS STILL TERRIBLE, THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF DEATH IS TERRIBLE.
CONCEPT OF DEATH IS TERRIBLE. BUT DOES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE
BUT DOES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE 1%
BETWEEN SOMETHING LIKE 1% AND 4 OR 5 OR EVEN 3%.
AND 4 OR 5 OR EVEN 3%. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE
THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE LEARNING NOW, I THINK THE NUMBER
LEARNING NOW, I THINK THE NUMBER MAY BE LOWER.
MAY BE LOWER. >> SEVEN DAYS MORE TO GO OF OUR
>> SEVEN DAYS MORE TO GO OF OUR NATIONAL TIMEOUT, THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL TIMEOUT, THE PRESIDENT WITH A MULTIFACTOR ANALYSIS
WITH A MULTIFACTOR ANALYSIS RIGHTLY RAISED THE UNINTENDED
RIGHTLY RAISED THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF A PROLONGED
CONSEQUENCES OF A PROLONGED SHUTDOWN.
SHUTDOWN. >> YOU CAN’T KEEP IT CLOSED FOR
>> YOU CAN’T KEEP IT CLOSED FOR THE NEXT YEARS, THIS IS GOING
THE NEXT YEARS, THIS IS GOING AWAY.
AWAY. WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE BATTLE,
WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE BATTLE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY.
RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE JOBS, PEOPLE GET
WE HAVE JOBS, PEOPLE GET TREMENDOUS ANXIETY AND
TREMENDOUS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND YOU HAVE SUICIDES
DEPRESSION AND YOU HAVE SUICIDES OVER THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU
OVER THINGS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU HAVE TERRIBLE ECONOMIES, YOU
HAVE TERRIBLE ECONOMIES, YOU HAVE DEATH, PROBABLY IN FAR
HAVE DEATH, PROBABLY IN FAR GREATER NUMBERS THAT THE NUMBERS
GREATER NUMBERS THAT THE NUMBERS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO THE VIRUS.
REGARDS TO THE VIRUS. >> Laura: WE ALL KNOW THAT
>> Laura: WE ALL KNOW THAT ALONG WITH THE HUMAN DEATH TOLL
ALONG WITH THE HUMAN DEATH TOLL OF THE VIRUS, AS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE VIRUS, AS THE PRESIDENT DISCUSSED THE ECONOMIC CARNAGE
DISCUSSED THE ECONOMIC CARNAGE IS MOUNTING.
IS MOUNTING. ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS FROM
ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS FROM EL SALVADOR CALLED ME TODAY AND
EL SALVADOR CALLED ME TODAY AND SHE WAS CRYING.
SHE WAS CRYING. HER HUSBAND LOST HIS PLUMBING
HER HUSBAND LOST HIS PLUMBING JOB TODAY.
JOB TODAY. HER SISTER LOST HER MARKETING
HER SISTER LOST HER MARKETING JOB ON FRIDAY.
JOB ON FRIDAY. >> WE ARE GOING TO SAVE AMERICAN
>> WE ARE GOING TO SAVE AMERICAN WORKERS.
WORKERS. AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THEM
AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE THEM QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR
AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR GREAT AMERICAN COMPANIES, BOTH
GREAT AMERICAN COMPANIES, BOTH SMALL AND LARGE.
SMALL AND LARGE. THIS WAS A MEDICAL PROBLEM, WE
THIS WAS A MEDICAL PROBLEM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET IT TURN
ARE NOT GOING TO LET IT TURN INTO A LONG-LASTING FINANCIAL
INTO A LONG-LASTING FINANCIAL PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. >> Laura: OF COURSE, SOME OF
>> Laura: OF COURSE, SOME OF THE PRESS BEING THE SIMPLETONS
THE PRESS BEING THE SIMPLETONS THEY ARE, THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS
THEY ARE, THEY WANT TO MAKE THIS A STRUGGLE BETWEEN DR. ANTHONY
A STRUGGLE BETWEEN DR. ANTHONY FAUCI OF THE CDC AND THE
FAUCI OF THE CDC AND THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> IF WE GET TO NEXT WEEK, YOU
>> IF WE GET TO NEXT WEEK, YOU ARE DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH
ARE DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH THESE GUIDELINES WHETHER TO EASE
THESE GUIDELINES WHETHER TO EASE THEM OR INSTITUTE THEM FOR
THEM OR INSTITUTE THEM FOR ANOTHER 15 DAYS, WILL YOU FOLLOW
ANOTHER 15 DAYS, WILL YOU FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF DR. FAUCI IF THEY
THE ADVICE OF DR. FAUCI IF THEY SAY YOU SHOULD MAINTAIN THEM?
SAY YOU SHOULD MAINTAIN THEM? >> WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A
>> WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, I CERTAINLY LISTEN TO
DECISION, I CERTAINLY LISTEN TO THEM AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
THEM AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR DR. FAUCI, DR. DEBORAH BIRX.
DR. FAUCI, DR. DEBORAH BIRX. I WILL BE LISTENING TO THEM AND
I WILL BE LISTENING TO THEM AND OTHERS THAT ARE DOING A REALLY
OTHERS THAT ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB. >> Laura: IN THE END, IT IS
>> Laura: IN THE END, IT IS THE PRESIDENT WHO IS THE ONE
THE PRESIDENT WHO IS THE ONE TASKED WITH MAKING THE TOUGH
TASKED WITH MAKING THE TOUGH CALLS, THAT IS WHY HE WAS
CALLS, THAT IS WHY HE WAS ELECTED.
ELECTED. IN PEACETIME AND WAR TIME, HE
IN PEACETIME AND WAR TIME, HE HAS THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY.
HAS THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY. HE GETS A LOT OF INPUT, HE
HE GETS A LOT OF INPUT, HE CONVENES A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH
CONVENES A LOT OF MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE AND HE
A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE AND HE LOOKS AT THE DATA AND
LOOKS AT THE DATA AND PROJECTIONS, BUT THE FINAL
PROJECTIONS, BUT THE FINAL DECISION ALWAYS RESTS WITH HIM.
DECISION ALWAYS RESTS WITH HIM. NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT IN LIFE
NOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT IN LIFE THERE ARE INHERENT RISKS.
THERE ARE INHERENT RISKS. WE LIVE WITH THOSE EVERY DAY
WE LIVE WITH THOSE EVERY DAY WHEN WE STEP INTO OUR CARS,
WHEN WE STEP INTO OUR CARS, FRANKLY JUST WALK OUT THE FRONT
FRANKLY JUST WALK OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
DOOR. IT IS ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT,
IT IS ALWAYS A BALANCING ACT, AND LIFE AND IN POLITICS BETWEEN
AND LIFE AND IN POLITICS BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SECURITY.
FREEDOM AND SECURITY. LIBERTY AND SAFETY.
LIBERTY AND SAFETY. THE PRESIDENT IS NEVER GOING TO
THE PRESIDENT IS NEVER GOING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY, NEVER.
PLEASE EVERYBODY, NEVER. BUT AMERICA AT SOME POINT SOON,
BUT AMERICA AT SOME POINT SOON, HE SAID, WEEKS, NOT MONTHS, WILL
HE SAID, WEEKS, NOT MONTHS, WILL HAVE TO FUNCTION AGAIN.
HAVE TO FUNCTION AGAIN. WE HAVE TO BE A COUNTRY TOGETHER
WE HAVE TO BE A COUNTRY TOGETHER AGAIN.
AGAIN. AND A SAFE.
AND A SAFE. AT TIMES LIKE THIS, WE NEED
AT TIMES LIKE THIS, WE NEED MORE, NOT LESS INPUT FROM REALLY
MORE, NOT LESS INPUT FROM REALLY SMART PEOPLE.
SMART PEOPLE. AND AT TIMES LIKE THIS, THINK OF
AND AT TIMES LIKE THIS, THINK OF PREIRAQ WAR.
PREIRAQ WAR. IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE THE ONE
IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE THE ONE QUESTIONING THE CONSENSUS,
QUESTIONING THE CONSENSUS, PHENOMENAL SCHOLARS LIKE JOHN
PHENOMENAL SCHOLARS LIKE JOHN UNITAS OR DAVID KATZ, THEY ARE
UNITAS OR DAVID KATZ, THEY ARE TAKING A BEATING FOR EVEN
TAKING A BEATING FOR EVEN SUGGESTING THAT WE MAY NEED TO
SUGGESTING THAT WE MAY NEED TO RECONSIDER SOME OF OUR INITIAL
RECONSIDER SOME OF OUR INITIAL THINKING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND
THINKING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND OUR RESPONSE TO IT.
OUR RESPONSE TO IT. THEY SHOULD BE HEARD, ALONG WITH
THEY SHOULD BE HEARD, ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE, WITHOUT
EVERYONE ELSE, WITHOUT CENSORSHIP.
CENSORSHIP. THE WIDELY RESPECTED
THE WIDELY RESPECTED SILICON VALLEY FORECASTER AARON
SILICON VALLEY FORECASTER AARON GIVEN HAS A PERSUASIVE AND WELL
GIVEN HAS A PERSUASIVE AND WELL ARGUED PIECE ON HOPE AND
ARGUED PIECE ON HOPE AND OPTIMISM ON THE VIRUS REMOVED
OPTIMISM ON THE VIRUS REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET, IT WAS
FROM THE INTERNET, IT WAS REPOSTED ELSEWHERE.
REPOSTED ELSEWHERE. HE IS BEING SMEARED RIGHT NOW BY
HE IS BEING SMEARED RIGHT NOW BY ACADEMICS.
ACADEMICS. THIS IS WRONG.
THIS IS WRONG. AND REVEALING.
AND REVEALING. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN A RECENT
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN A RECENT POLLING, IF THIS IS ACCURATE,
POLLING, IF THIS IS ACCURATE, THEY CAME TO APPRECIATE THE WAY
THEY CAME TO APPRECIATE THE WAY THE PRESIDENT HAS HANDLED THIS
THE PRESIDENT HAS HANDLED THIS CRISIS.
CRISIS. DAY AFTER DAY, HE STOOD BEFORE
DAY AFTER DAY, HE STOOD BEFORE THE PRESS CORPS ANSWERING
THE PRESS CORPS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOUR HOURS.
QUESTIONS FOUR HOURS. HIS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE
HIS LOVE AND RESPECT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR OUR
AMERICAN PEOPLE, FOR OUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, AND OUR BUSINESSES, OUR WORKERS IS
OUR BUSINESSES, OUR WORKERS IS EVIDENT, SHINES THROUGH.
EVIDENT, SHINES THROUGH. HE DOESN’T WANT OUR SOLUTION TO
HE DOESN’T WANT OUR SOLUTION TO THIS CRISIS TO END UP BEING
THIS CRISIS TO END UP BEING WORSE THAN THE INSIDIOUS VIRUS
WORSE THAN THE INSIDIOUS VIRUS ITSELF.
ITSELF. THAT MEANS EVERYONE HAS TO WORK
THAT MEANS EVERYONE HAS TO WORK TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. EVERYONE HAS TO DO HIS OR HER
EVERYONE HAS TO DO HIS OR HER PART.
PART. >> I WILL WORK WITH ANYONE TO
>> I WILL WORK WITH ANYONE TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I
HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I WILL.
WILL. I DON’T CARE WHO IT IS, I WILL
I DON’T CARE WHO IT IS, I WILL WORK WITH ANYBODY.
WORK WITH ANYBODY. IF I FEEL I AM GOING TO HELP THE
IF I FEEL I AM GOING TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE AMERICAN
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE AMERICAN WORKER.
WORKER. >> Laura: IT CAN THE DEMOCRATS
>> Laura: IT CAN THE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE HELD UP THIS LATEST
WHO HAVE HELD UP THIS LATEST RELIEF/STIMULUS BILL FOR THE
RELIEF/STIMULUS BILL FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS, CAN THEY SAY THE
LAST TWO DAYS, CAN THEY SAY THE SAME?
SAME? SCHUMER AND PELOSI HAS BEEN
SCHUMER AND PELOSI HAS BEEN DISGUSTING, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE
DISGUSTING, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO AMERICAN FAMILIES AND
TO AMERICAN FAMILIES AND AMERICAN WORKERS.
AMERICAN WORKERS. THEY ARE HOLDING THE COUNTRY
THEY ARE HOLDING THE COUNTRY HOSTAGE, TRYING TO EXTRACT
HOSTAGE, TRYING TO EXTRACT POLICY CONCESSIONS LIKE WIND AND
POLICY CONCESSIONS LIKE WIND AND SOLAR SUBSIDIES, MAIL IN
SOLAR SUBSIDIES, MAIL IN BALLOTS, EARLY VOTING FOR FALL,
BALLOTS, EARLY VOTING FOR FALL, NOTHING TO DO, ZERO TO DO WITH
NOTHING TO DO, ZERO TO DO WITH COVID-19.
COVID-19. >> WE HAD A DEAL, I WAS PRETTY
>> WE HAD A DEAL, I WAS PRETTY SURE HOW TO DEAL LAST NIGHT.
SURE HOW TO DEAL LAST NIGHT. AT A CERTAIN TIME, ABOUT 9:00 I
AT A CERTAIN TIME, ABOUT 9:00 I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU WE PRETTY
WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A DEAL.
MUCH HAVE A DEAL. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT CHANGED, IT CHANGED FAIRLY
CHANGED, IT CHANGED FAIRLY RAPIDLY.
RAPIDLY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FOR OUR
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY, THEY WERE ASKING FOR
COUNTRY, THEY WERE ASKING FOR THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE NOT
THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN -- THINGS THAT BORE NO
BEEN -- THINGS THAT BORE NO RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT WE ARE
RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. WE CAN’T PLAY THAT GAME.
WE CAN’T PLAY THAT GAME. >> Laura: NO, WE CAN’T.
>> Laura: NO, WE CAN’T. THIS ISN’T A GAME.
THIS ISN’T A GAME. THIS IS A COUNTRY, AND WE ARE
THIS IS A COUNTRY, AND WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE PEOPLE, THEIR
TRYING TO SAVE PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES, AND ANY PROCESS OUR
LIVES, AND ANY PROCESS OUR FREEDOM, OUR CONSTITUTION.
FREEDOM, OUR CONSTITUTION. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HARD
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS WITH THE BEST
DECISIONS WITH THE BEST INFORMATION WE CURRENTLY HAVE,
INFORMATION WE CURRENTLY HAVE, REAL DATA.
REAL DATA. AGAIN, BALANCING FREEDOM AND
AGAIN, BALANCING FREEDOM AND SECURITY, LIBERTY, SAFETY.
SECURITY, LIBERTY, SAFETY. AT THE END OF IT ALL, WE STILL
AT THE END OF IT ALL, WE STILL WANT A COUNTRY THAT HAS A STRONG
WANT A COUNTRY THAT HAS A STRONG CHANCE OF BEING PROSPEROUS AND
CHANCE OF BEING PROSPEROUS AND HAPPY AGAIN.
