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CONFERENCE LIKE BLURT IT OUT BEFORE IT’S TRUE OR BEFORE IT

BEFORE IT’S TRUE OR BEFORE IT EVEN COMES TOGETHER AS A

EVEN COMES TOGETHER AS A POSSIBILITY.

POSSIBILITY. >> IT REALLY IS UNBELIEVABLE.

>> IT REALLY IS UNBELIEVABLE. LET’S BRING IN GOVERNOR CUOMO.

LET’S BRING IN GOVERNOR CUOMO. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN ON THE

YOU CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF GOVERNORS ACROSS

FOREFRONT OF GOVERNORS ACROSS AMERICA RESPONSIBLE, PUSHING

AMERICA RESPONSIBLE, PUSHING FOR, ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE

FOR, ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND ALSO

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING YOU’RE GOING TO

UNDERSTANDING YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE MATTER INTO YOUR

HAVE TO TAKE MATTER INTO YOUR OWN HANDS BECAUSE IT’S SORT OF

OWN HANDS BECAUSE IT’S SORT OF LIKE KATRINA, I WAS ON THE

LIKE KATRINA, I WAS ON THE GROUND IN KATRINA FOR THE FIRST

GROUND IN KATRINA FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FEDERAL

TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID ANYTHING.

GOVERNMENT DID ANYTHING. ANYBODY WAITING FOR THE

ANYBODY WAITING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO KATRINA

GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO KATRINA KEPT WAITING.

KEPT WAITING. IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE AT THE SAME

IT SEEMS LIKE WE’RE AT THE SAME PLACE, HERE, 15 YEARS LATER, BUT

PLACE, HERE, 15 YEARS LATER, BUT THIS TIME IT’S NOT A HURRICANE.

THIS TIME IT’S NOT A HURRICANE. IT’S A PANDEMIC.

IT’S A PANDEMIC. >> YOU’RE 100% RIGHT, JOE.

>> YOU’RE 100% RIGHT, JOE. I SAID THAT THIS IS THE

I SAID THAT THIS IS THE HURRICANE KATRINA VERSION OF A

HURRICANE KATRINA VERSION OF A PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION.

PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION. AND WE ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO

AND WE ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO OUR OWN HANDS, FRANKLY.

OUR OWN HANDS, FRANKLY. WE ARE DOING DRIVE-THROUGHS.

WE ARE DOING DRIVE-THROUGHS. WE DIDN’T WAIT FOR THE FEDERAL

WE DIDN’T WAIT FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE’RE DOING

GOVERNMENT, AND WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN DO.

EVERYTHING WE CAN DO. BUT, BUT YOU AND I WERE BOTH IN

BUT, BUT YOU AND I WERE BOTH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THE CAPACITY.

WE UNDERSTAND THE CAPACITY. THERE HAS BEEN NO COUNTRY THAT

THERE HAS BEEN NO COUNTRY THAT HAS HANDLED THIS, JOE, WITHOUT A

HAS HANDLED THIS, JOE, WITHOUT A NATIONAL RESPONSE.

NATIONAL RESPONSE. AND WE HAVE BEEN BEHIND ON IT

AND WE HAVE BEEN BEHIND ON IT FROM DAY ONE.

FROM DAY ONE. I’M NOT GIVING UP.

I’M NOT GIVING UP. THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED THE

THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO. YOU LOOK AT TODAY, THE NEWS, ALL

YOU LOOK AT TODAY, THE NEWS, ALL THESE PATCHWORK ACTS BY THESE

THESE PATCHWORK ACTS BY THESE DIFFERENT STATES.

DIFFERENT STATES. IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR ME TO TAKE

IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR ME TO TAKE AN ACTION.

AN ACTION. I CLOSE BARS AND THEN PEOPLE

I CLOSE BARS AND THEN PEOPLE DRIVE TO NEW JERSEY OR

DRIVE TO NEW JERSEY OR CONNECTICUT, MY NEIGHBORING

CONNECTICUT, MY NEIGHBORING STATES.

STATES. YOU NEED A FEDERALIZED RESPONSE.

YOU NEED A FEDERALIZED RESPONSE. ESPECIALLY ON THE LOOMING

ESPECIALLY ON THE LOOMING CRISIS.

CRISIS. AND THE LOOMING CRISIS IS THAT

AND THE LOOMING CRISIS IS THAT CURVE THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT

CURVE THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IS NOT A CURVE.

IS NOT A CURVE. IT IS A WAVE.

IT IS A WAVE. AND THE WAVE IS GOING TO BREAK

AND THE WAVE IS GOING TO BREAK ON THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

ON THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. THERE IS NO PROJECTION THAT SAYS

THERE IS NO PROJECTION THAT SAYS OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM CAN HANDLE

OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM CAN HANDLE THIS.

THIS. WE NEED THE ARMY CORPS OF

WE NEED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN HERE NOW.

ENGINEERS IN HERE NOW. RETROFITTING OLD BUILDINGS,

RETROFITTING OLD BUILDINGS, DORMITORIES, ET CETERA, FOR MORE

DORMITORIES, ET CETERA, FOR MORE HOSPITAL CAPACITY.

HOSPITAL CAPACITY. THAT’S WHAT CHINA DID, THAT’S

THAT’S WHAT CHINA DID, THAT’S WHAT SOUTH KOREA DID, THAT’S

WHAT SOUTH KOREA DID, THAT’S WHAT ITALY DIDN’T DO, AND I HAVE

WHAT ITALY DIDN’T DO, AND I HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST STATE

ONE OF THE LARGEST STATE GOVERNMENTS IN THE NATION, BUT I

GOVERNMENTS IN THE NATION, BUT I CAN’T BUILD HOSPITAL BEDS IN

CAN’T BUILD HOSPITAL BEDS IN THEE WEEKS.

THEE WEEKS. I NEED THE ARMY CORPS OF

I NEED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

ENGINEERS. >> WELL, AND ALSO, GOVERNOR,

>> WELL, AND ALSO, GOVERNOR, DON’T YOU NEED THESE PEOPLE

DON’T YOU NEED THESE PEOPLE SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE

SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL POPULATION?

HOSPITAL POPULATION? YOU HAVE AN OP-ED OUT THIS

YOU HAVE AN OP-ED OUT THIS MORNING WHICH IS A CALL TO

MORNING WHICH IS A CALL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MOBILIZE THE

PRESIDENT TRUMP TO MOBILIZE THE MILITARY TO HELP FIGHT

MILITARY TO HELP FIGHT CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS. I MEAN, MILITARY HOSPITALS BEING

I MEAN, MILITARY HOSPITALS BEING SET UP AROUND THE COUNTRY WOULD

SET UP AROUND THE COUNTRY WOULD DO A LOT TO STOP THE CLUSTERS.

DO A LOT TO STOP THE CLUSTERS. INSIDE THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND

INSIDE THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND AMONG THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT

AMONG THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES OF HELPING THE SICK.

LINES OF HELPING THE SICK. >> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT. AND LOOK, THEY SAY LIFE HAS

AND LOOK, THEY SAY LIFE HAS OPTIONS.

OPTIONS. WE DON’T HAVE ANY OPTIONS.

WE DON’T HAVE ANY OPTIONS. WE KNOW THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

WE KNOW THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WILL BECOME OVERWHELMED.

WILL BECOME OVERWHELMED. THAT’S HOW PEOPLE DIE.

THAT’S HOW PEOPLE DIE. I ONLY HAVE 3,000 INTENSIVE CARE

I ONLY HAVE 3,000 INTENSIVE CARE UNIT BEDS IN THE STATE OF NEW

UNIT BEDS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

YORK. ABOUT 80% ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED.

ABOUT 80% ARE ALREADY OCCUPIED. SO I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 600 BEDS

SO I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 600 BEDS AVAILABLE.

AVAILABLE. I ALREADY HAVE 60 PEOPLE IN

I ALREADY HAVE 60 PEOPLE IN THOSE BEDS.

THOSE BEDS. THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO

THIS IS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN.

HAPPEN. WE KNOW IT.

WE KNOW IT. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO

THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO BUILD, DEVELOP MORE BEDS,

BUILD, DEVELOP MORE BEDS, RETROFIT.

RETROFIT. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BUILD

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING NEW.

ANYTHING NEW. GET SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF

GET SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITALS INTO THOSE NEW

THE HOSPITALS INTO THOSE NEW MEDICAL FACILITIES.

MEDICAL FACILITIES. AND DO THE BEST WE CAN.

AND DO THE BEST WE CAN. IT’S STILL NOT GOING TO BE GOOD,

IT’S STILL NOT GOING TO BE GOOD, BUT JUST TO BE WASTING DAY AFTER

BUT JUST TO BE WASTING DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY, THIS IS

DAY AFTER DAY, THIS IS NONSENSICAL, AND IT CANNOT

NONSENSICAL, AND IT CANNOT HAPPEN WITHOUT FEDERAL

HAPPEN WITHOUT FEDERAL RESOURCES, PERIOD.

RESOURCES, PERIOD. >> NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED

>> NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW WE WERE BOTH IN THE

ABOUT HOW WE WERE BOTH IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE. A GUY WHO WAS SPEAKER OF THE

A GUY WHO WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, I THINK IT’S SAFE TO SAY,

HOUSE, I THINK IT’S SAFE TO SAY, HAD AN UP AND DOWN RELATIONSHIP

HAD AN UP AND DOWN RELATIONSHIP WITH, WAS NEWT GINGRICH.

WITH, WAS NEWT GINGRICH. OF COURSE, I HAVEN’T AGREED WITH

OF COURSE, I HAVEN’T AGREED WITH MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID OVER THE

MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS SINCE DONALD

PAST THREE YEARS SINCE DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT

TRUMP HAS BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT’S

OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT’S INTERESTING THAT FINDING NEWT

INTERESTING THAT FINDING NEWT GINGRICH IS WRITING AN UP ED

GINGRICH IS WRITING AN UP ED SAYING I’M IN ITALY, THE

SAYING I’M IN ITALY, THE CORONAVIRUS IS DEADLY SERIOUS

CORONAVIRUS IS DEADLY SERIOUS AND AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP.

AND AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP. I’M FINDING MORE AND MORE

I’M FINDING MORE AND MORE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BLINDLY

REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BLINDLY DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT ARE

DEFENDED THE PRESIDENT ARE WAKING UP TO THE REALITY THAT WE

WAKING UP TO THE REALITY THAT WE CAN’T BLUFF, WE CAN’T BS OUR WAY

CAN’T BLUFF, WE CAN’T BS OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC.

OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. ARE YOU FINDING THAT AS WELL IN

ARE YOU FINDING THAT AS WELL IN NEW YORK?

NEW YORK? ARE YOU FINDING THAT REPUBLICANS

ARE YOU FINDING THAT REPUBLICANS ARE MORE WILLING TO WORK WITH

ARE MORE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE

YOU DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT IS STILL SENDING

PRESIDENT IS STILL SENDING RECKLESS MIXED SIGNALS?

RECKLESS MIXED SIGNALS? >> YEAH, I THINK WHAT’S

>> YEAH, I THINK WHAT’S HAPPENING, JOE, IS FIRST OF ALL,

HAPPENING, JOE, IS FIRST OF ALL, PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED.

PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED. THEY’RE TRULY FRIGHTENED.

THEY’RE TRULY FRIGHTENED. THEY’RE FRIGHTENED FOR

THEY’RE FRIGHTENED FOR THEMSELVES, FRIGHTENED FOR THEIR

THEMSELVES, FRIGHTENED FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

FAMILIES. AND THAT OVERRIDES PARTISAN

AND THAT OVERRIDES PARTISAN LOYALTY, RIGHT.

LOYALTY, RIGHT. IT’S ABOUT THEM NOW.

IT’S ABOUT THEM NOW. IT’S NOT ABOUT LOYALTY TO THEIR

IT’S NOT ABOUT LOYALTY TO THEIR POLITICAL PARTY.

POLITICAL PARTY. SECONDLY, IT’S UNAVOIDABLE ON

SECONDLY, IT’S UNAVOIDABLE ON THE FACTS.

THE FACTS. PEOPLE KNOW WHAT’S COMING.

PEOPLE KNOW WHAT’S COMING. YOU LOOK AT THAT PROJECTION,

YOU LOOK AT THAT PROJECTION, DR. FAUCI PUTS UP THAT CURVE

DR. FAUCI PUTS UP THAT CURVE EVERY DAY.

EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW THAT CURVE IS GOING TO

YOU KNOW THAT CURVE IS GOING TO CRASH, AND WE CAN’T HANDLE IT.

CRASH, AND WE CAN’T HANDLE IT. AND ALSO, I THINK PEOPLE, THE

AND ALSO, I THINK PEOPLE, THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SHOW

PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO SHOW LEADERSHIP, AND HE’S TRYING TO

LEADERSHIP, AND HE’S TRYING TO SHOW LEADERSHIP BY CALMING

SHOW LEADERSHIP BY CALMING PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. AND THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF

AND THAT IS A RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP.

LEADERSHIP. BUT YOU DON’T CALM PEOPLE UNLESS

BUT YOU DON’T CALM PEOPLE UNLESS YOU TELL THEM THE TRUTH.

YOU TELL THEM THE TRUTH. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DECEIVE

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DECEIVE PEOPLE.

PEOPLE. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SAY IT’S ALL

YOU’RE NOT GOING TO SAY IT’S ALL GOING TO BE FINE, TAKE TWO

GOING TO BE FINE, TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND CALL ME IN THE

ASPIRIN AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING.

MORNING. SO THEY KNOW IT’S NOT WORKING.

SO THEY KNOW IT’S NOT WORKING. AND IT’S ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS

AND IT’S ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS WORSE.

WORSE. AND WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

AND WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THEN IS NOT DOING ITS ROLE AND

THEN IS NOT DOING ITS ROLE AND YOU HAVE THESE BROADCASTS OF

YOU HAVE THESE BROADCASTS OF EVERY CITY, EVERY STATE DOING

EVERY CITY, EVERY STATE DOING ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS,

ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, PEOPLE SEE PANDEMONIUM.

PEOPLE SEE PANDEMONIUM. AND IT IS FRIGHTENING.

AND IT IS FRIGHTENING. YOU PUT PANDEMONIUM ON TOP OF A

YOU PUT PANDEMONIUM ON TOP OF A PANDEMIC, IT IS A BAD SITUATION.

PANDEMIC, IT IS A BAD SITUATION. >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. KATTY KAY IS WITH US IN

KATTY KAY IS WITH US IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE SEEN THE

>> GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE SEEN THE PICTURES FROM EUROPE OF

PICTURES FROM EUROPE OF COUNTRIES LIKE ITALY AND SPAIN

COUNTRIES LIKE ITALY AND SPAIN ON NEAR TOTAL LOCKDOWN.

ON NEAR TOTAL LOCKDOWN. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET

DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THAT STAGE HERE IN THE UNITED

TO THAT STAGE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?

STATES? DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO GET

DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO GET TO THAT STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY?

TO THAT STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY? IN ROME AT THE MOMENT, YOU

IN ROME AT THE MOMENT, YOU CANNOT GO OUT IN THE STREETS

CANNOT GO OUT IN THE STREETS UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PASS

UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PASS THAT LETS YOU GO OUT IN THE

THAT LETS YOU GO OUT IN THE STREETS.

STREETS. POLICE WILL STOP YOU AND CHECK

POLICE WILL STOP YOU AND CHECK YOUR PAPERWORK.

YOUR PAPERWORK. IS THAT WHERE A STATE LIKE NEW

IS THAT WHERE A STATE LIKE NEW YORK IS HEADING?

YORK IS HEADING? >> YEAH, I HOPE NOT, AND I DON’T

>> YEAH, I HOPE NOT, AND I DON’T BELIEVE SO.

BELIEVE SO. AND I DON’T EVEN BELIEVE YOU

AND I DON’T EVEN BELIEVE YOU COULD DO THAT IN THIS SOCIETY.

COULD DO THAT IN THIS SOCIETY. BUT I’M GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING

BUT I’M GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING MORE ACTIONS TODAY.

MORE ACTIONS TODAY. I CLOSED THE SCHOOLS YESTERDAY.

I CLOSED THE SCHOOLS YESTERDAY. MAKING SURE THERE’S CHILD CARE

MAKING SURE THERE’S CHILD CARE FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS BECAUSE,

FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THIS ALL COMES BACK TO

AGAIN, THIS ALL COMES BACK TO HOSPITAL CAPACITY.

HOSPITAL CAPACITY. SOME OF THESE STATES HAVE CLOSED

SOME OF THESE STATES HAVE CLOSED SCHOOLS THAT MADE NO CAPACITY

SCHOOLS THAT MADE NO CAPACITY FOR CHILD CARE AND NOW YOU SEE

FOR CHILD CARE AND NOW YOU SEE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND NURSES

HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND NURSES NOT SHOWING UP.

NOT SHOWING UP. SO CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, CLOSING

SO CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, CLOSING BARS, CLOSING RESTAURANTS,

BARS, CLOSING RESTAURANTS, CLOSING MASS GATHERINGS.

CLOSING MASS GATHERINGS. WE’LL BE DOING MORE OF THAT

WE’LL BE DOING MORE OF THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBERS

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBERS ARE CONTINUING TO SPIKE.

ARE CONTINUING TO SPIKE. SO YOU HAVE TO RATCHET DOWN ON

SO YOU HAVE TO RATCHET DOWN ON THE DENSITY CONTROL IF YOU’RE

THE DENSITY CONTROL IF YOU’RE GOING TO GET THOSE NUMBERS

GOING TO GET THOSE NUMBERS ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE YOU CAN

ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE YOU CAN MANAGE THEM IN THE HOSPITAL

MANAGE THEM IN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

SYSTEM. BUT FOR ME, MY PRIORITY IS

BUT FOR ME, MY PRIORITY IS TURNING TO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

TURNING TO THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE WE’RE GOING

BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS, AND IT’S

TO HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS, AND IT’S WEEKS AWAY.

WEEKS AWAY. >> GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, THANK

>> GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. >> COMING UP, THE MAYOR OF NEW

>> COMING UP, THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, BILL de BLASIO, IS