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PHIL RUCKER, CARL LEE AND NICK

CONFESSORE.

PHIL RUCKER, LET ME START WITH

YOU.

WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE

PRESIDENT’S CONDITION?

IF IT’S KNOWABLE, WHAT’S THE

SOURCE OF THE INFORMATION?

ARE THE DOCTORS DOING BRIEFINGS

FOR YOU GUYS?

>> THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE TODAY

TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

THERE WAS SOME INDICATION FROM

OTHERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE WE

WOULD BE HEARING FROM THE

PRESIDENT’S PHYSICIAN LATER IN

THE DAY.

PERHAPS WE’LL GET AN UPDATE ON

HIS MEDICAL CONDITION.

THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO ANY

UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT IS A

VIDEO HE PUT OUT, ANOTHER ONE OF

THESE RAMBLING VIDEOS FROM THE

SOUTH LAWN OR WHAT APPEARS TO BE

THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE

HOUSE WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT BEING

CURED FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AND

HE TALKS ABOUT THE EXPERIMENTAL

DRUG COCKTAIL THAT HE RECEIVED

AT WALTER REED AND HOW THAT

SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED AND SHARED

WITH OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE

COUNTRY.

HE MADE A DIRECT APPEAL TO

SENIORS BECAUSE POLLING IS

SHOWING HE’S LOSING THE VOTE OF

SENIORS TO JOE BIDEN.

TRUMP ANNOUNCED IN THAT VIDEO

THAT HE HIMSELF IS A SENIOR AT

74 YEARS OLD AND HE CARES FIRST

AND FOREMOST ABOUT FELLOW

SENIORS.

>> NICK CONFESSORE, IT STRIKES

ME THAT SOME OF THE PROBLEM THE PRESIDENT FINDS HIMSELF IN IS

PRESIDENT FINDS HIMSELF IN IS

HIS AM BIFBIVALENCE OF THE RISK

HAS TO EVERYONE ELSE.

AIDES ARE ARGUING WITH THE

PRESIDENT TO BACK DOWN FROM HIS

POSITION OF NOT WANTING TO

PARTICIPATE IN A VIRTUAL DEBATE.

SAYING IF TRUMP HOSTS A RALLY

INSTEAD HE’LL GET 3 MILLION

VIEWERS ON FOX.

IF HE PARTICIPATES IN A DEBATE,

60 MILLION VIEWERS WOULD BE

WATCHING.

IT’S ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN YOU

NEED A SHIFT IN THE ELECTION,

YOU DON’T HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT

OUT OF A DEBATE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE POLITICS

OF THE GAME HE’S PLAYING BY

SAYING I’M NOT GOING TO DO THIS

IF IT’S ON ZOOM?

>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD

LISTEN TO HIS ADVISERS.

THEY ARE CORRECT.

THE PERSON WHO NEEDS TO CHANGE

THE GAME RIGHT NOW IS DONALD

TRUMP.

HIS CAMPAIGN IS IN COLLAPSE.

HIS BEST CHANCE TO DO THAT IS AT

THE DEBATE.

THIS IS ABOUT THAT THE PRESIDENT

BELIEVES A CORE PART OF HIS

STRATEGY IS THE THEATER OF THE

DOMINANCE AND POSTURING.

YOU CAN SEE IN HIS COMMENTS

THERE HE’S AFRAID OF NOT BEING

ABLE TO INTERRUPT BIDEN IN THE

DEBATE.

IT’S CENTRAL TO WHAT HE’S TRYING

TO DO INSIDE THE DEBATE, TO DO

THAT DOMINANCE POLITICS.

BIDEN IS SAYING

HIS ADVISERS ARE SAYING IT’S

BETTER FOR YOU, YOU’LL HAVE A

LARGER AUDIENCE.

HE WANTS TO BE IN THE RING.

>> CAROL LEE, THE OTHER PROBLEM

OF PUTTING TRUMP IN THE ROOM

WOULD BE CONNECTED TO YOUR

REPORTING TODAY.

THERE’S INCREASING EVIDENCE THAT

WE’RE GETTING DISINFORMATION OR

INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.

TALK ABOUT NDAs THAT DOCTORS AT

WALTER REED WERE ASKED TO SIGN

FOR THE UNEXPLAINED EMERGENCY

VISIT TO WALTER REED LAST FALL.

>> WE LEARNED FROM FOUR PEOPLE

FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS, IS

THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT WENT TO

WALTER REED, IT WAS A MYSTERIOUS

TRIP THAT STILL REMAINS

MYSTERIOUS TODAY.

IT WAS NOVEMBER 2019.

IT WAS A SATURDAY.

WALTER REED WASN’T EXPECTING THE

PRESIDENT.

HE WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS.

WE LEARNED THE PRESIDENT

REQUIRED ANYONE INVOLVED IN HIS

CARE, WHETHER A PHYSICIAN OR

WORKED AT WALTER REED AND MIGHT

BE PRIVY TO HIS MEDICAL

TREATMENT, THEY NEEDED TO SIGN A

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.

WE KNOW THAT AT LEAST TWO

DOCTORS AT WALTER REED REFUSED

TO SIGN THIS AND WERE

SUBSEQUENTLY TOLD THEY COULD NOT

BE INVOLVED IN THE PRESIDENT’S

CARE AT THAT TIME.

YOU KNOW, THE REASON WHY THIS IS

SIGNIFICANT IS WE’RE NOW IN THIS

SPACE -- FIRST OF ALL, THAT TRIP

IS STILL A QUESTION MARK.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAID THE

PRESIDENT WAS GOING FOR THE

FIRST HALF OF HIS PHYSICAL.

THAT’S NOT HOW PHYSICALS ARE

DONE.

IT’S USUALLY RIGHT AFTER THE

BEGINNING OF THE NEAR YEAR.

IT’S SOMETHING WALTER REED IS

PREPARED FOR IN ADVANCE.

IT’S ANNOUNCED IN ADVANCE.

NOW FAST FORWARD TO ALMOST A

YEAR LATER AND WE’RE STILL NOT

GETTING GOOD, CLEAR ANSWERS FROM

THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM, HIS

DOCTORS ABOUT HIS HEALTH.

WE’VE SEEN HIS DOCTOR MULTIPLE

TIMES CITE THINGS LIKE HIPAA.

ALL HIS STATEMENTS SAY THAT HE’S

PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION WITH

PERMISSION OF THE PRESIDENT.

HE’S HAD CONFLICTING

INFORMATION.

HE’S HELD BACK ON INFORMATION,

SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE

PRESIDENT’S LUNG SCANS LOOK LIKE

FOR INSTANCE.

IT FEEDS THE PERCEPTION THAT THE

PRESIDENT REALLY WANTS TO HOLD

WHATEVER IS GOING ON WITH HIM

AND HIS HEALTH VERY, VERY CLOSE.

NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT IS

HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE HIPAA, BUT

MOST OF THESE ARE ACTIVE DUTY

MILITARY OFFICIALS.

THEY HAVE TOP SECRET SECURITY