FAUCI SAID. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR KICKING OFF THIS HOUR FOR US.

KICKING OFF THIS HOUR FOR US. >>> JOINING ME NOW IS KRISTIN

>>> JOINING ME NOW IS KRISTIN GILLIBRAND FROM THE STATE OF NEW

GILLIBRAND FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

YORK. SHE SITS ON THE ARMED SERVICES

SHE SITS ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE. SENATOR, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH

SENATOR, GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

US. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME.

THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME. THE PRESIDENT --

THE PRESIDENT -- >> OF COURSE.

>> OF COURSE. >> I WANT TO START WITH SOME OF

>> I WANT TO START WITH SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS.

THE PRESIDENT'S COMMENTS. HE SAID, THAT NEW YORK, WHICH

HE SAID, THAT NEW YORK, WHICH YOU REPRESENT, SHOULD BE TOTALLY

YOU REPRESENT, SHOULD BE TOTALLY FINE AND SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN

FINE AND SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH VENTILATORS AND OTHER

ENOUGH VENTILATORS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT.

EQUIPMENT. WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT FROM

WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE HEARING.

WHAT YOU'RE HEARING. >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S WRONG

>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S WRONG AND HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY

AND HE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY UNHELPFUL IN HIS CONSTANT

UNHELPFUL IN HIS CONSTANT RHETORIC OF PITTING ONE STATE

RHETORIC OF PITTING ONE STATE AND ONE REGION AGAINST THE

AND ONE REGION AGAINST THE OTHER.

OTHER. INCLUDING ATTACKING OUR FIRST

INCLUDING ATTACKING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND SAYING THAT

RESPONDERS AND SAYING THAT SOMEHOW MASKS ARE MISSING.

SOMEHOW MASKS ARE MISSING. I THINK THOSE COMMENTS ARE

I THINK THOSE COMMENTS ARE OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOWS THAT HE'S

OUTRAGEOUS AND SHOWS THAT HE'S NOT AN EFFECTIVE LEADER IN A

NOT AN EFFECTIVE LEADER IN A TIME OF CRISIS.

TIME OF CRISIS. OUR DOCTORS, NURSES, EMTs, FRONT

OUR DOCTORS, NURSES, EMTs, FRONT LINES, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE

LINES, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS ARE DOING EVERYTHING

OFFICERS ARE DOING EVERYTHING ASKED OF THEM, WORKING 24/7.

ASKED OF THEM, WORKING 24/7. THEY NEED MASKS.

THEY NEED MASKS. THEY NEED MASKS FOR THE ENTIRE

THEY NEED MASKS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.

DAY. THEY NEED MORE VENTILATORS.

THEY NEED MORE VENTILATORS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VENTILATORS.

VENTILATORS. BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD GOVERNOR

BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD GOVERNOR AND A GOOD NEW YORK CITY MAYOR,

AND A GOOD NEW YORK CITY MAYOR, WE HAVE FIELD HOSPITALS BEING

WE HAVE FIELD HOSPITALS BEING BUILT IN THE JAVITS CENTER,

BUILT IN THE JAVITS CENTER, CENTRAL PARK, THE "USNS COMFORT"

CENTRAL PARK, THE "USNS COMFORT" ARRIVING TODAY.

ARRIVING TODAY. I TALKED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

I TALKED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY AS WELL AS THE SECRETARY OF

ARMY AS WELL AS THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ABOUT HOW WE CAN

THE NAVY ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOBILIZE OUR TROOPS TO BE MORE

MOBILIZE OUR TROOPS TO BE MORE HELPFUL IN THESE URGENT ISSUES

HELPFUL IN THESE URGENT ISSUES OF GETTING THE SUPPLY CHAINS UP

OF GETTING THE SUPPLY CHAINS UP AND RUNNING.

AND RUNNING. I THINK THE PRESIDENT USED TOO

I THINK THE PRESIDENT USED TOO LONG TO USE THE FACILITY OF

LONG TO USE THE FACILITY OF ASKING EMPLOYERS AND

ASKING EMPLOYERS AND MANUFACTURERS TO START BUILDING

MANUFACTURERS TO START BUILDING AND MANUFACTURING MORE

AND MANUFACTURING MORE VENTILATORS.

VENTILATORS. HE SHOULD HAVE USED THE DEFENSE

HE SHOULD HAVE USED THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT EARLIER AND NOW

PRODUCTION ACT EARLIER AND NOW WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.

WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL. BUT I THINK HE'S WRONG WHEN HE

BUT I THINK HE'S WRONG WHEN HE SAYS NEW YORK HAS WHAT THEY

SAYS NEW YORK HAS WHAT THEY NEED.

NEED. >> THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK

>> THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE.

THERE. WE HAVE LIVE PICTURES OF THE

WE HAVE LIVE PICTURES OF THE "USNS COMFORT" PULLING UP THERE

"USNS COMFORT" PULLING UP THERE TO THE PIER.

TO THE PIER. THOSE ARE LIVE IMAGES ON YOUR

THOSE ARE LIVE IMAGES ON YOUR SCREEN.

SCREEN. SENATOR, YOU BROUGHT UP THE

SENATOR, YOU BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF THE MASKS AND I WANT TO

ISSUE OF THE MASKS AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. THE PRESIDENT APPEARING TO

THE PRESIDENT APPEARING TO SUGGEST THAT NEW YORK HOSPITALS

SUGGEST THAT NEW YORK HOSPITALS ARE HOARDING OR DOING SOMETHING

ARE HOARDING OR DOING SOMETHING ELSE IMPROPER WITH THIS

ELSE IMPROPER WITH THIS PROTECTIVE GEAR.

PROTECTIVE GEAR. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID.

TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID. >> THEY'VE BEEN DELIVERING FOR

>> THEY'VE BEEN DELIVERING FOR YEARS 10 TO 20,000 MASKS.

YEARS 10 TO 20,000 MASKS. IT'S A NEW YORK HOSPITAL, IT'S

IT'S A NEW YORK HOSPITAL, IT'S PACKED ALL THE TIME.

PACKED ALL THE TIME. HOW DO YOU GO FROM 10 TO 20 TO

HOW DO YOU GO FROM 10 TO 20 TO 300,000.

300,000. SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG.

SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG. AND YOU OUGHT TO LOOK INTO IT AS

AND YOU OUGHT TO LOOK INTO IT AS REPORTERS.

REPORTERS. WHERE ARE THE MASKS GOING?

WHERE ARE THE MASKS GOING? ARE THEY GOING OUT THE BACK

ARE THEY GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR?

DOOR? >> YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT,

>> YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT, SENATOR?

SENATOR? WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTING THERE MAY

PRESIDENT SUGGESTING THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WRONG AND GOING OUT

BE SOMETHING WRONG AND GOING OUT THE BACK DOOR AS HE SAID?

THE BACK DOOR AS HE SAID? >> THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO

>> THE PRESIDENT IS TRYING TO DISTRACT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

DISTRACT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE'S DELUSIONAL AND ATTACKING

HE'S DELUSIONAL AND ATTACKING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMAN WHO

THESE ARE THE MEN AND WOMAN WHO ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES EVERY

ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY AND IT'S BEYOND

DAY AND IT'S BEYOND UNDERSTANDING THAT HE CAN'T

UNDERSTANDING THAT HE CAN'T COMPREHEND THAT BEFORE THIS

COMPREHEND THAT BEFORE THIS EPIDEMIC, BEFORE A HIGHLY

EPIDEMIC, BEFORE A HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS WAS THROUGHOUT

CONTAGIOUS VIRUS WAS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND STATE AND OUR

OUR CITY AND STATE AND OUR COUNTRY, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO

COUNTRY, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO WEAR EVERY MOMENTS AT WORK.

WEAR EVERY MOMENTS AT WORK. THEY DO TODAY.

THEY DO TODAY. I THINK HE'S JUST PURPOSEFULLY

I THINK HE'S JUST PURPOSEFULLY CREATING CONSPIRACY THEORIES T

CREATING CONSPIRACY THEORIES T DISTRACT FROM HIS LACK OF

DISTRACT FROM HIS LACK OF PERFORMANCE AND LACK OF

PERFORMANCE AND LACK OF LEADERSHIP IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY

LEADERSHIP IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY TIME OF NEED FOR PEOPLE ACROSS

TIME OF NEED FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE COUNTRY. >> LET ME GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON

>> LET ME GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THE STATE

SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THE STATE HERE.

HERE. YOU IN THE TRI-STATE AREA, THE

YOU IN THE TRI-STATE AREA, THE CDC IMPLEMENTING A NEW TRAVEL

CDC IMPLEMENTING A NEW TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE,

ADVISORY FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE, NOT TO TRAVEL FOR 14 DAYS.

NOT TO TRAVEL FOR 14 DAYS. SHOULD GOVERNOR CUOMO AND MAYOR

SHOULD GOVERNOR CUOMO AND MAYOR de BLASIO FOLLOW IT AND TELL US

de BLASIO FOLLOW IT AND TELL US HOW IT -- SOMETHING LIKE THAT

HOW IT -- SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD IMPACT YOU AS BEING A

WOULD IMPACT YOU AS BEING A SENATOR OF THIS STATE BUT RIGHT

SENATOR OF THIS STATE BUT RIGHT NOW OBVIOUSLY HAVING TO WORK IN

NOW OBVIOUSLY HAVING TO WORK IN D.C. FOR THE TIME BEING?

D.C. FOR THE TIME BEING? >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT, AGAIN,

>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT, AGAIN, IS PITTING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

IS PITTING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AGAINST OTHERS AND I THINK HE IS

AGAINST OTHERS AND I THINK HE IS NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THE HEALTH

NOT FOLLOWING WHAT THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ARE RECOMMENDING.

PROFESSIONALS ARE RECOMMENDING. IF HE DOESN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND

IF HE DOESN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY

THAT EVERY STATE IN THIS COUNTRY ALREADY HAS CORONAVIRUS AND SOME

ALREADY HAS CORONAVIRUS AND SOME REASONS FOR THE DISPARITY IN

REASONS FOR THE DISPARITY IN NUMBERS IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF

NUMBERS IS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TESTING IN SOME STATES.

TESTING IN SOME STATES. IT'S NOT THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT

IT'S NOT THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CASES, IT'S THAT THEY HAVEN'T

OF CASES, IT'S THAT THEY HAVEN'T TESTED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

TESTED A LOT OF PEOPLE. NEW YORK HAS DRIVE-THROUGH

NEW YORK HAS DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING IN PLACES THAT ARE

TESTING IN PLACES THAT ARE EPICENTERS OF THE DISEASE.

EPICENTERS OF THE DISEASE. THEY HAVE SET UP MUCH MORE RAPID

THEY HAVE SET UP MUCH MORE RAPID TESTING FACILITIES AROUND THE

TESTING FACILITIES AROUND THE STATE.

STATE. CALIFORNIA HAS DONE THE SAME.

CALIFORNIA HAS DONE THE SAME. SO HAS SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON

SO HAS SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON STATE.

STATE. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE STATES AND

BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE STATES AND CITIES THAT WERE HIT THE HARDEST

CITIES THAT WERE HIT THE HARDEST EARLIEST.

EARLIEST. YOU'RE SEEING SPIKES NOW IN

YOU'RE SEEING SPIKES NOW IN DETROIT, YOU HAVE IT IN NEW

DETROIT, YOU HAVE IT IN NEW ORLEANS.

ORLEANS. EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS

EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO HAVE A DELUGE OF

GOING TO HAVE A DELUGE OF PATIENTS.

PATIENTS. ONCE THE TESTING AND UP AND

ONCE THE TESTING AND UP AND RUNNING, THEY'LL KNOW HOW MANY

RUNNING, THEY'LL KNOW HOW MANY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TREAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TREAT. AND SO THIS IS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC

AND SO THIS IS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AGAIN,

AND FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, AGAIN, TO BE SPITEFUL AND CONSPIRACY

TO BE SPITEFUL AND CONSPIRACY THEORIST, IT'S NOT HELPFUL.

THEORIST, IT'S NOT HELPFUL. HE'S NOT LEADING.

HE'S NOT LEADING. HE'S NOT GOVERNING.

HE'S NOT GOVERNING. HE'S TRYING TO PLACE BLAME ON

HE'S TRYING TO PLACE BLAME ON OTHERS FOR HIS FAILURE TO ACT

OTHERS FOR HIS FAILURE TO ACT URGENTLY AND EARLY AS HE SHOULD

URGENTLY AND EARLY AS HE SHOULD HAVE.

HAVE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THE

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THE WORK IN JANUARY OF GETTING

WORK IN JANUARY OF GETTING VENTILATORS STOCKPILED, MASKS

VENTILATORS STOCKPILED, MASKS STOCKPILED OUT INTO COMMUNITIES.

STOCKPILED OUT INTO COMMUNITIES. HE SHOULD HAVE NOT RESTRICTED

HE SHOULD HAVE NOT RESTRICTED THE CDC TO BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF

THE CDC TO BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF TESTING FOR MONTHS.

TESTING FOR MONTHS. HE SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED EVERY LAB

HE SHOULD HAVE ALLOWED EVERY LAB IN AMERICA TO COME UP WITH A

IN AMERICA TO COME UP WITH A TEST.

TEST. WE JUST HEARD TODAY -- OR

WE JUST HEARD TODAY -- OR YESTERDAY THAT WE NOW FINALLY

YESTERDAY THAT WE NOW FINALLY HAVE A RAPID TEST FROM ABBOTT

HAVE A RAPID TEST FROM ABBOTT LABS.

LABS. THAT IS THE KEY TO BEATING THE

THAT IS THE KEY TO BEATING THE CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS. ONCE YOU HAVE A RAPID TEST THAT

ONCE YOU HAVE A RAPID TEST THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO EVERY DOCTOR,

YOU CAN GIVE TO EVERY DOCTOR, EVERY PEDIATRICIAN, EVERY

EVERY PEDIATRICIAN, EVERY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, EVERY

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, EVERY HOSPITAL, THEN WE CAN KNOW WHO

HOSPITAL, THEN WE CAN KNOW WHO HAS TO QUARANTINE AND WHO

HAS TO QUARANTINE AND WHO DOESN'T.

DOESN'T. THAT IS HOW YOU GET THE ECONOMY

THAT IS HOW YOU GET THE ECONOMY OPENED AGAIN.

OPENED AGAIN. HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE

HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS THAT WE CAN