good eveningment we begin with the latest on the coronavirus, its impact and the administration's response to it. we learned late today about a whistle-blower complaint alleging that federal health workers who were sent in late january to help receive the first american coronavirus evacuees were not given the right infection control training or protective gear. if the whistle-blower is correct, it is a sign of how problematic the u.s. response has been. we're talking about federal employees helping evacuate employees in wuhan, china, ground zero of the outbreak. federal employees who were going to be sent -- the people who were evacuated, they were going to be sent directly into quarantine. these federal employees didn't have protective gear according

to the whistle-blower despite being face to face with potentially infected patients. we'll have more on that in a moment. also today we learned new federal guidelines after it was revealed that the first american patient believed to have caught the disease here had to wait days to be tested for it. and there is late word as well what the public is told and by whom. it all now has to go through the vice-president's office. "the new york times" reporting that dr. anthony fauci, the face of public health agency over the years, has been told by the white house not to speak out without clearance. then, of course, there is the financial impact the virus continues to have. the dow jones losing nearly 1200 points on the day, more than 3200 so far this week. the trump administration claims that they are ready for anything. wall street, it seems, has its doubts. a sign perhaps yesterday's press conference by the president didn't convince many. it was, after all, heavy on happy talk and self-congratulations more than

that than it was on facts. >> we have through some very good early decisions, decisions that were actually ridiculed at the beginning, and we did it very early. a lot of people thought we shouldn't have done it that early and question did and it turned out to be a very good thing. because of all we've done, the risk to the american people remains very low. the vaccine is coming along well and we have a total of 15 cases, many of which, within a day, i will tell you most of whom are fully recovered. i think that's really a pretty impressive mark. and again, when you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done. and again, we've had tremendous success, tremendous success beyond what people would have thought. >> keeping him honest, the president's optimism was blaued

moments when dr. fauci said there wasn't a vaccine, the president said it was close. . >> this is the fastest we have gone from a sequence to a virus to a trial, it still would not be any applicable to the epidemic unless we really wait about a year to a year and a half. >> there's another top expert adding a reality check to the president's suggestion the outbreak here is already dying out. >> our aggressive containment strategy here in the united states has been working and is responsible for the low levels of cases that we have so far. however, we do expect more cases, and this is a good time to prepare. >> the president just said it would be down to zero. vice-president pence, who is now overseeing administration response, repeated today that they are ready for anything, but that's certainly not the message the acting head of homeland security sent when he appeared before the senate just two days

ago. he didn't seem to realize or believe perhaps that the spread and response to the virus to the coronavirus might actually fall under homeland security. here he is being questioned by republican senator john kennedy. >> you're head of homeland security. do we have enough respirators or not? >> for patients? i don't understand the question. >> for everybody, every american who needs one who gets the disease. >> again, i would refer you to hhs on that. >> mr. secretary, you're supposed to keep -- >> my budget supports the men and women -- >> you're the secretary of department of homeland security. >> yes, sir. >> and you can't tell me if we have enough respirators? >> for the entire american public? >> yes. >> no, i would say probably not. >> okay. how short are we? >> i don't have that number offhand, senator. i will get that for you. >> okay. but i want to be sure i understand. somebody -- >> yes, sir. >> -- is doing modelling -- >> yes, sir. >> -- on how many cases we're anticipating. >> yes, sir. >> you're just not aware? >> you're asking me a number of medical questions -- >> i'm asking you questions the

secretary of department of homeland security, and you're supposed to keep us safe. >> yes, sir. >> and you need to know the answers to these questions. >> certainly someone needs to know. ignorance doesn't kill viruses and wishful thinking or vague happy talk won't contain outbreaks and reassure investors or employers or any of us. with that in mind listen to what the president said just before air time tonight. >> it's going to disappear one day. it's like a miracle, it will disappear. and from our shores, you know, it could get worse before it gets better. could maybe go away. we'll see what happens. nobody really knows. >> one other indication of the president's approach comes in report being from "the new york times" on the president's choice of vice-president pence to be point man on the outbreak. the times citing people familiar with the president's comments reporting that he told people the vice-president didn't, quote, have anything else to do, unquote. let's go now to cnn's john harwood who is at the white house and has reporting of his

own, new details about the presidential press conference. john, let's start with that. what did you learn from the president's press conference last night, how engaging was he, what information was he get forgive his advisors? >> it was pretty chaotic, anderson. we know advisors have been trying to give the president broad brush strokes about the situation, not a lot of detail because they know he's somewhat i inattentive to detail. the problem is when he then hears detail from others who are alarmed by the details, he gets angry about that and he's been blaming alex azar in the hours moving up to that press conference. the other problem, though, is that he has difficulty accepting that adverse developments happen on his watch. he either pretends that they're not that bad as we saw in some of the clips that you played, or he deflects responsibility on others. if you want to know how that went over with the american public, it wasn't just the market reaction the last couple of days.

during the press conference, futures markets went down while the president was speaking. they were not persuaded. >> did it health and human services secretary the president was going to put the vice-president over the task force? >> no, it didn't appear pence knew either. they denied they were going to have a new czar to coordinate response on coronavirus and we saw the push back from alex azar in the press conference itself when he pointed out that, i'm still the chairman of the task force. while the president was there, then you had this awkward situation today when the first meeting of that task force after the press conference occurred on azar's turf at hhs, pence was there. he ostensibly was in charge of it, but alex azar spoke first. >> the vice-president announced he's brought on an additional doctor for the coronavirus response coordinator at the

white house. in addition to himself and azar. is it clear who is in charge? >> no, it's certainly not clear who is in charge. however, the appointment of debra burks who is a respected official who had been leading global anti-aids efforts in the united states under multiple presidents, started with president obama in that role, has continued under president trump. that is considered a positive step forward by the administration to get her expertise applied to this problem. >> any reaction obviously the president watches the stock market closely. any reaction to today's drop? >> well, the president doesn't like those drops, but what we've seen is, again, as i was saying before, deflect the blame on others. blame democrats. he was asked about that this evening. are we headed for a reasiana? he said, well, we're really going to have a crash if the democrats take over. i asked a senior white house d aide this afternoon, has anybody warned the president we could be heading for a recession in his reelection year? that could be a huge problem.

the aide responded that's been on television a lot. i assume he's picked it up from there. >> john hardwood at the white house. thank you very much. joining us senator blumenthal from connecticut. the president saying earlier just before air this may magically disappear from our shores. i don't really know what he's talking about. i guess he's previously said in april it might dissipate, which is sars went down during april. obviously this is a novel coronavirus. it's one we haven't seen before, so we're not even sure how different it is from, from other coronaviruses so it's not clear if like the flu or colds, it might dissipate in warmer weather. let's hope it does, but we can't say for sure one way or the other. >> there is really deepening bipartisan alarm at this happy talk. the apparent intent of the administration to clamp down on information and control the message more than keeping people

safe, the talk about a miracle, dispelling the threat of a major epidemic in this country. what we need is not happy talk, but action, and the kind of resources swift, strategic, smart responses and preparedness that depends on science. and now we have the administration, in effect, censoring dr. fauci who would talk truth to the american people, not to panic them, but simply to inform them and make sure that they do trust our government to do the right thing, provide those masks, the equipment, the vaccine, but also the diagnostic tests that are essential. >> it was surreal to me about that conference last night, what the president was saying in that and his own officials are saying actually the vaccine might take a year, year and a half. and actually the president says it's going to go down to zero from the 15 cases, and then his own expert is saying, we expect

this actually to go up. >> the administration has really hollowed out the national security advisors who know something about biodefense. >> do you think that's really what we're seeing here, that this is part of the hollowing out, the administration has been hollowed out from the inside? he a hollowed out and dismantled the building blocks of public health. it has sought to slash the cdc and nim. the amount it proposed $2.5 billion, is inadequate. there is agreement on both side of the aisle we need a bipartisan approach. now is the time to end the happy talk, end the political name calling. >> we have so many jobs that are unfilled in the administration, acting secretaries, you know, to avoid people actually going through confirmation hearings, which could be difficult for some of them, given their experience or lack of experience. to see the head of the acting head of homeland security who

has had jobs in homeland security under kirstjen nielsen, i think was a lobbyist for 11 years before that on homeland security issues and other things, and then prior to that had some government experience. but the idea that he basically is saying that's kind of a cdc, hhs thing, this is clearly -- i mean, if there is a pandemic in the country, that is a homeland security issue. >> it is a homeland security issues and it requires a whole of government, all hands on deck approach, just as president obama did with ebola, appointing someone responsible directly to him, facing the truth, dealing with facts, talking truth to the american people. and that's the kind of leadership that's required here. but instead we have denial. it's denial of science, censoring scientists, and in effect putting people in charge who are totally unqualified or

who lack the facts as you saw in that exchange between my colleague senator kennedy, a republican, and the acting secretary. >> you know, vice-president pence has been appointed. again, for somebody who hasn't really embraced science, i'm not sure many scientists would be impressed. he has a record -- there was a -- an outbreak of hiv linked to intravenous drug use when he was governor of indiana. he was criticized for really not responding to it, responding much lart oter on. >> he's also questioned the sieps of smoking whether it causes diseases. if you were to pick someone in the united states government now to perform that role, the last person or one of the last would be secretary -- the vice-president. he really should not be in that role. it ought to be someone with the credibility and the expertise so as to restore trust. and i come back to the first

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line. >> what did the whistle-blower know? >> the whistle-blower works at hhs. supervisors who work for one unit of hhs, these workers were dispatched by other hhs officials to help with meeting and receiving and helping the repatriated americans who were flown back from wuhan, china. >> were the americans who were sent, sent back from china who were arriving from china, were they then quarantined or were they sent on? >> no, those americans on the first flight, they were quarantined on the military bases for 14 days. the reason they were quarantined is because they were considered to be at higher risk for exposure to the coronavirus and then -- >> which makes it all the more stunning what the whistle-blower is alleging. these are people at the epicenter, first ones back in america. you would think -- the administration says they're ready for anything. vice-president said that today. the president said they're ready for anything yesterday essentially. if you would think, if the whistle-blower is correct, that

they would have sent people with the proper equipment with at least some training. the fact that that first shipment of americans coming back were not met that way is really stunning. >> these people are normally deployed to help out in hurricanes and natural disasters. they provide so-called human services. but they don't have the training -- this was a public health emergency. you're dealing with a novel coronavirus, a brand-new pathogen, and they were working alongside teams from the cdc, from the centers for disease control and prevention, some of whom were in full protective gear. and some of these workers who were deployed by hhs were in face-to-face contact with passengers. >> and they did not test the hhs people. they just said they didn't show signs of symptoms. as we know, many people remain asymptomatic for quite sometime. >> correct, right. they did not test them. you know, at the time none of these workers met the very restricted -- restrictive criteria for testing and then they went on to commercial

flights to their offices and homes elsewhere in the country and could have passed it on. that was the worry that the whistle-blower had. >> and the whistle-blower is alleging not just, you know, that screw-up, but that there was retaliation when she raised concerns. >> yes. she raised concerns and sent them up the chain of command all the way up to the office of health and human services secretary alex azar, to someone in that office. and about, about a little over a week later, she was informed in a memo that she was being assigned -- reassigned to a new job for which she had no experience and no background, and she wouldn't have anybody under her, and that the reassignment would be effective in 15 days. and if she chose to decline the assignment, she would be terminated. >> and has there been any response from the department and of health and human services

about her claims? >> they said they are looking into this and secretary azar said in a hearing today he was asked this specifically, that it would not be protocol to send people who are not trained properly into these quarantine situations, and that he would -- they would look into this. >> it's remarkable story. lina sun, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> more now on what could come next. the woman being treated in california has apparently become the first-known case of unknown origin in this country. it's important because although coronavirus seems to spread like the flu, it is deadlier. cnn's chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta pointed that out to the president last night. listen. >> flu has a fatality ratio of .1%. >> correct. >> this has a fatality ratio of somewhere between 2 and 3%. given that -- >> we don't know. the flu is higher than that. the flu is much higher than that. >> it's going to spread maybe

within communities. it is the expectation. does that worry you? because that seems to be what worries the american -- >> no, it is what it is. we're ready for it. we're really prepared. >> sanjay gupta joins us. i don't know if that's just him putting a brave face on. i don't know if he really feels we're really prepared. again, "the washington post" story to me seems to indicate if the first group of americans who were flown back here, if, in fact, the whistle-blower is correct and the federal health officials who were sent there by hhs don't have gear and don't have training, that is alarming to me. >> this is a chaotic response, anderson. i just have to say it feels very uneven now as we start to learn more and more about this. there are just some basic things that are known, basic public health strategies. you provide personal protective equipment. you train people how to use it. they were coming in contact with people coming out of the so-called hot zone in hubei

province. if the whistle-blower complaints are correct, some basic protocols just simply weren't followed there. some of the testing that we're hearing about not being done, in korea they've been testing several thousand patients a day. we've tested several hundred over a few weeks. if we are not doing surveillance, which is the primary pillar of any kind of public health system, we don't even know what we're dealing with exactly. again, sort of 101 stuff when it comes to preparedness here. it's a little confusing when i was talking to the president yesterday, sort of making this point that, yes, coronavirus and flu both very transmissible, contagious, but flu has a fatality ratio .1%. .1% of people who get it will die. coronavirus 2%. that's 20fold higher. nobody wants this to spread and realize those fatalities. if you're not recognizing the numbers and recognizing what

you're dealing with, you're not doing the surveillance and recognizing that, if you're not protecting the workers, there seems to be some real uneven lapses here, anderson. >> i don't know if our control room can get the sound we played earlier 69 president from just earlier this evening where he talked about sort of it might magically kind of go from our shores. we'll try to get that sound. i want to ask you about the california case, a patient who appears to have contracted the virus but didn't travel anywhere known to have the virus. there is some new information we just learned about that patient's status. >> this patient is quite ill. we're just learning that the patient is in the hospital. came into the hospital, you know, they had talked about testing but testing wasn't done for several days. after the testing was done it took a few days to come back. subsequently it -- the patient is now ill, requiring ventilator breathing machine support. gives you the idea this can be a

serious virus. i do want to point out something else as well. even the exchange that i had with the president, the question that everyone's been asking, is this going to start spreading in the communities? apparently this was known yesterday before the press conference that this patient represented someone who likely developed this because of spread in the communities. they already knew that at the point they said maybe or it's not inevitable. i don't understand that now in retrospect. because we knew it at the time. why wasn't that disclosed during the press conference? this is a significant event. >> right. >> if you look at these outbreaks, first you have the sort of containment phase. at some point once it starts to spread in the community as dr. tom freed entalks about, that's a second face. it's an important phase. you have to deal with it for what it is. >> i want to play that sound from the president earlier tonight. >> it's going to disappear. it's like a miracle it will disappear and from our shores, it could get worse before it gets better.

could maybe go away. we'll see what happens. nobody really knows. >> folks around the table were go, um-hmm, yeah, it may dissipate and disappear. just to be -- given the benefit of the doubt, maybe he's referring to in his theory that in april it's going to dissipate because sars went down in april? >> yep. >> i assume that's what he's talking about. >> i think this idea there is some sort of seasonal variation with this sort of thing is possible. but his own public health officials, including the head of the cdc who i entered view last week said this is going to get a foothold. it's going to start spreading in communities. it may have a seasonal variation, but this could also be a new pathogen that is here to stay that we're going to have to deal with a long time. >> thank you. michael bloomberg spoke with former candidate andrew yang, not only endorsement, but floated the idea of yang as his running mate. next we'll hear from andrew yang for his take on all this.

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we have more break news. "wall street journal" is reporting tonight michael bloomberg's campaign reached out or former candidate andrew yang floating the possibility of yang being his running mate. if only we had andrew yang here -- oh, hi, how are you? you're now a political commentator. you're not going to talk about a private conversation. what can you say about this or what would you say? >> i can say that multiple campaigns have reached out and it's flattering to be considered for a vp role or any role in someone's campaign. i made clear to every other

candidate that i ran on a set of issues, automation of jobs and evolving economy that we need to humanize and a dividend of $1,000 a month for every american. if a candidate would make a commitment in those directions, would consider an endorsement. >> you didn't indicate you would, you said you would like to see these issues? >> i said i will support whoever the nominee is. number two, i am very enthusiastic about having the democratic process play out and to decide who the nominee is. but also if someone decides to support the ideas that were central to my campaign, that would go a long way towards making me consider an endorsement. >> all right. andrew is going to stay here. van jones is here as well. gloria borger as well. new reporting the times, van, that i want to ask you about. the democratic party officials appear ready, essentially, to risk intra-party image --

hiroshima. i don't know what you would call it. to stop bernie sanders from getting the nomination. super delegates coming in. >> yes. >> how serious is this? >> it's hard to know. most of these people are not being quoted on the record. >> they are also saying, look, these are the rules. and it's rules that sanders wanted and -- >> sure, listen. here's the deal. there's the rules and there's the norms. the rules are that on the first ballot if you don't get the majority, there is something called the second ballot and the second ballot other people get a chance to vote. but what has usually happened is if you're closs, you know, hillary was close in 2016 and then bernie gave her the delegates to get across the finish line. he didn't go into a brokered convention. obama was in the same thing. hillary helped him. if the norms are close, everybody gets across the finish line. bernie did agree to these new rules, but there is a new set of

norms that may show up that may make this convention very interesting. >> gloria, if senator sanders has a leading plurality of delegates going to the convention, the nomination goes to someone else, i guess it depends how close they were and how close is close. >> right. >> doesn't the democratic party risk alienating all his supporters who could very well just say, i'm staying home? >> absolutely. and, of course, a lot of this, van, would depend on how the candidate behaves. if the candidate says for the good of the country -- and bernie sanders, by the way, i don't know if it would be bernie sanders doing this or would it be joe biden doing this or would it be bloomberg doing this? bernie sanders has publicly said he's going to support the democratic nominee, period, because beating donald trump is more important. but it does depend on what the candidate does. so bernie sanders -- say it is sanders and he were to say to his folks. you know, you have to do this. this is for the good of the country. he can't make them go out and vote, and i think that would be

a real worry. but he could make a convention a little calmer. but if it does go to a contested convention, i'm with van. there's no way to avoid what could be a very, very ugly situation. that could be ultimately damaging in the fall. >> andrew, if vice-president biden wins in south carolina, comes in first, how big a help is that for him for super tuesday and conversely if he doesn't win, i mean, how bad does that hurt him? >> if joe did not win south carolina, it would be devastating to his campaign. >> he would still stay in for super tuesday, i would assume. >> it's only three days away. it would be devastating. i know joe is very, very confident and every indication is that he is going to win south carolina. the two factors are what's his margin of victory if he does win and number two, how much press coverage and momentum does that give him heading into super tuesday three days later. i would suspect he does win, he wins significantly and it does

give him a burst of momentum heading into the 14 states on tuesday. >> van, it certainly gives him something to argue, which is, you know, the most diverse race so far. >> he's done this rope-a-dope strategy. i'm going to get beat up in all the other states. in south carolina i'm going to show you what i'm made of. if it comes true and he wins great, he wins by ten points, it can't help but give him a bit of a boost. >> rope-a-dope strategy? >> i'm doing the best i can. nobody can figure out this guy's strategy until now. hopefully he wins something. >> closest thing to the rope a dope was he said at the new hampshire, yeah, i'm probably going to lose here, too. >> anderson, i was talking to somebody who is very close to the campaign and involved in the campaign who said to me, here is their strategy, which is they have to win big in south carolina and that means double digits. it depends on how everybody ends up defining big.

but then going into super tuesday they have to come in second overall. because what they want to do is do better than bloomberg, and they want to be the alternative to bernie sanders. and they figure out that is a way to do it. they believe they can win a couple of states, maybe alabama, maybe north carolina, who knows. but they have no money, anderson. i mean, no money and they're hoping that the momentum they would get out of a win in south carolina would also come with a lot of money attached to it. but don't forget, bloomberg has unlimited money and bernie sanders does, too. >> yeah. er gloria borger, thank you. van jones, andrew yang, thank you very much. coming up south carolina next. one of the state's and most influential lawmakers, house majority whip james clyburn. t-mobile has the first and only, nationwide 5g network. and with it, you can shape the future. we've invested 30 billion dollars and built our new 5g network for businesses like yours.

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former vice-president joe biden says he's counting on a victory the day after tomorrow when south carolina holds its primary. he's received a boost, long-time democratic congressman clyburn is supporting his campaign. congressman clyburn, obviously your endorsement has been significant for biden going into the weekend. what are your expectations for how he'll do? do you think he'll win south carolina? >> i hope so. i certainly hope so. my endorsement was not about me, it's not even about my constituents. it's about the future of this country. i've been saying to people

several weeks now that way back in the '60s and '70s when we were doing all the stuff that was challenging the system, i wondered sometimes whether or not we were doing the right thing. but i never feared for the future of the country. today i fear for the future of the country. i hope south carolina will do what it does so often, set this presidential campaign on the right course. >> when you talk about fear for the country, obviously you're referring to president trump. are you also referring to what may happen with the democratic party if it's not joe biden, if it's bernie sanders or would a sanders campaign be acceptable to you, sanders as the candidate? >> well, sanders as a candidate is all right by me. i'm looking at the surveys that

are being done, the polling, and all the polling that i've seen indicate that the best democratic candidate for us is joe biden. i feel that he has the integrity, he has the record, he has the compassion that is necessary to set the country back on the right course and restore us to our rightful place on the world scene. >> as a party leader, you're the house whip. are you concerned this could well end up going all the way to a brokered convention? >> well, you know, one of the things i've been thinking about, anderson, it's why we keep using that word. that is sort of an inflammatory word. we have some rules that have been adopted. and i might say the moving force for these rules were the people

who are supporting bernie sanders. the entire congressional black caucus were against this rule, but we lost. now, all of a sudden these rules that unpledged delegates, unofficial getters, whatever they call us, will not be allowed to vote on the first ballot. so it means that if you don't get a victory on the first ballot, then i get a chance to vote. so if we go to a second ballot, it would be the first vote for those of us serving in congress and others around the country who are unpledged delegates. we then have a chance to make a pledge and vote for whomever we please. there are people in congress who are supporting bernie sanders.

there are people who are supporting joe biden. so that is not brokering anything. that's following the rules as they were established, rules which i did not like. >> right. >> but which i agreed to play by. and i want to see everybody else play by those rules. >> as a super delegate, you're saying it's not some nefarious thing. it's your chance to vote for the first time. >> i'm an unpledged delegate. i am an official delegate. i'm not a super delegate. there's nothing super about me. you all keep calling us that. we have never called ourselves that. that's not in our rules. our rules say unpledged delegates. >> senator sanders is using that term, i can tell you. >> i know he is. and that's the problem that i have. i have a real problem with people who keep using words that they know are inflammatory.

i don't like that. i just don't do it. >> so you're optimistic, though, going into saturday? for joe biden? >> yes, i am optimistic. i made my endorsement based upon conversations i had with my constituents, conversations i was having with my late wife when this process first started, and conversations i've had with my children and grandchildren. and let me make it clear. my grandson -- i have two of them, but one of them, my 25-year-old grandson, is working in another campaign. >> he's on the buttigieg campaign. >> to do what he wants to do, i've told him, call me whenever you think i can be helpful. but i've also told him i'm not expecting that i will be voting for the candidate you're working for. but in the end i still love you,

you're going to be my grandson. i'm going to help you be as successful as you want to be. this, too, will pass. >> congressman clyburn, appreciate it. always a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> still to com this hour, remember a hero and sadly a new 9/11 casualty. ♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated... ...with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression... ...or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss.

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let's check in with chris and see what he's working on for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> i'll tell you, this kind of story about a virus is the worst time for nontransparency in politics. we know it's really scarey. it's not the coronavirus. it's the unknown. now we're hearing that the cdc is changing criteria and playing games with being tested and their tests don't work. states aren't allowed to test. so you get a headline like the

one out of california with gavin newsom, 8,400 being monitored. why are they monitored? why don't we know the realities? tonight we will spend our time digging into the questions of what we don't know. >> all right, chris. we look forward to that seven minutes from now. a lot of questions. thanks, chris. up next, a humbled hero remembered. the second loss for one 9/11 family. feel the clarity of new non-drowsy claritin cool mint chewables. the only allergy product with relief of your worst symptoms, including itchy throat. plus an immediate blast of cooling sensation. feel the clarity and live claritin clear. i believe at tecovas,hould focus othat's hand-crafted, high-quality western boots at a fair price.

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remembering a hero and a friend to someone on this program. 46-year-old daniel foley. those who new him and loved him and there were many called him danny. danny died of 9/11 related pancreatic cancer. today he was laid to rest. danny is the second member of the foley family whose death was connected to 9/11. his older brother was killed in the terror attacks 19 years ago. when he didn't come home that day on 9/11 daniel voted he wouldn't either. day after day, hour after hour in light and in darkness, he searched the rubble. ten days searching for his fallen brother, and all his fallen brothers. ten days of the smoke, ten days in the fumes. on the 11th day he found tommy and he brought him home. we now know that he and so many other heroes were breathing toxic air. he spoke about embracing life

while confronting his own mortality. >> i'm not going to move backwards. i'm going to move forwards because i'm scared. that's what i do [ applause ] >> i want you all to know how thankful i am for all your prayers, your love and support. i do not claim to know what god's plan is for me but i will tell you that my amazing wife carrie and i have five beautiful children to raise and my work here is not done. today hundreds of firefighters lined the blocks in new york where danny's funeral was held. the church was filled with those who knew him and loved him and, yes, it was standing room only. the world trade center health program estimates more than 2,600 people have died from 9/11 related illnesses and new york officials say more than 200

firefighters including daniel foley have died with work connected to the world trade center. >> we continue to fight. many firefighters throughout the city today are still dealing with the illnesses caused from 9/11. and we're all here to support all of our brothers throughout the job. >> the word hero gets used a lot these days, maybe too much. but ask anyone who knew him. danny was the real deal. he was humble. he didn't like to talk about his work in rescue company three in the south bronx. didn't like to talk about the numerous citations he received for bravery in the line of duty. he didn't need to talk about that stuff. what he did talk about with love and a light in his eyes was carie, his wife of 20 years and his kids. and whenever he could, which was a lot, he'd take them and their friends to get ice cream and go fishing. he laughed a lot, too. danny's name will be added to a memorial wall at their fire house. he will be buried next to his brother, tommy, two brothers who devoted their lives to protecting the city that they

loved, two brothers reunited once again, two brothers together forever. the news continues. i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> anderson, beautifully handled. what an appropriate tribute. and you know what tonight by extension one of it lessons that we learned from back then of those heroes was what, at the time they were told you'll be fine, you do the work down there, it's going to be fine. the air quality's fine. and all these years later we're still learning about the battles fought and lost in those days in the immediate aftermath. the information matters. people like those first responders, they deserve to know what the realities are in the world around them, and here we are once again dealing with the fear of the unknown, but that was a beautiful way as a tribute to a hero. thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo and welcome to primetime. and again, let's learn the lesson. let's start tracking down some big questions surrounding what we do and don't know about how the coronavirus is being handled