pandemic. "the new york times" finding the white house weighed vital times in the early days of the crisis that may have cost american lives. rachel scott has the details. >> reporter: overnight president trump called his response swift. >> we did it the right way, took care of social distancing and all of the words nobody ever heard before. >> reporter: but a new report from "the ne york times" claims the president repeatedly brushed off early warning signs from the intelligence community's top adviser and health officials. according to "the times" the health and human sections alex azar sounded the alarm about the possibility of a pandemic on a january 30th call with the president. but his concerns were dismissed. weeks later on february 21, disaster response officials dr. robert kadlec held a meeting with the coronavirus task force. "the times" report concluded they would soon need to move towards aggressive social distancing but the president did not go forward with those measures...