maria: the critics of the president have revved up the politics again. bernie sanders is on the campaign trail thing, you don't have the qualifications to be running this task force. alexandratez said you to understand science. mike: i will tell you, the job the president has given me to bring this team together, to drive forward to his objective to bring a whole of government response, full resources of the federal government on the coronavirus in this country is going to be my singular focus. maria: let me ask you about the president's conversation with she jim payne. the president said he spoke with him a couple of times. has the president asked him why they are giving disinformation, why they played this down from the get-go and made it worse? mike: the president has strong relationship in our hearts go out to the pmi who have lost loved ones in china and struggling with the coronavirus. originated there and china has been working to address the issue. there was some encouraging news that there were fewer new cases in china than the balance of the rest of the world. maria: we believe them? mike: we have cdc officials just in china a few short weeks ago and they informed