fauci: yes. obviously, the early symptoms of covid-19 disease are very similar to a flulike syndrome. you may or may not have fever and i don't think you need to rely on fever, that if you don't have a fever, you are ok. plenty of people very early don't have fever. but something like a sore throat, a scratchy feeling, may be some fullness in your upper airway, muscle aches, a feeling of fatigue. many people now have this curious loss of smell and taste. if any of those symptoms appear, people should be careful and either stay home, try to get tested if you possibly can, to know whether you are infected and if you are, you should isolate yourself. difficulty,nto some you should notify your physician. if someone comes in and says i feel bushed today, i'm tired, i've got a scratchy feeling in my throat, i feel a little achy, that is a telltale sign. robert: here's a question from one of our audience members. she wonders can someone who has tested positive and recovered two months ago spread the vir

fauci. many of you may not have heard of dr. fauci, so i will explain that he is director of the national institute of allergy and infectious disease and for decades he has been our nation's leading expert on infectious disease and a person who gives us faith that science and reason will prevail in the end. following the discussion, my sister amy ignatius, a superior court judge in metric and will moderate a discussion with dr. francis collins and dr. luciana borio, who served in the obama administration as acting chief scientist at the fda, then directed medical and bio defense preparedness for the trump administration from 2017 to 2019 and is now a member of president-elect joe biden's coronavirus task force. finally, a word about the ignatius program. as the dean said, my siblings and i helped establish this event 12 years ago to honor our parents, paul and nancy ignatius, who have cherished their relationship with this cathedral. over these dozen years, we have had many important speaker

fauci: i have not. you takingppreciate the time this afternoon to walk through where everything stands with his pandemic and to offer some insights for people as they head home or perhaps take your advice and stay at their residence in two to thanksgiving. >> i appreciate you having me on the show. you all for joining us here in washington post live, of this interview is available at washington post live as well as linked in. service.reaming if you missed any of these interviews whether it was president obama earlier today or dr. fauci just now, you can go to our website or are linked in and view it. you can access washington post live there now and in the future. next week we will have a full slate of guests here at washington post live. winnerng a nobel prize and senator mark warner of virginia. for now, please enjoy the holiday this week and stay safe. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions cop

you won't hear too much about it. >> fire fauci, fire fauci, fire fauci, fire fauci! >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. i appreciate the -- i appreciate it. he's been wrong, he's a nice man, though. >> let's just say this is an unconventional closing message for sure. arguably so is the president's decision to vocally defend a group of supporters in texas that were captured on video harassing a biden harris campaign bus, preparing to try to slow it down or possibly drive the bus off the road. the fbi is investigating the incident at his rally in michigan yesterday and in tweets this morning, the president said his supporters did nothing wrong, and then of course the fbi should be looking at the left. further west in the keystone state in pittsburgh is mike memoli where he's following bidenment car biden. carol lee let me start with this decision to go after fauci. you're not going to be able to see this, but anthony fauci is the most popular public servant in america, elected official or whatever. he's got a positive rate, a

>>the knowledge is doctor anthony fauci to new levels suggesting each fire fauci a >>now to the latest on covid-19 cases are growing across the country. >>the u.s. leads the world with more than 9 million total cases and more than 231,000 deaths here in california almost 5,000 new cases have been reported over the weekend. more than 2400 people are hospitalized. santa clara county announced a significant milestone today in its fight against covid-19 to the county and its partners more than a million covid tests have been administered which is about half the county's population. the county is now averaging 7,000 to 8,000 tests per day. officials say positive case numbers may rise but testing helps prevent outbreaks. >>yes we may find and we do find more cases but then we're able to educate those people that are infected and to keep them safe and others around them safe until they are no longer infectious. >>the county currently has a less than 2% positivity rate. well officials are happy about the low numbers say are still warning people to wear masks social distance and get tested if t

fauci. mentioned, dr. fauci is the director of the national institute of infectious diseases. research onsive infectious and immune diseases. dr. fauci has made many seminal doneibutions and incredible research. he's one of the world's most bio scientists. he has the u.s. medal of freedom ordered by president george w. bush. dr. fauci is loud it for his epidemic infectious disease. two local pandemics bookend his career. in the 1990s, it was hiv aids and now covid-19. he was one of the architects for the president's emergency plans for relief, known as pepbar, a program launched in 2003 under president george w. bush that saved millions of lives throughout the developing world. in 2020, dr. fauci leads nih's coronavirus research effort and is a member of the white house coronavirus task force. he has become the scientific and legal community's leading spokesperson on the covid-19 management at -- pandemic and its management, including the critical importance of non-pharmaceutical interventio

fauci wrote. quote, we're in for all a whole lot of hurt, as you go into the fall and winter season with people congregating at home indoors, you can't possibly positioned more poorly. he was pretty candid about what's to come. it couldn't be any worse. >> yes, dr. fauci believes it's going to be -- 100,000 cases a day this fall for, you know, a number of weeks, he believes that the administration has taken an unfocused approach. he barely talks to the president anymore. very few coronavirus task force meetings. he wants to get his message out

that fauci, dr. deborah birx, other members of the task force have more or less been explained,est on at least there h public roles minimized as the president has focused more and more on his re-election effort. >> all right. i want to ask you about this tweet that the president put out yesterday. a video that appears to show this caravan of his supporters surrounding a biden and harris campaign bus in texas. what do we know about what happened? >> reporter: well, what appears to have happened there is that a group that calls themselves the trump train group, who organizes drive-byes with flags and per f for nailah, they surrounded a biden vehicle trying to prevent it from getting to its destination. trump embraced that said with the tweet saying i love texas. the bus was going from schoon to austin at the time. the trump campaign has not responded to comment about whether trump was embarrassing his supporters doing something so potentially dangerous to a biden campaign bus. >> all right. sarah westw

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fauci.he person we need to fire is president trump. and so was something that fueled him in the final days. but this is also a campaign that's had just -- and a stit, for that matter, that's had its strategy second-guessed throughout. they feel good. the thing that's not in their control, of course, is what happens with president trump and what he tries to do on election night as the results come in. that's why i think it's interesting what the campaign decided to do today. the same kind of background briefings you have been a part of, campaigns that parties give to different news organizations on the eve of an election, the biden did it publicly. they put it on the social media platforms, laid out the path to victory. twha they made clear is that donald trump cannot claim he is going to be the victor tomorrow night. it's just for him to say he is the victor tomorrow night would be the same to declare that the covid crisis is over. they are clearly laying the groundwork. yes, they feel good

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i got a better idea elect with a higher doctor fauci. according to a recent morning consult poll, a majority of americans approve of doctor fauci is pandemic response but that number strongly different along party lines 79% of democrats said fauci has done a good or excellent job, but just 56% of independents and 54% of republicans so they want to do you turn on the news covid covid covered it's unclear if the president has the power to actually fire fauci the doctor is not a political appointee he's a civil servant who has worked under every president democrat and republican since reagan in washington raquel martin. >>well we want to get a check on our weather we're just talking about this song called change in the weather by buddy guy or john fogarty. >>and lawrence that's the song we're going to be singing right, i think certainly by the end of this week we'll be talking about it in a much colder air on the way. well we'll see a big change in the weather coming our direction kind of active out there in the pacific just what we want to

anthony fauci. that's followed by president-elect joe biden giving a thanksgiving address from wilmington, delaware. later, indiana governor holcomb joins reporters for a briefing on coronavirus response in his state. -- in now. formalci, biden, a transition to as administration began monday. he said his team had spoken with you. who did you talk with specifically on his team and when will you meet with him directly? base with theed chief of staff, ron klain. we do not talk about the nuts and bolts. obviously, soon we will be getting the transition team and the task force to give them the information that would make their assuming the responsibilities easier and more efficient. serveif asked, which you on a biden administration coronavirus task force? guest: of course. host: what are you anticipating from the biden administration, specifically on the idea of testing and tracing? guest: i don't want to get ahead of them. they will have their agenda. we will discuss it together. i certainly will give

fauci. >> one of the few people in this min straight who has been taking this seriously all along and what did he say? his second term plan is to fire that guy. >> reporter: biden says he has a better idea. >> elect me and i'm going to hire dr. fauci. and we're going to fire donald trump. >> reporter: and as the president says ballots arriving after election day shouldn't be counted, biden telling americans, it's not up to him. >> the power to change the country is in your hands. i don't care how much donald trump tries. there's nothing -- nothing he's going to do to stop the people in this nation from voting. it's time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. we're done. >> let's get to mary bruce, live with us at heinz field in pittsburgh tonight, where joe biden will wrap up his busy day of campaigning with lady gaga. the biden campaign today saying they've studied the model and what they can discern from the voters showing up. they believe they have a clear path to the white house?

fauci. it was last night at the final trump rally of the day, where supporters of the president erupted in a chant of fire fauci, that is just the latest sign of the epic divide in the country on the eve of the final day of voting, and yes, 93 million americans have already cast their ballots, but president trump and joe biden are going after the tens of millions of americans who aren't on this final day of campaigning. one last push before election day. >> the vote for biden is a vote for lock downs, layoffs, and misery. >> every day is a new reminder of how high the stakes are, how far the other side will go to try to suppress the turnout. >> fighting to win a second term, president trump is set to hold five rallies in four key battlegrounds today, north carolina, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin are on his election eve itinerary. he carried all four states in 2016. former vice president joe biden is zeroing in on pennsylvania today, with a last-minute stop in ohio. both of which could

anthony fauci on when we could get a vaccine. and the potential game changer on masks dr. fauci one on one how soon he says pfizer's vaccine could get emergency approval and the cdc making a significant change on mask guidance, now saying they not only protect others but also the person wearing one. plus, dr. fauci's warning ahead of thanksgiving how he plans to celebrate with his family safely. >>> the major challenge to obamacare. the most conservative supreme court in decades. inside the room. how the justices including recently confirmed amy coney barrett appear to be leaning. >>> president-elect joe biden calling president trump's refusal to concede an embarrassment. biden maintaining the transition of power is already well under way. and what secretary of state mike pompeo said today about the transition that's raising eyebrows >>> the explosive new vatican report on sexual abuse allegations against a former top cardinal in the u.s. what did pope john paul ii know and when? >>> just before thanksgiving, the major recall just announced about romaine lettuce. >>> and t

fauci said on the phone. he does not regularly go to the white house anymore. >> reporter: we have seen the task force increasingly sidelined, and the public-facing roles of experts like fauci, like dr. deborah birx, sort of be minimized as the president has turned the attention to the re-election efforts. >> the white house highlights the timing. also the day that we learned that the u.s. set a new global record for the most new coronavirus cases reported in a single day, 99,321. sarah, before we let you go, can you explain this tweet from the president yesterday, video appearing to show a caravan of cars and trucks with trump flags surrounding a biden/harris campaign bus. >> reporter: yeah. the president tweeted this video, certainly raised eyebrows. he tweeted it with the headline "i love texas." it was a video of his supporters seemingly surrounding a biden campaign bus on a highway in texas. this group apparently calls itself the trump train group. it's a group of vehicles that get together, they do thes

fauci. guest: let me take the first. early on in the outbreak, when there was a severe shortage of ppe and the evidence was not firm that masks were effective in preventing acquisition and transmission, and we were not aware at all that there was transmission from a person without symptoms. this was very early on, in february or so. because of the shortage of masks, we did not recommend that everyone wear a mask. weave said, back then, if knew then what we know now, we would have been recommending. so she said, did i ever admit that was not the best thing? about 1000 times. let's move onto the next question. she is suggesting that we are thatuggesting strongly people wear masks that is the message that i and my colleagues on the coronavirus task force and virtually every responsible medical professional right now is talking about the importance of wearing masks. there are five things we talk about -- universal wearing of masks, keeping physical distance, avoiding crowds and congregate settings, particularly indoors, doin

november 4th you won't hear too much about it. >> fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. i appreciate the advice. i appreciate it. >> reporter: joe biden continues to slam the president's response to the pandemic. >> if this president just wore a mask instead of mocked it from the beginning. >> the race tightening in pennsylvania since last month. biden holds a slight seven-point advantage. >> two more days, we could put an end to this presidency that has from the very beginning sought to divide us. >> reporter: with millions of americans voting by mail, it may take time to count all those votes. democrats arguing ballots postmarked by election day should be counted. and many state laws support that. in texas, where more than 9 million voters have already cast ballots, a judge will hear a case challenging more than 100,000 ballots cast at ten auto drive-through locations in harris county, which is largely democrat. >> we are fighting as hard as we can to protect every single vote that has been c

fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! fire fauci! fair fauci!tell anybody but let me wait til a little bit after the election. >> joining me right now, cnn medical analyst dr. esther choo. thank you for coming in. that happened at his last rally of the night. and the president hinting there that he could fire dr. anthony fauci or try to should he get a second term. i just wanted to get your reaction to that, dr. choo. >> i mean, fauci has been the one consistent and strong presence and voice of science in public health in the white house and on the coronavirus task force. trump is basically saying there we are willing to let go of science and scientifically-based approaches to this pandemic. i think it's just a statement that he's really letting go and giving up on really fighting this pandemic in any way that makes sense. >> and you can -- you can almost see a direct ripple effect from how you very eloquently put it to people who are in the crowds at these large rallies. at first when you would say midway -- when they were picking back up with

fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci fire fauci >> don't tellbut let me wait til a little bit after the election >> seth: you're going fire one of the country's most trusted scientists in the middle of a pandemic who are you going to replace him with zombie pavarotti "only the fake news says he is dead, folks. we gave him a shot of regeneron right in the ass and now he is good as new. luciano, sing a few bars for us." ♪ brain give me the brains ♪ i can't believe this is trump's closing message for the last day of the campaign. trump says stuff like this because he doesn't think he's accountable to public opinion. remember, he lost the popular vote, escaped impeachment and has never had a majority approval rating. once in his presidency, he thinks our anti-democratic institutions like the senate and the electoral college and the supreme court will protect him and he's been broadcasting as much announcing, that he'll use the courts to potentially steal the election by prematurely declaring victory and shutting down the count >> axios reported that

fauci if he wins re-election. watch. >> fire fauci, fire fauci, fair fauci! crowd chab crowd chanting. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. >> joining me now is a professor of epidemiology, tara smith. thank you very much. lit me ask you about what the president said there. and the fact that he said we'll see what happens after the election. how problematic would it be to dr. fauci during this pandemic if at all it is legally possible for the president to do so? >> yeah, i think that that about the worst thing that he could to. dr. fauci has really been the voice of reason during all of this, he has employed not only deep expertise in infectious disease but also in the history of infectious disease responses to other pandemics. and brought that into the coronavirus response. so i think that he is one of the most, you know, experienced people we have in this area and to get rid of him i think would be a terrible mistake. >> some are speculating that this is triggered after what dr. fauci wrote in recent "washington post

anthony fauci. there is risk involved. the president's base, people showing up at his recreationalies may shout fire fauci and have unfavorable view of the nation's top infectious disease doctor, there are other americans, inld voters, small slice of undecided voters who feel very differently. andrea, on that texas caravan, i wouldn't be surprised to have the president incorporate that into his pretty standard stump speech in north carolina. he was tweeting on the flight over, rather, the fbi investigation is ongoing into what happened there near houston. andrea. >> hallie jackson. a big trump rally. i don't think you see many masks. mike memoli in pittsburgh and western pennsylvania. tell us about the surprising trip at the last minute to ohio. obviously they planned it. they are seeing something in ohio. do they really think they have a shot in ohio? >> they do, andrea. these final few days for joe biden have been about fortifying and in the case of minnesota trying to rebuild that blue wall throughout the midwest and in

you won't hear too much about it. >> fire fauci. fire fauci.fauci. >> don't tell anybody but let me wait till a little bit after the election. he's a nice man, though. he's been wrong on a lot. >> senator, win or lose, so the president fire dr. fauci? >> well -- first off, i have a good working relationship with dr. fauci. i know he's been working hard. we are not -- you know, covid is out there, we have to wear a mask, we have to social distance. i talked to steve hawn this week, they're working hard on the therapeutics, i'm hopeful on the vaccine. but we have not beaten this and everyone has to take it seriously. we're doing well on the therapeutics but the vaccine is going to help us a lot and we have to get more testing out, especially businesses around the country. >> you're a republican governor, now a republican senator. i think if any math is right and memory is right, you won the senate race about 10,000 votes is that about right. you know what it's like -- >> landslide. >> 10,000 votes it might be. al gore and george w. bush would vie

fauci. we really appreciate that, and a wonderful and up to the minute talk, a marvelous scope of coverage of the current situation. we have a number of questions that have come in through the q&a, and i've been seeing about how these might group so that we might go through some of the things. i know you actually answered a number of the questions in the course of your presentation, and we appreciate that very much. to start, and partly because of what's been in the headlines of late, questions about vaccines and about vaccination. so within health systems like this one and others around the country where we're very interested in seeing strong compliance with vaccination once vaccines are available, especially compliance on the part of the front line health care workers, you know, how do we go about assuring that level of compliance? and, you know, what percent of a population, even a subset, will need to be vaccinated in order for there to be a herd immunity achieved? >> so let me answer th

i got a better idea like man i mean a higher doctor fauci. according to a recent morning consult poll, a majority of americans approve of doctor fauci is pandemic response but that number strongly different along party lines 79% of democrats said fauci has done a good or excellent job, but just 56% of independents and 54% of republicans so they want to do you turn on the news covid covid covered it's unclear if the president has the power to actually fire fauci the doctor is not a political appointee. >>he's a civil servant who has worked under every president democrat and republican since reagan in washington raquel martin. and as the world continues on in the race to find a covid-19 vaccine stand for medicine is doing its part as well. >>as of today, stanford has joined a large phase 3 clinical trial of an experimental vaccine. kron four's noelle bellow spoke with the principal investigator of the trial. >>the one we're doing johnson johnson study and the reason staffer got involved is the early day looks safe and does produce a good immune

fauci wrote.f hurt, as you go into the fall and winter season with people congregating at home indoors, you can't possibly positioned more poorly. he was pretty candid about what's to come. it couldn't be any worse. >> yes, dr. fauci believes it's going to be -- 100,000 cases a day this fall for, you know, a number of weeks, he believes that the administration has taken an unfocused approach. he barely talks to the president anymore. very few coronavirus task force meetings. he wants to get his message out how this fall and winter can be. it's been almost impossible to do that and that's what he told us last night about the problems with the coronavirus. >> he also had tough words for the president's preferred medical adviser dr. scott atlas. i have real problems with that guy, he's a smart guy but has no knowledge or experience in, he keeps talking about things when you parse it out it doesn't make any sense. when was the last time that dr. fauci even talk to the president. >> he spoke to the pre

anthony fauci.nited states is facing a lot of hurt because of spiking coronavirus infections the next few months. he tells "the washington post" the united states could not be positioned more poorly, think about that. says the united states could not be positioned more poorly to deal with coronavirus. this is what dr. fauci is talking about, a spike across the country. 35 states right now. that's orange and red trending the wrong direction. those of you familiar with the map, red and orange means more new covid infections than a week ago. 50% more infections than a week ago, the states in orange, between 10 and 50%. 10 holding steady. five states trending the right direction. a troublesome line. you don't need to be a rocket scientist or public health expert. that trend line is going almost straight up. higher than the first peak, higher than summer surge. fall surge, 81,000 plus cases yesterday, highest sunday on record. fast forward. 81,336. the death trend stayed down. every one of these is pain.

i got a better idea elect with a higher doctor fauci. according to a recent morning consult poll, a majority of americans approve of doctor fauci is pandemic response but that number strongly different along party lines 79% of democrats said fauci has done a good or excellent job, but just 56% of independents and 54% of republicans so they want to do you turn on the news covid covid covered it's unclear if the president has the power to actually fire fauci the doctor is not a political appointee he's a civil servant who has worked under every president democrat and republican since reagan in washington raquel martin. >>on 4 sports. >>from the 18 t fiber sports desk. >>remember when we woke up yesterday morning the niners have won 2 straight in we're back above 500. they looked like a team poised to make a playoff run just for boys a lot can change in 24 hours. first there was the jimmy g at injury that happen right there or should i say re injury. he was taken out of the game in the 4th quarter after aggravating that ankle he limped to t

anthony fauci. cierra? >> reporter: good morning. dr. calling this revelation by moderna great news. moderna's ceo calling it a game changer so as it stands here we have two potential vaccines from two drug makers both with high efficacy rates. dr. anthony fauci was live an hour ago on the "today" show. he says there's a chance there could be several vaccines from several drug makers available when they are cleared by the fda and as for where things stand here in the golden state covid hospitalizations have reached 3,600 by saturday. last week 2,900, that's a 27% increase in hospitalizations. you can hear more from dr. anthony fauci after this on the "today" show. we're live in san francisco. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thanks, cierra. >>> this is decision day for families of nearly 30,000 san jose unified students. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez, you're among those weighing in on class versus distance learning. >> reporter: yeah, we've opted to keep our daughters home for the rest of the school year. we are in san jo

dr anthony fauci, thank you. thank you for having me.13 scientists to a new board to advise him on how to contain infections and manage vaccine distribution. one member of president—elect biden's covid—19 advisory board is the surgeon dr atul gawande — he joins us from boston. thank you so much for being with us. just tell us, are you getting any access at all to information about these vaccines and how they will be distributed? no. the chance to hear drfactor this way distributed? no. the chance to hear dr factor this way with about the only way we get to talk to dr fauci and the rest of the coronavirus team. —— dr anthony and the rest of the coronavirus team. —— dranthony fauci. and and the rest of the coronavirus team. —— dr anthony fauci. and that isa team. —— dr anthony fauci. and that is a problem. there are some vital information from what the status is of the vaccine distribution plans, how they will prioritise, which groups get a first, which ones don't. what the bottom production is committed not to mention that we have enough

fauci and general pardon them -- parham. >> with that i'm going to invite drtony fauci to come up and share his thoughts on the development of a vaccine which is getting such great hope that i trust that the panels he just showed us encourage the american people to know we will continue to work around-the-clock to make sure your local hospital has the resources and the supplies that you need to meet this moment. i think we all know wields met with but this pandemic in the past the day that we have a safe and effective vaccine. we have been making historic progress for operation warp speed with their private partners and dr. tony fauci and nih have been absolutely integral to that but i've asked dr. fauci to take you to the step-son of vaccine development and gust parnham coordinating the dissolution plan for operation warp speed working with every state and territory to be ready on day one to distribute vaccines as soon as they are available to give you brief outline on that plan so dr. fauci. c thank you very much mr. vice president. as i was sitting there is recalling seven or eight

fauci says santa can't get or spread covid. as cynthia mcfadden reports, all he'll be bringing is joy. >> where are you, santa? >> hey, santa, you're still coming, right? >> santa >> reporter: which got us to thinking ♪ twas a month before christmas, well, minus two days, would covid this year drive christmas away would santa stay put at the north pole this year would presents get stuck there? and how about the deer but the nation's top doctor had good news for us all santa and reindeer would not have to stall. according to fauci, santa's immune santa is coming. and i don't mean on zoom it's been a tough year, the doctor said, but canceling christmas? there's no need to dread. unlike the bad virus that spreads through the air, the spirit of christmas will always be there in the eyes of your parents and big sisters, too, in the work of the people who show up to do the things that need doing no matter the cost without them, this year would surely be lost ♪ it may be a bit different than it's been in the past and yes, it's importa

. >> fire fauci. fire fauci. fire fauci. fire fauci. fire fauci. fire fauci. fire fauci. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait till a little bit after the election. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> i appreciate the advice. i appreciate it. no, he's been wrong. he's a nice man, though. he's been wrong on a lot. >> someone will have to tell the president that he does not have the legal authority to fire dr. anthony fauci, but joe biden responded to the trump threat against dr. fauci. >> i'm serious, matt. this guy is a disgrace. the people of this nation have suffered. they've sacrificed for nine months, not more than those doctors and nurses and those health care workers. and this president is questioning their character, their integrity, their commitment to their fellow americans. as i said, it's a disgrace. and last night trump said he was going to fire dr. fauci. isn't that wonderful? i've got a better idea. elect me and i'm going to hire dr. fauci. not -- and we're going to fire donald trump. [ honking horns ] donald trump waved the white flag of surrender to

fauci, maybe a lockdown is the only way to go. it's hard to know, but we're in bad shape right now. >> the "new york times" reports there are widespread reports of ppe shortages like n95 mask. how ready with hospitals right now? >> we've had a shortage of many things for months now. i think we've all adapted to that, but it's time to start increasing the manufacture of good ppe here in the u.s. and redirecting factories to start doing that. because we're making do, but we could do better. >> the cdc now reports an increase in children suffering mental health emergencies. what do parents need to know about this? >> we know that this covid pandemic has really the ability to affect children in social and mental health ways that can be worse than for adults. parents need to take care and work with their children. and relatives and friends need to make sure families in need have some access to services if at all possible. >> she says some of the warning signs of kids not paying attention, not wanting to participate in activities -- >>

fauci.hat statement, it's just rather absurd on its face. people clearly playing politics is the white house. they are trying to put anthony fauci with a political frame around this long serving medical expert and infectious diseases through many presidents of both parties. they are trying to make him a political figure so they have an enemy somehow, political enemy, to push against on the issue that's dominating the president's chances of re-election. clearly not dr. fauci you read "the washington post," it's the white house trying to politicize fauci to rally their own support. >> people should think about what it means. dr. fauci said for certain he doesn't care who is president, he wants to stay on and do his job. if president trump is re-elected, what will happen to dr. fauci and who will be running this. we can see a very significant change in the policy here. professor haseltine, have you known dr. fauci for decades. i know he's a close, personal friend. what's your response to this,

fauci. dr. fauci, welcome back to "this week." today could be the busiest travel day in the country since the start of the pandemic even though you and other public health leaders have made appeals for people to stay put and distance as much as possible. when you watch these scenes, what do you think? what else can you possibly say to them? >> well, i mean, the travel that has been done has been done. right now, as people go back, we want to urge them, if they've been in situations outside of the family setting in which they don't know the level of exposure, to be really careful when you either return from the place that you went or other people come back into your house. you've really got to understand the importance of trying to prevent further spread and further surge. that may be when you go back to where you came from, if it's possible, quarantine yourself for a period of time, or even get tested to make sure that you're not bringing infection back to another place, be it another home,

fauci and nih are intergral to that. then we will have general gus perna who is coordinating the distribution plan for operation warp speed working with every state and territory in america to be ready on day 1 to distribute vaccines as soon as they are available to give you a brief outline on that plan. dr. fauci. >> thank you very much, mr. vice-president. as i was sitting there, i recalled that 7 or 8 months ago, i stood at this exact spot at a time when there was an extraordinary surge case in the northeastern part of the country, in new york city. i said if the virus were left to its own devices it would control a considerable degree of devastation. that's what pandemic viruss do. it's a very powerful force. you heard what we need to do about it from dr. birx. however, i also said, there is an opposing force to that. that opposing forces us. you and i being able to do certain things like mitigation with public health measures again just mentioned by dr. birx. there is another opposing force and that's the vaccine. h

fauci and moving him to a different position.k that this is sort of an act of self-torture on trump's part but i think it's entirely possible to show list displeasure this is what we risk during the transition period. >> i understand why he is doing this and trying to sow division and chaos and doubt the ends of the election and just who he is. how would you describe it? to be fundamentally undemocratic to me to say legally cast ballots should not count' he is going to declare victory and sew chaos. never heard of such a thing. >> it's personal unpresidential to attack the voting system. this is a responsibility the incumbent president has to give confidence to the american people and he may regard that as a disadvantage but the incumbent incumbency is a huge advantage for him and for him to behave this way brings discredit on him and the government. i say call it what it is -- this is fraud. >> ambassador john boulton, good to see you and thank you. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> two judges and two different states and