grimm: yes. >> can you see me? ms. grimm: no. >> is it working now? ms. grimm: i can see you now. >> let me start off by saying that madam chair, i applaud you for holding this briefing. i think that it is as good as any briefing or hearing we would itself.the capitol requiredcentury has companies to look at whether or not the good work remotely, and they have been thrilled to find out that they can. so i would like to associate myself with all of those that feel like by working remotely, we are still doing our jobs. in fact, may be doing our jobs even more directly with our communities. i no my staff and i have been working to get ppe for our hospitals, sourcing and from all over the place, and also getting the ppp loans for small businesses. so thank you for doing this. this is as good as it gets. let me move on to ask the inspector general a question. on march 23-27, you did this snapshot survey. you then reported it on april 3. and shortly thereafter the president was asked about it, and he said it was phony, that it was fake. and then on may 1, he de

president trump nominated a replacement for health and humance ser acting inspector general christi grimm. grimm relrteased a ren april 3 that showed hospitals were expeseriencing "re shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for test results" and "widespreadso shortages of pl protective equipment." the spread of theoronavirus continues to slow down in parts of europehe, as countries t are also beginning to ease restrictions. today, adults in spain exercised outside for the first time in seven weks. four hours in the morning and three hours in the evening are set aside fo adults. children have time in the afternoon, and the remaining hours are reserved for the elderly and vulnerable. the new rules are part of the gradual easing of one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, but many restrictions remain. the prime minister is asking parliamento tend the country's state of emergency. and, starting monday, face masks wi be mandatory on public transit; up to now, they were only recommended. in austria, most businesses are now open, including hair salons and larger rail shops. however, re

in both of those situations, atkinson and grimm, the president was asked about these decisions after he made them and he basically said that these were in response to what these people had done. in the case of atkinson, this was forwarding the whistle-blower complaint that eventually led to the president's impeachment. in the case of lenick, it is -- you know, we haven't seen him necessarily offer such a direct reasoning, but it's not very difficult to draw conclusions based upon what he was looking at with pompeo, based upon a report that he issued a while ago when it came to state department leadership, harassing and intimidating employees. and then he also was involved, like atkinson in the impeachment drama, when he gave lawmakers an urgent briefing, talking about ukraine misinformation that had been forwarded to the state department from rudy giuliani. >> i remember that day in the sort of frenzied beginnings of the impeachment proceedings. i want to ask you about the inspector generals community more broadly. it's a different sort of subset of public servants who take these job

let's start with the virtual briefing you're about to get from christi grimm.do you want to know and how will your committee act on it? >> well, i want to know is more specifically how are our hospitals doing? i think that we know that ppe has been a problem, certainly her review showed that in her survey in late march and i don't think it's gotten much better. certainly hasn't gotten much better in my area. i still have staff that are working to try and find ppe at nail salon supply operations and i'm sure that's true around the country. what we have here is a situation where the president continues to kill the messenger and that cannot continue. so i think part of what we want to find out from ms. grimm is what was her plan as she had her role as inspector general. now she's been removing of it. but, again, she's been a career civilian servant, has served honored george bush and barack obama and now president trump. the question now is should inspector generals how be independent of presidential appointments because their job is to look at whether or not gove

though president trump unfairly portrayed her as partisan, grimm is a career civil servant who has neverserved in a political role and who served under clinton, bush and obama before serving under trump. her report used the same methodology that was used for two prior reports on preparedness for ebola. inspectors general should take on hard topics and ask difficult questions and release relevant work, performing their function without bias and without fear or favor. what must those in the offices of inspectors general across the government be thinking now as they look at what happened to christy grimm? and the facts she presented. but as we have seen many times during this crisis, during this pandemic, president trump has too often opted to ignore or attack those presenting the facts about the virus instead of taking every necessary step to protect the united states from the virus itself. this is part of what we'll be covering in my new documentary that airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. on cnn "the president and the pandemic." >> so eventually alex azar, secretary of health and human services,

a report last month by a change agent specter christi grimm found that the state that the at the start of the pandemic there was a severe shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. president trump has criticized the report. republicans laid blame on china. but democrats say part of the problem was the lack of federal guidance. >>i was reported that quote government intervention and coordination could help reconcile this problem you not include ongoing effort by the administration to address the mbe shortage has put them in a report i was really designed to be a quick snapshot of what was happening on the ground in hospitals. >>graham told lawmakers the report was produced quickly to get a sense of what was needed not the underlying cause. she also said discussions are underway to investigate how the federal government gave out emergency supplies from the national stockpile. and tune in next wednesday may 27th for our congressional town hall special the road to reopening california. politicians from all over california will answer your questions live on air. you c

, grimm issued a report in march saying a survey of hospitals in march said there was a lack of ppe, the president pushing out glenn fein, a man for a reputation of independence who was leading oversight of 2$2.2 trillion of coronavirus relief but no longer will be able to serve in that role because of the president's dismissal of him, to say nothing, of course, of president trump pushing out whistle-blowers like rick bright or those willing to speak truth to power like colonel vin man and on and on. they were looking into whether mike pompeo was using a political appointee to run errands. inspectors general are there during democratic and republican administrations, they're there to protect your money, to make sure your government is operating efficiently and free of corruption. the president does not want them there. he's getting away with it because all of the previous outspoken voices in favor of inspectors general, such as senator chuck grassley who for decades stood up for whistle-blowers, all of those voices have been muted if not outright silenced. late saturday one republica

hoffmann of the grimm's fairy tales of making money and the doctors at the time writing fantasy was frowned upon to write and yet there's a long tradition in on endless very long years ago when i tell english journalists about this they saved. but you know great fantasy storytelling is such a tale out not all of her books are fantasy in 1903 she wrote the 1st wild chicks book about a gang of girls and their rivalry with a gang of boys and their encounters with occasionally aggravating adults. there are now 5 in the series and 3 have been filmed. in this one the girls and boys are now teenagers dealing with the emotional turmoil of romance. the film has been praised for taking the emotional lives of their young protagonists seriously as have the books. ghost hunters is a fantasy series about 2 boys and a girl who fight against who would have gassed ghosts it's also been adapted for the screen. you were ready for to go so. hands off mississippi which was published in german in 1997 and turned into a film a decade later seems almost old fashioned by comparison. it's also about a gang of kids.

grimm for doing her job and holding the administration accountable? mr. miller: senator, first of all, i'd like to say, i wrote an article defending the independence of inspectors general. i'm always concerned that inspectors general remain independent from any influence, whether it be from the executive or the legislative branch, so i don't think that you're fairly characterizing my article and i feel very strongly that i.g. should be independent and should report the facts as they see them, as they find them, and not to bend them to any influence whatsoever. senator brown: i appreciate your response. was it wrong to remove -- we only have five minutes. was it wrong for the president to remove ms. grimm for doing her job? mr. miller: senator, i'm not here to assess those sorts of actions. i'm here to tell you about my background, my qualifications for this position. senator brown: i understand that. i understand that, mr. miller, but there is a skepticism when it is not general practice that the president of the united states nominates somebody for a job

home is the puzzle grimm 3rd he is trying to score and he does giants believe $97.00 the score holds their night in the giants break their 4 game losing streak which is pretty great i'm just hungry for some baseball i'm not getting any over here i have stayed up for these late games i or got up early i had mood i stayed up late i could go to 530 but stayed up for 1 am other saturday game is doable all right well you'll see how that is out thank you for that regina and that's all we have for now make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading our brand new free app portable t.v. watch there are 24 seventh's i mean what can you tell me on twitter say me and i'll see you soon. you're. tryna be there with you that you'd like. 'd to believe. and she. said. on. the show that this. was faked fixing to. think. we. should finish. out. the federal reserve bank would be to take the american economy private to say by all stocks. property and now your bank and other banks are saying yeah they're going to print $130.00 trillion dollars they're not going to stop at 6 o

relief operations, and they lost the person who was fired from the health general. that was chrissy grimm atkinson. what is his problem with these people? he does not like to be accountable. the whole principle of the inspectors general is their oversight. they are looking after the taxpayer's interest when it comes to the billions and trillions being spent routinely and hastily. the need for this kind of oversight is massive, and trump does not like to be questioned and we know this. this is one of those characteristics. he hates being challenged and he wants to be able to deal as he wants to deal, whether it is above board or not. we need to know but he doesn't want us to. ithink... i don't want to sound apocalyptic here, but i think that the virus of politics is as menacing to the world right now as the pandemic. the great american experiment of 250 years is really tested in a way that civil rights and world wars have not tested it. the resilience and independence of its political institutions are being undermined daily by this, and they have consequences. we are not simply get through

grimm doesn't begin to touch how this feels here today. even worse the figures we are seeing? 0h, even worse the figures we are seeing? oh, that's a good question. so, the unemployment rate, it was reported at jumping up so, the unemployment rate, it was reported atjumping up from about 4% to 14.7%. so it was a huge increase, but even that understates how many people are really facing job loss as a result of the pandemic, because many... in order to be counted as officially unemployed, you have to be actively seeking work, and there area be actively seeking work, and there are a lot of people that are out of work because of the pandemic and they can't look for work because they can't look for work because they are not allowed to. everyone is required to stay at home. so there are required to stay at home. so there a re lots of required to stay at home. so there are lots of people being misclassified as dropping out of the labour force instead of unemployed, and then there is another thing where there is a lot of people being misclassified

the organisers of rotherham's literary charity, grimm and co, were determined their showcase must god. and olivia colman took home an oscar for playing queen anne, perhaps princesses and dragons will be her subject today. jaunty music plays most of the children have not been told who'll be reading their work, which is why we're hearing this jaunty music instead of their words. but indira varma has swapped game of thrones for a comfy armchair. and we can reveal that peep show‘s david mitchell will be tackling dear bob by william harris, aged 12. it's all about a disgruntled writer. dear bob, when are you writing back? i think the team would really enjoy making my ideas into the book. and i think we could get it in some libraries nearby. while sherlock's mark gatiss will deliver a poem by 14—year old lucy bungclark. it's all about the solace creativity can provide. what smell or taste comes to mind when writing? is it the taste of coffee or tea lingering in the throat? make sure you're sitting comfortably at two o'clock this afternoon when all the readings will be shown online. colin p

the person responsible for that report, the person whose name was on the first page is christi grimm.tor general at health and human services. when that report came out, the president denounced it as if it wasn't true and denounced her for having written it and she was soon enough pushed out of that supposedly independent job at hhs. here's the thing, they can't just disappear these people. on tuesday, the first day back from the long weekend, christi grimm is going to testify live in public session at the house oversight committee, that will be worth seeing and worth looking forward to. that will do it for us tonight >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that. i said, "i know something and it's terrible." i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he'd been th

the person responsible for that report, the person whose name was on the first page is christi grimm. out, the president denounced it as if it wasn't true and denounced her for having written it and she was soon enough pushed out of that supposedly indepenalty dent job at hhs. they can't just disappear these people. on tuesday, the first day back from the long weekend, christi grimm is going to testify live at the house oversight committee, that will be worth seeing and worth looking forward to. that will do it for us tonight and since we're calling it normal for me to be on for an hour and a half, i'll play it off as normal that after me, tonight, it's time for the "11th hour" with brian williams. sure, why not? >>> and good evening as rachel works late and we come on early, while we will still air a full live broadcast

add to that, christie grimm who was the placeholder at hhs after he announ she announced the shortagesf ppe that was announced with health and human services. the significance of the trend in the last days? >> victor, as you said the removal is not a coincidence, it's a trend. and the latest spring cleaning by president trump really just amplifies the narrative over what constitutes job security until administration. keeping your job means not doing it. these inspector generals were removed without cause. they fulfilled their duties. and domestically, doing their jobs threatening to allow fraud and abuse to run rampant in the u.s. government as long as it benefits the president. globally, president trump is his own worse enemy. how can we credibly terminate the rule of law overseas when president trump is dismantling them here at home. and the u.s. government is stocked with people who want to show up every day and do their jobs. president trump is sending the message that he wants personal pis and publicists to fill the hall s of the agencies. this will have an impact on the roles goi

intercept reporter brian grimm tweeted "a head-to-head biden versus sanders contest will force votersve a close look at biden again, that went very badly for him last time." should he suggest we would be taking a close look at biden? she responded "yep, timing. wait for it. tick tock." that's cryptic, was she referring to her plans to announce the assault story, suggesting it was politically timed? we don't know that, we have no evidence of it but it's interesting and possible. it's notable before joe biden started beating bernie sanders in the primary, tara reade wasn't attacking joe biden, instead she had effusively positive things to say about him. in 2017, tara reade repeatedly praised joe biden for his work against sexual assault. at one point reade wrote "my old boss speaks the truth." she was like in comments that biden had made saying he opposed the sexual assault of women. in retrospect knowing all that we know now about what reade says happened, statements like that are baffling. they are hard to understand or to explain. as we learned so bitterly during the brett kavanaugh

intelligence community inspector atkin as soson who passed on the call with ukraine, fired christi grimmice published a report saying we may be low on masks and gowns and fired theea. inspector generals are supposed to be nonpolitical appointed by democrats and republicans. some of them yes and some no. even the rational and mature sports fan knows sometimes the referee feels like he's against you. you can follow me on scott mcgrew. >> a lot of tweets. thank you, scott. some good news for you on this monday morning. art howe was fighting covid-19. howe spent five days in the intensive care unit. howe started managing the a's back in 1996. taking them to the postseason three times. >>> sports fans probably noticed something a little different this weekend. they had live sports to watch. >> green flag, nascar is back. >> kevin harvick won. fans are not allowed in the stands but did you know before this race, even president trump calling the return to sports a big moral victory. >> we need sports in terms of the psyche of our country. that's what we're doing. >> the president spoke by phone

he's also openly criticized christie grimm, the inspector general of hhs that he removed after a scathingshowing a severe shortage of coronavirus testing kits and ppe in hospitals across the country. so i think it's, for one, bringing together this series of firings and oustings to show they're greater than the sum of their parts. second, congress has the ability -- >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i was going to say, congress has the ability to withhold, using the pursestrings, withhold funding. that's not a power that they've used to hold this white house back. what we know is this president is sort of immune to calls for decorum, calls for adhering to democratic norms, public backlash against his transaggressiotran transgressio transgressions, so we need something stronger from congress here, than just this wrist slapping. >> he has the right to do these firings, i mean, it's not as though it was unconstitutional. it might be setting a precedent that we really don't like in that it's dangerous and if we replace all the watchdogs with lapdogs, who knows what the next president will do, et cet

he fired christi grimm after her office published a report saying we might be low on masks and gowns.fired the inspector general at the pentagon. not clear why. but by doing so he removed fine's power. and then the firing over the weekend. inspector generals are supposed to be nonpolitical. some were appointed by republican presidents. some were appointed by democratic presidents. but they're supposed to be even-handed referees who look for wrongdoing in the government. even the most mature, national sports fan sometimes thinks the referee is against his team. we're watching what's happening with the development with vaccines. we'll be tweeting about that. you can find me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >>> sports fans probably noticed something a little different this weekend. they actually had live sports to watch on television.. nascar is back. >> nascar restarting its engine at yesterday's real heroes 400 in south carolina. kevin harvick won. the fans not allowed in the stands, but, think about this, the last major sporting event took place more than two months ago. even president t

. >> reporter: one administration who dared question the white house response, christie grimm, stood by the report issued by her report about the lack of critical supplies. >> really anything that is done that could impair independence i think compromises the effectiveness of oversight of programs that are there to serve the american public. >> reporter: and the trump administration is moving forward with new travel restrictions for travelers coming from brazil. those restrictions begin later on tonight at midnight. and like mr. trump, brazil's president bolsonaro has a track record of downplaying the seriousness of the coronavirus, wolf. >> thank you, jim acosta at the white house. we're joined by cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta along with dr. wen. sanjay, we got guidance from the cdc that antibody tests could be wrong half the time. does this mean we'll have to rely on other approaches to safely reopen? >> it means we can't for now rely on these antibody tests to make big policy decisions or figure out whether or not you can do things in terms of reopening in cer

also michael atkinson, glen fine and christi grimm. >> when these inspect or generas speak the truth,hey are basically being told by this administration, we do not want to hear it. and if you do speak out, you're going to be admonished. and in these cases, fired. this president, unfortunately, doesn't want to hear the truth. >> it is hard to argue with that, michael. you can see maybe it's a personality conflict, maybe this one issue. so one inspector general gets fired. when you have four and other examples in other positions in government, there does seem to be a pattern here if the president is not appreciating accountability and oversight. >> right. and i think it's much larger than just the four i.g.s, right? we know from all the reporting we've done over the years but especially since the president's acquittal after the impeachment case that he is insistent on purging the government of people he and the people in his orbit think are not loyal to him. that has been one of his gripes from the beginning, that the deep state, as he sees it, is a raid against him and trying to get hi

removed at least four watchdogs in the past weeks, including health and human services watchdog christi grimm after her office reported shortages in testing and personal protective equipment at hospitals. in april, trump ousted acting pentagon inspector general glenn fine, who had been tapped to oversee the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package, as well as the intelligence community's inspector general michael atkinson, who alerted lawmakers to the whistleblower complaint that triggered trump's impeachment proceedings. the house passed a $3 trillion stimulus package friday. this fourth bill would make testing and treatment of covid-19 available to anyone who needs it, and includes funding for vote by mail, measures to release more vulnerable prisoners, and increased housing protections. but progressives say the bill doesn't go far enough, leaving out key proposals, including the paycheck guarantee act and recurring monthly stimulus checks of $2000 as called for by senator bernie sanders and some democratic lawmakers. both trump and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell have declared the b

announced that some businesses including retail could open for curbside pickup manager nicholas man grimm says they've only been open for a few days without taking like window shopping to more of a interactive light type way this display has helped the store partially reopen under current restrictions. the idea is that people can still shop without ever walking beyond the store's entryway brought all of our small items that you don't have to try on for people to see. so it's easy for gift items when it comes to clothes store owners are still learning how to make sales from a distance owner of the treadmill down the street says curbside pickup has not been effective you want to track goes on they want to feel and see how they look at themselves. we haven't seen any requests for shoes or clothing man girma saying optimistic about the opportunity to get some business but knows he'll have to keep thinking outside the box that was a learning curve we're trying to see how the community reacts to it. >>and how our business can still survive. >>well a trial is underway right now in the u k to see

he demoted kristy grimm at hhs for expressing concerns about the lack of necessary resources to address this coronavirus, and then glen fein. he's probably one of the finest, most capable, highly qualified inspectors general in the business. he's in defense right now. he's been acting inspector general for several years, at least four years, i would say, and i will tell you something. you just don't get rid of an inspector general at defense and then expect to bring someone in, unless they are extremely well qualified. it's a difficult job. >> what does it tell you or what alarm bells does it set off that the president seems to want to do away with people in this position? >> well, it's very simple. he does not want to hear the truth. inspectors general were created to provide transparency and to do it in a way that is absolutely independent of politics. and when these inspectors general speak the truth, they are basically being told by this administration we do not want toe hear it. if you do speak out, you're going to be admonished and in these cases fired. this president, unfortunate

department of defense glen fein was going to oversee the pandemic stimulus bill pushed out and christy grimm hospitals struggling to respond to the coronavirus. are you concerned about this pattern at all? >> i'm not concerned at all but i think you need to understand and the public needs to understand what the role of the inspector general is to rule out waste, fraud and abuse and the job is to deal with waste of money within the agency, and let's remember, these inspectors general report to the agency head, they do not report independently to anyone else. they do not report to congress. they report to the agency head to tell the agency head when money is being misspent within the agency. they're also removable at will by the president of the united states. of course, there is a notice provision, only for those that are confirmed by the senate. so up until linick, the other folks who had been dismissed were folks that were not confirmed by the senate and were serving in an acting role, and i have to note that obama kept most of his inspectors general were in acting roles just like that purp

she has a list, michael shaw, michael watkinson, christi grimm, steve linick, alexander vindman, and to remind folks, and oh, glenn fine resigned. he was not fired. but the democrats continued to say that the president does not want accountability or transparency, what do you say? >> and the acting inspector general? she has not been fired, of course, mr. alexander vindman was not inspector general, he was munched out because of the impeachment thing. and the president is entitled to have the people he wants around him to do the things he told the american people he was going to get accomplished. that's fine. anand i will point out, you remember who the inspector general was for secretary clinton during her tenure at the state department? no one can remember, because she did not have one. she did not have one for her entire tenure, no inspector general the whole entire time. maybe if we had an inspector general we would have a little bit more information on what really happened. we had to do a committee on the benghazi tragedy where americans lost their lives that night. she never on

monumental responsibility was life and death consequences tuesday, acting hhs inspector general christi grimm told the house oversight committee her office continues to combat the protective equipment ventilator and testing shortages across the u.s. that first exposed last month the department has taken numerous actions to address the issues that we highlighted in our work. graham called the april report just the beginning of the oversight worker office is doing in response to the coronavirus crisis. democrats like new york's carolyn maloney stress the issues still are not resolved frontline healthcare workers told us they still. >>did not have enough testing our equipment to protect themselves or their patients, but republicans like pennsylvania's fred keller said graham's office should focus on what states actually need over what's requested governor cuomo asked for a lot of things but turned out he didn't need that. >>graham said it's her job to expose government problems like waste that president trump wasn't pleased with her first report the president called it wrong and his move to repl

then i point people to grimm's fairy tales, which are horrifying and scary. but there's the idea that we need the sanitized stories for children, and i think that would be fine, but it would be ok if there was at any other point where you were learning, building on that story. my experience is, and i'm sure it is different in different regions and different schools, but my experience is that most people don't then have more education on the civil rights movement and/or rosa parks. student: i learned about rosa parks when i was young, preschool probably, and in elementary school. later i think in middle school or high school, i learned how she was not the first person to give up her seat. i think that is really interesting. in one of the articles about the origins of montgomery bus boycott, they quoted rosa parks had the caliber of character to get the city to rally around us. i was always curious about why rosa parks? this happen before rosa parks, which the article laid out. i thought it was interesting that we focus specifically on her we don't talk about t

on tuesday, the first day back from the long weekend, christi grimm is going to testify live in public session at the house oversight committee, that will be worth seeing and worth looking forward to. that will do it for us tonight >> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> and this is "dateline". >>> i felt guilty. i couldn't live with that. i said, "i know something and it's terrible." i'm the only other person who knows the truth. i had to do something. >> he swept her right of her feet. >> i was drawn to him right away. >> a dreamy single dad. wealthy. charming. smitten. >> i'd never been spoiled like that. i remember thinking i was like julia roberts in "pretty woman." >> he'd been through so much. a mysterious accident at sea. >> he went under, and when he came up, he said he no longer saw his wife. >> he was just hysterical. >> they were never able to find her. >> it was a heart-wrenching story. so why then were so many people so suspicious? >> no one knows exactly what happened on that boat. >> an accident? a disappearance? >> you thought, what? she faked her death? >>

also moving to oust the inspector general at the department of health and human services, christi grimm. she recently detailed how hospitals were facing severe shortageges of medical supupplis and tests. u.s. editors are returning to work in washington, d.c., after senate majority leaders mitch mcconnell insisted on resuming in-person business, despite the objections of some lawmakers. the house of representatives is not returning to d.c. this week. washington, d.c., is considered a coronavirus hotspot. minority leader chuck schumer blasted the republican agenda for precipitating lawmakers' return, tweeting -- "senate republicans should be laser focused on the health and economic crises caused by covid-19, not confirming right-wing judges or protecting big business from legal liability." for the first time ever, the supreme court will hear two cases by phone. all of the justices will be on a conference call with the lawyers in the two cases. the public will be able e to listen to o the arguments life r the e first time ever r -- liver the first time ever. in new york city, cell phone vi

that's what kristi grimm was able to show.s that report came out, he was asked about it, and then she was history. and she has worked in the department of health and human services since 1999 under both republican and democratic administrations. he's now going to replace her with someone who is in the u.s. attorney's office, not someone steeped in the health and human services agency where so much of the money is being spent right now in the covid crisis. >> and of course substantively the thing that she documented in her inspector general report that got the president so upset remains true. as we are starting to see hospitals in far-flung corners of the country fill up and get their icu beds overtopped in terms of their kpcapacity and we're starting to worry about the next wave of coronavirus hospitalizations in this country, the ppe concerns that she raised are still valid. >> they're very legitimate. i was on the phone with local hospitals today, and they still are in need of nasal swabs. if you don't have nasal swabs, you

health and human services inspector general is jason why da -- >> if confirmed he'll replace christie grimmho angered president trump last month with a report on hospitals lacking protective equipment. >> then the reassignment of a former whistle-blower, former vaccine director rick bright. >> time is running out because the virus is still spreading everywhere. >> administration officials who claimed they were telling truths that apparently president trump did not want told. >> congressman, i'll never forget the emails i received from mike bowen indicating that our mask supply or n95 respirator supply was completely decimated, and he said "we're in deep shit. the world it. and we need to act" and i pushed that forward to the highest levels i could in hhs and got no response. >> i watched him and he looked like an angry, disgruntled employee who, frankly, according to some people didn't do a very good job. >> it is a contradictory back and forth that has plagued the response to this pandemic since day one. so for now americans need to keep their eyes looking straight ahead to the finish line

on tuesday, the first day back from the long weekend, christi grimm is going to testify live at the house oversight committee, that will be worth seeing and worth looking forward to. that will do it for us tonight and since we're calling it normal for me to be on for an hour and a half, i'll play it off as normal that after me, tonight, it's time for the "11th hour" with brian williams. sure, why not? >>> and good evening as rachel works late and we come on early, while we will still air a full live broadcast as the top of the hour just like every night, let's just state for the record this was day 1219 of the trump administration. 165s to go until our presidential election, as we head into this memorial day weekend, all 50 states are at least partially reopening as we approach as a nation a grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths and as we are heading into a holiday weekend that is supposed to include time for reflection, about all those who -- those we are indebted to for the lives we enjoy as a society, those we are missing this time of year, we thought we would ask two of our sma

grimm who was publicly asald by the president at a news briefing three weeks ago. trump is blaming the people who are telling the public about the shortages rather than fixing the shortages. what do you make of the firing of this inspector general and will there be potentially hearings on it? >> well, unfortunately it is a sad, sad firing in a long line of firings of people who are doing their jobs and trying to protect and serve the american people that president trump has carried out. unfortunately i'm not surprised. this is after all an administration and president who when he found out and was warned about this pandemic, this crisis looming back in january and february, spent his time pandering and basically sucking up to the communist head of an authoritarian regime in president xi of china, talking to -- flattering the man instead of preparing our country for this pandemic. and those protesters that are out there want to protest something, protest the trump administration's failure to provide test kits all across this country, protest the trump administration

her name is kristi grimm. she angered him apparently with a report last month highlighting supply shortages and testing delays at hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic. the white house waited until after business hours to announce the nomination of a new inspector general for the department who if confirmed would take over for her. that's a point one. the second data point i'll give you is dr. fauci who has been -- being made more and more scarce in terms of he's the one person in this administration that most americans trust. and now he's been blocked from testifying before a house panel next week. the white house says it would be counterproductive to take him away from his work. they're saying they will let him testify at a senate health committee hearing. i guess they like that body better because it's controlled by mitch mcconnell, on may 12th. but are you concerned from an oversight perspective, congresswoman, that dr. fauci is being made more scarce to congress, and that these igs are being run out o