mark meadows had three calls with the chairwoman three nights ago. when she called to ask if dr. fauci could testify before a subcommittee hearing, chief of staff mark meadows made clear he wants to make the best use he can of task force members' time. he said in the three phone calls, what is the purpose of this hearing? can you give me subject matter? she was unable to tell the chief of staff what the subject matter was. the last phone call was at 10:46 on that evening and she agreed to follow up in the morning with details. instead we got a press release. that is what we call a publicity stunt. we encourage the house to act in good faith. be speakingll before the senate. with the federal government at work in d.c. and throughout the country, use the congressional directory for contact information for members of congress. order your copy online today. >> earlier today, secretary of state mike pompeo held a briefing with reporters at the state department. he spoke about recent statements on the origins of coronavirus and called on the chinese

the meeting also included treasury secretary steve mnuchin and white house chief of staff mark meadows who commented on china and the u.s. economy. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] president trump: please sit down and get things done. nobody gets it done like we do.

so by and one but what was the hold buddhist leader weekend like in court on of us dimes mark meadows of the double sports is here to tell us more from our welcome this experiment was a pitch perfect i'd say it was a success yeah there are a few problems i mean as we saw there the players didn't really know what to do when they scored a goal i mean they meant to elbows or touch with feet never see they touch their elbows and it sort of became a whole going to slap on the back which they'd been told not to do but it's very hard to tell a football or ignore social distancing during the match you can put in whatever tackles you want get as close as you want to be of a player but then when you've got to go you're not allowed to touch each other it's human nature is going to have and there was one unfortunate scene right at the start of the live broadcasts on saturday actually where one player immediately spat on the ground as soon as the camera panned to him and that's obviously not allowed either but you know it's professional sport it's stuff the coaches would generally well behaved som

does have been raised after 3 positive tests for the coronavirus at dundas leader club cologne mark meadows from b.w. sports is following this story so what did he have to say well he gave an interview to the built newspaper men can actually have a look at what he had to say the the main frost of it he said i find the show jeweled proposed by the german league plausible and i support the restart in may now he is the interior minister but sports also comes under his portfolio is effectively the sports minister so that's a pretty strong thing for him to say and he's pretty much the most senior figure in the german government to come out so positively about a bond as they can restart in may or be it without fans obviously now i think the reason why the government is also sort of behind getting the bundesliga going again is well a because they're worried that clubs will go bankrupt if they don't and b. is the social angle the fact that it will be so important to people in this country and you know if they could do at home in a lockdown they need someone to watch albeit on television so they thi

so the but it's a kicks off this friday as the 1st major league in europe to get back in action mark meadows from sports is here to tell us more about that i mean we have you know many other close contact activities which have essentially been canceled you know by and large in europe tell us how were the soccer bosses able to persuade the authorities to allow the league to restart here well the authorities are pushing forward as well i think is a question of morale they felt that if they brought the bundesliga back it gave people a little bit of hope that this very strange situation generally was coming to an end i mean millions of people watch the bundesliga in germany and around the world and now they've got something to watch when maybe they're over leisure activities still to tailed the other issue is finance a lot of these clubs would have gone book stiff the league couldn't restart and the other thing is it's a real favor in the cap for germany you know people be looking around the world where the bone is leader is back germans as efficient as ever they've got off the ground yes with e

the last to work for lawyers to work through the talk again wednesday all right thanks for that mark meadows to give you sports. 3 of the world's top pole vaulters have held the tournaments with a difference in their back gardens the coronavirus means all track and field meets are postponed for the time being former olympic champion when no. need of france won the contest along with sweden's world record holder mondo plantaris american sam kendricks also competed in vaults took place in mississippi louisiana and france. and you are of course watching news live from berlin. thanks for watching. in the climate. for. what's in store. for the future. for 2 major cities to get insight. into. the freedom of the press during the corona crisis. the pandemic has changed the world loosely based.

now they say they may have fouc fauci next week but who can believe that given what mark meadows said and they pulled him away from the house. by not telling the truth, by not hearing the truth, by not listening to scientists, they are prolonging this crisis, they are prolonging how bad the economy will be, they are prolonging the agony of this country. does it surprise me? no. does it upset me? a lot. >> senator, given what you have been called back to do, as you say you're not dealing with what the country is facing now, you're confronting controversial judge picks and things like that, given that is why you're all potentially sacrificing your health, coming back to work in aggregate at the u.s. capitol, without actually having you and all of your staff tested before coming into that environment, which is something that does happen at the white house for anybody who comes into contact with the president. >> yes. >> i'm worried about you and your colleagues, you are, with all due respect, an older group, you have, you have to have interaction with a lot -- >> young at heart. young at

it struck me of mark meadows that was said, i can't imagine mark meadows being okay with that if the are reversed. >> he'll not be the first one to leave and having a rethinking shall we say about congressional oversight. to that point, dana, if the president want s to say it is al trump haters, we can talk about that, more toll picpolitics tha. i found out of bounds. i think the president thinks because there is a republican chairman that means it is a different varenvironment. lamarre alexander may have questions for dr. fauci and b, there are democrats in that committee, too. >> absolutely. >> this is spike. that's the reason he's not letting anthony fauci go before the democrats who ran the house. it is spike because they impeach him. he feels to have the power from keeping the spectacle from happening. that's the way he sees it and it is just a notion of the democrats who were elected as majority in the house, elections have consequences. they're asking to do their constitutional duty of oversight and can you imagine a time that's more important to have that check and balance th

is barred from the game yesterday to negative coronavirus test before he can rejoin his group mark meadows thank you very much for that. this is it on the news and don't forget to keep up to date on our website that's it up to dot com and you can follow also tripped up and instagram attitude after news i've finished thank you for joining us. this. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w.

too quick but rash with that decision so jimmy leading the way leave it there for the time being mark meadows thank you very much for that this is the number you can keep up to date it's all the latest news on our website that's the dot com and you can follow us on twitter and it's. beethoven 2022 in 50th anniversary here on d w. hi welcome to our coven special i'm been physical and. the elderly one of the highest risk groups as far as the coronavirus goes and one of the groups that is most isolated will be talking to derek about this and 2 guests said a an ethicist and a psychologist 1st this report in this nursing home near lisbon kara brings 90 year old adriano bald guys to the visitors room you'll be able to see through the window when his daughter and grandson enter the visitors box and then have to speak over the loud speaker. let me take this mask off so you recognize me his daughter says. it's an emotional encounter but a brief 115 minutes of intimacy through the protective glass pane the voices are slightly distorted by the loud speaker but it's better than nothing. when we get the u

we know he's supposed to appear before the senate but the white house, mark meadows, will not let him appear before the house. donna shalala on an earlier hours here on msnbc and former hhs secretary and member of congress said it's up to you whether or not the house subpoenas dr. fauci. do you plan to subpoena dr. fauci to testify? >> well, we're in court right now, supreme court as a matter of fact on the rights of congress to have oversight over the executive branch. three coequal branches of government. and dr. fauci, i would hope dr. fauci would say things in public that we wouldn't need him to be subpoenaed to say about how he sees things going. i feel sad for him and anybody who has to stand in that task force and practically validate what's coming out of the president's mouth instead of an occasional clarification. so, again, we want the information. it's clear the administration is afraid of the truth, and the president of the united states to say that the congress, the house, is a bunch of haters is so beneath the dignity of the office that he holds and so distant from the s

now the bundles they got returned from its coronavirus suspension this week and mark meadows from sports is here to tell us how it went i mean this was really a brave new day for football isn't it wasn't d.-day and i think generally across the weekend it was a success i mean in the very 1st minute of one of the games on saturday live on television we saw a player spit on the ground which he's not meant to do and some of the coaches assume as they got out there they rip their masks off but generally went pretty well i mean the coaches tended to kind of stay standing on the sidelines barking their instructions because of his you can't chat with them with a mask on but that meant there was then social distance of the people on the bench and the players generally get the 1st 20 minutes of each game like to bit of intensity was always a very weird without hearing the crowd noise hearing that the shouts of the players instead but most teams kind of got into the rhythm as did by munich who played on sunday against you know but then they started slow because they like everyone but in the end it

and mark meadows.e went to, we had a small business owner who was not approved in the first round of ppp, because he bought the business after february 15. this is a 35 euros business. ae doesn't employees -- 35-year-old business with a dozen employees. to mark meadows and secretary mnuchin and his team and within days they change the guidelines for frequent gas questions with new guidelines. he saved -- frequent he asked questions. we saved 12 jobs in lexington, kentucky, because of your decisive action. thank you for your effective response to this pandemic in this crisis. >> thank you very much, andy. presidentternoon, mr. , scott from pennsylvania. i want to thank you for acknowledging those ncaa champions from penn state. jim jordan, as you know, is a big fan of those penn state wrestlers. mr. president, thank you so much for your bold, visionary, decisive leadership that has made a huge difference in pennsylvania in the district i represent across the keystone state. saved countless jobs and has

the meeting also included treasury secretary steve mnuchin and white house chief of staff mark meadows who commented on china and the u.s. economy. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] president trump: please sit down and get things

they want documents from the white house writing a letter to white house chief of staff mark meadows. i want to read part of it from house foreign affairs chairman and ranking member bob me mendez. -- menendez. they wrote in part president trump's unprecedented removal of the inspector general is only his latest sacking of an inspector general, our government's key independent watchdogs from a federal agency. a democrat aide on the hill tells fox news he was investigating secretary pompeo for allegedly using a political appointee at the department of state to perform personal tasks for mr. pompeo and his wife. he is the fourth inspector general to be removed by president trump in six weeks. others you see right there on your screen. three of the four were fired on a friday night. jon, a senior white house official told me a few hours ago that secretary of state mike pompeo made the recommendation, ultimately president trump agreed and accepted and went ahead to fire linuck. chuck grassley the republican from iowa in the senate, a close ally of president trump, he said something very i

we want him to get it. >> mark meadows, kayleigh mcenany not wearing one either.i said earlier about wearing a hard hat, when you visit a construction site, you do that. that's the reason. you want to protect your safety and also limit the amount of injury from you and -- anyway, i digress. speaking of masks, doctor, i want you to check out this video. it's people celebrating cinco de mayo in atlanta today. it's interesting because you do see people wearing masks. on the other hand, they're not social distancing. as a doctor, what do you think -- what do you see when you look at this video? >> well, i see sort of an erosion of the message and some of the tools that have worked all around the world. we have to continue to reinforce them. look, the virus isn't going to go away until we eradicate with a vaccine. so it's going to be with us for probably years. i mean, i hate to say that. you know, the smallpox vaccine, the program to eradicate smallpox started in 1958 and it ended in 1977. so it could take a long time to eradicate a threat like this. and that was with

committee and democratic of foreign relation's committee sent letter to white house chief of staff mark meadowsding answers of late-night firing state department general that president trump announced he was firing last night, latest of inspector generals that president trump fired in recent weeks i should say. i want to read something from chairman engle, a statement he put out last night talking about firing. he wrote, i learned that inspector general opened investigation into secretary pompeo, mr. linnex firing of such a probe strongly suggests that this is an awful act of retaliation. we are told by democratic source that mike pompeo was allegedly under investigation for using a political appointee at the department of state to do personal errands for he and his wife. ii want to show you a graphic that had several different inspector generals that have been fired in recent weeks. late on friday night in april the president fired michael atkinson, a few days later he removed glen fine at department of defense and on fridayty took action to remove christy gray ham, early may at the department

and as i noted this is again, this is a new chief of staff, mark meadows. he is trying to do what a lot of chief of staff has done, trying to get his arms around the processes of the west wing. this is a process. let's see how long this lasts. i think that's the -- that's always been the lesson with sort of trumpologyists over the years. joining us now, we want to get a health check here is a global health policy expert. and it is interesting that the new white house press secretary seemed to make it clear the focus of the task force and the information we're going to get is going to be on the reopening is going to be on the recovery. we understand that for political reasons why he wants to be focused on that. but where are we? what have you seen today, dr. gup th gupta? we're opening up tlaen are sonde are states with the all time high in deaths. the where are we headed in the next month? >> it's more of the same, chuck. you're still going to see -- i think we're past the peak. so that's a good thing. but we're still operating in a data void. so when i get

so byron won but what was the whole going to sleep the weekend like in coronavirus ives mark meadows beat of his for it's here mark was a disc yes i think it was i think on the field it went pretty well i mean there were a few minor problems i mean we saw the players kind of celebrating with their elbows and then sort of hugging need know they were meant to hold but it's incredibly difficult to tell a football of that he can fly into a tackle one minute and social distancing doesn't count in a game but then he's not allowed to hold it is fellow teammates so it'll settle down the coaches as well a couple of them ripped off their mass as soon as they got out there which they weren't supposed to do but then actually there was kind of natural social distance because most of the coaches stood on the sidelines and bought their orders without a mask but the bench was a good distance away so by and large on the field it went pretty well yes another one as they will be will be happy with that and how about for the fans because they weren't allowed in the city and yes obviously it was tough for

ok game tonight in the olympic stadium here in berlin to break that down we have mark meadows from the interviews words good morning to you mark we saw last week. in your own losing to byron that's certainly good dent to their confidence but might do a little bit but not so much i mean they played pretty well actually it was only 2 nil and both by and goals came from set pieces so i don't think you know maybe too worried after the olympic stadium being without fans it's hard to know if that's going to be a help or hindrance to new york no only for the wayside it's a help but this was their big moment this was their 1st ever trip to head to stadium in the bundesliga they're expecting $70000.00 plus fans there so it's going to be a bit different it might feel a bit like an anticlimax to their own players so they've got to be careful about that but on the positive side there won't be tens of thousands of her fans calling them names so the pressure is sort of off we don't expect many fans to congregate outside the stadium it didn't happen last weekend when the book as they go 1st return bu

but his new chief of staff, this lucky fellow named mark meadows, ran to the "new york post" to tellthat trump is so busy working we often misses lunch. well, not according to his pants, he doesn't. if trump misses lunch it's only because he's still eating breakfast. and maybe the most interesting detail of the story in the "times" is after he does one of these marathon briefings he goes upstairs and watches them on tv to review his performance with his staff. and i'll bet he gets very good marks. "great job again mr. president! that thing about putting wiper fluid in your veins? brilliant!" and by the way, this fit he had on twitter happened on his wife's 50th birthday. it was melania's 50th birthday. and no, it would seem that her birthday wish did not come true. she is still there. after that disastrous briefing, the white house canceled the briefings for saturday, today and yesterday. there was talk they'd try to limit the president's face time going forward. but of course trump got wind of that, of people saying he'd been muzzled, and rescheduled his event for today. and he also

. >> pressure on the white house tot y ta have a new conservative chief offf in mark meadows. will the white house really come to a deal, get what they want, tax breaks for state aid? jonathan: they're going to try to push it, you're right. it certainly goes against the chief of staff has spent much o s career arguing when he was on the hill but the president doesn't care about deficits.en the pres needs the stimulus. he's made that clear. he needs those jobs. he knows -- advisers have told m state and local governments could lay people off and thatth would be a blow to his re-election chances. i think we can expect the white house, the president himse is a haphazard lobbyist and does more harhamntr t gs toood put wd legislation but there's a sense at the white house, he believess he n to get something done and do it in time to see the good come out of itn well advance of november. robert: with just six months until the election, as jonathan said, president trump is eager to rally his core voters. this week he lashed out at long-time targets. >> many times that the u.s. is doi

mark meadows had three calls with chairwoman nita lowey three nights ago when she called to ask if drd testify before a subcommittee hearing and chief of staff mark meadows made clear he wants to make best use of the task force members' time, they're working to save lives, and that's important. to that end he said in the three phone calls what is the purpose of this hearing, can you give me the subject matter. lowey was unable to tell the chief of staff what the subject matter was. the last phone call they had was 10:46 p.m. that evening and lowey agreed to follow up in the morning with details. those details were never received and instead we got a press release. that was a publicity stunt. we encourage the house to act in good faith like the senate did. the notion that he's being blocked is just farcical. >> reporter: can i ask you one other topic? >> reporter: does the president have doubts about the way the death toll is being calculated or does he think perhaps the true toll is lower? >> so the president answered this and he said no, just a few moments ago, in the oval office. on

everybody else at the ford factory was wearing a mask but for the president and his chief of staff mark meadowshat in the state of michigan, it is actually mandatory to wear a face covering while out in public. the attorney general in michigan has criticised mr trump and accused him of acting like a petulant child, as she put it. somebody who refuses to follow the rules. meanwhile, at a time of the coronavirus, a lot of states are implementing measures and getting measures in place so that people who are afraid to go out and vote later this year can still do so, but being afraid to go out and vote because of the coronavirus can still do so. michigan is one of those states and over the last few days, officials there have sent out absentee ballot applications to all registered voters. president trump has cried foul on that, he believes that absentee ballots create a new potential for fraud and he is threatening to withdraw federalfunding from is threatening to withdraw federal funding from the state of michigan, because he says they have broken the law in doing this. two crucial things to bear in

just three days ago chief of staff mark meadows insisted enough was being done to protect people in the white house. >> this is probably the safest place that you can come to. >> reporter: the potential new safety measures come after two members of the white house staff tested positive for the virus. first the president's personal valet. then the vice president's press secretary. vice president pence has taken extra precautions after the possible exposure, but his spokesperson says pence will be at the white house today, adding that pence has tested negative every day. meanwhile, the navy's top admiral and at least three key members of the coronavirus task force are now in self-quarantine after they came into possible contact with covid-19. dr. anthony fauci says he's in, quote, modified quarantine after testing negative for the virus. while cdc director dr. robert redfield and fda commissioner dr. stephen hahn are in a two-week quarantine. all three officials are expected to testify remotely during tuesday's senate health committee hearing. but now the chair of that committee, senator

is barred from the game yesterday to negative coronavirus tests before he can rejoin his group mark meadows thank you very much for that. so the bundesliga kicks off without any fans in the stadium this weekend one of those should do with matches is the rule a doggie between and it's one of the fiercest rivalries in john months but what this will be like for the team's fans when they count in gauging their regular shows of support. this time everything is different the stadium an empty cell section no fans in the emotions the prestigious darby between top and shelf has turned into a ghost kay not a fun or did you fear i know hundreds of people there in the south section and you miss them you look forward to the game for weeks and you go there. and drink a beer. and now nothing without fans is like having sex on your own 6 along. in his life time bruno records has only missed 4 home games of his beloved dog he experienced his 1st dog minshull to darby 51 years ago so missing out now especially hurts. one concern for me the number you just can't change it i'm sad and i don't know what i'll do

just three days ago, chief of staff mark meadows insisted enough was being done to protect people in safest place that you can come to. >> reporter: the potential new safety measures come after two members of the white house staff tested positive for the virus. first the president's personal valet. then the vice president's press secretary. vice president pence has taken extra precautions after the possible exposure, but his spokesperson says pence will be at the white house today, adding that pence has tested negative every day. meanwhile, the navy's top admiral and at least three key members of the coronavirus task force are now in self-quarantine after they came into possible contact with covid-19. dr. anthony fauci says he's in, quote, modified quarantine after testing negative for the virus. while cdc director dr. robert redfield and fda commissioner dr. stephen hahn are in a two-week quarantine. all three officials are expected to testify remotely during tuesday's senate health committee hearing. now the chair of that committee, senator lamar alexander, is in isolation after on

house minority leader, kevin marc mccarthy, mark meadows and several other house g.o.p. lawmakers plan to join the president there over the weekend. -boarding marine one, the president stopped to talk briefly with reporters gathered on the south lawn. >> we will be going to camp david. we have a lot of meetings scheduled. i think they will be very successful meetings. we are getting a lot of gear out. we are getting a lot of fwouns out and protective equipment. the governors have all been very thankful. we received a lot of calls today from governors. they are very first half for the job we are doing, and that is good. do you have any questions? [inaudible question]

. >> reporter: chief of staff mark meadows insists the white house protocols are enough, including testing every staff member in close proximity to the president or vice president daily. >> and i can tell you, this is probably the safest place that you can come to. >> reporter: recent memos from the white house management office encourage "maximum telework" until further notice, noting "employees should continue to take the utmost precautions" including not returning to campus unless required. and outside the west wing, a rare sight. staffers spotted wearing face coverings. >> all right, rachel scott joins us now from washington. and rachel, those three health officials are in officials are in self-quarantine just days before testifying about the coronavirus in the senate? >> reporter: that's right, tom. that senate hearing will go on, but none of the witnesses will be there in person. that committee making the decision to have all the administration officials appear by teleconference, including dr. fauci. tom? >> all right, rachel scott leading us off tonight. rachel, thank you. >>> and t

mccarthy: i talked to the president's chief of staff yesterday, mark meadows. i spoke to him the night the chair of the appropriations call. he had asked me a question too. the only question the white house tasked is, what is the committee, what are you looking to look at? he might not be the best person, if you are looking for ppe. we want to make sure we have the best person to come. they talked three times that night, and the democrats kept coming back, couldn't tell what they wanted to have the hearing about. they said they would send an email later, try to figure it out. i know the congress once to have people perform, and i know the white house will allow people to come before us. i would say, let's find out what you want. i know the words of dr. fauci and others are critical. i think there were other people that, in the military could answer those questions. can answerthers who the questions that congress is looking for. , continue that work and can come at another date. you came in the mask on, your staff, your detail are all wearing masks. do you think

his new chief of staff, mark meadows, was the founder of the house freedom caucus, strongly opposed increasecit under obama, his budget director is also a staunch conservative. so this point, treasury secretary steven mnuchin has hacketted as a bipartisan peacemaker willing to pump trillions into the economy. so within trump himself, there seems to the be a tension and ambivalence about what to do with the deficit. and trump himself will sometimes say things that he himself is concerned about this. but then when push comes to shove, at least at this point in the crisis, it largely allows mnuchin to cut deals. but that could change. and it's a potentially impactful dynamic to keep an eye on, given that the unemployment rate is posted 15 fers and most economists say more help is needed. >> and especially when we are inside the an election year and the president has continually tied himself to the success of the economy. jeffrey stein, thank you for getting up early for us. very much appreciate it. want to switch gears here and bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins this morning. >> good mornin

. >>> that said, i want to talk about this recent politico piece on mark meadows on which you contributed, as well. what challenges here, as many as we can talk about in this time that we have, what challenges is meadows facing as the new chief of staff? >> number one, president trump doesn't like to be handled. another one that we focused on is the jared kushner angle with jared, being trump's son-in-law and someone who he trusts implicitly, that they sometimes will clash a little bits early on with just any chief of staff because jared has his own power and he has worked closely to try to get equipment to the states and to hospitals. remember those reports about how he was using volunteers that weren't actually very qualified at getting that. and so i think meadows is trying to kind of manage the president because right now the polls are just not looking good, as we talked earlier. >> well, with that, i say good luck. daniel lippman, great to see ow this monday morning. hope you join us again soon. >>> florida health officials releasing new data showing a spike in nursing home deaths re

if it is granted it will be with the approval of chief of staff mark meadows because they know democrats are going to call these officials up to capitol hill. of course the question about the timing was really, you know, what was the question there because we have seen these briefings played out where you see dr. fauci and dr. birx and dr. haun on stage and with hours on end. the president made it clear today that he believes because democrats are in charge and not republicans in charge of the house. >> there are democrats in the committee in the senate. we'll see how it plays out. for the president of the united states say they frankly want our situation unsuccessful which means deaths, well, we'll let the american people decide. i want to come back to you on this reopening question. every human life is priceless. the administration had its own projection leaked yesterday. the president down playing that documents. as we go through may and getting to june, they believe the death rates will grow as people get out in the workplace. ihme came out with a model later yesterday, we have to re

. >> chief of staff mark meadows said basically when they have new people coming into the white housef congress, ceos, they're doing a lot more tests of those people. we know that the president, the vice president and senior staff are being tested every day, but there's obviously growing concern given that this is maybe the one place in the country where the tests are readily available and you can get them day after day after day and now this week we've seen at least two cases of folks in the west wing testing positive in spite of the precautions. you heard the president yesterday going on expressing frustration, maybe confusing tests with what a vaccine would do. that's the problem with these tests. you can take the tests and still come up positive, you another, seemingly not appreciating that there's the public health precautions that a lot of people have to take given the seriousness of this virus. and there's been more scrutiny on the president and vice president as well for the fact that they and a lot of their staff are not wearing face masks and adhering to the guidelines. >> d

. >> chief of staff, mark meadows, insisted the environment is safe. >> we've put in some additional protocols over the last 48 hours and we'll continue to monitor. >> the president who is tested daily. >> you have a mask on your face. >> chose not to wear a mask with elderly world war ii veterans friday but kept a distance. >> i would have loved to gone up and hugged them. the wind was blowing so hard, if the plague ever reached them -- >> the president said he expects coronavirus flare-ups as people return to work. but he rendered a scientific opinion at odds with many experts. >> this is going to go away without a vaccine. it's going to go away and it's -- we're not going to see it again. >> kelly, there's also news about the former head of the biomedical advanced research and development agency who was removed from his job recent. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right, kristen. rick bright who had been in chash charge of the government's plan, had filed a whistle-blower complaint says there are reasonable grounds to show that he was retaliated against by the

dimension to it today, by saying that the democratic chairwoman when she called the chief of staff, mark meadowsand smopok with him. couldn't really elaborate details. of course, the president said yesterday it was for political reasons because the house is led by democrats and he believes this committee is full of what he called trump haters. so he made clear why he wants dr. fauci to testify in the senate but, not necessarily, the house. though, of course, obviously the subject matter of that hearing was going to be the coronavirus and the response that you have seen from the administration. which, dr. fauci has played a leading role in. but what was interesting today is when that hearing did still go on without him on capitol hill is that the leading republic on it, don, said he, too, wanted to hear from dr. fauci. he supported the chairwoman's request to have dr. fauci come. he said the testimony would have been good for the country to hear from him. >> kaitlan collins, thank you very much. >> president trump, blaming his predecessor throughout this crisis. he did it again today. but the oba

you have budget hawks like mark meadows and his budget chief who don't want to ramp up spending and think there's already federal spending this needs to be reined back. add vievisers are exploring mak cuts to medicare and social security. the white house denied that's something that's being eyed but i think it's a reflection of the conversation going on within the white house now. it's undecided and debate of whether unemployment insurance could continue through the end of the year. as kevin said this morning, the unemployment numbers are going up. i think trump needs to take that into consideration as he goes into a big re-election year. >> there was reporting the white house attempted to bury cdc glie guidelines. more political voices. has there been a pivot or we exactly where we were in. >> it seems like we're where we were where the white house and president have been worried about public perception and the economy. they have been worried about the stock market. it took the stock market crashing for the president the declare a national emergency and marshal the resources of the feder

we saw that over the weekend, he was in camp david with the chief of staff, mark meadows, who is another one of these cheerleaders. and i just feel like we've seen the health officials really sidelined. i do think the president has a good relationship with dr. deborah birx and really does respect her, but she's really the lone voice, and she doesn't have the same voice with the president as the treasury secretary does or some of these economic officials. and i think he's basically surrounding himself with people who agree with him at this point. >> to our friends, phil rucker, nancy cook, dr. vin gupta, our thanks for starting off our broadcast and a new week on a monday night. >>> coming up for us, more on the early optimism over this possible vaccine development. we'll speak with one of the first people to ever receive a polio vaccine. that's because his father invented it and tried it at home on his kids first. dr. peter salk is with us tonight for more. >>> and later, one laid-off florida worker's solo expedition to help what he said is a broken unemployment compensation system as "t

. >> reporter: chief of staff mark meadows insisted the white house is safe. >> we will continue to monitor. >> reporter: the president, who is tested daily -- >> you have a mask in your face. >> reporter: -- chose not to wear a mask with elderly world war i veterans. but stayed at a distance. >> the wind was blowing so hard and at a direction if the plague ever reached them -- >> reporter: the president said he expects coronavirus flare-ups as people return to work. but he also rendered a scientific opinion at odds with many experts. >> this is going to go away without a vaccine. it's going to go away. we're not going to see it again. >> reporter: and the chief of staff to the president said that in his private quarters, some of those who attend to the president's personal needs with meals and things do wear masks when they are in closest proximity. we have not seen examples of that. very few administration officials or employees of the administration have been wearing masks. we can tell you that the fda director, dr. steven hahn, told his employees through an email that he will be self-is