we got rich besser tonight who used to head up the cdc. excellent doctors. they'll slap around what the president is doing. it's irrelevant. okay? he wins this argument. why? because he believes, because he's taken a chance, because he's strong. he's not the party of no. he's not the democrats, no, don't take the hydroxychloroquine just in case, you stay home, you can't go out, you can't work, you can't eat, you can't live. that's where he's put the democrats. some of it's messaging. some of it's more than that. now, why did he do this? who cares why because it works. all right? now, let's bring in sanjay gupta. okay? sanjay is not here to talk politics. he's here to check obvious boxes for us. let's put up the doctor's letter, sanjay, because i did a little calling when this came out, as i'm sure you did n. not easy to find a doctor who says they would prescribe this propholactically. "after numerous discussions the president and i had regarding the evidence for and against the use of hydroxychloroquine, we concluded the potential benefit from the treatment

i think that i recently was with rich besser who dr. richard besser was the acting cdc director during h1n1, and he, again, explained that what the cdc does the very best. he was there for 13 years, is this kind of detailed guidance and epidemiology. they said the national framework there, state and local leaders can make independent decisions based on what that framework looks like within their own jurisdiction, and consumers can make a decision, but what we need is the national framework. we need the canine of expertise, and if the white households its censorship, so the 67-page report that you have in your hands, ali, that was put forward to the white house. there's a clearance process. that always happens. usually the turn around would be quickly. they look for typos, they look for information, and then they find the right point to push it out. what happened this time is the white house held on to it, and what has been put out is a very different kind of document with not nearly the level of detail, and that information is being hel

rich besser, thanks for joining us again this morning. >> good to see you, george. >>> george, now to the alarming new warning about coronavirus and children. at least 15 young patients hospitalized with a mysterious illness that could be related to covid-19. stephanie ramos is outside mt. sinai hospital here in manhattan. good morning to you, stephanie. >> reporter: amy, good morning. throughout this pandemic doctors have said very few children have become severely sick from covid-19 but now a doctor at this major new york city hospital is raising concerns that a covid-19-related syndrome could be affecting children. this morning, at least 15 children in new york city are showing symptoms of a rare but dangerous condition that could be associated with the coronavirus. >> we hear frequently about that the new novel coronavirus is sparing children, but i would venture to say very confidently that, no, that's not true. >> reporter: the new york city department of health issuing a warning for doctors to be on the lookout for the serious syndrome first reported last month in europe. docto

still way behind, and he doesn't understand what epidemiology, and i'm delighted to be on with rich besser and once again he's in a plant without a mask and without social distancing. so we -- he clearly doesn't get testing or distancing or how important masks are, and we've got 85,000 people who are dead. >> the other terrifying possibility is he does understand testing and that he understands that he views it the way he views it is simply different, which is that he views it as it's bad for him politically to have the numbers go up, and therefore that is what is driving, you know, the lack of federal push for extensive testing, extensive contact tracing. sanjay, i interrupted you. go ahead. >> did you want to respond to that, governor? >> i was just going to say when he made the comment in early march it was the first time i thought that actually the united states was slow walking testing, that the president did not want more testing to occur. it wasn't a series of just missteps. it was intentionally not having the supplies, not having the equipment, not using the federal government to r