MARIUPOL. JUST A MINUTE, WE'' LL TALK WITH FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE, EXPENSE TAYLOR. >>> > >'> IT ' S BEEN 27 MONTHS SINCE THE FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID IN THIS COUNTRY. CURRENTLY, THE UNITED STATE HAS PASSED A SENSATIONAL 1 MILLION DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS. 1 MILLION PEOPLE. WE'' LL DISCUSS HOW WE GOT THERE AS WELL AS WHERE WE GO FROM BELOW. >>> > > > WILLIE, THERE ' S SO MUCH TO SPEAK ABOUT BELOW. CERTAINLY, WE'' RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE TALE ABOUT THE RUSSIAN GENERALS. IT'' S CERTAINLY CONSEQUENTIAL. BUT IT DOES APPEAR LIKE WE'' VE ALL JUST KIND OF BREEZED PAST THAT 1 MILLION MARK. ALL OF US KEEP IN MIND BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2020 WHEN WE HAD AUTHORITIES CLAIMING MAYBE 70,000 PEOPLE WOULD DIE. POSSIBLY 100,000 INDIVIDUALS WOULD DIE. I BEAR IN MIND THERE WAS A BRITISH– POSSIBLY IT WAS KINGS UNIVERSITY, BUT THERE WAS A BRITISH RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, UNIVERSITY, THAT SAID APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION INDIVIDUALS WOULD DIE. MY GOD, THE CHUCKLING FROM THE MAGA FREAKS, THE NEGLIGENCE FROM THE MAGA FREAKS, THE VERY SAME PEOPLE THAT VENERATED DONALD TRUMP FOR SAYING IT WAS 2 OR THREE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN FROM CHINA AS WELL AS WOULD SOON GO AWAY, THOSE MAGA FREAKS PROVEN MISDOING TIME AS WELL AS TIME AGAIN.WE ' VE HIT
THE 1 MILLION MARK. >> > > YEAH, WE HAVE. ALTHOUGH WE TYPE OF KNEW IT WAS COMING IN THESE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT IS STILL A SURPRISING NUMBER TO SEE IN PRINT. 1 MILLION OF OUR NEIGHBORS, 1 MILLION OF OUR HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPANTS HAVE PASSED AWAY SINCE OF THIS INFECTION. WE HAD DR. DEBORAH BIRX ON THE PROGRAM LAST WEEK, AND WE WERE REFLECTING ON THAT PARTICULAR MINUTE WHERE SHE CAME TO PLATFORM AND STATED THERE WAS A RESEARCH– IN MARCH AS WELL AS APRIL OF 2020, SHE CLAIMED, WE COULD OBTAIN UP TO 240,000 DEATHS. THAT WAS BREATHTAKING. WE DIDN'' T BELIEVE THE NUMBER COULD BE THAT HIGH. WE IDEA IT WAS A VAST OVERSTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, BELOW WE ARE, TWO YEARS LATER ON, AT 1 MILLION DEATHS. IT'' S BEEN A MISFORTUNE FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'' S BEEN A HUMAN TRAGEDY FOR HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. IT CONTINUES AS THESE SUBVARIANTS– LUCKILY, WE'' VE GOT THESE VACCINES THAT QUIT United States FROM PERISHING, TYPICALLY, AND KEEP United States OUT OF THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY MUCH BETTER THAN WE USED TO– BUT IT IS STILL RIGHT HERE WITH US.THAT NUMBER,
IT'' S MAGNIFICENT THIS MORNING. 1 MILLION AMERICAN DEATHS FROM COVID. >> > > MIKA, IT'' S An EXCELLENT POINTER. CERTAINLY, WE'' RE IN A MUCH VARIOUS LOCATION THAN WE WERE TWO YEARS BACK. >> > > YEAH >>. > > SO THE INFLUENCE OF COVID NOT AS BAD DUE TO VACCINES, BECAUSE OF BOOSTER PICTURE, BECAUSE WE BUILT UP, AS SCOTT GOTTLIEB SAID, WE BUILT UP THE WALL SURFACE OF RESISTANCE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL NEWS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIOR FRIENDS WATCHING THE PROGRAM AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT ARE ENDANGERED REGARDING THEIR IMMUNITY GOES.AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, WE CLAIMED IT RECENTLY, WE ' RE GOING TO SAY IT'NOW, I MEAN, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OCCURRED THIS PAST WEEKEND BREAK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD BEEN REPORTING ON THIS DEADLY AFFLICT OVER THE PREVIOUS PAIR YEARS, ALL OBSTRUCTING INTO A SMALL AREA IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DIDN'' T OBTAIN IT BEFORE. SAID THE HEAD OF STATE SHOULDN'' T HAVE GONE. HUNCHES WHAT TAKEN PLACE? THEY'' VE ALL OBTAINED COVID. >> > > I WEAR ' T KNOW. THEY ' RE NOT PRODUCTION ANNOUNCEMENTS. I BELIEVE IT IS WEIRD. SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT– >> > > HAVE COVID >>. > > THEY ' RE NOT MAKING THAT STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITY OF OTHERS THAT WERE AROUND THEM. WE DO KNOW THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAD A POSITIVE EXAMINATION. ABC'' S JONATHAN KARL LAUNCHED THAT HE HAD IT. BUT NOBODY– I DON'' T KNOW WHO ELSE IS SAYING THEY HAVE IT. THIS IS WHAT I'' M FRETTED ABOUT. >> > > YEAH >>. > > IF'YOU ' RE GOING TO DECIDE LIKE THAT AFTER TREATMENT THIS STORY FOR THREE YEARS– >> > >
>> A NEGATIVE SELECTION. > >– AS WELL AS YOU UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE AS WELL AS YOU KNOW THE MEDIA RIGHT NOW IS UNDER ATTACK BY A SPECIFIC WING OF THE REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN CELEBRATION, YOU INTENDED TO BE TRANSPARENT. >> > > YEAH, YOU DO. JONATHAN LEMIRE, CERTAINLY, A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE, AND WE KNOW A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE COVID THAT AREN'' T ANNOUNCING IT. THEY DON'' T WANT TO INTRODUCE IT. I THINK THEY'' RE EMBARRASSED THEY WENT TO THIS EVENT THAT THEY SHOULDN'' T HAVE MOSTED LIKELY TO. JONATHAN, AGAIN, YOU WERE THERE. I SUGGEST, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, DR. RONNY JACKSON TELLS ME WITH YOUR GENES, YOU TIN LIVE TO BE 200 YEARS OF AGES. MAYBE YOU'' RE IMMUNE FROM IT. REALLY, I'HAVE TO SAY, “I ' M THE MAN THAT CLAIMED, “LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANT TO
DO ON AIRPLANES.LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY INTEND TO PERFORM IN AIRPORTS.” >>” > > LOOK AT THIS. >> > > YOU RECOGNIZE, UTILIZE SOUND JUDGMENT. MY GOD, YOU KNOW, I'' M FEELING AN IMPULSE IN THE BACK OF MY THROAT SIMPLY TAKING A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES. >> > > YEAH, THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF FAVORABLE INSTANCES ATTACHED TO THE DINNER. IT'' S, CERTAINLY, NOT SIMPLY THE SUPPER ITSELF SATURDAY EVENING. IT IS A WEEKEND BREAK FILLED WITH EVENTS. TO BE CLEAR, THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THE SUPPER WERE OUTSIDE. THEY'' RE EXTERIOR. AIR FLOW. THAT'' S MUCH SAFER, OBVIOUSLY. >> > > YEAH >>. > > THE DINNER ITSELF DID REQUIRE PROOF OF VACCINATION.IT DID CALL FOR REVEALING A NEGATIVE TEST. I KEPT MY MASK ON FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT FOR WORRIES OF EXACTLY SIMILAR TO THIS. >> > > THERE YOU GO. >> > > THUS FAR, I'' VE BEEN TESTING ON A DAILY BASIS OUT OF SAFETY MEASURE. FEELING FINE. ADVERSE EACH TIME, INCLUDE WINNING A PCR. DR. RONNY JACKSON, THANKS, BUDDY. BUT IT IS REAL, THOUGH, THAT, NOW, THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE NOT ONLY DO YOU, NATURALLY, HAVE SEVERAL TOP BIDEN AUTHORITIES FALLING VICTIM TO THE CORONAVIRUS, BUT MUCH OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORE AT ONCE WHERE, LET'' S SIMPLY SAY, THERE ' S A LOT GOING ON IN REQUISITES OF INFORMATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> > > YEAH >>. >> > > ASSET.
> > IT IS FASCINATING.WILLIE, A COUPLE OF DETAILS TO KEEP IN MIND. IF YOU CHECK OUT THE SHOT OF JONATHAN LEMIRE, YES, HE USED A MASK, BUT WE STILL HAVE HIM ENCASED IN THE GLASS BOX YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN SUPERHERO FILMS. THAT'' S OBVIOUSLY IN WHICH THEY KEPT LOKI. HE IS IN THE GLASS BOX LIKE LOKI. ALSO– >> > > ALEX SAYS IT IS NOT AS A RESULT OF COVID. >> > > YEAH, YOU UNDERSTAND, IT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT I THINK THE NEW YORK CITY YANKEES HAVE ACTUALLY– ARE MELTING DOWN OUR OPERATIONS RIGHT NOW. >> > > THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TECH PROBLEMS TODAY. >> > > THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TECH PROBLEMS. ALSO, YEAH, HE REMAINS IN THE GLASS BOX. ADDITIONALLY, HE DID WEAR A MASK. GUY, YOU SHOULD SEE THE PICTURES OF ALL THE FOOD SMEARED ON THE FRONT OF THE MASK WHILE HE WAS EATING. DELAY, HE REMOVED THE MASK WILE EATING. >> > > IT MAINTAINED ME SAFE, BUT I WAS REALLY HUNGRY AFTERWARDS.I CANISTER ' T FIGURE
IT OUT'. >> > > EXACTLY. >> > > REMAIN IN THE GLASS BOX. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE SPOKE REGARDING PRESIDENT BIDEN LAST WEEK. I ASSUME THE 3 OF US AGREED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE SENT A VIDEO MESSAGE. ALLOW'' S HOPE, REALLY, FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE BENEFIT OF HIM THAT HE REMAINS HEALTHY. IN KNOWLEDGE, WHAT WE WERE CHATTING ABOUT RECENTLY IS PROBABLY REAL. A VIDEO CLIP MAY HAVE BEEN A BETTER IDEA. WE HOPE HE STAYS SAFE. WE HOPE EVERYBODY THAT DOES HAVE IT FROM THE WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS DINNER RECOVERS QUICKLY.MY CHOICE
TO REMAIN RESIDENCE AND ENJOY 12-YEAR-OLD AND 14-YEAR-OLDS PLAY BASKETBALL IS PROVEN. >> > > IT IS A DECISION. THE DEATH RATE IS DOWN. IT IS VARIOUS, THE COVID WE'' RE HANDLING WITH NOW.
