DR. SYRA MADAD THANKS FOR COMING ON TONIGHT.

COMING ON TONIGHT. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Tucker: THERE ARE MAJOR

>> Tucker: THERE ARE MAJOR OUTBREAKS OF CARONAVIRUS IN

OUTBREAKS OF CARONAVIRUS IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND

JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY.

ITALY. IN JAPAN ALL SCHOOLS ARE

IN JAPAN ALL SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED FOR THE NEXT MONTH AT

CLOSED FOR THE NEXT MONTH AT LEAST.

LEAST. YET THE UNITED STATES IS

YET THE UNITED STATES IS STILL RECEIVING FLIGHTS FROM

STILL RECEIVING FLIGHTS FROM ALL THREE OF THOSE

ALL THREE OF THOSE COUNTRIES.

COUNTRIES. IN FACT, WE AREN’T EVEN

IN FACT, WE AREN’T EVEN SCREENING ARRIVALS FOR THE

SCREENING ARRIVALS FOR THE VIRUS.

VIRUS. CONGRESSWOMAN AND DEMOCRATIC

CONGRESSWOMAN AND DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TULSI

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TULSI GABBARD OF HAWAII SAYS THAT

GABBARD OF HAWAII SAYS THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.

NEEDS TO CHANGE. SHE JOINS US TONIGHT.

SHE JOINS US TONIGHT. CONGRESSWOMAN, THANKS SO

CONGRESSWOMAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.

MUCH FOR COMING ON. SO,.

SO,. >> THANKS, TUCKER.

>> THANKS, TUCKER. >> Tucker: OBVIOUSLY THERE

>> Tucker: OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ECONOMIC COST TO

IS AN ECONOMIC COST TO SHUTTING DOWN ROOTS OR

SHUTTING DOWN ROOTS OR PASSENGERS.

PASSENGERS. YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO IT

YOU THINK WE NEED TO DO IT ANYWAY.

ANYWAY. TELL US WHY.

TELL US WHY. >> WE DO.

>> WE DO. BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, LET’S

BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, LET’S LOOK AT THE FIRST MOVE THAT

LOOK AT THE FIRST MOVE THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE TRUMP

WAS TAKEN BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SUSPEND

ADMINISTRATION TO SUSPEND FLIGHTS COMING FROM CHINA TO

FLIGHTS COMING FROM CHINA TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND

PROTECT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE

HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PREVENT

AMERICAN PEOPLE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CARONAVIRUS

THE SPREAD OF CARONAVIRUS HERE TO OUR SHORES.

HERE TO OUR SHORES. SIMILARLY, THIS IS WHAT

SIMILARLY, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH JAPAN,

NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND ITALY.

SOUTH KOREA, AND ITALY. THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WHO

THESE OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A SERIOUS

ARE GOING THROUGH A SERIOUS OUTBREAK THAT THEY ARE

OUTBREAK THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH, AND LIKE YOU

DEALING WITH, AND LIKE YOU SAID, THERE IS STILL NO

SAID, THERE IS STILL NO SCREENING TAKING PLACE, NOT

SCREENING TAKING PLACE, NOT ONLY ON ARRIVAL WITH PEOPLE

ONLY ON ARRIVAL WITH PEOPLE COMING HERE, BUT WHAT I

COMING HERE, BUT WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE IS

THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE IS PEOPLE SHOULD BE TESTED

PEOPLE SHOULD BE TESTED BEFORE THEY GET ON THE

BEFORE THEY GET ON THE PLANE.

PLANE. IN THAT CASE AND IN THAT

IN THAT CASE AND IN THAT INSTANCE, PEOPLE ARE TESTED,

INSTANCE, PEOPLE ARE TESTED, THEY COME OUT NEGATIVE, THEN

THEY COME OUT NEGATIVE, THEN THEY CAN GO ABOUT THEIR

THEY CAN GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.

BUSINESS. THIS WILL HAVE SOME ECONOMIC

THIS WILL HAVE SOME ECONOMIC IMPACT.

IMPACT. THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. BUT, THAT IMPACT IN THE

BUT, THAT IMPACT IN THE SHORT-TERM NOW BY TAKING

SHORT-TERM NOW BY TAKING THIS ACTION WILL PALE IN

THIS ACTION WILL PALE IN COMPARISON TO THE ECONOMIC

COMPARISON TO THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND CHALLENGES WE

HARDSHIP AND CHALLENGES WE WILL FACE IN THIS COUNTRY IF

WILL FACE IN THIS COUNTRY IF THESE FLIGHTS ARE ALLOWED TO

THESE FLIGHTS ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, PEOPLE ARE COMING

CONTINUE, PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE, POTENTIALLY INFECTED

HERE, POTENTIALLY INFECTED WITH THIS VIRUS.

WITH THIS VIRUS. AND THEN IT IS ALLOWED TO

AND THEN IT IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD.

CONTINUE TO SPREAD. THE HARDSHIP ON THE LEVEES

THE HARDSHIP ON THE LEVEES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND

OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE HARDSHIP ON OUR ECONOMY

THE HARDSHIP ON OUR ECONOMY WILL BE FAR-REACHING AND

WILL BE FAR-REACHING AND LONGER LASTING.

LONGER LASTING. >> JUST TO PUT THIS IN

>> JUST TO PUT THIS IN CONTEST FOR OUR VIEWERS.

CONTEST FOR OUR VIEWERS. YOU REPRESENT, OF COURSE,

YOU REPRESENT, OF COURSE, THE STAY OF IOWA, WHICH I

THE STAY OF IOWA, WHICH I WOULD BELT HAS NOR DIRECT

WOULD BELT HAS NOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO ASIA THAN ANY

FLIGHTS TO ASIA THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE UNITED

OTHER PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.

STATES. IT’S A MAJOR SOURCE OF

IT’S A MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR YOUR STATE.

REVENUE FOR YOUR STATE. AND SO THIS WOULD MEAN

AND SO THIS WOULD MEAN HAWAII TAKE AS BIG HIT.

HAWAII TAKE AS BIG HIT. BUT YOU ARE STILL IN FAVOR

BUT YOU ARE STILL IN FAVOR OF IT.

OF IT. THAT’S HOW CONCERNED YOU

THAT’S HOW CONCERNED YOU ARE.

ARE. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE FORESIGHT

>> WE HAVE TO HAVE FORESIGHT AND RECOGNIZE THE PRIORITY

AND RECOGNIZE THE PRIORITY FOR OUR LEADERS IS TO ENSURE

FOR OUR LEADERS IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND

THE SAFETY AND HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF

WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF MY HOME STATE OF HAWAII, THE

MY HOME STATE OF HAWAII, THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY AND

PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY AND TAKING THIS STEP NOW IS

TAKING THIS STEP NOW IS NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO

NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

ACCOMPLISH THAT. BECAUSE IF WE DON’T, THEN

BECAUSE IF WE DON’T, THEN IT’S TOO LATE.

IT’S TOO LATE. THEN THE CARONAVIRUS MAY

THEN THE CARONAVIRUS MAY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ROOT AND

HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ROOT AND AGAIN YOU ARE LOOKING AT

AGAIN YOU ARE LOOKING AT IMPACT ON JOBS.

IMPACT ON JOBS. IMPACT ON SCHOOLS.

IMPACT ON SCHOOLS. IMPACT, YES, ON A STATE LIKE

IMPACT, YES, ON A STATE LIKE OURS THAT’S HEAVILY FUNDED

OURS THAT’S HEAVILY FUNDED ON TOURISM THAT WILL BE FAR

ON TOURISM THAT WILL BE FAR MORE LONG LASTING AND

MORE LONG LASTING AND DEVASTATING.

DEVASTATING. >> Tucker: THIS IS A

>> Tucker: THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT’S KIND OF

CONVERSATION THAT’S KIND OF POPPED UP A COUPLE OF TIMES

POPPED UP A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK.

IN THE LAST WEEK. EACH TIME IT DOES THE PEOPLE

EACH TIME IT DOES THE PEOPLE WHO RAISE IT ARE DENOUNCED

WHO RAISE IT ARE DENOUNCED AS XENOPHOBIA I HOW WOULD YOU.

AS XENOPHOBIA I HOW WOULD YOU. >> IT’S LOOKING AT FACTS.

>> IT’S LOOKING AT FACTS. UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN

UNFORTUNATELY THERE HAS BEEN XENOPHOBIA AROUND THIS

XENOPHOBIA AROUND THIS OUTBREAK THAT BEGAN IN CHINA

OUTBREAK THAT BEGAN IN CHINA THAT MUST BE DENOUNCED.

THAT MUST BE DENOUNCED. REALLY WHAT WE’RE TALKING

REALLY WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE UNITED STATES,

ABOUT IS THE UNITED STATES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS WELL

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS WELL AS HOW SMALL THIS GLOBAL

AS HOW SMALL THIS GLOBAL COMMUNITY IS AND HOW

COMMUNITY IS AND HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS THAT WE WORK

ESSENTIAL IT IS THAT WE WORK WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE

WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM

ABLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM BECOMING AN ALL-OUT

BECOMING AN ALL-OUT PANDEMIC.

PANDEMIC. AND SO, LOOK, I WANT TO MAKE

AND SO, LOOK, I WANT TO MAKE A DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT

A DIRECT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THIS POINT.

TRUMP AT THIS POINT. TO BREAK THROUGH THE

TO BREAK THROUGH THE BUREAUCRACY, BREAK THROUGH

BUREAUCRACY, BREAK THROUGH THE RED TAPE THAT WE’RE

THE RED TAPE THAT WE’RE SEEING FROM AGENCIES LIKE

SEEING FROM AGENCIES LIKE THE CDC AND THE FDA IN ORDER

THE CDC AND THE FDA IN ORDER TO BROADEN THE TESTING

TO BROADEN THE TESTING CRITERIA, TO MAKE IT SO THAT

CRITERIA, TO MAKE IT SO THAT ANYONE WHO HAS SYMPTOMS CAN

ANYONE WHO HAS SYMPTOMS CAN ACTUALLY GET A TEST.

ACTUALLY GET A TEST. AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE TESTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE,

TESTS ARE READILY AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT’S IN A DOCTOR’S

WHETHER IT’S IN A DOCTOR’S OFFICE.

OFFICE. IN A WANT WHO, AT OUR

IN A WANT WHO, AT OUR AIRPORTS.

AIRPORTS. OR EVEN AS THEY ARE DOING IN

OR EVEN AS THEY ARE DOING IN COUNTRIES LIKE SCOTLAND AND

COUNTRIES LIKE SCOTLAND AND SOUTH KOREA.

SOUTH KOREA. THERE’S A DRY THREW STATION.

THERE’S A DRY THREW STATION. YOU CAN GO IN AND GET THE

YOU CAN GO IN AND GET THE TEST AND BE IN AND OUTENNED

TEST AND BE IN AND OUTENNED N. LESS THAN 10 MINUTES

N. LESS THAN 10 MINUTES RATHER THAN HAVING THE KIND

RATHER THAN HAVING THE KIND OF PROLONGED TESTING THAT WE

OF PROLONGED TESTING THAT WE ARE HAVING NOW.

ARE HAVING NOW. WHERE THE CDC ONLY TEST AS

WHERE THE CDC ONLY TEST AS VERY FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE OF

VERY FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR NARROW CRITERIA.

THEIR NARROW CRITERIA. AND THEN HAVE YOU GOT TO

AND THEN HAVE YOU GOT TO WAIT FOUR DAYS IF YOU ARE

WAIT FOUR DAYS IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GET

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GET TESTED POTENTIALLY IF YOU

TESTED POTENTIALLY IF YOU HAVE THE VIRUS PUTTING YOU

HAVE THE VIRUS PUTTING YOU IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE

IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE EXPOSING OTHER PEOPLE AND

EXPOSING OTHER PEOPLE AND PUTTING THEM AT RISK.

PUTTING THEM AT RISK. WE HAVE GOT TO GET ON THE

WE HAVE GOT TO GET ON THE BALL ON THIS.

BALL ON THIS. >> Tucker: IT SEEMS LIKE A

>> Tucker: IT SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER, FOR SURE.

NO-BRAINER, FOR SURE. CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK YOU SO