COME TO THAT ALTHOUGH HE IS FOCUSED ON OTHER COUNTRIES.

FOCUSED ON OTHER COUNTRIES. I WANT TO BRING IN HOUSING AND

I WANT TO BRING IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY

URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY DR. BEN CARSON WHO OF COURSE IS

DR. BEN CARSON WHO OF COURSE IS ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VIRUS TASK

ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VIRUS TASK FORCE AND JOINS US IN STUDIO.

FORCE AND JOINS US IN STUDIO. DR. CARSON, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO

DR. CARSON, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.

SEE YOU. >> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU.

>> MY PLEASURE, THANK YOU. >> IT IS SORT OF IRONIC.

>> IT IS SORT OF IRONIC. I WAS TALKING WITH PRESIDENT

I WAS TALKING WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, ONE OF HIS ATTORNEYS,

TRUMP, ONE OF HIS ATTORNEYS, JENNA ELLIS ABOUT THE INITIAL

JENNA ELLIS ABOUT THE INITIAL REACTION TO TRUMP AND HIS TRAVEL

REACTION TO TRUMP AND HIS TRAVEL PUSHBACK ON CHINA AND CALLS

PUSHBACK ON CHINA AND CALLS ABOUT BEING XENOPHOBIC.

ABOUT BEING XENOPHOBIC. NOW THE MEDIA IS ASKING OVER AND

NOW THE MEDIA IS ASKING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WOULD ADDITIONAL

OVER AGAIN WOULD ADDITIONAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS SHOULD WE

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS SHOULD WE EXPECT, EVEN PERHAPS PERTAINING

EXPECT, EVEN PERHAPS PERTAINING TO THE ENTIRE EU.

TO THE ENTIRE EU. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT GOING?

WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT GOING? >> WELL YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS

>> WELL YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT GOT A

INTERESTING THE PRESIDENT GOT A LOT OF PUSHBACK WHEN HE

LOT OF PUSHBACK WHEN HE INITIALLY WANTED TO IMPOSE THOSE

INITIALLY WANTED TO IMPOSE THOSE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND THAT’S

TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND THAT’S BEEN A HISTORY THAT I’VE SEEN

BEEN A HISTORY THAT I’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HE

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT

FEELS VERY STRONGLY ABOUT PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

PROTECTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD

I THINK THAT IS A VERY GOOD THING.

THING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY, SO SILLY

SOMETHING THAT REALLY, SO SILLY TO POLITICIZE THIS.

TO POLITICIZE THIS. YOU SAW THAT THE DRUG COMPANIES

YOU SAW THAT THE DRUG COMPANIES YESTERDAY GOT TOGETHER, THE

YESTERDAY GOT TOGETHER, THE ARRIVALS WE’LL WORK TOGETHER TO

ARRIVALS WE’LL WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE.

GET THIS DONE. WHY CAN’T THE LEADERS OF OUR

WHY CAN’T THE LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY ADOPT A SIMILAR

COUNTRY ADOPT A SIMILAR ATTITUDE?

ATTITUDE? WHAT EXAMPLE DOES THIS REALLY

WHAT EXAMPLE DOES THIS REALLY SET FOR OUR CHILDREN?

SET FOR OUR CHILDREN? CHARLES: WHAT DO YOU MAKE ALSO

CHARLES: WHAT DO YOU MAKE ALSO OF THE EXTREME CRITICISM IN THE

OF THE EXTREME CRITICISM IN THE MEDIA OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE

MEDIA OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE TASK FORCE TO FIGHT THE

TASK FORCE TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS FROM VICE PRESIDENT

CORONAVIRUS FROM VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, EVEN SOMEONE WHO IS

PENCE, EVEN SOMEONE WHO IS SUCCESSFUL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD

SUCCESSFUL IN THE MEDICAL FIELD AS YOU, THE MEDIA HAS GONE NUTS

AS YOU, THE MEDIA HAS GONE NUTS OVER THE IDEA THIS IS THE QUOTE,

OVER THE IDEA THIS IS THE QUOTE, UNQUOTE TEAM.

UNQUOTE TEAM. THIS IS OF COURSE THE SAME MEDIA

THIS IS OF COURSE THE SAME MEDIA DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH

DIDN’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH LAWYER HEADING UP PRESIDENT

LAWYER HEADING UP PRESIDENT OBAMA’S EBOLA TASK FORCE.

OBAMA’S EBOLA TASK FORCE. >> I SUSPECT IF JESUS CHRIST WAS

>> I SUSPECT IF JESUS CHRIST WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD

ON THE COMMITTEE, THEY WOULD HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT.

HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT. I REALLY DON’T PAY A LOT OF

I REALLY DON’T PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION, THE BOY WHO CRIED

ATTENTION, THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF TOO OFTEN.

WOLF TOO OFTEN. CHARLES: WHAT IS THE COURSE?

CHARLES: WHAT IS THE COURSE? YOU GUYS MET A COUPLE TIMES.

YOU GUYS MET A COUPLE TIMES. I’M SURE YOU MUST HAVE HAD

I’M SURE YOU MUST HAVE HAD CONFERENCE CALLS.

CONFERENCE CALLS. WHAT’S THE, WHAT’S THE PLANNED

WHAT’S THE, WHAT’S THE PLANNED COURSE OF ACTION?

COURSE OF ACTION? I WOULD ASSUME EACH PERSON HAS A

I WOULD ASSUME EACH PERSON HAS A ROLE THERE.

ROLE THERE. WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING?

WHERE DO YOU SEE IT GOING? >> WELL THE KEY THING WE ARE

>> WELL THE KEY THING WE ARE VERY CAREFULLY MONITORING ON A

VERY CAREFULLY MONITORING ON A DAY-BY-DAY BASIS.

DAY-BY-DAY BASIS. WHAT THE DIRECTION AND VELOCITY

WHAT THE DIRECTION AND VELOCITY OF THE PROBLEM IS.

OF THE PROBLEM IS. AND, ASKING OURSELVES EACH DAY

AND, ASKING OURSELVES EACH DAY WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT.

WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT. WHETHER THE VARIOUS

WHETHER THE VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES AND ARE WE READY

POSSIBILITIES AND ARE WE READY FOR THAT?

FOR THAT? AS LONG AS WE KEEP ASKING THAT

AS LONG AS WE KEEP ASKING THAT QUESTION WITH EVERY CHANGE THAT

QUESTION WITH EVERY CHANGE THAT OCCURS, I THINK WE WILL BE

OCCURS, I THINK WE WILL BE PREPARED AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE

PREPARED AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO

ALL GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER

TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

COUNTRIES. CHARLES: RIGHT.

CHARLES: RIGHT. >> AND LEARNING FROM THAT,

>> AND LEARNING FROM THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE MUCH

BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE MUCH FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE ARE IN

FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE INTENSITY OF THE

TERMS OF THE INTENSITY OF THE DISEASE PROCESS.

DISEASE PROCESS. CHARLES: AND TO THAT POINT

CHARLES: AND TO THAT POINT CHINA, THEIR RATE OF GROWTH AT

CHINA, THEIR RATE OF GROWTH AT LEAST OFFICIALLY STARTED TO TURN

LEAST OFFICIALLY STARTED TO TURN OR COME DOWN OVER A WEEK AGO.

OR COME DOWN OVER A WEEK AGO. I FIND THAT TO BE INTRIGUING.

I FIND THAT TO BE INTRIGUING. ALREADY COMPANIES LIKE STARBUCKS

ALREADY COMPANIES LIKE STARBUCKS AND APPLE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO

AND APPLE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO START OPERATIONS AGAIN.

START OPERATIONS AGAIN. >> YEAH.

>> YEAH. CHARLES: ANOTHER THING I FIND

CHARLES: ANOTHER THING I FIND INTRIGUING WHAT IS RARELY

INTRIGUING WHAT IS RARELY MENTIONED IN THE MEDIA, OF THE

MENTIONED IN THE MEDIA, OF THE 80,000 SOME ODD FOLKS WHO

80,000 SOME ODD FOLKS WHO CONTRACTED THE VIRUS 45,000 HAVE

CONTRACTED THE VIRUS 45,000 HAVE RECOVERED.

RECOVERED. >> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. CHARLES: THAT IS SORT OF A

CHARLES: THAT IS SORT OF A HOPEFUL PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT

HOPEFUL PART OF THE MESSAGE THAT DOESN’T GET OUT THERE.

DOESN’T GET OUT THERE. >> THAT IS VERY HOPEFUL.

>> THAT IS VERY HOPEFUL. ALSO, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO

ALSO, AS FAR AS I KNOW, NO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE EVER 10

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE EVER 10 HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE DISEASE

HAVE SUCCUMBED TO THE DISEASE EITHER.

EITHER. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME HOPEFUL

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS AND ONE THING WE DO KNOW,

SIGNS AND ONE THING WE DO KNOW, THIS TOO WILL PASS.

THIS TOO WILL PASS. CHARLES: IT WILL PASS.

CHARLES: IT WILL PASS. THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT BUT DAY-TO-DAY THERE’S OBVIOUSLY FOR

DAY-TO-DAY THERE’S OBVIOUSLY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS A

THE ADMINISTRATION THERE IS A REALLY DELICATE BALANCING ACT OF

REALLY DELICATE BALANCING ACT OF KEEPING THOSE ANIMAL SPIRITS,

KEEPING THOSE ANIMAL SPIRITS, THAT REVITALIZATION OF AMERICA

THAT REVITALIZATION OF AMERICA THAT COMES REALLY FROM PEOPLE

THAT COMES REALLY FROM PEOPLE FEELING GREAT.

FEELING GREAT. >> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. CHARLES: THAT’S AN INTANGIBLE

CHARLES: THAT’S AN INTANGIBLE SOMETIMES THAT HAS TO BE KEPT

SOMETIMES THAT HAS TO BE KEPT ALOFT IF YOU WILL FROM

ALOFT IF YOU WILL FROM LEADERSHIP?

LEADERSHIP? >> YOU KNOW, AS, ROOSEVELT SAID,

>> YOU KNOW, AS, ROOSEVELT SAID, WORLD WAR II, THE ONLY THING TO

WORLD WAR II, THE ONLY THING TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF BECAUSE FEAR

FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF BECAUSE FEAR ITSELF MAKES YOU SOMETIMES DO

ITSELF MAKES YOU SOMETIMES DO ILLOGICAL THINGS AND, FOR THE

ILLOGICAL THINGS AND, FOR THE MOST PART PEOPLE CAN GO ON

MOST PART PEOPLE CAN GO ON LIVING THEIR NORMAL DAILY LIVES

LIVING THEIR NORMAL DAILY LIVES BUT THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT

BUT THEY NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH A CONTAGIOUS

WE ARE DEALING WITH A CONTAGIOUS VIRUS.

VIRUS. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE IN

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE IN FLU SEASON?

FLU SEASON? THAT IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE

THAT IS THE WAY YOU SHOULD BE ACTING NOW.

ACTING NOW. CHARLES: YOU’RE NOT SAYING IT IS

CHARLES: YOU’RE NOT SAYING IT IS THE FLU.

THE FLU. AT THIS POINT CONSIDERED FAR

AT THIS POINT CONSIDERED FAR MORE DANGEROUS.

MORE DANGEROUS. >> SAME KIND EVER PRECAUTIONS.

>> SAME KIND EVER PRECAUTIONS. >> SAME PRECAUTION.

>> SAME PRECAUTION. >> EXACTLY.

>> EXACTLY. CHARLES: THE DEATHS IN

CHARLES: THE DEATHS IN WASHINGTON STATE, MOSTLY ELDERLY

WASHINGTON STATE, MOSTLY ELDERLY FOLK.

FOLK. >> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT. ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE CLUSTER.

ALL CONCENTRATED IN ONE CLUSTER. AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE FEEL

AND, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH WE FEEL HORRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE THERE,

HORRIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE THERE, IT IS SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGING THAT

IT IS SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGING THAT IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE SPREADING

IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE SPREADING WILDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

WILDLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. CHARLES: I CAN SAY WITH

CHARLES: I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY ANOTHER THING THAT IS

CERTAINTY ANOTHER THING THAT IS ENCOURAGING YOU’RE INVOLVED IN

ENCOURAGING YOU’RE INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT.

THE PROJECT. >> WELL, THANK YOU.

>> WELL, THANK YOU. CHARLES: I REALLY APPRECIATE

CHARLES: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU. I RESPECT YOU.

I RESPECT YOU. AND I KNOW WITH YOU INVOLVED

AND I KNOW WITH YOU INVOLVED ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS

ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE WE’RE IN GREAT

OF THE TASK FORCE WE’RE IN GREAT HANDS.

HANDS. >> IT IS A DYNAMITE TEAM.

>> IT IS A DYNAMITE TEAM. A LOT OF PEOPLE I’VE KNOWN FOR

A LOT OF PEOPLE I’VE KNOWN FOR DECADES, REALLY, REALLY SMART

DECADES, REALLY, REALLY SMART PEOPLE.