Pool Reports by Laura Figueroa, Newsday
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| April 14, 2020 11:11 |
Pool Report 1 Good Morning from your pooler, Temperature has been checked and we're good to go. Pool is gathering at 11:20 a.m. for POTUS' first event scheduled for 11:30a.m. Stay tuned for updates...11:30AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a meeting with recovered COVID-19 patients Cabinet Room Restricted In-House Pool |
| April 14, 2020 11:52 |
Pool Report 2 - Still Holding Pool initially gathered at 11:20a.m. but after a few minutes we were directed to go back to the Briefing Room to wait again. At 11:48am we were called back and temperatures checked again. Will send another update once we're in room and there's something to report. https://mcusercontent.com/c97630621baff8c44fe607661/images/9ed602b4-98bf... |
| April 14, 2020 13:58 |
Pool Report 3 - Meeting Participants Hi All... Apologies, I seem to be having technical difficulties with my work e-mail. I thought these pool reports were sent way sooner. They show up in my sent folder, but apparently they haven't been received. Trying again from a different e-mail address.... |
| April 14, 2020 13:58 |
Pool Report 3 - Meeting Participants Passing along from Deputy Press Secretary Judd Deere Today, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will meet with recovered COVID-19 patients, family members of patients, and those directly affected by COVID-19 to hear accounts of treatments, quarantines, and recoveries. The following individuals are expected to attend: The White House External Participants |
| April 14, 2020 13:59 |
Pool Report 4 - Meeting with survivors Meeting still going on, some odds and ends>> Pool ushered into cabinet room at 12pm. Survivors were seated around the table. Pence was at POTUS' side. *** Michigan State Rep. Karen Whitsett was seated to Trump's left. The Democrat has previous lauded Trump's call for Anti-Malaria drug as a treatment. Trump: “You have a beautiful presence” Whitsett said her condition “went from 0 to 100.” “I was afraid for my life.” Trump: So you thought you were going to die? Whitsett: I thought I was going to die. Trump later said he wouldn't ask who she would vote for but “I don't see her voting for Sleepy Joe Biden.” He later said he would connect her to WH physician to discuss her pre-existing Lyme Disease. *** Carl Goldman of California, Diamond Princess Cruise Survivor recounted his experience. He was joined by his wife. “It was like we were on a floating petri dish.” Trump asked the couples if he believed experience brought them together. The Whitsett and Mangans nodded in agreement. ** Darshin Patel of California said he was 34. Trump: “Did you ever think you were going to die?” Patel said he felt anxiety. “I never felt this bad before.” **Trump On Anti-Malaria pills ** Rachel: Said in her second week she felt shortness of breath. Said it took her over a month to recover and test negative. ** Trump said that participant Mark Campbell of Michigan is a former football player who knows Tom Brady. Campbell played with Brady in college in Michigan, Trump says. Trump asks how he thinks Brady will do with Tampa Bay: “I think he'll do great.” Trump continues to talk about Tom Brady's college career. Campbell said he was a tight end. Trump after noting Campbell's height: “This little bug knocked the hell out of you?” Campbell said he was driving in North Michigan, touched a gasoline pump, it's where he thinks he caught COVID-19. “When you're in the hospital...it's lonely...” Had a temp of 102.6. Went through drive through testing. “The athlete in me...it kinda worked against me here...” said he should've gone to hospital sooner instead of waiting it out at home. Trump asked if he took “the Hydroxy” Campbell said he started feeling better. Trump asked why he asked for Hydroxy Campbell said he told doctors: “I just said the malaria drug” and they prescribed treatment. ** Pence thanks survivors for sharing stories: “It truly gives hope to families” |
| April 14, 2020 12:50 |
Pool Report 5 — Meeting ends/Lunch Lid until 2pm LUNCH LID just called until 2pm Pool escorted out of meeting at 12:43pm Just before leaving Mason: “I can't advise you on that sir.” Trump in final remarks said: “What I do is going to be done in conjunction with governors.” Did not take shouted questions about Cuomo's remarks. |
| April 14, 2020 14:05 |
Pool Report 6 - Kudlow Gaggle Figueroa, LauraTue 4/14/2020 1:04 PMHi All, Larry Kudlow gaggled in the driveway while pool reporters were holding for Trump. Here is a link to C-SPAN video of his remarks. >https://www.c-span.org/video/?471212-1/larry-kudlow-regrets-coronavirus-... Larry Kudlow Comments to Reporters at the White House |
| April 14, 2020 15:34 |
Pool Report 7 — Pool called to Cabinet Room Pool Called just before 3:30pm... In the room several hospital CEOs. Will get full list... Administrator Seema Verna, Rear Adm. Polowcyzk, Jared Kushner POTUS: “Governors raised fears that people who needed ventilators would not get ventilators” Said ventilator production is up. More TK |
| April 14, 2020 15:39 |
Pool Report 8 - Healthcare Executives Meeting Participants From WH: Today, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will meet with healthcare executives and senior administration officials to discuss the Dynamic Ventilator Reserve. The following individuals are expected to attend: The White House Trump Administration External Participants |
| April 14, 2020 15:49 |
Pool Report 9 -- No questions Pool was escorted out of Cabinet Room at 3:43p.m. POTUS took no questions. He started meeting with opening remarks then called on the healthcare executives to introduce themselves. POTUS at start of meeting: "We're going to have a big discussion today having to do with costs and hospitals and obviously how it relates to the hidden enemy. I look forward to discussing our new partnership to establish the dynamic ventilator reserve." MORE TK |
| April 14, 2020 16:03 |
Pool Report 10 -- More comments from POTUS on ventilators More Comments from POTUS >> "When the virus struck our nation, governors raised fears that people who needed ventilators would not get the ventilators. ...we're preparing ventilator capacity for any and all scenarios. Initiatives like the dynamic ventilator reserve will help us to achieve that goal. We need ventilators but now we're pretty well stocked." "Under the Defense Production Act the United States will produce or require more than 32,000 ventilators by the end of Mayo, and...listen to this one, 150,000 ventilators by the end of the year. So we're going to have more ventilators by the end of the year that we've ever even thought possible." Said U.S. is receiving calls from Italy, France and Spain about ventilators. POTUS later asked Rick Pollack of the American Hospital Association about ventilators: POTUS: "We're also building a very high quality ventilator, because you have to make a decision, and I was told it makes a big difference the level of quality of ventilator, what is it? What is the difference? You find it makes a big difference? They're obviously more expensive. More detail, harder to build, but I hear they are more effective quite a bit...do you all consider that to be correct? RICK Pollack said "there's a lot of different versions of them." |
| April 14, 2020 17:25 |
Pool Report 11 — Briefing moved to 5:45pm + correction to previous pool report Just flagging POTUS' tweet that the briefing will start at 5:45pm. Reporters are already in position in the Rose Garden, where it's 53 degrees and cloudy. The organization for Chip Kahn should be the Federation of American Hospitals. Per: Sean Brown, Vice President, Communications |
| April 14, 2020 | [APP Note: Report #12 does not exist or was not received by the APP.] |
| April 14, 2020 19:35 |
Pool Report 13– Travel Photo Lid Travel photo lid called at 7:33pm. |
| April 14, 2020 21:18 |
Pool Report 14- Macron Call >From WH's Judd Deere: “Today, President Donald J. Trump spoke with President Emmanuel Macron of France. President Trump and President Macron discussed efforts to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and reopen world economies. The two leaders also discussed the upcoming teleconference with G7 Leaders, as well as critical regional and bilateral issues.”Laura Figueroa |
Donald J. Trump (1st Term), Pool Reports of April 14, 2020 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/350558