Good afternoon everyone, as some of you know the last hour and a half long briefing with some of our nations Top Public Health experts on the state of the pandemic, we need to curb the spread of the virus and the challenges of the safe and effective vaccine once its identified. Before i turn to those issues let me say a few words about the president s comments last night. Before acknowledging the bob ward word on tape that he was fully informed with the danger related to covid19, he refused to warn their American People, again last night and a Television Town hall, the president revealed Uncertain Terms the lack of seriousness which he continues to take in this pandemic, nearly eight months after this crisis on the doorstep of 200,000 american guest, President Trump was to take resort to bully or to take action, by his own admission he continued to lie about covid19, he doubled down on the catastrophic mistakes that hes made, perhaps first of all he made clear that he still does not have a plan to recital this crisis, he even said a lot of people think that masks are not good, undercutting the most effective means that we have reducing the spread of this disease, this virus is still taken nearly a thousand lives the day, the forecast showed that those numbers are likely to climb this winter. But incredibly, donald trump insist that he would not have done anything different. Not one thing. Last friday we learned another one of the thousand americans died due to the virus and it continues to rise, the very same day that we reported 1000 deaths on friday and the very same day canada reported that not one person died of covid19 in canada. Trump would not have done anything differently, here in american preparing another day that your child cannot attend school, if youre grieving the loss of a son and daughter, a mother, father, a husband, a wife, a Small Business owner. How does it make you feel to hear the president say he would not have done anything differently, and if he gets four more years, why should we expect anything to change, all the president had to offer last night, President Trump was the same week and effectively action in the same lies that we seem from the very beginning and he will not accept any responsibility, he still will not offer a plan. Last night he repeated what he said so many times before, that even if he continues to offer only family and indifference, someday the virus is going to go away, it will go away by a miracle. It will not go away like a miracle. In fact, even if we get a vaccine will not be available for most populations and well into the 2021, we are heading into very dangerous autumn, the fact that the university of Washington Hospital in the white house has previously touted projected cases and deaths are going to spike this november and an additional 215,000 americans i say is going to die i say by november but by the first of the year between 15000 will be a dead additionally, thats more than already died, we need leadership right now to prevent that from happening, the same university the model shows, the university of washington model shows if theres universal masking, these deaths could be cut in half, we could say between now and the end of the year, 100,000 lives. Lets say were off half on all of this, 50000 lives, 150,000 dead, Donald Trumps own director of cdc told us that wearing a mask is the single most important step that we can take to curb this virus, heres her he said, he said i take a Covid Vaccine and i spoke to the experts today about additional steps we can take to prevent needless deaths and suffering between now and a universal vaccine made available, uniform National Guidelines they said, in standard and social distancing that can be applied and in particular circumstances and states and communities based on their particular circumstance, more effective approaches on testing tracing and to do these things between now and january, we can save even more lives, last night donald trump indicated he has no interest in doing these things. The president responsibly is to protect the American People and he wont. Its utterly disqualifying. I also spoke with experts is morning about the paramount importance of preparing now for swift organized and free distribution of a safe and effective covid19 vaccine when it arrives, im profoundly grateful for the scientist and the researchers working tirelessly to ensure the safety and effective vaccine becomes a reality as soon as possible. The scientist carry the hopes of our nation, our entire nation and the entire world, when the work comes to for ration and it will, there will be no doubt it will save lives, scientific breakthroughs dont care about calendars. Anymore than the virus does, they certainly dont adhere to election cycles and their timing and approval and distribution should never ever be distorted outside of considerations. It should be determined by science and safety alone. A vaccine would offer normalcy in a path of better days for all of us, not only here but around the world. It is not going to happen overnight. Once we have it its going to take months to distribute to the entire population. Im more hopeful than ever in the power of science to get us there. One thing is certain, we cannot allow politics to interfere with the vaccine and any weight, americans have had to endure President Trumps incompetence and dishonesty when it comes to testing and personal protective equipment, we cannot afford to repeat those fiascoes when it comes to a vaccine when it occurs. The stakes are too high, American Families have already suffered and sacrificed too much, let me be clear, i trust the vaccines, i trust scientist but i dont trust donald trump. At this moment the American People cannot either. Last week senator harrison i made our three questions is the administration will have to answer to ensure the American People that politics will not play a role whatsoever in the vaccine process. If donald trump cannot give answers in the administration cannot give answers to these three questions, the American People should not have confidence but if they can they should have confidence in the transparency that they need to trust the vaccine and adopted in numbers that will make a difference. First question, what criteria would be used to ensure that a vaccine meets the scientific standard of safety and effectiveness, what is the criteria. Second, if the administration greenlight the vaccine, who will validate that the decision was driven by science rather than politics, lets google scientist will not be. Thirdly how can we be sure the distribution of vaccines will take place safely, cost free and without a hint of favoritism. The fact of the matter is, all the vaccine is only part of the battle, distribute in the vaccine to the entire population that has complex and challenging and one of the most sensitive military operations, ive been calling for an effective Distribution Plan to be laid out for months, if im elected president i will begin by implementing effective Distribution Plan from the minute i take office, thats what i discussed with experts in the briefing today and they made that a clear plan, they include a detailed timetable when people would get the vaccine, priority a population to get the vaccine. A specific means and mechanism for shifting and storing vaccine at appropriate temperatures, two of those vaccines come forward have to be stored and shipped 7. The division of responsibility at every level has to be clear. I will provide the leadership necessary to carry out that pl plan, i will level with the American People, i will take responsibility and i will support rather than tear down for the days of the execution of the plan. I will simply follow the science. The satisfactory answer to these three questions that senator harrison i have laid out, every american including me and my family can have confidence in the safe and effective covid19 vaccine, this is not about politics, this is about saving lives, its about getting back to our loved ones and our friends, making sure they are safe, its about getting our economy back on its feet, getting back to the movie theaters and restaurants and ballparks, it is about getting back to our lives in getting america up off the mat. I am confident we can and will be united in that pursuit no matter when that breakthrough emerges in vaccines, no matter when that hope bears through. That is what america does best, we unite, we do it together. And im confident we will be able to. I want to thank you, god bless her scientist and researchers and our frontline workers. And may god protect our troops. Ill be happy to take some questions now if that is okay. Let me get my list here. Everybody is sitting. Okay, abc mary. Thank you mr. Vice president , you said when it comes to a vaccine, you do not trust donald trump, is there a risk with questioning the president on a vaccine could prevent people from trusting the science, from trusting the vaccine when there finally is one. No because i know he doesnt have any respective scientist, you saw what he said when he was in california about wildfires and scientists dont know and its going to go away like a miracle, is necessary so people can trust the vaccine, thats why i said you have to have the scientist and say this is why we think its a good vaccine, why its approved and has to be total transparency. Scientist outside the government know exactly what is being approved, the context to which is been approved and why its being approved, thats only thing that takes care of that. For a vaccine to be effective you need a certain amount of the population to be willing to take it, youre saying dont trust the president , trust me as im elected trust the scientist, trust the scientist, its one thing for donald trump to say the vaccine is safe, okay, then give it to the board of scientist, have total transparency so independent operators and scientist will take a while to look at it, what did you base the decision on, what did you do, did you press or the head of the fda, im not saying you would or will, but that is what has to happen, you know yourself and you know the polls better than i do American People right now dont trust what the president says about the things we made into science. Of the scientist say a vaccine under the president s watch is safe and effective you will take it. Absolutely, yes. There is two questions i laid out for the answer, yes, absolutely. Katie was cbs. Thank you mr. Vice president , a quick followup, you say you dont trust the president , does that mean you do not trust the cdc in the fda . No, i dont trust some of the people, he just took a leave of absence from the cdc he did not run it but he was a spokesperson, when i met with the seven scientist today on the screens in this room, they told me the people that they worked with with the cdc in the fda and other various agencies, there is some very, very good people there in the ranks, the everyday folks, the scientist, the people who do the daily work and very, very good people. But you know from other items, they have been squashed and things that theyve said and they have been pressured the heads of agencies politically appointed to some of them have in fact moved to say yes we can do this or that or that will worker that will work, its a simple proposition. If a vaccine is ready to go, it should be totally transparent, the basis upon which that decision was made, what scientists have looked at, within the government and outside the government and said this is a useful save vaccine to take, that is all im saying, thats going to be necessary with respect to no matter what i said in this process because all the polling shows now is Something Like 30 of American People say try says its okay, this is the same guy that said we want to keep hurricanes from getting to the united states, why do we drop a Nuclear Weapon on them, theres a reason why they are not so certain. A quick question on the economy, the feds announced that their projections for unemployment are actually going to be lower than expected, in polling we see time and again, that President Trump has an edge over you on the economy, why do you think that is. I dont think i been out of office for four years and thats a long time, four years ago, we actually created more jobs in the last three years of our administration that he created in the first four years of his administration, more equitable distribution of middleclass folks, there are fewer people at risk, but i think its a matter of being able to communicate, my position on jobs and trade and what i would do, for example the wto would batter us around and we support the wto that his policies were legal, is what we would and 14, 16 times at the wto and one everything will time, why should any american remember that. That was five, six, seven, eight years ago. Reminding people laying out for them what my plan for economic recovery is. If people have questions about the economic fallout from the pandemic now, you have said that you wouldve acted earlier, what do you say to people who might question how the Economic Impact couldve been different even if he acted earlier the social distancing and the closing would still be in place. Not necessarily you would not have the high rates of reinfection that we have now, you would not have 1000 people a day die, you would be able we need National Guidance as a basis upon which you can open up and varies within state to state, you may very well be able to open up in a rural area, not an area that is vice versa because the degree to which the virus is rampant in the area, we will say that in the end we have not laid out this administration has not laid out the criteria, no National Criteria, with the National Criteria for opening schools, they still dont have one, we need a National Criteria and we needed to ensure that we can open states securely and you can have social distancing, you can have the wearing of masks in smaller classes and teachers and a whole range of things, but why wont he lay out the guidance, even with cdc initially has stronger guidance, what happened when you talk about political manipulation, dont put those out, because the president was saying by the way testing just causes more cases to show. It is about being honest, he loves to quote churchill and he loves to quote roosevelt, roosevelt said in a crisis in world war ii itll get worse and worse and worse but that he gets better and better and better and one thing you have to tell the make and people they are strong, give it to them straight, straight from the shoulder they can handle anything. That is what i will do. Cnn. Thinks mr. Vice president , you mentioned the cdc directors comments is morning about the vaccine and about masks and how critical they are, you previously called for a mask mandate, a National Mask mandate, if you were elected, what state would you put that in place and how would that work . First of all i found it fascinating the president said biden did not put in the mask mandate, i dont know but im not the president , hes the president. Its like bidens problems, im not the president , he is the president , i would call all the governors to the white house and say because there is a question, i think it can be answered in the positive, question whether i mandate over state lines in every single state has to comp comply, the legal team thinks i can do that based upon the degree to which there is a crisis in the state and how bad things are for the country and if we dont do it what happens. But i would make the case, i would make the case why its necessary, i would have the scientist to lay out in detail why and i would go to every governor and i would go to governors relating to rebel under republican democrat governors and say we have to have this national mandate. We must do it, and a minimum what i would do i would not walk around saying masks dont matt matter, like you said at the town hall, i think it was last night i saw the tell and, you know people dont like masks, matter fact it could be worse. Dont hold need to this, i did not see this it was reported, and stephanopoulos asked why, he said reuters dont like them, come on. What would happen if a republican governor pushed back on you on this, how do you get in when its become so politicized, would you sign an executive order. The question is whether i have the Legal Authority to sign executive order, we think, we do but i cannot guarantee. If you did you would. Thank you. Thank you. Number five i have to call on my hometown. In terms of the distribution of the virus, communities of color have been greatly affected, when they get access to the virus first, how would that work in terms of distribution of americans being able to get the virus. Based on the proposal laid out by the experts i spoke to today and the National Science foundation is coordinating with the cdc and other agencies, they indicate that the first report people that should get the vaccine if and when it is available are people at the greatest risk and that includes everything from Nursing Homes to people with serious preexisting conditions that would cause people to be in real trouble, a lot of those people happen to be black and brown, it would be based upon the degree of exposure and it would go first i would argue but i have a Scientific Board laid out for me it would go first as laid out for me today to first responders, doctors and nurses, the people we are most needed to have available to deal with their crises, health as well as physical crises in our communities, that would be a first and it would move to not one thing that has not happened yet and i am not a scientist but i hope im wellinformed on this issue, there had been no test yet on children, so children ironically may be the last people