Are suing for the costs to them for Law Enforcement and medical care. Those cases are still out there. There are a lot of individual and families suing them and then theres possibilities that states will go after the sacklerres individually for crimes. Theres lot out there. The wild card out there is the bankruptcy proceeding. Last year Purdue Pharma declared bankruptcy and a court is deciding the amount owed to each creditor and each entity and to the government and this new corporation will be decided in Bankruptcy Court and its very much unknown how this will work out. Professor, we appreciate you breaking this down for us. Thank you very much. Its the top of the hour. Im Joshua Johnson here at headquarters in new york. And this is the week. Have you cast your ballot yet . Tens of thousands of us have. Our National Polling average shows the former vp is up 8 Percentage Points over the president. To be clear, thats a broad nationwide look. Mr. Biden is up 3 points in florida, almost 3 points in north carolina, almost 6 points in pennsylvania, more than 7 points in wisconsin. President donald trump appears to have a slight edge in ohio. Still, many of those are within the margins of error, so statistically, they could go either way. One statistic that leaves no doubt, the rate of new covid19 cases. It is going up and sharply. In a moment, youll meet a mayor who lost both of his parents to the disease. How is his city getting by with federal economic aid despite having one of americas largest ports . Also, well speak to white house trade adviser Peter Navarro about the nations economic plans for the pandemic and well check on our climate as deadly fires continue to burn in colorado. State and federal governments can take measures to prevent these massive wildfires from devastating the American West so why havent they . We begin this hour with coronavirus. Back in july the mayor of long beach, california lost his mother to covid19. She was a health care worker. Two weeks later covid killed his stepfather. Maybe Robert Garcia has become an outspoken critic of president Donald Trumps response to the pandemic. He was a featured key note speaker at the Democratic National convention in august and he joins us now. Mayor garcia. How are you . Im well. You said on september 29th a tweet reads listening to our president downplay this pandemic with killed both my parents is blanking infuriating. How are you doing these days . Like most people, im still upset and infuriated by the president s response. Grieving for both of my parents has been difficult but we also have a city to lead, a lot of work to do and at the same time trying to win an election. We know right now what donald trump is doing across the country is exactly against what hes out there not wearing a mask, Holding People and huge rallies together and literally making this pandemic worse everywhere we visit. We have to do a lot to turn this around to have a National Strategy and at the same time remembering all these lives weve lost. Were nearing 230,000 americans that have lost their lives due to covid19 of which two of which obviously i love very much and so we have a lot of work to do still. Tell us about them. Is there anything about your mom and step dad you think people should do . I immigrated with my mom when i was 5 years old. She worked cleaning houses like most immigrants and got a job as a health care worker. My step dad was a contractor, so really working class people. My mom was the most careful person could you ever meet as it related to covid19. She understood the dangers. If someone like my mom could get it, anyone could. And so we honor her in her life and in gregs as well and in fact, the last vote she cast was for joe biden in the primary. And i want to make sure that her legacy and others go on. We know that latinos especially are more affected by covid19. People of color are. In california, 60 of positive cases are latino while only 40 of the population. Thats a critical issue. Were getting teams out and documenting in communities and doing testing. Theres a lot more work to do. How is long beach doing . We mentioned it has one of the nations largest ports. Its been struggling economically. How is the city doing economically, particularly without federal aid . Has the port been able to kind of get back up to steam somewhat and keep the economy going or is there still a gap to be filled . Well, theres a huge need still for federal stimulus around covid19. The cities and states desperately need it. California really needs that additional support. Locally youre seeing high unemployment, people need jobs, people need direct assistance, direct support into their pocketbooks and were not seeing that coming out of congress. Thats something that i think is shameful happening at the congress an level. From a human perspective, i think people are taking care of themselves. I will give a lot of credit to our governor. In california, we are limiting community transmission, were getting people the assistance they need but what the federal government is not doing, Governor Newsom and the state is filling in and doing that work but theres still a lot more. We need that stimulus bill to pass. Im also proud were doing a lot of testing in communities that are hard to reach and get people the assistance they need locally and at the state level as well. Before i let you go, you began a study of a universal basic Income Program back in august. Compton has launched its own study. I wonder what we should take away from that, particularly that it was an issue that i think has begun to gain some tractions. A lot of fans of andrew yang were interested in his idea of universal income, but it also a sign that something is broken in our social contract. Theres a gap that should not to be filled this way. Where do you see this study going from here in long beach . Ubi and guaranteed income is the future, in my opinion. We have a program that were testing where weve got 1,700 residents in the city getting 1,000 check over three months, almost as a mini pilot. Were in the first month right now to help them bridge the rent. Were going to launch a much larger study like compton is doing. People need direct support. So i commend all the mayors that are stepping up, andrew yang and everyone working on this issue, we will launch a substantial campaign in 2021 and its something we hope will replicate across the country, our state and congress should take up as well. Im sure a place like long beach, which is a big port state, ill be interested to see how it goes in the next few months and years. Mr. Mayor, thank you very. Thank you. Since the pandemic began, weve heard a lot of promises about vaccines. We think were going to have a vaccine in the pretty near future. Vaccines are coming along far in advance of what they thought they would be and i think well have some very good news for you on vaccines. We have tremendous progress on vaccines and therapeutic. I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised with whats going on on the vaccine front. We will have 100 million vaccine doses before the end of the year. The race to approve an effective vaccine has taken a toll on public trust, especially in the middle of a heated president ial election. Only 27 of americans say they would definitely get an approved coronavirus vaccine. To ease those concerns, the fda took the unusual step of making its Advisory Group meeting on thursday open to the public. Scientific advisers debated the standards needed to ensure the vaccines safe and effectiveness. Joining me, professor of pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Good evening. Good evening. Id like to get your reaction to an exchange about the subject of vaccines. Watch. We have a vaccine thats coming, its ready, its going to be announced within weeks ands its going to be delivered. We have operation warped speed, the military is going to distribute the vaccine. Let me follow up. This is new information. You have said a vaccine is coming within weeks. Your own Officials Say it could take well into 2021 for enough americans to get vaccinated and even then they say the country will be Wearing Masks and distancing into 2022. Is your timeline realistic . I think my timeline is going to be more accurate. So, doctor, the president said its going to be announced within weeks and its going to be delivered. What do you make of the president s timeline. What would it take for the president s timeline to be true . Well, first of all, the only people who know who got the vaccine and who got the placebo in these trials are the data safety monitoring board. Donald trump is not on the data safety monitoring board so he cant possibly now howe things are really going. How long will it take . It depends on whether these vaccine trials are shown to work or not. These are big trials, the pfizer trial is a 44,000 person trial doctor, im really sorry. I beg your pardon for interrupting. You used a term that i think needs defining. What is a data safety monitoring board. What does that do . So when you do a trial, lets say youre doing a modernas trial, 15,000 people get a vaccine, 15,000 people get a placebo. There is a group of people who are academics for the most part who are looking out who get the vaccine and who got a placebo and making sure to see that someone who got the vaccine didnt have a problem. Thats the data safety monitoring board. They all know who has gotten sick and who has not. Theyre the only ones who really know whether or not these vaccines look promising or not. President donald trump cant know that because hes not on one of these boards. Let me also get your reaction to something that dr. Anthony fauci said to my colleague chuck todd yesterday on meet the press daily. Sometime in november or december most likely the end of november, the beginning of december well know that a vaccine is safe and effective and im cautiously optimistic it will be. Vaccine doses will likely start to be distributed on a priority basis, for example, to Health Care Workers and those most vulnerable could be the end of the year but if youre talking about thousands of doses, youre talking into 2021. You have to deal with the logistics of getting the vaccines in the people who are first in line and were talking about jefferson, hahnemann, temple, penn. It seems like were asking the wrong question. Very few of us are going to be in the front of this line. Well, its not just Health Care Workers. Its really any essential worker, those in mass transportation, pharmacies, grocery stores, et cetera, people in Law Enforcement. Those are all essential workers. People over 65 years of age, people with Certain Health conditions like obesity or diabetes. If you add all those groups up, it adds up to around 150 million people. At least the vaccines that initially roll out look like twodose vaccines. You have to bring these people in, identify who they are and make sure they come back a month later. One vaccine that looks the most promising has to be stored on dry ice, which to say minus 70 degrees centigrade, which weve never done before in this country. For people who have looked at this whole controversy and said i aint taking it, its too risky, everybodys saying something different, hes saying one thing, the president is saying another thing, i dont know who to trust, i aint taking it . I think you can trust the group of expert who will critically analyze the data. Theyre not associated with the government or the pharmaceutical industry. Theyll give you a clean, unvarnished appraisal of what they think of these vaccines. Normally youre not going to license a vaccine thats only been tested for four, five months. That wouldnt happen. On the other hand, 225,000 people died so theres more pressure to get it out there than typical. Thank you, doctor. Much appreciated. Thank you, joshua. It has been said has ohio goes, so goes the nation. So we are the go to ohio and hear from some folks there. And Peter Navarro will talk to us about the economy as covid19 cases continue to rise. First, richard lui has the headlines. Stories were watching for you this hour polish president duda has tested positive for covid19. He says he feels well and he apologizes for anyone hes had contact with. Poland is experiencing a surge of new covid cases and deaths. Back here at home, delta announcing more than 400 customers were added to their nofly zone lists for rear fusing to wear face coverings during the pandemic. And one lucky michigan man is 2 million richer after he meant to buy one Online Ticket but instead bought two identical tickets instead. Each ticket ended up winning 1 million each. More with Joshua Johnson after the break. And now your copilot. Still a father. But now a friend. Still an electric car. Just more electrifying. Still a night out. 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Did he warn the American People . No he didnt but hed tell you what his administration did. They gave wall street a heads up according to the new york times. He didnt tell us, but they told his wall street friends. Thats why they made so much money by, quote, selling short, because they knew it was coming, because he cares more about the stock market than he does about you. This week the Labor Department reported the jobless claims dropped to nearly their lowest level since early march, still the unemployment level is 7. 9 . A poll found the economy remains by far the top issue for voters this november. Joining us, Peter Navarro. Good evening to you. Good to see you again. How are you, sir . Im good. I want to start with vaccine policy. We heard the president s timeline in terms of when a vaccine might be available and how soon it could move. Talk about the administrations plans between now and then. I would think that the goal would be on getting ppe out this, making sure that everybody is following the precautions, making sure theres a consistent message from the white house and getting the ducks in a row to logistically move this vaccine. So what happens between now and when i get the vaccine . Thats a great question. I thought that was a thoughtful discussion you had earlier. Right here in my office on february 9th, i wrote a memo which basically described how we could get to a vaccine by the end of november or december. And what was interesting about that memo is that the first 1 big thing first big thing to do was to set up the horse race and the magic sauce in terms of getting a vaccine to the people in a third of the usual time is to have this horse race moving but at the same time do something that never was done before, which is to put in place the ability to mass produce the five vaccines under the assumption one or more of them might hit. Thats the difference in the trump effort versus everything thats followed before that. So what weve done is assiduously assure we have mass production available should we effectively hit the vaccine lottery and things are looking pretty good for the people, companies that are in this. We have the army thats presuming we do hit that lottery and i hope we do. Theres question among the public as to whether or not the process is reliable, whether were rushing toward a vaccine, whether any of the vaccines will be safe to put in our body. Let me quote the late coach john wooden, be quick but dont hurry. So were moving through the phase one, two, three trials. You start with safety and then you go to efficacy. Again, the important thing to understand is that we didnt wait. From the very beginning we were getting ready to mass produce the vaccine and thats something that the people in the scientific community, the doctors kind of handicapping this havent been able to wrap their heads and because usually its a sequential process, phase one, two, three and then move to mass production. Thats not what we did. We simultaneously did all phases at once. Lets hope for the best. Were coming at this from a fourvector attack strategy. The other thing to take death off the table if i may be extremely serious are the therapeutic. February 9th when i wrote that memo, one of the things i wrote was to move remdesivir quickly. The president was like this is serious, lets move. The remdesivir thing, we made sure we bought the 5,000 doses that were available and then another 100,000 doses and raw materials. Hold on its been approved for use. Its the first fda approved medication to treat covid19, but in addition to that, things that like mask wearing that hope close the gap between now and i hope we hit this lottery but were still waiting for 100 consistent message from the president on down about things like just mask wearing. Thats got to make it harder once the vaccine gets out. My job is to get the masks made. Let me give you some assurances there. Sitting in this office, part of this office is like Mission Control early in the pandemic. I remember getting a call right here, stand being right here at this desk from honeywell. It was on a friday about noon and they said, look, we want to make n95 respirators. Those are the cadillacs that we need for firs