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In his new book, dr. scott gottlieb talks about how our country crumbled under the virus and why we are still under the virus today. he writes in part -- for more we welcome the aforementioned dr. scott gottlieb, a member of the board of directors at pfizer and the author of the new book "uncontrolled spread." it is due out tomorrow. we are happy to have him tonight. doctor, i am looking at the subtitle of your book, which is why covid-19 crushed us. you realize a number of the audience have a simple answer to

Federal government started off in a weak position, with plans that were ill suited to counter new coronavirus. this mismatch between the scenarios we drilled for and the reality that we face left us unprepared. poor execution turned it into a public health tragedy. for more, we earned a place to welcome the broadcasting aforementioned scott godly, that board of democrat pfizer. also the author of the important new book, uncontrolled spread, why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic. it is due out tomorrow, we are happy to have him tonight. doctor, i am looking at the subt...

Covid-19. >> reporter: pfizer now saying its vaccine is a safe and powerful tool to turn those numbers around. the fda says it hasn't gotten the data yet from pfizer, it should get it soon and then that decision will come in a matter of weeks. moderna says it is also studying the effects of its vaccine on 5 to 11 year olds and they will be submitting that data within the next few months. steph? >> stephanie, thank you. i want to dig deeper and bring in dr. scott gottlieb, a former fda commissioner under the trump administration and he sits on pfizer's board of directors. he also wrote the br...

A bunch of opinions, some twisted metal and broken glass, there always is, but at the end of the day we're going to get it done. >> congressman sean patrick maloney, you can have your phone back. now to where things stand with the pandemic. let's bring in former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. his new book "uncontrolled spread: why covid-19 crushed us and how we can defeat the next pandemic" is out next week. >> dr. gottlieb, lot of people trying to figure out whether to take that that third booster shot, curious, we're reading something different every day in the newspaper, what's your...

Challenge. the doses used in the u.s. for boosters have been bought and stockpiled by and large, so the united states is not going to part with those as a national security matter. >> in the meantime, still a lot of people in this country who need to get vaccinated. >>s a absolutely. >> dr. scott gottlieb, thanks so much. his book "uncontrolled spread" is out in just two weeks. coming up on "morning joe," how new york city is recovering this morning after yesterday's historic flooding. mayor bill de blasio will be our guest with an update. plus the latest on the battle against the many wildf...