hydroxychloroquine and while traveling in africa and had not become ill. he said they work so just approve them. he wanted alex azar to go around the fda. yasmin, how did that turn out? what was the rest of the conversation? what happened was secretary azar went to his general counsel at the health and human services to see if he did have the legal authority to overrule the fda. one thing that s important is hhs is actually the parent agency of fda and cdc and a number of other health agencies. alex azar was the fda commissioner s boss. so there was a meeting later that day where the president was talking about this with a number of advisers including anthony fauci, the former fda commissioner scott gottlieb, the current commissioner steve hawn and a number of others, he wanted the drug approved that day, march 18. secretary azar came into that meeting saying he checked with his general counsel. he did have the authority to
military force to end the demonstrations. wall street journal reporter michael bender describing the heated exchange in his upcoming book frankly, we did win this election. according to bender, milley privately pushed back against trump s efforts, telling trump, he was an adviser and not in kmond. command. this kautzed the former president to lash out during a situation room meeting with other officials. trump shouted at milley, i said you re an f-ing in charge. well, i m not in charge milley yelled back before saying to others in the room, god dam it, there s lawyers in the room. will someone inform him of my legal responsibilities? he replied, he s right, mr. president. the general is right. we are also getting fresh insight into the trump administration chaotic response to the pandemic in a new book out today with the former president fretting about his reelection as he berates alex azar in mid-march. testing is killing me, trump
explained. i m going to lose the election because of testing. what idiot did testing? jared? joining me on the nightmare scenario to the response to the pandemic that changed history. yasmine and damian are here with us. good to have you. it wasn t just about testing. it was a missed opportunity. in other headlines we ve been talking about the last couple of days, it was floated to bring infected americans, to get them send out of the country, the resistance to wearing masks because they looked like diapers on your face. the president, former president and his efforts to bypass the fda when it came to unproven drugs. here s what s in your book. trump had another order for azar. the fire brand said hydroxychloroquine worked as a cure against coronavirus. trump told azar, he had taken