17th 2020, like, jeez this is a new pathogen we don t have any immunity this. the answer got from cdc spokesperson time was, all new pathogens are bad. okay? they thought this was going to be a bola, or zika, or mers, they did not think it was going to be nobody thought was going to lead to something that needed this kind of response. all right dan thank you and thank you for reporting. this is all it for thursday evening, the rachel maddow show starts after this break. thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. before we start tonight i m just gonna ask you to indulge me, just for a second. i just want to say, that if you have got only one hour to spend tonight. watching the news, if you only got one block of time that you can set a sight to watch any of us cover the new station. do not watch me. tonight, you should watch, brian williams.
month before that visit that we just played you. the cdc said the only diagnostic test, and the u.s., to a network of public health laboratories across the country. and almost all of them did not work. it would be months before the u.s. had enough working test to navigate the pandemic, which in the spring of 2020, was spiraling out of control. that, failure, by the cdc is one of the most significant failures in a series of blunders by the trump administration and the response to coronavirus. even today, the cdc has never given a full explanation for how those tests got screwed up. but now, thanks exclusive reporting by buzzfeed of an internal hhs investigation. we re beginning to understand why. join now with the man who did that reporting, denver down, oh is a science reporter for buzzfeed news. his article titled the government has not to release requests from the cdc s first failed covid test, here they are. on that note, dan, let s start first with these documents are and how did y
aberdeen. batten down the hatches. the u.s., overall the weather pattern is very pleasant u.s.-wide. a few shower possibilities from denver down into dallas/ft. worth if you happen to be heading in that direction. natalie? thank you. we appreciate the rolling easter grass and easter eggs. almost makes me a little seasick. yes, the easter egg roll at our nation s capital will be monday. look forward to that. hope it s pretty there, too. you re watching cnn newsroom. ahead here, we will go onboard a ship simulator to see what it might have been like during that south korean ferry disaster. also they re always there to celebrate it with us because we re not celebrating with the one that we want. that is our family. malaysia airline staff speak out for the first time since flight 370 vanished. but their message is being tightly controlled. we ll have that for you as we push on here. [announcer] play close-good and close. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh