Brett bear reporting from Jacqui Heinrich in delaware with the biden camp. First, john roberts from the north lawn. John, what are you hearing about what were going to hear about . The Briefing Room . Good afternoon. We expect the president will field a lot of questions on the woodward book. This was sold as the normal coronavirus briefing. But the woodward book is probably going to take up the bulk of the question and answer session. The president insisting that he wasnt trying to mislead the American Public on coronavirus. He was trying to be a force of calm and avoid panic. Heres what the president said on hannity last night. What i want to show, i want to show calmness. Im the leader of the country. I cant be scaring people. I dont want to scare people. I want people not to panic. Thats what i did. If you look at the representatives of joe biden, you see what they were saying. They say no problem. This wouldnt be a problem. The house speaker, nancy pelosi, charging that people died
Lets get caught up with chief White House Correspondent john roberts. Hey, john. Good afternoon. As harris mentioned, the president in an hour from now will have a News Conference. Were told its a standardco briefing. Hes doing it early because hes headed to michigan. You cant think the president has a few things on his mind. I watched an interview with judge jeanine. The president did have all of this woodward book on his mind. Hes been pushing back against accusations that he misled the American People by playing down the threat of the virus saying he was trying to avoid a panic. Mike pence backing him up on that saying from travel bans to creating the Coronavirus Task force, to finding new sources of ppe, the president was on top of the emerging pandemic. Listen here. This president put the health of America First from day one. He also wanted to reassure the American People all along the way. Theres the sold saying from world war ii, keep calm, carry on. In her weekly News Conferenc
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