7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can send us a text this morning, if you do its 202 7488003, and we ask that you provide your name and where you are from. You can catch up with us on social media, facebook or twitter. A good Tuesday Morning to you, you can go ahead and start calling in now. The latest focus on Anthony Fauci began last thursday when President Trump gave a interview to sean hannity, saying that faucher had made a lot of mistakes since the outbreak and by saturday the post and other news outlets got a document listing those mistakes from unnamed sources at the white house and by yesterday here were some of the headlines about dr. Fauci from both sides of the political spectrum. From the left, the huffington post, medical schools voice support for how she amid white house attacks. We are concerned and alarmed by the efforts to undercut the top u. S. Infectious disease expert. From the right side of the aisle, from the red state website, saying that literally thousands of doctors and scientists have come out against the lockdowns, including a nobel but nobel prizewinning biophysicists biophysicists that the media doesnt want you to know about. When asked about this issue, heres the president s response. Are you in a good place with dr. Fauci . There has been criticism of him over the last couple of days. Ive had a Good Relationship with him from the long time, since the beginning. Hes a nice person. I close the border to china, i dont always agree with him. I did the ban on china, heavily infected, we saved tens of thousands of lives and dr. Fauci will admit that it was a good decision, it was early, in january, long before it was thought of as the right thing to do. I also closed the borders to europe when italy and a couple of other countries over there, france, certainly, spain, were having a lot of problems. Lives,saved a lot of weve made a lot of good decisions. I get along with him well. I like him personally. Please. Host President Trump yesterday at the white house, that list of supposedly stakes that were made since the beginning of coronavirus. Also the focus of questions yesterday, the list described by some as a form of Opposition Research dump against Anthony Fauci. The White House Press secretary was asked about it at her press briefing. [video clip] house is the white sending out Opposition Research like memos to reporters . The president has gone off on Anonymous Sources in the past. Why not have the guts to trash and with your own names . Refersident trump, i will you back it, there is no Opposition Research being dumped to reporters. We were asked a specific question where President Trump noted that dr. Fauci made mistakes and we provided direct answers to a wrecked question. The president , has he made mistakes . He suggested at one point that americans inject themselves with disinfectants. Why not send out these notes to reporters with your names on it . It was sent out by a white house official that the president said he doesnt trust, these Anonymous Sources, yet you send these out anonymously. I would note that in terms of the president and his record on coronavirus, he stands by the actions and steps he has taken in this historic response. You have dr. Fauci who set the record of the president is impressive and said that he cant imagine under any circumstance that anyone could be doing more and those are the words of dr. Fauci. We provided a direct response to direct questions. To the notion that there is Opposition Research, that couldnt be further from the truth. Dr. Fauci and the president have always had a good working relationship. On anthonyfocus fauci yesterday came up in the new york gubernatorial briefing yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo was asked about what has been happening with Anthony Fauci and his relationship with the president. This is what andrew cuomo said. [video clip] and now the president is attacking science. What a surprise. No surprise. Hes been attacking science from day one. The denial of reality was to deny science. And hes done that from day one. , scienced of the day trumps politics. Politics does not trump science. Withont defeat a virus politics. By usingt a virus science and medicine. That was true from day one. Att Governor Andrew Cuomo his Coronavirus Press briefing yesterday. A couple of notes on Anthony Fauci, he was back at the white house yesterday, this being reported by the New York Times, with a meeting with mark meadows. Did not meet with the president according to that reporting from the New York Times co. Anthony fauci will be taking part in a discussion today at georgetown university. 4 00 p. M. Is when that is expected to start. We will be airing it live on cspan two, cspan. Org, and you can of course listen to it on the free cspan radio app. We are asking you this morning about your view of Anthony Fauci. Do you trust him . 202 7488000 four democrats, for 7488001 republicans. Ndependents, 202 7488002 rashida, good morning. E, hesi admire faucher sincere but he has to tread carefully because he doesnt want to be removed by trump. I think there is pressure there on him in the wrong duroc wrong direction. For example, the World Health Organization just in the last few days admits that this virus is airborne. Its not just in droplets when you sneeze or cough that you can get it from other people. Its airborne. Its a microscopic organism living that you can see under an electron microscope. It can attach itself to dust that comes to us from outer space and also the heavier host on what you originally talked about, removal of Anthony Fauci, do you think we are going in that direction . Caller no, i dont think we will, but i think he has failed us by not telling us that the virus stays on your clothes, your shoes, your hair, and on surfaces. The cdc revised their original. Wash surfaces all the time. In your house through the air for one thing, wash her hands all the time. The virus is ever present. From thats rashida brooklyn, new york. More on potential removal, not exactly an easy process. President trump could formally remove him from the Coronavirus Task force, but it would be a relatively meaningless step because the it no longer serves as the nerve center a Pandemic Response in the Trump Administration that has pushed governors to take more responsibility and as the director of the new yorkm times story about this relationship. The headline on that story, open drifting further apart, faucher she and trump seem stuck with each other. Amy, democratic line, georgia. Good morning. Caller first of all, i turned on cspan like i always do this morning and i saw this question and i find it astounding. Served fauci has honestly and professionally six american administrations. He has served the American People honorably in all of those cases. Donald trump is the problem here. Hes the failure. Hes a failed businessman. Hes a failure as a father and a husband. A failure as the president. And hes a failure as a human being. They are not even on the same planet. Im a High School English teacher. My colleagues and i are talking about not just how we are going to do school this year, but about our wills and letting people know what we want to happen to us if we do end up in the hospital. This is because this administration led by this failure of a human being, donald trump, ignore this pandemic. This is not Anthony Faucis problem, not his responsibility. He has done his job, doing his job. Trump is the failure, he has let us down and people are dead because of this. I am so angry i can barely get my words out. Thank you for letting me have my chance to speak. Thank you, good morning. Christopher, maine, republican line, good morning. Caller yes, how are you doing today . Host doing well. Caller i think dr. Fauci is a nice man and i dont trust him too much. I think he means well, but i think the anger is misdirected. Instead of the anger being at President Trump, dr. Fauci, i think it should be at china. They are the ones that started the whole mess and i think it was intentional. Host can i go back to your first statement, why dont you trust Anthony Fauci . Caller because the poor guy is just trying to do the right thing. First they say dont wear. Any doctor knows that if you wear any face covering, it helps you any time. If they had done this, they should have said right off, to heck with these masks, but where a face covering, bandana. If they had done that, i would have believed him more but i go back to the original point. I think the anger should be at china. This china virus was put upon us on purpose. And dr. Fauci, you cant really blame him, hes trying his best, but i dont trust, i dont trust china and i dont trust some of the big names in politics. They wont tell us the real truth of whats happening here. In maine onopher mask wearing, the guidance was apparently on that unsourced from white house officials that the Washington Post and other news outlets received as one of the reasons, one of the missteps that was pointed to in that document. Dr. Anthony fauci was asked about the guidance he gave on mask wearing at a recent congressional house hearing by congressman David Mckinley of west virginia, the republican congressman having a bit of a Tense Exchange during the hearing. Here is part of the hearing. [video clip] you said as late, and ive got the nurse newspaper article here, as late as march 31 that there was no consensus on Wearing Masks and the president , as you know, relies on your expertise. Do you now regret not advising people more forcefully to wear masks earlier . Going to play that game. Let me explain to you what happened back then. Should be a yes or no. No, its more than yes or no by the tone of your question. I dont regret that, let me ask mind to you what happened. At that time there was a paucity of equipment that our Health Care Providers needed, who put themselves daily in harms way of taking care of people who are ill. We did not want to divert masks and ppe away from them to be used by the people. Now that we have enough, we recommend ive got two more questions, so thank you for that. Month at fauci last the house hearing. Taking your calls on dr. Fauci this morning. Your thoughts about how he is doing in the Coronavirus Task force and whether you trust him. 202 7488000 is the number four democrats. 202 7488001 is for republicans. Ndependents, 202 7488002 hersey, democrat out of l. A. , thanks for getting up early. , dr. Faucid morning is a scientist dealing with a moving target spiking at different times, so he has to adjust accordingly. Trump has been trying to undermine the very symptoms system. He has undermined the service that should be able to take care of this problem. Trump is functioning as if he is hisl on television with associates, dealing with them when they dont agree with them. Now she must deal with a moving target and adjust accordingly. Thank you. Cincinnati. Out of democrat, good morning. Caller yes, thank you. I support dr. Fauci and it is typical that trump doesnt like anybody that does not agree with him. Thats the typical thing right there. The things that trump has done is mislead this country, telling you to go back to work, we have no plan, nothing to resolve this issue. Trump is trying to promote thegs without following science. Science will tell you how to handle this. Trump thinks that he knows more than faucher, thinks he knows more than the scientists. Its hard for people to believe in him and those that do believe in him have a very misguided concept of how to carry themselves. Listen to a scientist. Overannot play politics scientists. Scientists trump politics. Simple as that. Thank you. Democrats there, expressing support for dr. Anthony fauci. Heres a poll that breaks it down by political affiliation. The question that was asked in that Siena CollegeNew York Times poll, asking voters whether they trust each source for Accurate Information about coronavirus. When it comes to medical scientists, democrats 90 trusting medical scientists, republicans 75 , independents, 86 . Specifically asked about whether they trust dr. Anthony fauci, 81 of democrats say they trust them. Just 51 of republicans say they trust him. 61 say they trust him for Accurate Information about the coronavirus. The news media polled, 50 of democrats saying they trust in the news media for act Accurate Information about coronavirus. Just 7 of republicans. President , just 4 of democrats saying they trust the president for Accurate Information about the coronavirus. 66 of republicans say they do. Poll, a New York TimesSiena College poll from last month. Jim, new orleans, independent. What do you think about Anthony Fauci . I sincerely believe that tony fauci he has been the only credible voice coming out of washington from the very beginning of this coronavirus pandemic episode or disaster, as it were. The leadership provided by donald trump and his cabinet and all of his supporters has been politicized to the extent that it is actually contradicting common sense science. Listened too have tony fauci earlier on, we might have been able to mitigate some of the problems we are seeing today. Whats really frightening to me as a career scientist myself is that we are not doing the things we need to do to get back on track to try to slow things down. Its going to get a lot worse. And of course, some of the people in the republican camp think that it is a deliberate plan by the opposition, but viruses dont have political plans. Sometimes they seem to be smarter than we are. Right now i would still believe that tony fauci is the only credible voice and donald trump tried to mute that voice to the extent that he possibly can. Credible say the only voice, how do you feel about dr. Deborah birx or dr. Robert redfield, who we have seen a lot, director of the cdc, also very much involved in this effort with tony fauci. Caller redfield has been accurate once in a while, but he understands that he has been appointed by the president and tries to walk a very thin line between pleasing the president and being objective and i dont think hes done a very good job of that. Deborah birx, in the scientific community, is called dr. Dont answer the question because i have never seen her answer a question directly. She always gives whatever the trump, whatever she thinks the trump spin line requires. She has lost her credibility. As i say, tony fauci is the only one who i believe is a truly credible voice and to the extent possible, the trump people are trying to mute it. More from dr. Anthony fauci, a recent 500 and 38 podcast, this is what he had to say. [video clip] do you think the hyperpartisan environment has made it more difficult to suppress the virus . Bikes i think you would have to admit that that is the case. Having you have to be blindfolds on and covering your ears to think that we dont live in a very divisive society now from a political standpoint. I mean, its just unfortunate, but it is what it is. And you know from experience, historically, when you dont have unanimity in an approach to something, you are not as effective in how you handle it. So, you would have to make the assumption that if there wasnt such divisiveness that we would have a more coordinated approach. We are talking about dr. Fauci this morning. Do you trust dr. Anthony fauci when it comes to the Coronavirus Response and information about the coronavirus . Stephen out of connecticut, republican. What do you think . Caller dr. Fauci was a complete failure. He did not show any leadership. The problem with our society in america is that the doctors in every state have their own mindset on how to serve this virus. And faucher she dances around and never took charge. Never took charge of the entire United States. Never told people how dangerous this terrible virus is. Faucher she is just a failure. He needs to leave office, he needs to retire. His credibility is terrible. Reach out to us. Thailand and taiwan, one country has 58 deaths, 59 deaths, thailand, which ive been to, and taiwan has about 200 deaths. They have reached out to us to show us the procedures. Well, faucher never took any respect to those countries and never relayed it to the other doctors on how to proceed in serving this virus. Host who has shown leadership . Wants to blamedy donald trump and President Trump has done a great job on one thing, running the nation in reference to economies and strength and we are respected all over the world. But when it came to this he allowed these doctors to take charge and the problem is, faucher she is supposed to be the leader of the entire United States doctorate. The uniteddoctors in states do their own procedure. Each one in each state has their own ego and thats a terrible thing. 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