1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:09,107 all right . Good morning , everybody . 3 00:00:09,107 --> 00:00:11,329 Thanks for being here today . And thank 4 00:00:11,329 --> 00:00:13,496 you . For those of you who are calling 5 00:00:13,496 --> 00:00:16,210 in over the phone from , ah , from home . 6 00:00:16,210 --> 00:00:18,710 Or , uh , whatever your quarantine 7 00:00:18,710 --> 00:00:20,980 location is , I want to start by giving 8 00:00:20,980 --> 00:00:22,924 just a brief update on some of our 9 00:00:22,924 --> 00:00:24,869 latest , uh , efforts in the fight 10 00:00:24,869 --> 00:00:27,260 against Cove in 19 . As you know , we 11 00:00:27,260 --> 00:00:29,340 saw personnel currently deployed in 12 00:00:29,340 --> 00:00:31,510 hospitals in New York City , Detroit , 13 00:00:31,510 --> 00:00:33,510 New Orleans , Los Angeles and other 14 00:00:33,510 --> 00:00:35,677 cities . After more than three weeks , 15 00:00:35,677 --> 00:00:37,788 the USNS Comfort will be leaving York 16 00:00:37,788 --> 00:00:39,621 City . Although I do not have an 17 00:00:39,621 --> 00:00:41,954 updated date of departure for you today , 18 00:00:42,150 --> 00:00:44,317 this is a sure sign of modest progress 19 00:00:44,317 --> 00:00:46,539 in mitigating the virus in the nation's 20 00:00:46,539 --> 00:00:48,817 hardest hit city and is a welcome sign . 21 00:00:48,817 --> 00:00:50,650 While in New York City and other 22 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:52,706 locations , local officials indicate 23 00:00:52,706 --> 00:00:52,580 that the rate of infections and 24 00:00:52,580 --> 00:00:54,636 hospitalizations is declining . Were 25 00:00:54,636 --> 00:00:56,858 aware that there are other cities where 26 00:00:56,858 --> 00:00:58,802 that is not the case . Therefore , 27 00:00:58,802 --> 00:01:00,802 North com is still taking action to 28 00:01:00,802 --> 00:01:02,691 ensure that D o D . Personnel and 29 00:01:02,691 --> 00:01:04,747 resources are deployed in the proper 30 00:01:04,747 --> 00:01:06,858 locations to do the most good . As of 31 00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:08,858 this today we have more than 60,000 32 00:01:08,858 --> 00:01:10,636 personnel deployed nationwide , 33 00:01:10,636 --> 00:01:12,858 including 4400 medical professionals on 34 00:01:12,858 --> 00:01:14,969 the frontlines . Although we're still 35 00:01:14,969 --> 00:01:16,858 in the front lines of the current 36 00:01:16,858 --> 00:01:19,080 Corona virus fight , we're also looking 37 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:20,858 into the future . Your military 38 00:01:20,858 --> 00:01:22,969 continues to train , sale , fight and 39 00:01:22,969 --> 00:01:25,024 fly around the globe . But like many 40 00:01:25,024 --> 00:01:27,080 Americans were eager to fully resume 41 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:29,302 normal operations and are putting plans 42 00:01:29,302 --> 00:01:31,524 in place for that transition . To reach 43 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:33,691 that normal operational status will be 44 00:01:33,691 --> 00:01:35,802 evaluating many different areas . One 45 00:01:35,802 --> 00:01:37,913 is training , which you've heard Ah , 46 00:01:37,913 --> 00:01:39,969 good bit about the last week or so . 47 00:01:39,969 --> 00:01:42,136 How are we protecting our trainees and 48 00:01:42,136 --> 00:01:41,890 how are we keeping the pipeline full ? 49 00:01:41,900 --> 00:01:44,011 So we're continuing to look at that , 50 00:01:44,011 --> 00:01:46,270 continuing to adopt ah , and adapt so 51 00:01:46,270 --> 00:01:48,670 that we can pursue full training 52 00:01:48,860 --> 00:01:51,550 classes in the future . Uh , secondly , 53 00:01:51,550 --> 00:01:53,494 we're looking at the stop movement 54 00:01:53,494 --> 00:01:55,470 order and when that will be lifted 55 00:01:56,190 --> 00:01:58,730 right now , it has been extended until 56 00:01:58,740 --> 00:02:02,160 June 30th . But once it is lifted in 57 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,216 the secretaries of reevaluating that 58 00:02:04,216 --> 00:02:06,216 every 15 days , how are we going to 59 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:08,770 deal with the backlog of individuals 60 00:02:08,770 --> 00:02:11,050 that need to move throughout the world ? 61 00:02:11,390 --> 00:02:13,600 It's a complex issue . Trance comes , 62 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,489 has has the lead on it . But it's 63 00:02:15,489 --> 00:02:17,489 something we're looking up with our 64 00:02:17,489 --> 00:02:19,930 strategic forces , looking at how we're 65 00:02:19,930 --> 00:02:22,208 gonna continue to protect those forces . 66 00:02:22,208 --> 00:02:24,152 I think we've seen some some great 67 00:02:24,152 --> 00:02:26,319 leadership from Stratcom on this topic 68 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:28,430 of keeping those forces protected and 69 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:30,597 able to operate . But we're gonna take 70 00:02:30,597 --> 00:02:32,652 lessons learned from this and how we 71 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:34,708 operate those forces going forward . 72 00:02:34,708 --> 00:02:36,819 You heard a lot about testing . We're 73 00:02:36,819 --> 00:02:38,708 continuing to develop our testing 74 00:02:38,708 --> 00:02:41,290 capabilities on pursue lab trials , and 75 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:43,640 clinical vaccines were going to be 76 00:02:43,640 --> 00:02:45,650 doing that for months and months . 77 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,220 Going forward as we ensure that we have 78 00:02:48,220 --> 00:02:50,331 the capability , we have the capacity 79 00:02:50,331 --> 00:02:53,050 and the stockpiles needed for testing 80 00:02:53,060 --> 00:02:56,760 our forces . Next , Ellen Lord is 81 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:58,816 taking a hard look at our industrial 82 00:02:58,816 --> 00:03:00,940 base . So we're taking a look at how 83 00:03:01,390 --> 00:03:03,446 those industrial based companies how 84 00:03:03,446 --> 00:03:06,990 their suppliers or operating how to 85 00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:09,340 ensure that in any type of pandemic or 86 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:12,910 any type of crisis , global prices are 87 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,060 vendors or contractors . Our suppliers 88 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:18,220 are still able to provide equipment , 89 00:03:18,230 --> 00:03:20,286 and it's Secondly , we're looking at 90 00:03:20,286 --> 00:03:22,452 how do we help our vendors for some of 91 00:03:22,452 --> 00:03:24,563 these crucial pandemic products ? PPE 92 00:03:24,563 --> 00:03:27,020 how they're able to develop their 93 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:29,242 capacity and grow that capacity and how 94 00:03:29,242 --> 00:03:31,720 we can help them with that , um as I 95 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:33,887 mentioned our stockpiles we're looking 96 00:03:33,887 --> 00:03:36,053 at what are stockpiles need to be ? So 97 00:03:36,053 --> 00:03:38,164 we've we came into this crisis with a 98 00:03:38,164 --> 00:03:40,750 ah healthy defense pandemic stockpile 99 00:03:40,750 --> 00:03:43,040 in place . We've used Ah good deal of 100 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,151 that in giving part of that stockpile 101 00:03:45,151 --> 00:03:47,820 to HHS and FEMA to pass on to the 102 00:03:47,820 --> 00:03:50,042 states that needed 20 million masks and 103 00:03:50,042 --> 00:03:51,876 additional PPE ventilators we're 104 00:03:51,876 --> 00:03:54,098 looking at What do we need to do to not 105 00:03:54,098 --> 00:03:56,209 only rebuild that stockpile toe where 106 00:03:56,209 --> 00:03:58,431 we have sufficient supplies for our own 107 00:03:58,431 --> 00:04:01,070 use , but where are stockpiled needs to 108 00:04:01,070 --> 00:04:03,330 be for a future pandemic or future 109 00:04:03,330 --> 00:04:05,552 crisis for the department on , and then 110 00:04:05,552 --> 00:04:07,608 additionally , just ensuring that we 111 00:04:07,608 --> 00:04:09,441 have the capability and that our 112 00:04:09,441 --> 00:04:11,608 vendors and suppliers can provide that 113 00:04:11,608 --> 00:04:13,497 and then last . But we're looking 114 00:04:13,497 --> 00:04:15,719 allies and partners . So what we can do 115 00:04:15,719 --> 00:04:15,140 to be helping our allies and partners 116 00:04:15,140 --> 00:04:17,140 around the world is there . They're 117 00:04:17,140 --> 00:04:19,251 dealing with this crisis and is as we 118 00:04:19,251 --> 00:04:21,362 ah ramp up , our production of PP was 119 00:04:21,362 --> 00:04:24,090 We ramp up our ability to assist How 120 00:04:24,090 --> 00:04:26,560 can we be the be the best partner 121 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:28,449 weaken be for allies and partners 122 00:04:28,449 --> 00:04:31,120 around the world . So next I know , I 123 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,780 know everyone last . So , um , later 124 00:04:33,780 --> 00:04:35,947 today , Secretary Esper will meet with 125 00:04:35,947 --> 00:04:38,169 the chief of naval operations at McGill 126 00:04:38,169 --> 00:04:40,336 Day to discuss the results of the vice 127 00:04:40,336 --> 00:04:42,280 chief of Naval Operation , Admiral 128 00:04:42,280 --> 00:04:44,002 Berks . Investigation into the 129 00:04:44,002 --> 00:04:46,224 circumstances surrounding the cove . It 130 00:04:46,224 --> 00:04:48,447 outbreak on a Teddy Roosevelt . I spoke 131 00:04:48,447 --> 00:04:50,613 to Secretary about this yesterday . In 132 00:04:50,613 --> 00:04:52,724 this position remains the same . He's 133 00:04:52,724 --> 00:04:54,947 going into this with an open mind . And 134 00:04:54,947 --> 00:04:57,113 he is , ah , generally inclined toe to 135 00:04:57,113 --> 00:04:59,390 support Navy leadership in their 136 00:04:59,390 --> 00:05:01,700 decisions . But he will go into with an 137 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:04,080 open mind on , and we will . Once he's 138 00:05:04,090 --> 00:05:06,257 briefed , we will see where that takes 139 00:05:06,257 --> 00:05:08,368 us . I expect that after the briefing 140 00:05:08,368 --> 00:05:10,590 takes place that we will be able to get 141 00:05:10,590 --> 00:05:12,479 you guys an update on on what the 142 00:05:12,479 --> 00:05:14,646 investigation's conclusions were . But 143 00:05:14,646 --> 00:05:16,812 right now we are focused . Continue to 144 00:05:16,812 --> 00:05:19,380 be focused on getting the TR crew back 145 00:05:19,380 --> 00:05:21,602 to good health and back out to sea . So 146 00:05:21,602 --> 00:05:23,602 with that , I will take questions . 147 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,142 We'll start here . Start on the phone . 148 00:05:26,142 --> 00:05:29,280 I think we got Bob . Yes , thank you . 149 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,450 Good morning . Bob Burns here on that 150 00:05:33,070 --> 00:05:35,181 meeting between Secretary esperan had 151 00:05:35,181 --> 00:05:37,450 Mogil day . Did you say Did he say it's 152 00:05:37,500 --> 00:05:40,610 this afternoon and also he mentioned 153 00:05:40,610 --> 00:05:43,470 the comfort leaving New York . Is it 154 00:05:43,470 --> 00:05:46,340 going to return to Norfolk ? Was going 155 00:05:46,340 --> 00:05:48,530 to do another Corona virus related 156 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:51,540 mission . So ah , on the meeting right 157 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:53,762 now , I think I said it's later today . 158 00:05:53,762 --> 00:05:56,096 I don't I don't have ah , time to share , 159 00:05:56,096 --> 00:05:58,320 but it will be later today . Um so 160 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,530 assumes that concludes . And I have 161 00:06:00,530 --> 00:06:02,930 some guidance from from sectarian from 162 00:06:02,930 --> 00:06:05,152 the navy . We will try to get some more 163 00:06:05,152 --> 00:06:08,430 information on the on the comfort we Ah , 164 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,384 we expect the comfort will will be 165 00:06:10,384 --> 00:06:13,610 heading back to ah Norfolk , where it 166 00:06:13,610 --> 00:06:16,820 will go through kind of the normal post 167 00:06:16,830 --> 00:06:20,470 deployment , um , cycle where we will 168 00:06:20,470 --> 00:06:23,720 restock it . It will be , ah , just 169 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,831 prepared for the next deployment . We 170 00:06:25,831 --> 00:06:28,640 have said from the start , when General 171 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,696 Friedrichs that I were up here , you 172 00:06:30,696 --> 00:06:32,918 know , it seems like months ago talking 173 00:06:32,918 --> 00:06:35,140 about this and with the comfort and the 174 00:06:35,140 --> 00:06:37,362 mercy both we wanted to be very careful 175 00:06:37,362 --> 00:06:39,362 with our deployment of those assets 176 00:06:39,362 --> 00:06:41,473 because we wanted to ensure that they 177 00:06:41,473 --> 00:06:41,210 are mobile . They can be used somewhere 178 00:06:41,210 --> 00:06:43,550 else . So our goal all along has been 179 00:06:43,550 --> 00:06:46,860 to use them in New York as needed . And 180 00:06:46,860 --> 00:06:49,270 then when the need no longer exists to 181 00:06:49,270 --> 00:06:51,103 prepare them to move to the next 182 00:06:51,103 --> 00:06:53,470 location will be looking to FEMA toe 183 00:06:53,470 --> 00:06:55,637 identify where that next location is . 184 00:06:55,940 --> 00:06:58,770 They are the federal government's lead 185 00:06:58,770 --> 00:07:00,881 on this . And so they're the ones who 186 00:07:00,881 --> 00:07:02,826 will be tasking us with where they 187 00:07:02,826 --> 00:07:04,937 believe a 1000 bed hospital ship with 188 00:07:04,937 --> 00:07:07,010 over 1000 medical providers is most 189 00:07:07,010 --> 00:07:10,620 needed , Uh , on the east , east coast 190 00:07:10,620 --> 00:07:12,810 or our Gulf coast . So it will be 191 00:07:12,810 --> 00:07:14,866 looking to them for that . But we'll 192 00:07:14,866 --> 00:07:17,088 have an update on the timing of that in 193 00:07:17,088 --> 00:07:19,180 the coming days . All right , just a 194 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:21,960 quick follow this you it is returning 195 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,071 to know , But it also was going to do 196 00:07:24,071 --> 00:07:26,210 another mission . We're gonna look to 197 00:07:26,210 --> 00:07:28,321 female net . We're going to return it 198 00:07:28,321 --> 00:07:30,432 to Norfolk and prepare it for another 199 00:07:30,432 --> 00:07:32,710 mission . But that will be FEMA's call . 200 00:07:32,710 --> 00:07:34,877 So , uh , you know , one of the one of 201 00:07:34,877 --> 00:07:36,710 the great benefits of the of the 202 00:07:36,710 --> 00:07:38,940 comfort is that it is it is at sea and 203 00:07:38,940 --> 00:07:41,051 that its mobile and we can take it to 204 00:07:41,051 --> 00:07:43,520 ah , Port city . Ah , and set up shop . 205 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,280 One of the drawbacks is that it's it 206 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,990 needs to be on the water so that limits 207 00:07:48,990 --> 00:07:50,990 the number of cities that it can be 208 00:07:50,990 --> 00:07:53,680 deployed to . Um , so if there's ah , 209 00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:56,072 if there's an outbreak in Kansas City , 210 00:07:56,072 --> 00:07:58,239 probably not going to Kansas City , so 211 00:07:58,239 --> 00:08:00,840 but , well , so we'll look to FEMA as 212 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,896 to where where it's gonna go and for 213 00:08:02,896 --> 00:08:05,007 guidance on whether that that there's 214 00:08:05,007 --> 00:08:07,173 that demand signal for us to send it . 215 00:08:07,173 --> 00:08:09,396 Because if we look back toe the comfort 216 00:08:09,396 --> 00:08:11,562 in the mercy , there was a very strong 217 00:08:11,562 --> 00:08:13,618 demand signal from the governors and 218 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:13,320 mayors about having those assets be 219 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,740 deployed . And then as we saw them 220 00:08:15,740 --> 00:08:17,684 deployed , you saw the use of them 221 00:08:17,684 --> 00:08:21,370 change from initial trauma hospital to 222 00:08:21,370 --> 00:08:24,130 help take the weight off of the local 223 00:08:24,130 --> 00:08:27,580 hospitals to a a , uh , low 224 00:08:27,580 --> 00:08:30,880 acuity cove it hospital to basically 225 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,030 the frontline hospital for covert 226 00:08:33,030 --> 00:08:34,863 patients for one of the from the 227 00:08:34,863 --> 00:08:36,530 hospital recovered patients . 228 00:08:36,530 --> 00:08:38,586 Fortunately , we saw that the demand 229 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:40,586 overtime diminished , and therefore 230 00:08:40,586 --> 00:08:42,752 we're able to see the governor and the 231 00:08:42,752 --> 00:08:42,430 mayor have indicated that they no 232 00:08:42,430 --> 00:08:44,374 longer believe that they need that 233 00:08:44,374 --> 00:08:46,152 resource . We appreciate them . 234 00:08:46,152 --> 00:08:48,263 Returning it to you are stockpiles so 235 00:08:48,263 --> 00:08:48,080 that we can we can look to use it 236 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:49,910 elsewhere . All right , 237 00:08:52,150 --> 00:08:54,206 you guys start to test more and more 238 00:08:54,206 --> 00:08:56,261 troops who are asymptomatic , who is 239 00:08:56,261 --> 00:08:58,428 going to be tracking that at the point 240 00:08:58,428 --> 00:08:58,290 of the test ? And how are you gonna 241 00:08:58,290 --> 00:09:00,512 release that information ? So we have a 242 00:09:00,512 --> 00:09:02,568 better view of who's symptomatic and 243 00:09:02,568 --> 00:09:04,734 who's not symptomatic in these numbers 244 00:09:04,734 --> 00:09:06,790 we're getting . So that's gonna be a 245 00:09:06,790 --> 00:09:08,846 DHS is started . D h A is gonna have 246 00:09:08,846 --> 00:09:10,901 the lead on on our testing efforts . 247 00:09:10,901 --> 00:09:12,846 And so we've been building out the 248 00:09:12,846 --> 00:09:14,734 program . They'll be working with 249 00:09:14,734 --> 00:09:17,480 services , obviously , Aziz the owners 250 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,120 for some of the military personnel and 251 00:09:20,130 --> 00:09:22,241 tracking that that information and so 252 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:25,220 part of this is , is learning about who 253 00:09:25,220 --> 00:09:27,387 has the virus so that we can obviously 254 00:09:27,387 --> 00:09:29,498 protect the force . And part of it is 255 00:09:29,498 --> 00:09:31,664 taking efforts toe conduct science and 256 00:09:31,664 --> 00:09:33,942 learn more about the virus itself . So , 257 00:09:33,942 --> 00:09:36,053 Secretary , set up here before , uh , 258 00:09:36,053 --> 00:09:38,220 what we've learned from the TR is very 259 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:40,276 informative , the number of the high 260 00:09:40,276 --> 00:09:42,331 number of asymptomatic cases on , So 261 00:09:42,331 --> 00:09:44,331 we'll continue to see that as we go 262 00:09:44,331 --> 00:09:44,090 forward . But the goal right now on our 263 00:09:44,090 --> 00:09:46,090 testing is we want to get that this 264 00:09:46,090 --> 00:09:48,312 tier one obviously tears here of people 265 00:09:48,312 --> 00:09:50,534 who show symptoms . People who may have 266 00:09:50,534 --> 00:09:52,757 been exposed . We're gonna test them as 267 00:09:52,757 --> 00:09:54,979 quickly as you can . But we want to get 268 00:09:54,979 --> 00:09:54,530 to a place where we contest are a tier 269 00:09:54,530 --> 00:09:56,586 one , Tier two and tier three assets 270 00:09:56,586 --> 00:09:58,641 that those were the strategic ones . 271 00:09:58,641 --> 00:10:00,840 Those are are are are engaged forces 272 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:02,784 overseas and then or four deployed 273 00:10:02,784 --> 00:10:04,784 forces on , then working to a place 274 00:10:04,784 --> 00:10:07,007 where we have enough testing capability 275 00:10:07,007 --> 00:10:09,340 to test the rest of the force as needed . 276 00:10:09,340 --> 00:10:11,507 Did you plan to release that spread of 277 00:10:11,507 --> 00:10:11,300 asymptomatic versus symptomatic ? So we 278 00:10:11,300 --> 00:10:13,133 kind of know what ? We're really 279 00:10:13,133 --> 00:10:15,189 looking out with numbers . I don't I 280 00:10:15,189 --> 00:10:15,030 don't think there would be . There's , 281 00:10:15,030 --> 00:10:17,086 ah , I haven't seen any conversation 282 00:10:17,086 --> 00:10:19,197 about that . I have . But on the flip 283 00:10:19,197 --> 00:10:21,363 side , I haven't seen any conversation 284 00:10:21,363 --> 00:10:20,880 about not releasing that . I believe 285 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,880 that that would be information that 286 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,880 we've been cooperating very closely 287 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:26,991 with state , local and federal health 288 00:10:26,991 --> 00:10:29,158 officials on information that we clean 289 00:10:29,158 --> 00:10:31,620 from our testing that efforts Aziz the 290 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:33,852 whole whole of government effort and in 291 00:10:33,852 --> 00:10:36,710 ah show of transparency in an effort to , 292 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,110 uh , get to a solution for this The 293 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,231 same type of transparency were asking 294 00:10:41,231 --> 00:10:43,231 for other countries and other other 295 00:10:43,231 --> 00:10:45,231 governments were taking the lead on 296 00:10:45,231 --> 00:10:47,342 that . And so I expect we'll continue 297 00:10:47,342 --> 00:10:49,620 to do so . Okay . All right , We'll go . 298 00:10:49,620 --> 00:10:51,398 Go back to the phones . Larra . 299 00:10:51,398 --> 00:10:51,100 Siegelman , 300 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,570 Stage on sending . Figuring this , I'm 301 00:10:57,570 --> 00:10:59,626 just wondering if there's anything , 302 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,090 uh , at the U . S s . Kidd has a 303 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:06,470 significant outbreak on board . Um , 304 00:11:06,530 --> 00:11:10,020 how Maney sailors have it . When was 305 00:11:10,030 --> 00:11:12,620 this outbreak for known , And at what 306 00:11:12,620 --> 00:11:14,731 point does it help to return to shore 307 00:11:14,731 --> 00:11:17,950 toe ? Close it , sailors . So , uh , I 308 00:11:17,950 --> 00:11:19,894 think the Navy will have some more 309 00:11:19,894 --> 00:11:22,180 information on this later today . I 310 00:11:22,190 --> 00:11:24,023 think they're going through some 311 00:11:24,023 --> 00:11:26,190 notification procedures right now with 312 00:11:26,190 --> 00:11:28,440 with the Hill and some others . But I 313 00:11:28,450 --> 00:11:30,760 can confirm that there has been ah , a 314 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:33,920 a sailor on the USS Kidd who was ah , 315 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:37,270 had symptoms was ah , medevacked off of 316 00:11:37,270 --> 00:11:40,630 the ship to ah hospital in San Antonio 317 00:11:40,680 --> 00:11:42,791 into story medical treatment facility 318 00:11:42,791 --> 00:11:44,958 in San Antonio , where he was tested . 319 00:11:44,958 --> 00:11:47,013 And ah was unfortunately found to be 320 00:11:47,013 --> 00:11:49,069 positive Cove it . As a result , the 321 00:11:49,069 --> 00:11:51,400 Navy has , ah , using lessons learned 322 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,050 from other cases . They have flowed a 323 00:11:54,060 --> 00:11:56,290 medical evaluation team , a specialized 324 00:11:56,290 --> 00:11:58,610 medical evaluation team , onto the kid . 325 00:11:58,610 --> 00:12:00,777 I think it's an eight person team that 326 00:12:00,777 --> 00:12:02,832 is conducting testing on this ship . 327 00:12:02,832 --> 00:12:05,940 There have been other other positive 328 00:12:05,940 --> 00:12:08,162 cases . I don't have the number , but I 329 00:12:08,162 --> 00:12:10,384 think the Navy will be ableto give that 330 00:12:10,384 --> 00:12:12,273 information later . Um , they are 331 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:15,600 preparing Teoh . Return to port where 332 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,820 they will undertake efforts . Teoh , uh , 333 00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:21,000 clean the ship . They will remove a 334 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,278 portion of the crew from the ship . Ah , 335 00:12:23,278 --> 00:12:25,500 and work . Teoh , get everybody back to 336 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,611 health and get the ship back to see . 337 00:12:27,611 --> 00:12:29,611 But that medical crew on the on the 338 00:12:29,611 --> 00:12:31,556 ship right now has been conducting 339 00:12:31,556 --> 00:12:33,667 contact . Tracing has been working to 340 00:12:33,667 --> 00:12:35,722 isolate individuals they believe may 341 00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:37,944 have been exposed , uh , and , uh , and 342 00:12:37,944 --> 00:12:40,167 take measures to protect the crew . And 343 00:12:40,167 --> 00:12:42,390 he followed slower . Yeah . What ? When 344 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,710 do you expect they will need Teoh go 345 00:12:45,020 --> 00:12:47,220 going to Portland ? Where will they ? 346 00:12:47,230 --> 00:12:49,397 Where will they be ? Docking . And how 347 00:12:49,397 --> 00:12:51,452 long is there ? In a bit of how long 348 00:12:51,452 --> 00:12:53,619 that they will have to be there . No , 349 00:12:53,619 --> 00:12:55,952 that's does good questions for the Navy . 350 00:12:55,952 --> 00:12:58,008 I don't have the answers for for the 351 00:12:58,008 --> 00:13:00,008 those right now , but I believe the 352 00:13:00,008 --> 00:13:02,174 need will be able to provide some more 353 00:13:02,174 --> 00:13:04,397 detailed a little bit later today . All 354 00:13:04,397 --> 00:13:06,860 right , there . Thank you . Uh , 355 00:13:06,870 --> 00:13:08,981 earlier , you were talking about some 356 00:13:08,981 --> 00:13:11,203 of the steps the Pentagon is taking for 357 00:13:11,203 --> 00:13:13,092 returning to normal . We've heard 358 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:15,092 various senior defense leaders this 359 00:13:15,092 --> 00:13:17,037 week talk about a new abnormal and 360 00:13:17,037 --> 00:13:19,203 planning long term for what impact has 361 00:13:19,203 --> 00:13:21,370 this virus had on the way the military 362 00:13:21,370 --> 00:13:23,481 operates ? I just wonder if you could 363 00:13:23,481 --> 00:13:25,370 provide a few examples like , for 364 00:13:25,370 --> 00:13:27,426 example , a number of contracts have 365 00:13:27,426 --> 00:13:29,537 been vet for cloth mass like millions 366 00:13:29,537 --> 00:13:31,703 of cloth masks . How long do you think 367 00:13:31,703 --> 00:13:33,703 that the military will have to wear 368 00:13:33,703 --> 00:13:35,870 masks ? And is this really a permanent 369 00:13:35,870 --> 00:13:37,870 change of the way we do things ? So 370 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:40,092 when I said no one , I think I said the 371 00:13:40,092 --> 00:13:41,759 new normal , I think , is the 372 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:43,926 indication of what it would be is that 373 00:13:43,926 --> 00:13:43,850 there are gonna be changes toe how we 374 00:13:43,850 --> 00:13:46,810 operate . I think what you've seen to 375 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:48,866 some extent for for the near term at 376 00:13:48,866 --> 00:13:52,350 least , things like deployments where 377 00:13:52,350 --> 00:13:54,572 we're going to take an additional maybe 378 00:13:54,572 --> 00:13:56,517 time , toe to screen people On the 379 00:13:56,517 --> 00:13:58,640 front end of the back end were troops 380 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:00,696 wriggling . Our sailors going on the 381 00:14:00,696 --> 00:14:02,529 ships were taking timeto . Maybe 382 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:04,796 quarantined them is a group prior to 383 00:14:04,796 --> 00:14:06,962 putting them at sea and then test them 384 00:14:06,962 --> 00:14:09,184 to make sure that they're not . They're 385 00:14:09,184 --> 00:14:11,407 not contagious . That may make continue 386 00:14:11,407 --> 00:14:13,296 for a little while . Um , I think 387 00:14:13,296 --> 00:14:15,129 they're probably some some other 388 00:14:15,129 --> 00:14:17,240 practices that will happen . Uh , you 389 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,296 know , some of the social distancing 390 00:14:19,296 --> 00:14:21,573 practices may exist for a little while . 391 00:14:21,573 --> 00:14:23,573 Ah , in terms of , you know , maybe 392 00:14:23,573 --> 00:14:25,684 shaking hands with everybody you meet 393 00:14:25,684 --> 00:14:27,740 really isn't the most hygienic thing 394 00:14:27,740 --> 00:14:27,500 that people should be doing . And so 395 00:14:27,510 --> 00:14:29,843 you may seem those practices take place . 396 00:14:29,843 --> 00:14:31,899 I don't have any guidance on whether 397 00:14:31,899 --> 00:14:34,066 Master here to stay , And I think that 398 00:14:34,066 --> 00:14:36,288 will be something our medical providers 399 00:14:36,288 --> 00:14:36,000 will look at . A zoo I mentioned 400 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:38,000 earlier is there's a lot of science 401 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,056 going on behind this . We've got the 402 00:14:40,056 --> 00:14:42,167 teams up at Fort Dietrich , and we've 403 00:14:42,167 --> 00:14:41,780 got other teams that are that are 404 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:43,947 looking into this along with the whole 405 00:14:43,947 --> 00:14:46,169 of government CDC . So we'll be looking 406 00:14:46,169 --> 00:14:48,391 to their examples and the guidance from 407 00:14:48,391 --> 00:14:50,502 that whole of government approach and 408 00:14:50,502 --> 00:14:52,710 that whole of science approach to get 409 00:14:52,710 --> 00:14:54,654 some guidance on what we shouldn't 410 00:14:54,654 --> 00:14:56,710 shouldn't be doing . And what things 411 00:14:56,710 --> 00:14:55,850 were here to stay and what things we 412 00:14:55,850 --> 00:14:57,961 can go back to normal with , and then 413 00:14:57,961 --> 00:15:00,183 just a follow up since the decision has 414 00:15:00,183 --> 00:15:02,128 been made on the comfort , How are 415 00:15:02,128 --> 00:15:04,294 people looking at the mercy ? Will the 416 00:15:04,294 --> 00:15:06,461 mercy redeploy toe San Diego ? So with 417 00:15:06,461 --> 00:15:08,517 the with the comfort that was at the 418 00:15:08,517 --> 00:15:10,628 request of the government , the mayor 419 00:15:10,628 --> 00:15:12,906 have indicated so from our perspective , 420 00:15:12,906 --> 00:15:15,017 we look to state and locals and we're 421 00:15:15,017 --> 00:15:17,183 providing the resource is through FEMA 422 00:15:17,183 --> 00:15:19,239 that are requested . And that's what 423 00:15:19,239 --> 00:15:19,150 we've been doing from the start of this 424 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:22,170 on DSO . I'm not familiar , right at 425 00:15:22,170 --> 00:15:23,770 this point , with with any 426 00:15:23,770 --> 00:15:26,310 determination by Governor Newsome or 427 00:15:26,310 --> 00:15:28,421 the mayor of Los Angeles that they do 428 00:15:28,421 --> 00:15:30,950 not believe they need the mercy . I 429 00:15:30,950 --> 00:15:33,172 will say , though , that the mercy uh , 430 00:15:33,172 --> 00:15:35,394 some of the crew that mercy is actually 431 00:15:35,394 --> 00:15:37,394 in New York right now on . And they 432 00:15:37,394 --> 00:15:39,450 have been , uh , helping in New York 433 00:15:39,450 --> 00:15:41,394 and hospitals there on as well . I 434 00:15:41,394 --> 00:15:43,394 think they've been actually off the 435 00:15:43,394 --> 00:15:45,450 ship , helping in some facilities in 436 00:15:45,450 --> 00:15:47,561 the city of Los Angeles as opposed on 437 00:15:47,561 --> 00:15:49,672 the ship . So we've kind of gone from 438 00:15:49,672 --> 00:15:51,839 that model . We originally anticipated 439 00:15:51,839 --> 00:15:53,894 up the need for beds to the need for 440 00:15:53,894 --> 00:15:53,850 doctors , and so we've moved the 441 00:15:53,850 --> 00:15:56,017 doctors different places . So , um , I 442 00:15:56,017 --> 00:15:58,239 don't have a timeline on that . I would 443 00:15:58,239 --> 00:16:00,350 expect it at some point . Obviously , 444 00:16:00,350 --> 00:16:02,517 that that will happen . Whether that's 445 00:16:02,517 --> 00:16:04,461 this week or next week or a couple 446 00:16:04,461 --> 00:16:03,800 weeks , I don't know the answer to them . 447 00:16:05,570 --> 00:16:07,681 All right , we'll go back to the back 448 00:16:07,681 --> 00:16:09,800 to the phone . Um , I will call on a 449 00:16:09,810 --> 00:16:10,650 Carla Bab . 450 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,730 Thank you for doing this . I just have 451 00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:18,786 a quick follow on the U . S s Kidd . 452 00:16:18,786 --> 00:16:21,008 Are there concerns of the Pentagon that 453 00:16:21,008 --> 00:16:23,119 this could be another Teddy Roosevelt 454 00:16:23,119 --> 00:16:25,090 situation ? And then I will ask my 455 00:16:25,090 --> 00:16:28,070 actual question . Well , I will count 456 00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:30,470 that as an actual question as well . So 457 00:16:30,470 --> 00:16:34,170 I think the the good news is that 458 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:37,460 that because of , uh , the fact that we 459 00:16:37,460 --> 00:16:39,404 have seen outbreaks on some of our 460 00:16:39,404 --> 00:16:41,516 naval vessels in the past , there are 461 00:16:41,516 --> 00:16:43,738 lessons learned . I think that there is 462 00:16:43,738 --> 00:16:46,800 a high level of of attention to the 463 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,850 issue from from the Navy . I think that 464 00:16:49,850 --> 00:16:51,800 they have procedures in place and 465 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,856 they've activated him . So within 24 466 00:16:53,856 --> 00:16:56,110 hours of the first , a person who is 467 00:16:56,110 --> 00:16:58,660 symptomatic on this ship , they had a 468 00:16:58,670 --> 00:17:00,559 medical team on that ship doing a 469 00:17:00,559 --> 00:17:02,670 detailed analysis and contact tracing 470 00:17:02,670 --> 00:17:04,880 and testing of members of the crew . 471 00:17:05,220 --> 00:17:07,387 They've already put in place an effort 472 00:17:07,387 --> 00:17:09,553 to get the ship back to port quickly . 473 00:17:09,553 --> 00:17:11,609 Ah , and to and to continue with the 474 00:17:11,609 --> 00:17:13,810 cleaning isolation of members and Thea 475 00:17:13,990 --> 00:17:16,190 and ah , getting crewmembers off that 476 00:17:16,190 --> 00:17:18,600 ship of necessary . So I I think that 477 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,600 there's , ah , the Navy has lessons 478 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:22,822 learned from from prior experience with 479 00:17:22,822 --> 00:17:25,170 the With the covert crisis on , there 480 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:27,392 are have been quickly applying those to 481 00:17:27,392 --> 00:17:30,580 this case . So fingers crossed the 482 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:33,200 Navy's doing . Ah , everything they can 483 00:17:33,200 --> 00:17:35,367 right now and and we're gonna hope for 484 00:17:35,367 --> 00:17:37,589 the best outcome . But we're gonna take 485 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:37,390 all the prudent steps that they 486 00:17:37,390 --> 00:17:40,400 possibly can . Now , to your second 487 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,680 question , okay . And thank you . And 488 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,569 then to my question about Chinese 489 00:17:44,569 --> 00:17:46,624 disinformation , we've seen a lot of 490 00:17:46,624 --> 00:17:48,736 repetition and regurgitation of these 491 00:17:48,736 --> 00:17:50,958 fake stories from China that are trying 492 00:17:50,958 --> 00:17:53,180 to pin that word . Uh , the origination 493 00:17:53,180 --> 00:17:55,347 of the virus to the U . S . Military . 494 00:17:55,347 --> 00:17:57,680 There was something about Fort Dietrich . 495 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,736 There was something about Hawaii's . 496 00:17:59,736 --> 00:18:01,902 There's about army people in Wuhan , U 497 00:18:01,902 --> 00:18:04,013 S . Army signal and move on . What is 498 00:18:04,013 --> 00:18:06,180 the U . S . Military doing now to stop 499 00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:08,280 this repetition of this fake news 500 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,502 that's coming out of China . And do you 501 00:18:10,502 --> 00:18:12,724 believe that China is taking a page out 502 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:15,820 of Russia's disinformation playbook ? I 503 00:18:15,830 --> 00:18:18,052 don't know if it's Ah , it's a playbook 504 00:18:18,052 --> 00:18:20,163 that Russia owns on its own . I think 505 00:18:20,163 --> 00:18:22,052 that the Chinese have the Chinese 506 00:18:22,052 --> 00:18:24,274 government , Trans Communist Party have 507 00:18:24,274 --> 00:18:26,497 have used some of these measures in the 508 00:18:26,497 --> 00:18:28,608 past , and we've seen , uh , from the 509 00:18:28,608 --> 00:18:30,663 Department of Defense are we've been 510 00:18:30,663 --> 00:18:32,774 focused on confronting the crisis . I 511 00:18:32,774 --> 00:18:34,608 think we've been very direct and 512 00:18:34,608 --> 00:18:36,219 calling out . What we see is 513 00:18:36,219 --> 00:18:38,980 misinformation . Uh , and our hope is 514 00:18:38,980 --> 00:18:40,924 that the Chinese government in the 515 00:18:40,924 --> 00:18:42,980 Communist Party would see this as an 516 00:18:42,980 --> 00:18:45,147 opportunity to work with the work with 517 00:18:45,147 --> 00:18:46,924 the world and to come to , uh , 518 00:18:46,924 --> 00:18:48,647 agreement toe where sharing of 519 00:18:48,647 --> 00:18:50,536 information . I think this is the 520 00:18:50,536 --> 00:18:52,660 information that they have shared on 521 00:18:52,670 --> 00:18:54,820 the genesis off of the virus . The 522 00:18:54,820 --> 00:18:57,500 initial cases , the initial positives 523 00:18:57,540 --> 00:19:00,220 has been lacking . I think that's been 524 00:19:00,230 --> 00:19:02,174 something that not only the United 525 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:04,341 States but other governments have been 526 00:19:04,341 --> 00:19:06,563 clear on , and that that information is 527 00:19:06,563 --> 00:19:08,786 vital to countering the covert outbreak 528 00:19:08,786 --> 00:19:10,786 in information that that would have 529 00:19:10,786 --> 00:19:12,841 been helpful , Ah , in a more timely 530 00:19:12,841 --> 00:19:15,008 manner . Eso were optimistic that they 531 00:19:15,008 --> 00:19:17,008 will see that this is Ah , this has 532 00:19:17,008 --> 00:19:19,230 been an opportunity for them to be more 533 00:19:19,230 --> 00:19:21,341 transparent , that they probably need 534 00:19:21,341 --> 00:19:23,563 toe to re examine the process on that . 535 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:26,960 You know , the the They have had a much 536 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,570 more aggressive effort in , ah in 537 00:19:29,580 --> 00:19:33,130 pushing propaganda and misinformation , 538 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:35,760 whether it's it's anonymous 539 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,760 misinformation , as we've seen from 540 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,510 some reporting or just their open use 541 00:19:40,510 --> 00:19:43,010 of , ah , of Twitter and Facebook by 542 00:19:43,010 --> 00:19:45,121 there , Foreign Ministry and military 543 00:19:45,121 --> 00:19:47,340 personnel to it to attack other 544 00:19:47,340 --> 00:19:49,820 governments , not just the US but , uh , 545 00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:51,960 countries around the world . It's 546 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,540 unfortunate , but I think the benefit 547 00:19:54,540 --> 00:19:56,429 of this is that a number of other 548 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,651 countries around the world , in another 549 00:19:58,651 --> 00:20:00,651 brother of our allies and countries 550 00:20:00,651 --> 00:20:02,429 that we would like to be better 551 00:20:02,429 --> 00:20:04,596 partners with , are opening their eyes 552 00:20:04,596 --> 00:20:04,220 up to this and that . They're seeing 553 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:07,050 that that possibly that China's 554 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,320 promises and efforts and are not what 555 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,431 they're all cracked up to be and that 556 00:20:13,431 --> 00:20:15,598 there's , ah , a lot of misinformation 557 00:20:15,598 --> 00:20:17,598 out there on that . People need toe 558 00:20:17,598 --> 00:20:19,820 look more closely what China is doing . 559 00:20:19,820 --> 00:20:23,180 Okay , uh , numbers and how many 560 00:20:23,180 --> 00:20:25,550 patients were actually actually treated 561 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:28,990 on the hospital ships and D o . D is 562 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:30,980 because the numbers are considered 563 00:20:30,990 --> 00:20:33,212 rolled in with smaller , definitely not 564 00:20:33,212 --> 00:20:37,050 a capacity . Dont assess the use as a 565 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:40,550 a good use of resource is of these not 566 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,727 it's not income . It's not inexpensive 567 00:20:42,727 --> 00:20:45,960 to using ships I don't have . I don't 568 00:20:45,970 --> 00:20:48,026 believe I have the comfort and mercy 569 00:20:48,026 --> 00:20:50,026 numbers on me right now , but I can 570 00:20:50,026 --> 00:20:49,690 definitely get this from North con . 571 00:20:50,030 --> 00:20:52,141 You're correct . The numbers were for 572 00:20:52,141 --> 00:20:54,030 1000 bad hospital ship , which we 573 00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:56,910 reconfigured for 500 for cove it the 574 00:20:56,910 --> 00:20:59,077 number we were not at capacity . At no 575 00:20:59,077 --> 00:21:01,243 point were we capacity on the mercy of 576 00:21:01,243 --> 00:21:03,243 the comfort I I think that they did 577 00:21:03,243 --> 00:21:05,840 treat a fair number of patients over 578 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:08,062 the three weeks that they've been up in 579 00:21:08,062 --> 00:21:10,920 up in New York on that is a value . Um , 580 00:21:10,930 --> 00:21:13,130 I think we have said all along that 581 00:21:13,510 --> 00:21:15,621 people have learned where this crisis 582 00:21:15,621 --> 00:21:17,677 was ago . We've seen the numbers and 583 00:21:17,677 --> 00:21:19,910 prediction models , changes , social 584 00:21:19,910 --> 00:21:22,770 distancing , took place , Uh , and , uh , 585 00:21:22,780 --> 00:21:25,113 and if you look at a city like New York , 586 00:21:25,113 --> 00:21:26,891 the expectations were far worse 587 00:21:26,891 --> 00:21:29,160 situation than what we've seen , uh , 588 00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:31,762 having our forces and having our people 589 00:21:31,762 --> 00:21:34,350 forward deployed with that capability 590 00:21:35,030 --> 00:21:37,197 and not needing it was far better than 591 00:21:37,197 --> 00:21:39,308 not having them there and eating it . 592 00:21:39,308 --> 00:21:41,197 So I don't think there's been any 593 00:21:41,197 --> 00:21:43,308 second guessing the deployment of the 594 00:21:43,308 --> 00:21:46,100 comfort of the mercy . Um , all right , 595 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:48,260 we'll go to the phone again . We will 596 00:21:48,260 --> 00:21:51,460 go talk . Teoh , Kourtney , Q B . 597 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:00,518 All right , we'll go to Louis Martinez . 598 00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:10,040 Thanks for everything . A question 599 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:12,040 about the U . S . S . Kidd . Do you 600 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,151 know if that vessel had had any ports 601 00:22:14,151 --> 00:22:16,710 of call recently ? Um , that or 602 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,460 any other possibilities as to how this 603 00:22:21,050 --> 00:22:23,106 may have gotten aboard the ship , It 604 00:22:23,106 --> 00:22:25,217 it's gonna hurt . Yeah , I don't have 605 00:22:25,217 --> 00:22:27,383 that information right now . I would I 606 00:22:27,383 --> 00:22:29,494 would refer you to the Navy . I think 607 00:22:29,494 --> 00:22:29,390 they'll have some more information a 608 00:22:29,390 --> 00:22:32,240 little bit later . Today on this it za 609 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:35,980 newly developing issue . I'm 610 00:22:36,340 --> 00:22:38,562 certain that all of that will be looked 611 00:22:38,562 --> 00:22:41,010 at as we move forward . But I don't 612 00:22:41,010 --> 00:22:43,343 have that information for you right now . 613 00:22:45,140 --> 00:22:48,530 And if I could follow up on the USS 614 00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:52,240 Roosevelt with the idea now that 615 00:22:52,380 --> 00:22:55,170 some of the flow back of sailors onto 616 00:22:55,170 --> 00:22:58,450 the ship has been south because some me , 617 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,293 some fanatics are now presenting 618 00:23:00,293 --> 00:23:02,760 symptoms . Um what what's the timeline 619 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,230 now ? Forgetting that ship back um , 620 00:23:05,230 --> 00:23:08,100 and is the idea now that you have to 621 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,211 wait until everybody is fully healthy 622 00:23:10,211 --> 00:23:12,211 before everyone can get back on the 623 00:23:12,211 --> 00:23:14,433 ship ? Well , if I had first start with 624 00:23:14,433 --> 00:23:16,600 the fact that the Teddy Roosevelt , if 625 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,767 needed , could pull up anchor tomorrow 626 00:23:18,767 --> 00:23:20,970 and head out to sea and performance 627 00:23:20,970 --> 00:23:23,400 mission , so that is that's remained 628 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,456 throughout is that we've had a small 629 00:23:25,456 --> 00:23:29,280 number of symptomatic sailors that that 630 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:31,910 required treatment . We had , 631 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,870 unfortunately , the one loss of life 632 00:23:34,870 --> 00:23:38,060 for a sailor on from the TR , but a 633 00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:40,348 very small number of been hospitalized . 634 00:23:40,348 --> 00:23:42,292 I think they're now the news . The 635 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:44,514 latest numbers are there , therefore in 636 00:23:44,514 --> 00:23:46,570 the hospital , Um , hopefully giving 637 00:23:46,570 --> 00:23:48,792 better daily . But that ship could pull 638 00:23:48,792 --> 00:23:51,014 up anchor and go to go to war right now 639 00:23:51,014 --> 00:23:53,181 if we needed it to , um , the timeline 640 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:55,181 has shifted a zoo . We've seen some 641 00:23:55,181 --> 00:23:57,430 additional symptomatic patients show up 642 00:23:57,430 --> 00:24:01,100 or asymptomatic patients . Ah , show up 643 00:24:01,100 --> 00:24:04,240 is positive , but that's out of caution . 644 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,573 I mean , this is a learning environment . 645 00:24:06,573 --> 00:24:08,796 This is not something we've had to deal 646 00:24:08,796 --> 00:24:11,018 with . I think the hope from the Navy's 647 00:24:11,018 --> 00:24:13,129 perspective and from the department's 648 00:24:13,129 --> 00:24:15,351 perspective , is we would rather take a 649 00:24:15,351 --> 00:24:14,770 little bit more time on the front end 650 00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:17,166 to get to a place where we have more 651 00:24:17,166 --> 00:24:20,460 confidence that the crew is is safe and 652 00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:22,793 that the virus is no longer on the ship . 653 00:24:22,890 --> 00:24:25,130 Then be in a position , um , a month 654 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:27,630 from now where we're dealing with , Ah , 655 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,862 second wave . And so they're taking the 656 00:24:29,862 --> 00:24:31,973 time . They're relying on the doctors 657 00:24:31,973 --> 00:24:33,973 that relying on the testing , we've 658 00:24:33,973 --> 00:24:36,084 ramped up their ability to do testing 659 00:24:36,084 --> 00:24:38,251 in Guam so that we can get ah , larger 660 00:24:38,251 --> 00:24:40,307 number of tests on each day and each 661 00:24:40,307 --> 00:24:42,251 rain rapidly . And we've seen that 662 00:24:42,251 --> 00:24:41,630 we've gone through . The entire crew 663 00:24:41,630 --> 00:24:43,852 has been tested on . We'll start to see 664 00:24:43,852 --> 00:24:45,797 additional people tested as we put 665 00:24:45,797 --> 00:24:48,600 people back on the ship . All right , 666 00:24:48,610 --> 00:24:50,610 uh , staying the phone lines . Paul 667 00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:53,680 Hanley , FB i Just 668 00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:56,740 a couple weeks ago , the Chinese 669 00:24:56,820 --> 00:24:59,420 deployed their carrier downing with a 670 00:24:59,460 --> 00:25:01,530 semi circle around Taiwan , and they 671 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:03,596 seem to stepped up activities in the 672 00:25:03,596 --> 00:25:05,750 South China Sea confrontation with 673 00:25:05,750 --> 00:25:07,917 Vietnamese that sells more exploration 674 00:25:07,917 --> 00:25:11,110 for oil that the Pentagon see this is 675 00:25:11,290 --> 00:25:14,790 taking advantage of the absence of the 676 00:25:14,790 --> 00:25:17,570 Roosevelt . So maybe distraction by the 677 00:25:17,580 --> 00:25:21,100 virus by the US And what actions are 678 00:25:21,100 --> 00:25:23,990 you taking with in sending the USS 679 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Americans up China the kind of response 680 00:25:27,010 --> 00:25:30,080 to the I would I would challenge the 681 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,080 premise of the question . They're a 682 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,191 little bit China has been very active 683 00:25:34,191 --> 00:25:36,358 in the South China Sea for for years , 684 00:25:36,358 --> 00:25:39,580 whether it is increasingly aggressive 685 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,060 activity in international waters or 686 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:44,790 even in the littoral waters of 687 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,330 neighboring countries . The recent 688 00:25:47,330 --> 00:25:50,260 ramming of a Vietnamese Ah 689 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:53,162 fishing vessel , as the Vietnamese have 690 00:25:53,162 --> 00:25:56,850 claimed , the building off of of island 691 00:25:56,850 --> 00:26:00,050 fortresses with runways and putting ah 692 00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:03,230 deploying aircraft and vessels into 693 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:05,452 their I would I would argue they've had 694 00:26:05,452 --> 00:26:07,508 a pretty , uh , pretty busy schedule 695 00:26:07,508 --> 00:26:09,730 for some time in terms of their efforts 696 00:26:09,730 --> 00:26:11,730 to militarize the South China Sea , 697 00:26:12,450 --> 00:26:14,720 whether they're taking advantage of of 698 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,740 a crisis , ah , global crisis 699 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:20,780 for which they were on the on the front 700 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:23,690 end off . I won't say that . I think 701 00:26:23,690 --> 00:26:27,120 that they are continuing with their 702 00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,231 destabilizing activities that we have 703 00:26:29,231 --> 00:26:31,730 seen for for many years . We were it 704 00:26:32,830 --> 00:26:35,450 in Thailand , Vietnam last fall thing 705 00:26:35,450 --> 00:26:39,220 in September , in every meeting we had 706 00:26:39,220 --> 00:26:41,109 with our partners in the region , 707 00:26:41,109 --> 00:26:43,320 whether it was Australia , Singapore , 708 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,340 Thailand , Vietnam , all of the 709 00:26:45,340 --> 00:26:47,340 countries that were there , Japan , 710 00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:49,340 Korea , they all had a very similar 711 00:26:49,340 --> 00:26:51,610 message of This is the type of behavior 712 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:54,760 we see from China every day . Um and ah , 713 00:26:54,770 --> 00:26:56,830 in the U . S . Has been working with 714 00:26:56,830 --> 00:26:58,608 our partners to take a lead and 715 00:26:58,608 --> 00:27:00,441 standing up to that behavior and 716 00:27:00,441 --> 00:27:02,441 ensuring that China knows that that 717 00:27:02,441 --> 00:27:05,080 behavior is ah is not necessary and 718 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,302 encouraging China to choose a different 719 00:27:07,302 --> 00:27:09,470 path . Uh , the international global 720 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,680 system that has been in place since 721 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,347 World War Two has been highly 722 00:27:13,347 --> 00:27:17,290 beneficial in terms of raising the the 723 00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:20,690 the wealth and living standards of 724 00:27:20,700 --> 00:27:22,811 billions of people around the world , 725 00:27:22,811 --> 00:27:24,700 including hundreds of hundreds of 726 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:26,700 millions of people in China on , we 727 00:27:26,700 --> 00:27:28,756 want to see that international order 728 00:27:28,756 --> 00:27:30,589 remain , but China's continue to 729 00:27:30,589 --> 00:27:32,922 challenge it . They want to reorder art , 730 00:27:32,922 --> 00:27:35,089 order it . But we've increasingly seen 731 00:27:35,089 --> 00:27:37,311 people in the region push back , and we 732 00:27:37,311 --> 00:27:37,250 will continue to do so . I don't 733 00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:39,760 believe that the fact that the TR is 734 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,780 currently in port right now has really 735 00:27:42,780 --> 00:27:45,630 had an impact on that . We have , ah , 736 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:47,930 additional vessels in the area . We've 737 00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:50,410 recently conducted ah , fun up through 738 00:27:50,410 --> 00:27:53,640 the Taiwan Strait with another vessel s . 739 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,862 So I think our commitment to the region 740 00:27:55,862 --> 00:27:58,520 has been been constant and is very 741 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,576 visible for the Chinese government . 742 00:28:02,180 --> 00:28:04,610 Alright , what do you think that over 743 00:28:04,620 --> 00:28:08,350 time the US operation on representation 744 00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:12,420 over and we have actually had an impact 745 00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:15,540 on China's activities extended 746 00:28:15,780 --> 00:28:19,670 operations here . So 747 00:28:19,670 --> 00:28:21,726 your question is , have our have our 748 00:28:21,726 --> 00:28:23,837 military operation in the South China 749 00:28:23,837 --> 00:28:27,000 Sea change their behavior ? Yes , I 750 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,056 think the operating assumption would 751 00:28:29,056 --> 00:28:31,222 have to be that that they would likely 752 00:28:31,222 --> 00:28:33,480 be more aggressive in their efforts to 753 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,930 ah expand their geographic 754 00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:39,097 and naval presence in the region if we 755 00:28:39,097 --> 00:28:41,208 weren't there . I also think that the 756 00:28:41,208 --> 00:28:43,208 important other important aspect is 757 00:28:43,208 --> 00:28:45,430 it's for our partners and allies in the 758 00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:47,541 region to see that we are committed . 759 00:28:47,541 --> 00:28:49,800 So whether it's an effort to deploy 760 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,850 vessels in a direct , um um , 761 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,662 show to the Chinese as much as it is to 762 00:28:55,662 --> 00:28:57,773 let our partners and allies know that 763 00:28:57,773 --> 00:28:59,718 were there to encourage them to do 764 00:28:59,718 --> 00:29:02,460 similar things . And we've seen , uh , 765 00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:04,637 European countries and Asian countries 766 00:29:04,637 --> 00:29:06,530 step up on foreign of navigation 767 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:08,660 operations that the U . S . Has the 768 00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:10,604 lead on . We encourage that and we 769 00:29:10,604 --> 00:29:12,771 believe that that's incredibly helpful 770 00:29:12,771 --> 00:29:15,640 for maintaining that that global order 771 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:17,807 that's been existence since the end of 772 00:29:17,807 --> 00:29:19,973 World War Two . All right , we'll do . 773 00:29:19,973 --> 00:29:22,084 Ah , couple more than I've gotta go , 774 00:29:22,084 --> 00:29:24,570 So we'll go to Ah , Ellen . No , Heuser . 775 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,870 Hello . Um , about the personnel 776 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,450 who have been sent to the comfort from 777 00:29:35,450 --> 00:29:38,950 the mercy . Could you tell me if 778 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:41,577 they're going to go back to the Marcie 779 00:29:41,577 --> 00:29:43,910 wants to comfort leave New York City so 780 00:29:43,910 --> 00:29:45,632 that they haven't They haven't 781 00:29:45,632 --> 00:29:47,688 necessarily been sent to the comfort 782 00:29:47,688 --> 00:29:49,910 They've been sent to New York City . So 783 00:29:49,910 --> 00:29:52,077 So they've been working either . And I 784 00:29:52,077 --> 00:29:54,132 can get you the exact locations that 785 00:29:54,132 --> 00:29:56,132 whether they've been working on the 786 00:29:56,132 --> 00:29:58,299 comfort or working in the hospitals in 787 00:29:58,299 --> 00:30:00,521 New York , but they've been deployed in 788 00:30:00,521 --> 00:30:02,577 the region . So that's one of things 789 00:30:02,577 --> 00:30:04,410 we're looking at right now as to 790 00:30:04,410 --> 00:30:06,354 whether those forces would stay up 791 00:30:06,354 --> 00:30:06,250 there or whether , uh , the demand 792 00:30:06,250 --> 00:30:08,550 signal is enough is lessened enough 793 00:30:08,550 --> 00:30:11,250 that they can return to L . A . But we 794 00:30:11,260 --> 00:30:13,482 we haven't I don't believe we've made a 795 00:30:13,482 --> 00:30:14,538 decision on that . 796 00:30:17,650 --> 00:30:19,761 All right , we'll go last question to 797 00:30:19,761 --> 00:30:20,761 Travis Triton . 798 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:27,350 Hey , joint them . Thanks . Um , the 799 00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:29,710 administration is the suggested , you 800 00:30:29,710 --> 00:30:31,654 know , timelines for reopening the 801 00:30:31,654 --> 00:30:34,410 country and the government . Just 802 00:30:34,410 --> 00:30:37,430 wondering , um , when we expect some 803 00:30:37,430 --> 00:30:39,790 personnel will begin returning to the 804 00:30:39,790 --> 00:30:42,280 Pentagon building . Could that happen 805 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:45,310 in mid May ? And what will that look 806 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:47,320 like ? And the second part of the 807 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,430 question ? The flip side of that is the 808 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,662 teleworking . We've heard that a lot of 809 00:30:52,662 --> 00:30:54,662 these current telework arrangements 810 00:30:55,030 --> 00:30:58,560 remain post pandemic . Is there any 811 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,850 more clarity now on the scope of that 812 00:31:00,850 --> 00:31:03,470 or the number the personnel should ? 813 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,400 You know , most employees expect to be 814 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,700 working at least part time from home 815 00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:11,720 from now on . So that's that's part of 816 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,942 the planning that's that's taking place 817 00:31:13,942 --> 00:31:16,870 right now . So I know WHS Um , Tom , 818 00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:18,981 you're has been taking a look at that 819 00:31:18,981 --> 00:31:21,092 as well as Dana . Easy with our CEO's 820 00:31:21,092 --> 00:31:23,314 office . I think he briefed either late 821 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:25,481 last week or this earlier this week on 822 00:31:25,481 --> 00:31:27,426 the numbers . I think we've seen a 823 00:31:27,426 --> 00:31:29,314 massive increase in the number of 824 00:31:29,314 --> 00:31:28,830 people television . I think some of our 825 00:31:28,830 --> 00:31:31,220 think delay had 90% of the people were 826 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:32,942 teleworking . We have almost a 827 00:31:32,942 --> 00:31:34,998 1,000,000 people who are teleworking 828 00:31:34,998 --> 00:31:38,340 around the country . Do I expect that 829 00:31:38,340 --> 00:31:40,340 there will be changes ? As I talked 830 00:31:40,340 --> 00:31:42,284 about the beginning , I think that 831 00:31:42,284 --> 00:31:42,250 we're looking at a new normal What does 832 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:45,260 that look like ? Um , and have we Ah , 833 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:48,316 people have been advocating for Tele 834 00:31:48,316 --> 00:31:51,180 work for many years . I think that you 835 00:31:51,180 --> 00:31:53,291 would see that there's probably gonna 836 00:31:53,291 --> 00:31:55,402 be , ah , technology wise , We've got 837 00:31:55,402 --> 00:31:57,402 Mawr . Resource is in place whether 838 00:31:57,402 --> 00:31:59,458 it's band with , whether it's , ah , 839 00:31:59,458 --> 00:32:01,710 the equipment to do , it s so we're in 840 00:32:01,710 --> 00:32:03,821 a better place if we need to continue 841 00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:05,988 to do telework But we're gonna look at 842 00:32:05,988 --> 00:32:08,630 that . I think that there is , Ah , the 843 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,070 Pentagon is open for business . Now 844 00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:14,211 we've got we've got reporters in here 845 00:32:14,211 --> 00:32:16,211 today . We've got staff that air in 846 00:32:16,211 --> 00:32:18,378 here . Everybody's being careful about 847 00:32:18,378 --> 00:32:20,711 distancing . Ah , I think we'll open it , 848 00:32:20,711 --> 00:32:23,120 probably in a very incremental manner , 849 00:32:23,790 --> 00:32:25,940 similar to the way that we we started 850 00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,130 to limit activities in the building to 851 00:32:28,130 --> 00:32:30,130 ensure that we can maintain some of 852 00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:32,186 these best practices that we've seen 853 00:32:32,186 --> 00:32:34,460 develop over the last the last few 854 00:32:34,460 --> 00:32:36,880 months . So we'll work on getting you 855 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,350 guys a briefing from time your and the 856 00:32:39,350 --> 00:32:42,190 team a WHS on on what we're gonna be 857 00:32:42,190 --> 00:32:44,190 doing when we get to that place . I 858 00:32:44,190 --> 00:32:46,412 don't think we're there yet where we've 859 00:32:46,412 --> 00:32:48,523 made a decision on the timeline , but 860 00:32:48,523 --> 00:32:48,410 as we get closer , we'll get you guys a 861 00:32:48,410 --> 00:32:50,210 briefing . And then I said last 862 00:32:50,210 --> 00:32:52,432 question , But I'm gonna I'm gonna take 863 00:32:52,432 --> 00:32:54,654 that back and go back to the phones for 864 00:32:54,654 --> 00:32:56,821 Tony carpaccio . I missed . Missed you 865 00:32:56,821 --> 00:32:55,660 on here , Tony . 866 00:33:02,140 --> 00:33:04,510 Sorry . Well , I was probably gonna 867 00:33:04,510 --> 00:33:06,343 regret regret letting them ask a 868 00:33:06,343 --> 00:33:08,566 question anyway , so I guess this works 869 00:33:08,566 --> 00:33:10,788 out . So Alright , guys , Thank you for 870 00:33:10,788 --> 00:33:12,788 coming in . Have , ah , have a good 871 00:33:12,788 --> 00:33:12,550 weekend and stay safe .