WEBVTT 00:01.602 --> 00:02.502 QUICKLY FINDING A CURE FOR CORONAVIRUS. KELLY O’DONNELL HAS 00:02.503 --> 00:04.137 FOR CORONAVIRUS. KELLY O’DONNELL HAS THE LATEST DETAILS ON 00:04.171 --> 00:06.206 KELLY O’DONNELL HAS THE LATEST DETAILS ON HIS AGGRESSIVE NEW 00:06.240 --> 00:06.740 THE LATEST DETAILS ON HIS AGGRESSIVE NEW PLAN. 00:06.741 --> 00:07.941 HIS AGGRESSIVE NEW PLAN. >> Reporter: FOR A 00:07.976 --> 00:09.042 PLAN. >> Reporter: FOR A SELF-DESCRIBED WARTIME 00:09.043 --> 00:11.478 >> Reporter: FOR A SELF-DESCRIBED WARTIME PRESIDENT VICTORY OVER 00:11.512 --> 00:13.046 SELF-DESCRIBED WARTIME PRESIDENT VICTORY OVER COVID-19 EQUALS A 00:13.080 --> 00:13.580 PRESIDENT VICTORY OVER COVID-19 EQUALS A VACCINE. 00:13.614 --> 00:14.414 COVID-19 EQUALS A VACCINE. >> I HOPE WE’RE GOING 00:14.415 --> 00:16.216 VACCINE. >> I HOPE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE, AND 00:16.217 --> 00:17.250 >> I HOPE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE, AND WE’RE GOING TO FAST 00:17.251 --> 00:18.151 TO HAVE A VACCINE, AND WE’RE GOING TO FAST TRACK IT LIKE YOU’VE 00:18.152 --> 00:20.754 WE’RE GOING TO FAST TRACK IT LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 00:20.755 --> 00:21.521 TRACK IT LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. >> Reporter: ADDING 00:21.522 --> 00:22.656 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. >> Reporter: ADDING TRUMP-STYLE BRANDING 00:22.690 --> 00:24.257 >> Reporter: ADDING TRUMP-STYLE BRANDING THE ADMINISTRATION 00:24.259 --> 00:25.225 TRUMP-STYLE BRANDING THE ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED OPERATION 00:25.259 --> 00:27.160 THE ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHED OPERATION WARP SPEED, A 00:27.161 --> 00:27.927 LAUNCHED OPERATION WARP SPEED, A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR 00:27.929 --> 00:28.562 WARP SPEED, A MULTIBILLION DOLLAR RESEARCH AND 00:28.563 --> 00:29.362 MULTIBILLION DOLLAR RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING EFFORT 00:29.364 --> 00:31.231 RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING EFFORT TO SHORTEN THE TYPICAL 00:31.232 --> 00:32.132 MANUFACTURING EFFORT TO SHORTEN THE TYPICAL YEAR PLUS VACCINE 00:32.133 --> 00:32.966 TO SHORTEN THE TYPICAL YEAR PLUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE. 00:32.967 --> 00:35.068 YEAR PLUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE. THE GOAL IS AMBITIOUS, 00:35.102 --> 00:35.802 DEVELOPMENT TIME LINE. THE GOAL IS AMBITIOUS, PRODUCING PATIENT 00:35.837 --> 00:36.870 THE GOAL IS AMBITIOUS, PRODUCING PATIENT READY VACCINES AS 00:36.871 --> 00:39.873 PRODUCING PATIENT READY VACCINES AS EARLY AS JANUARY. 00:39.874 --> 00:40.574 READY VACCINES AS EARLY AS JANUARY. THOUGH OFFICIALS 00:40.575 --> 00:41.341 EARLY AS JANUARY. THOUGH OFFICIALS STRESS THERE IS NO 00:41.342 --> 00:41.875 THOUGH OFFICIALS STRESS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. 00:41.909 --> 00:42.609 STRESS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE. >> WE WANT TO GO 00:42.644 --> 00:44.444 GUARANTEE. >> WE WANT TO GO QUICKLY, BUT WE WANT 00:44.446 --> 00:45.178 >> WE WANT TO GO QUICKLY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE 00:45.212 --> 00:46.212 QUICKLY, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. 00:46.247 --> 00:48.648 TO MAKE SURE IT’S SAFE AND EFFECTIVE. I THINK THAT IS 00:48.650 --> 00:49.182 AND EFFECTIVE. I THINK THAT IS DO-ABLE. 00:49.184 --> 00:49.949 I THINK THAT IS DO-ABLE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS 00:49.951 --> 00:50.684 DO-ABLE. >> Reporter: OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THE 00:50.685 --> 00:52.853 >> Reporter: OFFICIALS TELL NBC NEWS THE PROJECT WHITTLED DOWN 00:52.854 --> 00:53.654 TELL NBC NEWS THE PROJECT WHITTLED DOWN 93 POTENTIAL VACCINES 00:53.655 --> 00:55.255 PROJECT WHITTLED DOWN 93 POTENTIAL VACCINES FROM MORE THAN 80 00:55.257 --> 00:55.889 93 POTENTIAL VACCINES FROM MORE THAN 80 PHARMACEUTICAL 00:55.923 --> 00:56.456 FROM MORE THAN 80 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. 00:56.491 --> 00:57.257 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES. NEXT 14 DRUGS 00:57.258 --> 00:57.991 COMPANIES. NEXT 14 DRUGS CONSIDERED MOST 00:58.025 --> 00:58.992 NEXT 14 DRUGS CONSIDERED MOST PROMISING WILL UNDERGO 00:58.993 --> 01:01.027 CONSIDERED MOST PROMISING WILL UNDERGO MORE TESTING. 01:01.062 --> 01:02.863 PROMISING WILL UNDERGO MORE TESTING. NARROWED AGAIN FOR 01:02.864 --> 01:04.098 MORE TESTING. NARROWED AGAIN FOR CLINICAL TRIALS THIS 01:04.132 --> 01:04.598 NARROWED AGAIN FOR CLINICAL TRIALS THIS MONTH. 01:04.600 --> 01:05.732 CLINICAL TRIALS THIS MONTH. OFFICIALS SAY THE WORK 01:05.767 --> 01:07.000 MONTH. OFFICIALS SAY THE WORK COULD RESULT IN THREE 01:07.035 --> 01:08.101 OFFICIALS SAY THE WORK COULD RESULT IN THREE OR FOUR VACCINES FOR 01:08.103 --> 01:08.802 COULD RESULT IN THREE OR FOUR VACCINES FOR WIDE USE. 01:08.804 --> 01:09.803 OR FOUR VACCINES FOR WIDE USE. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN 01:09.804 --> 01:11.305 WIDE USE. >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY CAREER A GROUP 01:11.306 --> 01:15.209 >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY CAREER A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS SO 01:15.210 --> 01:15.909 IN MY CAREER A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS SO SINGLE-MINDEDLY 01:15.911 --> 01:16.943 OF SCIENTISTS SO SINGLE-MINDEDLY FOCUSED ON A SINGLE 01:16.978 --> 01:17.511 SINGLE-MINDEDLY FOCUSED ON A SINGLE PROBLEM. 01:17.512 --> 01:18.112 FOCUSED ON A SINGLE PROBLEM. >> Reporter: 01:18.146 --> 01:18.846 PROBLEM. >> Reporter: SCIENTISTS SAY THE 01:18.880 --> 01:20.414 >> Reporter: SCIENTISTS SAY THE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED IS 01:20.415 --> 01:21.782 SCIENTISTS SAY THE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED IS URGENT, BUT CAUTION IS 01:21.783 --> 01:22.316 PRESSURE TO SUCCEED IS URGENT, BUT CAUTION IS REQUIRED. 01:22.350 --> 01:23.117 URGENT, BUT CAUTION IS REQUIRED. >> THIS PRODUCT NEEDS 01:23.118 --> 01:23.985 REQUIRED. >> THIS PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE TESTED IN A 01:24.019 --> 01:25.119 >> THIS PRODUCT NEEDS TO BE TESTED IN A PROPER PLACEBO 01:25.153 --> 01:25.920 TO BE TESTED IN A PROPER PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL, AND 01:25.921 --> 01:27.821 PROPER PLACEBO CONTROLLED TRIAL, AND IF WE TRY TO TAKE 01:27.823 --> 01:28.722 CONTROLLED TRIAL, AND IF WE TRY TO TAKE SHORTCUTS AGAINST 01:28.723 --> 01:30.624 IF WE TRY TO TAKE SHORTCUTS AGAINST COMMON SCIENTIFIC 01:30.625 --> 01:32.559 SHORTCUTS AGAINST COMMON SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES WE COULD 01:32.594 --> 01:33.427 COMMON SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES WE COULD WIND UP PAYING THE 01:33.462 --> 01:33.928 PROCESSES WE COULD WIND UP PAYING THE PRICE. 01:33.929 --> 01:36.030 WIND UP PAYING THE PRICE. >> Reporter: ASKED WHO 01:36.031 --> 01:36.797 PRICE. >> Reporter: ASKED WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS 01:36.832 --> 01:37.598 >> Reporter: ASKED WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE 01:37.599 --> 01:38.332 IS IN CHARGE OF THIS GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR MISSION THE 01:38.333 --> 01:40.100 GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR MISSION THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED 01:40.102 --> 01:41.635 SECTOR MISSION THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED HIS MEDICAL ADVISES 01:41.670 --> 01:42.169 PRESIDENT MENTIONED HIS MEDICAL ADVISES BUT -- 01:42.204 --> 01:42.937 HIS MEDICAL ADVISES BUT -- >> I THINK PROBABLY 01:42.971 --> 01:43.738 BUT -- >> I THINK PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING I’M 01:43.739 --> 01:45.039 >> I THINK PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING I’M IN CHARGE AND I’M THE 01:45.040 --> 01:46.073 MORE THAN ANYTHING I’M IN CHARGE AND I’M THE ONE THAT GETS BLAMED. 01:46.108 --> 01:48.309 IN CHARGE AND I’M THE ONE THAT GETS BLAMED. I GET BLAMED ANYWAY. 01:48.310 --> 01:49.043 ONE THAT GETS BLAMED. I GET BLAMED ANYWAY. >> AND KELLY, THERE 01:49.077 --> 01:49.844 I GET BLAMED ANYWAY. >> AND KELLY, THERE ARE NOW QUESTIONS HOW 01:49.845 --> 01:50.978 >> AND KELLY, THERE ARE NOW QUESTIONS HOW TO TEST SENATORS AS 01:51.013 --> 01:52.046 ARE NOW QUESTIONS HOW TO TEST SENATORS AS THEY COME BACK INTO 01:52.081 --> 01:52.580 TO TEST SENATORS AS THEY COME BACK INTO SESSION. 01:52.614 --> 01:53.414 THEY COME BACK INTO SESSION. >> Reporter: WELL, 01:53.415 --> 01:54.515 SESSION. >> Reporter: WELL, JOSE, THE PHYSICIAN 01:54.516 --> 01:55.516 >> Reporter: WELL, JOSE, THE PHYSICIAN FOR CONGRESS SAYS HE 01:55.517 --> 01:56.417 JOSE, THE PHYSICIAN FOR CONGRESS SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH 01:56.418 --> 01:58.953 FOR CONGRESS SAYS HE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TESTS TO SCREEN ALL 01:58.954 --> 01:59.720 DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH TESTS TO SCREEN ALL 100 SENATORS, SO THE 01:59.721 --> 02:00.521 TESTS TO SCREEN ALL 100 SENATORS, SO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFERED 02:00.522 --> 02:01.956 100 SENATORS, SO THE ADMINISTRATION OFFERED TO SEND THREE OF THOSE 02:01.990 --> 02:02.924 ADMINISTRATION OFFERED TO SEND THREE OF THOSE RAPID RESULT MACHINES 02:02.958 --> 02:04.258 TO SEND THREE OF THOSE RAPID RESULT MACHINES AND 1,000 TESTS TO 02:04.293 --> 02:04.825 RAPID RESULT MACHINES AND 1,000 TESTS TO CONGRESS. 02:04.860 --> 02:06.227 AND 1,000 TESTS TO CONGRESS. BUT TODAY IN A RARE 02:06.228 --> 02:06.928 CONGRESS. BUT TODAY IN A RARE JOINT STATEMENT 02:06.929 --> 02:08.963 BUT TODAY IN A RARE JOINT STATEMENT SPEAKER PELOSI AND 02:08.964 --> 02:09.463 JOINT STATEMENT SPEAKER PELOSI AND MAJORITY LEADER