So as far as I'm concerned, it's a China problem. But as you know, you've got Tony Fauci out there at the end of February saying everyone can do it - everything and not worry. WOODWARD: But, see he was talking about China, as far as I understood it, because there's no virus issue. KELLY: But you didn't need other sources to know that what the president said to you on February 7 directly contradicted what he was saying in public in February. WOODWARD: Yes, because it was, oh, did he get it from President Xi? And so I spent a good deal of time trying to get information and, in fact, the transcript of the Trump-Xi call the night before because I thought that would be a clue to what went on. KELLY: You describe in the book, though, that you were surprised at what he was saying. And as you know, at that point in February, there was no virus awareness in the United States. Did you have a duty to get that information out?īOB WOODWARD: I knew at the time and believed he was talking about the virus in China because he had talked to Chinese President Xi the night before. He told you he understood the virus was deadly, that it was airborne, that it was dangerous February 7, and you had it on tape. So I want to start with your interview with the president on February 7. KELLY: A lot of people believe that you sat on information that could've saved lives. So I want to play you - this is a longish chunk, starting with my very first question to Bob Woodward. KELLY: And maybe that's the first thing I should ask in case we're going to need to hunker down and really spend some time on it. I sometimes think walking into an interview like this, you know, what if I only got one question? We spent a while going back-and-forth on this point. Let's just start there, with the controversy that has sort of blown up over whether Woodward should have shared some of his reporting sooner. MARY LOUISE KELLY, BYLINE: Good morning, Rachel. Woodward sat down last night with our colleague, All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly, to talk about it. Early excerpts from the book have stirred up controversy before its official publication tomorrow, both because it documents that President Trump knew how deadly the virus was far earlier than he let on in public and because Woodward didn't share that information until now. Woodward shares what he learned in a new book. What did the president know? And when did he know it? The journalist Bob Woodward pushed President Trump to answer those questions about the coronavirus.
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