WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:900000, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.620 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.620 --> 00:00:04.170 align:middle line:84% - People you trust, people you probably voted for, 00:00:04.170 --> 00:00:05.910 align:middle line:84% have spent weeks minimizing what is 00:00:05.910 --> 00:00:08.580 align:middle line:90% clearly a very serious problem. 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:11.370 align:middle line:84% It's just partisan politics, they say, calm down. 00:00:11.370 --> 00:00:13.020 align:middle line:84% KYLIE MAR: On Monday night, Tucker Carlson 00:00:13.020 --> 00:00:15.930 align:middle line:84% condemned politicians downplaying the seriousness 00:00:15.930 --> 00:00:17.370 align:middle line:90% of the coronavirus. 00:00:17.370 --> 00:00:20.040 align:middle line:84% President Trump has repeatedly contradicted experts 00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:21.510 align:middle line:90% when it comes to the virus. 00:00:21.510 --> 00:00:25.150 align:middle line:84% And lawmakers have openly mocked people's reaction to it. 00:00:25.150 --> 00:00:28.230 align:middle line:84% And while Carlson himself has made some outrageous claims 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:31.410 align:middle line:84% about the virus, he now says, those continuing to minimize it 00:00:31.410 --> 00:00:32.759 align:middle line:90% are wrong to do so. 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:34.130 align:middle line:90% - They're wrong. 00:00:34.130 --> 00:00:36.570 align:middle line:84% The Chinese coronavirus is a major event. 00:00:36.570 --> 00:00:37.980 align:middle line:90% It will affect your life. 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:41.550 align:middle line:84% And by the way, it's definitely not just the flu. 00:00:41.550 --> 00:00:43.320 align:middle line:84% In a typical, year the flu in this country 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:45.990 align:middle line:84% has a mortality rate of about one in 1,000. 00:00:45.990 --> 00:00:47.790 align:middle line:84% The overall death rate for this virus, 00:00:47.790 --> 00:00:51.360 align:middle line:90% by contrast, is as high as 3.4%. 00:00:51.360 --> 00:00:53.430 align:middle line:84% KYLIE MAR: Carlson also pushed back on the notion 00:00:53.430 --> 00:00:55.980 align:middle line:84% that it's only a matter of time before the coronavirus 00:00:55.980 --> 00:00:57.850 align:middle line:90% becomes a thing of the past. 00:00:57.850 --> 00:00:59.970 align:middle line:84% - The Chinese coronavirus will get worse. 00:00:59.970 --> 00:01:01.710 align:middle line:84% Its effects will be far more disruptive 00:01:01.710 --> 00:01:02.560 align:middle line:90% than they are right now. 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:03.360 align:middle line:90% That is not a guess. 00:01:03.360 --> 00:01:06.270 align:middle line:84% It is inevitable no matter what they're telling you. 00:01:06.270 --> 00:01:09.120 align:middle line:84% Let's hope everyone stops lying about that, and soon. 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.740 align:middle line:84% KYLIE MAR: Meanwhile, at the exact same time 00:01:10.740 --> 00:01:13.260 align:middle line:84% over on Fox Business, Trish Regan not only made 00:01:13.260 --> 00:01:16.260 align:middle line:84% the comparison to the flu that Carlson warned against, 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.990 align:middle line:84% she told her audience that this is all just a conspiracy 00:01:18.990 --> 00:01:20.610 align:middle line:90% to take down the president. 00:01:20.610 --> 00:01:24.180 align:middle line:84% - The media's reaction with the global town 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:28.800 align:middle line:84% halls and CNN treating this like it's some missing plane story. 00:01:28.800 --> 00:01:32.030 align:middle line:84% Many in the liberal media using, and I mean using, 00:01:32.030 --> 00:01:35.370 align:middle line:84% coronavirus in an attempt to demonize 00:01:35.370 --> 00:01:37.110 align:middle line:90% and destroy the president. 00:01:37.110 --> 00:01:41.460 align:middle line:84% This is yet another attempt to impeach the president. 00:01:41.460 --> 00:01:43.000 align:middle line:90%