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40,000/139,000. respond but called when he landed at Andrews. He said that he too is having trouble dealing with Meadows who is says can be very difficult. Mark told me to hang in there and not do anything drastic just in response to Meadows. Short was totally supportive and clearly indicated that Meadows was a problem for him also. Did Chamber of Commerce live podcast - came out very well. Did Medscape Podcast with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese Did WebMD with John Whyte Concresswoman Maxime Waters called wanting me to directly address millennials. Good conversation. Crazy Michael Caputo says he now has total control of approvals for HHS people for TV, but wants a "murder Board" before each appearance since "if we screw up, his job is in trouble". Total bullshit since the 1st "Murder Board" for Francis (CNN) and me (NewsHour) was a joke with his staff who know nothing trying to question Francis and me. Slso, Caputo calls me and says that he is takng over the decision about who goes on TV and not the White House. He wants an organized program of equal distribution among the HHS docs. He sounds delusional. He is declaring independence from the WH. Syas that they will decide Sunday Show, but nothing else. PRESS: PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff; New York Times article by Michael Grynbaum refute Navarro's USA Today OpEd with title: "Newspaper Says Op-Ed Attacking Fauci Was Misleading"; Many clips on CNN drawing from Chamber of Commerce podcast July 18, 2020 - Global - 13,800,000/594,000; USA - 3,640,000/139,000. Cases continue to surge. News cycle dominated by reports of conflict between me and the Trump insiders (see below) Petitions from multiple scientific organizations going around to sign on in support of me. Comm situation becomes even crazier. Despite Caputo saying that he is now "calling the shots and not the White House (see above), Alyssa Farah called me and said that Jake Tapper wants me this week and she will put me on for Tuesday. I explained to her what Caputo said and she told me not to pay attention to him since he is a big problem. She even said that it would be better if he stopped tweeting about Roger Stine and concentrated on his job, things would work better. Anyway, I am caught in the middle. Let us see how this turns out.