President Trump Set To Make Major Announcement In Allentown On Thursday

Matt Petrillo reports.

RESEARCHERS WORKING ONVACCINES, TREATMENTS, ANDTESTING.PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TOMAKE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTTOMORROW DURING TRIP TOALLENTOWN.MATT PETRILLO ON WHAT'S BEINGCALLED NATIONAL STOCKPILE 2.0.TODAY WE LEARN THEDISTRIBUTION CENTER NEARALLENTOWN TRUMP EXPECTED TOVISIT THURSDAY IS A COMPANY HETALKED ABOUT BEFORE.JOINING US TODAY ARE THELEADERS OF AMERICA'S LARGESTDISTRIBUTORS OFPHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICALEQUIPMENT INCLUDING CARDINALHEALTH, HENRY SHINE, OWENS ANDMINOR --THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMPINTRODUCING OWENS AND MINOR TOTHE NATION, DURING ACORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE PRESSBRIEFING BACK IN MARCH.AT THE TIME THE CEO OF THEVIRGINIA-BASED COMPANY TALKEDABOUT RAMP UP PRODUCTION OFN95 RESPIRATORS AND MASKS.ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'RESTRUGGLING WITH THE DEMANDINCREASE.OWENS AND MINOR HAS MEDICALEQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION CENTER,IN UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIPNEAR ALLENTOWN, WHEREPRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TOVISIT THURSDAY.THAT'S PERFECTLY OKAY FORTHE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEDSTATES TO COME IN ANDREATTENTION TO THE GREAT WORKTHEY'RE DOING."EYEWITNESS NEWS" HAS ALSOLEARNED TRUMP WILL MAKE AMAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT AT THEDISTRIBUTION CENTER, WHEREHE'LL LAUNCH WHAT HE CALLS THENATIONAL STRATEGIC STOCKPILE2.0T WOULD IMPLEMENT NEWTECHNOLOGY AND INCREASE THESUPPLIES.THE WHITE HOUSE WILL ALSO ASKPRIVATE COMPANIES TO STORESUPPLIES, AND IN AN EFFORT TOBECOME LESS RELY AND THE ONCHINA.THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT ISHISTORIC.BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BEWHOLE NEW WAY OF OVERHAULINGWHAT WAS ANTIQUATED SYSTEMFROM THE PREVIOUSADMINISTRATION.BUT SOME QUESTION TRUMP'STRIP DURING THE PANDEMIC.THIS IS NOT A TIME THAT THEPRESIDENT SHOULD BE OUTCAMPAIGNING IN PENNSYLVANIA.THAT'S FOR SURE.AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISITTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY THURSDAYWILL BE HIS SECOND MAJOR TRIPSINCE THE OUTBREAK SHUTDOWN