Pence: Trump putting health and safety of Americans first, praises hospital workers

Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview Saturday on "Watters' World" that he and President Trump continue to put the health and safety of Americans at the forefront through thoughtful and decisive actions in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Pence told host Jesse Watters that the White House is successfully engaging state and local leaders to forward a "whole of government approach" to the contagion, which originated in China.

"I think it’s important for your viewers to know that when the president made the unprecedented decision to suspend all travel from China in January -- and then suspended travel from Europe, the U.K. and Ireland -- and even before that, began screening all passengers from Italy and South Korea, it bought our nation time to do exactly what you said, and that was stand up a national response," Pence said.