Interview with Former Secret Service Agent.
KEILAR: This just in to CNN, President Trump's physician will be updating his condition live next hour from Walter Reed Medical Center so we are going to be keeping an eye trained no that as the hour approaches. In the meantime, another doctor who works there at Walter Reed says it's insanity, what you're watching right now, that the president was allowed to do a drive-by photo op this weekend to wave to his supporters. Dr. James Phillips tweeted in part, "That presidential SUV is not only bulletproof but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID-19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding." And so you can clearly see in these images that the Secret Service agent in the front seat is wearing full PPE. This includes a visor, a mask, a gown in an effort to protect himself. And one current Secret Service agent who works on the presidential detail told CNN, quote, "That should never have happened." I want to bring in Charles Marino. He was a supervisory special agent with the Secret Service, Charles, as you watched this unfold, what did you think? What was your reaction?</s>CHARLES MARINO, FORMER SECRET SERVICE SUPERVISORY AGENT: Hey, Brianna, thanks for having me. You know, the president obviously sets the tone and has set the tone throughout this pandemic, and bears responsibility for the decision that he makes to move forward his agenda, even if it flies in the face of reasonable comprehensive medical and risk management suggestions here. You know, what I would like to see, Brianna, is more of a strategic view by the president of how his decisions can impact not only his staff as we're seeing, the Republican Party, but also potentially the Secret Service. You know, this translates into business and government continuity. And the Secret Service does not have unlimited resources here. They're dealing with COVID just like any other workforce is currently. So I would hope that the decisions would be made primarily based on those things that the president really deems that are essential that you and I would agree are also essential decisions, where he needs to move during this time -- and not for any other purpose.</s>KEILAR: Yes, they're a finite resource, you put them in a car with the president like that, now you have two agents who should be quarantining, right? So now they're out of the mix for 14 days. Other agents have to step up and cover for them. There's a Secret Service agent, Charles, who told CNN, quote, "You can't say no." Is that true even if they're being -- even if they feel like they're being put at risk completely unnecessarily?</s>MARINO: Yes. That's a great question. You know, this is not the first time obviously -- right? -- that politics meets the Secret Service mission here. Typically the Secret Service is going to offer its counsel when there's an overwhelming outside threat against the overall safety and security of the president. You know, in this situation with COVID-19, it's really going to be more medical consultation. In terms of the people that I've spoken to yesterday, the way the situation evolved was that the medical staff consulted with the Secret Service who basically said, listen, we can get this done, there's no overwhelming outside threat in terms of why we can't take the president out in the car. And so they did what they were asked. But you know, at any point in time here, you really are serving as counsel to the president. We saw this under President Bush as well, too, on September 11th, where the Secret Service decision was to not go back to the White House on the evening of September 11th. And President Bush overruled that decision and went back to the White House. So this is not the first time. But here, especially during a pandemic, this is spreading like wildfire right now and it really -- it's going to directly impact our national security here based on the number of people that are going down with the symptoms and having to quarantine at any one time.</s>KEILAR: Yes, it's a very important point. Charles Marino, thank you for being with us.</s>MARINO: Thanks, Brianna.</s>KEILAR: Vice President Mike Pence is still planning to travel to Utah next hour despite several people that he was in contact with testing positive for coronavirus. And we have new details about yet another person who was at that Supreme Court ceremony who is now infected. This is CNN special live coverage.