President Trump To Visit Medical Equipment Distribution Center In Lehigh Valley Thursday

Matt Petrillo reports.

THE THINGS THEY USED TO DO INA DIFFERENT WAY.NATASHA BROWN, CBS 3,"EYEWITNESS NEWS."PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL VISITTHE LEHIGH VALLEY TOMORROW.MAKING STOP AT COMPANY THATDISTRIBUTES MEDICAL SUPPLIES.OUR MATT PETRILLO TELLS US THEPRESIDENT EXPECT THE TO MAKEMAJOR NAY ANNOUNCEMENT DURINGTHE VISIT.WELL, TODAY WE LEARNED THEDISTRIBUTION CENTER HERE INALLENTOWN TRUMP IS EXPECTED TOVISIT THURSDAY IS A COMPANY HETALKED ABOUT BEFORE.JOINING US TODAY ARE THELEADERS OF AMERICA'S LARGESTDISTRIBUTORS OFPHARMACEUTICALS AND MEDICALEQUIPMENT INCLUDING MC KISSON,CARDINAL HEALTH, HENRY SHINE,OWENS AND MINER --THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMPINTRODUCING OWENS AND MINER 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 IS THE DEMANDINCREASE.OWENS AND MINOR HAS MEDICALEQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION CENTERIN UP UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIPNEAR ALLENTOWN WHERE PRESIDENTTRUMP IS EXPECTED TO VISITTHURSDAY.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 STOCKPILE2.0.IT WOULD IMPLEMENT NEWTECHNOLOGY, AND INCREASE THESUPPLIES, THE WHITE HOUSE WILLALSO ASK PRIVATE COMPANIES TOSTORE SUPPLIES, IN AN EFFORTTO BECOME LESS RELY AND THE ONCHINA.THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT ISHISTORIC, BECAUSE THIS ISGOING TO BE WHOLE NEW WAY OFOVERHAULING WHAT WASANTIQUATED SYSTEM FROM THEPREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.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 THURSDAY,WILL BE HIS SECOND MAJOR TRIPSINCE THE OUTBREAK SHUTDOWN