during that same appearance the president also demanded that "reuters" white house correspondent jeff mason take off his mask. >> the issue of what happened when you were in france continues to be -- >> you're going to have to take that off, please. you can take it off. your health -- how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak a lot louder. >> if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. if you would take it off, it would be a lot easier. >> i'll just speak louder. is that better? >> it's better, yeah. >> based on your --

joining me now, white house correspondent for "reuters," jeff mason. good morning, jeff. let's talk about one of the top stories. president trump suggesting in north carolina that people should vote twice this election, which is illegal. what reaction are you hearing? >> i'm haven't gathered a whole lot of reaction at this hour just yet, but generally what he's saying there and the reaction i anticipate we'll start to hear today from democrats on the hill and probably others, this is a president who has expressed concern about mail-in voting. you've just heard his attorney general expressing concern. but at the same time at least in this interview, he's essentially encouraging fraud, so that's, a, contradictory, b, as you rightly said, illegal, and it undercuts his argument in general that the election will be cast into doubt because of this mail-in voting process that he has so many objections to. there's also ample evidence in states that have already had mail-in voting, colorado being one of them, that mail-in voting can go just fine and that it can help both republica

and jeff mason, you and i both know him, is probably one of the nicest human beings on the planet. to get into an argument with jeff about wearing a mask, it just -- it shows you the kind of leader from a public health perspective that donald trump has been as president. and it's no wonder that we've seen just a botched attempt at blunting what never had to be the way it is right now. >> even if jeff mason was one of the meanest people you have ever come into contact with, still arguing with him over whether to wear a mask is not in the public heal health, not good for anyone to not wear a mask. you should be practicing that responsibility when you're in public, especially when you're on national television in a public place, you should be showing that it matters and the president should be the one helping to do so. meanwhile, the former vice president is out there saying the president is waiving the white flag on covid, saying that the president is not actually fighting the fight. he isn't living up to his words. let's listen to this and i've got a question on the other hen. >> he

safe which is why you signed up for this role >> joining me now, reuters white house correspondent jeff mason, elise jordan who was an aide in the george w. bush administration, and kimberly atkins, "boston globe" senior opinion writer, welcome, all jeff, the white house is pushing back against olivia troye. you've cover olivia troye, you know her give me your background, your perspective on all this. >> the first thing to say, andrea, though the white house is trying to downplay her role and call her a disgruntled employee, she was in the mix and at the very top levels with regard to the coronavirus response she was vice president pence's deputy, i think, deputy national security adviser she was essentially the planner for the coronavirus task force, for those meetings she coordinated closely with each of the doctors. she coordinated closely with the other members of the task force. so you can say she's a disgruntled employee, which is what the white house is saying, but you can't say she wasn't a very, very key member of this team that adds a lot of credibility about the criticism she's giv

he wanted jeff mason to take that mask off. this wasn't the first time the president has done that at a press conference despite his own advice even heediading into the holiday weekend on friday. the president is clearly not a fan of something we know works. >> right. if you look at media from around the world, when you look at other world leaders when they make public appearances they all wear masks. so he continues not to model the kind of behavior that would save lives in this country. i think historians are going to note that one of the, maybe the greatest error in our pandemic response, and we've had a panoply of errors, is the failure to get the entire country to wear masks. and when you look at countries, where the mortality is a fraction of what it is in the united states, the common theme from the very beginning of the pandemic was universal masking. it is really a lost opportunity. he could have made this the country's patriotic duty. this could have been like cowboy up. this would have been mask up. he could have had

arthel: all right, jeff mason, thank you very much, jeff. eric. eric: jeff and arthel, who would president trump nominate to the high court as he said he says it will be a woman. up next some of the reported candidates as the nation honors and remembers justice ruth bader ginsburg who left legacy on the high court and on the laws of our nation. ♪ upbeat music >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ and mine's unlisted.. try boost® high protein... -with 20 grams of protein for muscle health- -versus only 16 grams in ensure® high protein. and now enjoy boost® high protein in new café mocha flavor. ♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: the steps to the highest court in the nation now a shrine to justice ginsburg as mourners gather outside of the supreme court of the united states to honor her this weekend. david spunt is also there with more. hi, david. david: hi, arthel, i have been out here for two days and steady stream of mourners out here to honor the second woman to sit on the high court of the united states. the late justice ruth bader ginsburg. many peopl

jeff mason, thank you very much. >> thank you. arthel: eric.c: arthel, violence and unrest erupted in rochester, new york last night, third straight night of protests following police involved death of daniel prude, 11 protestors arrested and 3 officers in scuffles. protestors smashed windows and damaged store fronts after black lives matter protest there, reports say it was sponsored by the new african black panther party and revolutionary abolitionist movement. police arresting at least 8 people last night. alex hogan live in new york city and now at union square in manhattan which is a historic place for people to gather to air their grievances publicly, so alex, what does it look like where you are now? >> alex. so far it's been peaceful and signs end to racism and fascism and it's part of continued effort of protest that is we have seen throughout the summer but last night we should note one protest did take a turn. nypd arresting 8 people on various charges after looting and smashed windows. in rochester community anger after release of d

during that same appearance the president also demanded that "reuters" white house correspondent jeff mason take off his mask. >> the issue of what happened when you were in france continues to be -- >> you're going to have to take that off, please. you can take it off. your health -- how many feet are you away? >> i'll speak a lot louder. >> if you don't take it off, you're very muffled. if you would take it off, it would be a lot easier. >> i'll just speak louder. is that better? >> it's better, yeah. >> based on your -- >> you sound so clear as opposed to everybody else. >> all right. so major elements of "the atlantic's" reporting on the president's disparaging remarks on u.s. sourcing by other organizations, his discenter in finding captured soldiers has now been reported by the "washington post" and "new york times." his discomfort with wounded veterans now confirmed by "the new york times," his asking what's in it for them while standing with john kelly at kelly's son grave has been reported by the "associated press" and the "washington post," the claim that the president did not wan

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. >>> joining me now, liz goodwin, from the "boston globe" and jeff mason, white house correspondent at reuters. good to see you both. i'm going to start with you, liz. lisa murkowski not wanting to move forward before the november election. is this the canary in the coal mine for republicans? >> i think it remains to be seen. i mean senator murkowski and senator collins are the two easiest no votes you could think of for democrats. murkowskis that bucked the party in the past and senator collins was very clear in her past statements that she did not want to have this vote. i'm still watching for some of the other vulnerable senators who have stayed quiet. cory gardner just sort of tweeted his condolences to ginsburg's family. he is in a tough race in colorado. and then senator mitt romney could sometimes be a bit of a maverick. the only republican to vote to convict an impeachment and he hasn't said anything yet and romney cares a lot about process. i could be him being uncomfortable with something that looked rushed or over my political. but at the same time they both love conserva

when it comes to masks, his supporters are flouting them he had an exchange with jeff mason just the other day, a reporter, telling him to take it off because he couldn't hear him, because he was muffled. jeff mason decided to model behavior and say no, i'm not going to do that how many americans would still be -- can you quantify how many americans might still be alive if the president of the united states was honest about this disease and took it seriously, as seriously as his health officials did, as early on as they actually knew, on january 28th >> there is a good way to do that estimate. but i want to say this and i'll tell you what that estimate is. something passing through the respiratory system is only scary if you're not aware of it. because we all have the power, if we know that there's something that spreads easily through the air, as he knew, to do something about it. and countries around the world have done that so what i would say is if we had reacted similar to, say, germany, which is a big country like ours, it's a pretty diverse country. it did not have the best re

general kelly has not been asked to issue a statement moreover when jeff mason the white house correspondent asked the president 2 weeks ago well why don't you have general kelly issue a statement he was with you the whole time if what you're saying is not true let's have general kelly issue a statement of course the president said no way to that because you know that the general would tell the truth that what the president is reported to be saying is just the tip of the iceberg of what he's actually said and so what he did was he went out and got 15 sycophants who were directly associated with the story to lie on his behalf and so that's where we are right now but he does feel that way about the troops you can ask michael cohen you're going to ask. anybody close to him over the last 10 years about his feelings about people that serve in the military you and i both know he's a transactional ist and he doesn't see money associated with that type of service and so that's one of the reasons why he's turned off. do you do you find him easy just lies easily. arwa larry you know i'm a long period

just to give you all up in the poll, bring in the pennell jeff mason white house correspondent, kimberlyitorial board at "the wall street journal," "washington post" columnist marc thiessen. starting with you in the health care page in the executive order on preexisting conditions. if the conqueror getting everything that make a difference around the edges, but without the main pitch on health care without a legislative fix. >> that goes to the polls you mentioned, bret, the big vulnerabilities for republicans over since they failed to come up with a replacement has been health care, democrats hitting it very, very hard. it's a weakness. he doesn't have the ability with tax reform to push something through and so the meantime, they are, they are attempting to reassure to suggest that they have a plan and i imagine that what you will see in the coming days and weeks is that a pitch to say, look, if we do well at the election and maybe give us more seats in the house, this is the kind of health care proposal we will be putting forward and so it's overdue but it should help them in the end.

during a news conference on monday, trump tried to coerce reuters reporter jeff mason into taking off his face mask because his voice was muffled. trump relented after mason said he would speak louder. mamason is the former presididef the e white house correspondents associatioion. i drawn, trump report -- prpraie ththe reporterer who took off hs .asksk "you sound clelear," trump said. as global covid-19 cases topped 27.2 million, india has shot past brazil to become the second-most infected country, with over 4.2 million cases. around 1000 covid-19 deaths are being recorded daily in india. spain has become the first country in western europe to top 500,000 coronavirus infections as the country has witnessed a second surge in coronavirus cases amid the easing of lockdowns and the reopening of schools. greece has registered 10 cases of coronavirus in the overcrowded migrant camp of moria on the island of lesbos. in russia, some frontline workers, including teachers and healthcare workers, are expressing concern over getting a coronavirus vaccine touted last month by president vladimir

as jeff mason pointed out, it's so in keeping with what the president said on camera about john mccain. he said, look, i never called john mccain a loser. we see that very word on videotape. he used it on twitter. there is a credibility issue. some people will always believe everything the president says. some will believe what his opponents say. he'll make sure the people who are sympathetic to him in the military community do not accept this as a genuine report. >> anita, and obviously we've been talking about it well, the coronavirus looms here -- before election day there is a breakthrough when it comes to a vaccine. politically, the way the president is positioning himself here, if you could talk a little about potential risks there from the president's standpoint. is he promising something that if it doesn't come through could cost him at the polls? and also the flip side, the response you're seeing from democrats here. kamala harris, president going after her on that. is there a risk politically for democrats being too skeptical, being seen as too skeptical here at all? >> well,

and the journalist, jeff mason, kept his mask on and said, no, no. i'm just going to talk louder. so he was bullying. he, you know -- it's just -- it's stunning to me. >> that's the thing, gloria. back to your point. it's like he's publicly shaming. publicly bullying. knows all cameras are on him, taking that news conference labor day, everyone's eyes are on the screen. to your paint, saying, wrote down, i did it. so what? my question is, a lot of "i did it. so what?" and he's still in office, may get re-elected. is this the thing that sticks? >> to me, i think this sticks more than, say, impeachment and that was a phone call. i did it. so what? it was a perfect phone call. i think this sticks, because this is about our lives, our children, our parents, our families, our livelihood, and it affects all of us in every way every single day. and if you choose to believe him and say, well, you know, he did it for a good reason. he lied to me for a good reason, fine. then you're a trump supporter part of his base and nothing will take you off that. but i think people may think about thi

there was that scene where he asked jeff mason who you and i have known for a long time, he asked him to take off his mask and jeff said i'll talk louder and would not remove it. what did i miss? give us a big picture. what did we just see here? >> reporter: well, i think we saw the president trying to steal some of the spotlight today from joe biden and kamala harris who are out having events as you just mentioned and showed. this press conference was called rather last minute. it's an unusual location on the north portico of the white house and the steps usual lip see the president greeting for indignitaries from. it was billed as being an opportunity for him to talk about the economy. something his campaign has been trying to shift the focus to because it's one of the few areas left that the president shows some strength. he doesn't have a big advantage on the economy. he shows some strength there. i think it was interesting, we're starting to see the vaccine really become a political issue. you played a clip a moment ago about him attacking harris who earlier had question question

jeff mason has been covering this for a long time.says he hasn't seen something like that in all of his years. we bring in fox news contributor, former arkansas governor, mike huckabee. he's the author of the new book, "the 3 cs that made america great: christianity, capitalism, and the constitution." i will interrupt you when the president comes out. you have to imagine he's going to come out swinging on these issues, as secretary mnuchin and others did over the weekend, defending him from the atlantic reporting and jennifer griffin's reporting, as well. >> i hope he does. i certainly think he has to. here's the thing. there have been at least ten different people who were with the president who have gone in front of the microphone, put their face in the camera, and absolutely said that this story is false. that it is complete misrepresentation. one of those sources, by the way, i have a lot of confidence in. my daughter. she was there. she was with the present. but she's also been with the president at walter reed in the middle of t

. >> that was white house reporter for "reuters" jeff mason. good morning, it is tuesday, september 8th, along with joe, willie and me -- >> wait you don't just blow past willie. he's looking like the edward r. pu murrough of our time. how was your weekend? >> it was good. the kids are rolling back to school. we're looking at some semblance of normalcy, but that's not possible with reporters wearing masks and the president still asking them to take them off despite everything we know. >> i haven't been back to new york since the end of february. how is new york city doing? i get some reports it's fine, but a lot of other people say, man, when you come back you're not going to recognize it at all, between the boarded up buildings and -- >> people have moved out. >> -- so many people have moved out. look at times square this morning. 6:00 a.m., nobody is there. what's new york city like? >> it's strange. i mean, this is the tuesday after labor day, where there should be this massive rush of kids going to school and people going back to work and s

jeff? it's anthony mason. did you drop out of character right away? what do you do in a moment like that?ust didn't know that it would be after two takes of probably the most important scene in the movie, so i, it was great to meet him. you always hope they like it, but it's not a requirement and he said you know, you brought back the emotion i felt, the struggle i felt to try to figure out what to do, what to say. >> he said you ruined his day. he said you did it so good you ruined his day. >> he said it made him feel a little nauseous which usually for an actor is not a good compliment but i took it as one. >> having played the part, do you have a different appreciation of james comey now? >> yes. i know more. i know what he was up. now you know what he was thinking. the movie is all about what jim was thinking, and the thought processes that went into each decision, and each decision i found out was between a rock and a hard place. there were no easy decisions in this, and so you're more -- i came out more informed, which i think would be a good thing for everyone going into this elect