the road to corruption is paved with good intentions or so it would seem after this week's revelation that after years of claiming they're getting their houses in order renowned banks continue to aid and abet illegal money laundering an international consortium of investigative journalists is behind the massive leak of documents from the u.s. financial crimes and force meant network or fins for short documents that are studded with prominent names from united states president donald trump on one side of the atlantic to germany's deutsche of buck on the other it seems to have complied with rules to report suspicious transactions but took few steps to rein them in our topic money laundering all of terrorists how corrupt are the banks. of the earth. welcome to to the point it's a pleasure to introduce our guests daniel drucker is editor in chief of buzz feed news germany and he says the suspicious activity reports give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money on collector fees. and it's a pleasure. here to welcome matthew carnatic to the program he's chief europe correspondent for po

the road to corruption is paved with good intentions or so it would seem after this week's revelation that after years of claiming they're getting their houses in order renowned banks continue to aid and abet illegal money laundering an international consortium of investigative journalists is behind the massive leak of documents from the u.s. financial crimes enforcement network or fins and for short documents that are studded with prominent names from united states president donald trump on one side of the atlantic to germany's deutsche of bunk on the other it seems to have complied with rules to report suspicious transactions but took few steps to rein them in our topic money laundering all of arks terrorists how corrupt are the banks. to. come up. welcome to to the point it's a pleasure to introduce our guests daniel drucker is editor in chief of buzz feed news germany and he says the suspicious activity records give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money then collect the fees. and it's a pleasure to welcome our few carnatic to the program he's chief europe correspondent for

the road to corruption is paved with good intentions or so it would seem after this week's revelation that after years of claiming they're getting their houses in order renowned banks continue to aid and abet illegal money laundering an international consortium of investigative journalists is behind the massive leak of documents from the u.s. financial crimes enforcement network or finance and for short documents that are studded with prominent names from united states president donald trump on one side of the atlantic to germany's deutsche of bunk on the other it seems to have complied with rules to report suspicious transactions but took few steps to rein them in our topic money laundering all guards terrorists how corrupt are the banks. welcome to to the point it's a pleasure to introduce our guests daniel drucker is editor in chief of buzz feed news germany and he says the suspicious activity records give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money then collect the fees. and it's a pleasure to welcome our few carnatic to the program he's chief europe correspondent for politico an

the road to corruption is paved with good intentions or so it would seem after this week's revelation that after years of claiming they're getting their houses in order renowned banks continue to aid and abet illegal money laundering an international consortium of investigative journalists is behind the massive leak of documents from the u.s. financial crimes enforcement network or fins for short documents that are studded with prominent names from united states president donald trump on one side of the atlantic to germany's box on the other it seems to have complied with rules to report suspicious transactions but took few steps to rein them in our topic money laundering all of terrorists how corrupt are the banks. on. the money. welcome to to the point it's a pleasure to introduce our guests daniel drucker is editor in chief of buzz feed news germany and he says the suspicious activity records give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money on collect the fees. and it's a pleasure to welcome matthew carney chick to the program he's chief europe correspondent for politico and he be

o'donnel >> good evening rachel do you find yourself capable of ranking the enormity of the different revelations of the bob woodward's book? >> the thing that pushes the covid stuff to the top is the unexpected fact that the president did understand the public health risk of covid. it has been easy for those of us who have been extra creditable for the president's response to assume that he did not get it. to learn and hear that he did get it and he deliberately lied to the american people while understanding how big of a lie he was telling it is hard to shock me in the trump era but i am legitimately shocked about that learning of what dan coats thought about the president is shocking, too. >> yes >> the covid stuff and hearing him do it in his own word is worse than nixon's oval office did in terms of what the president is admitting because it is tens and thousands of american lives on his hands. >> we'll approach it on many angles tonight john brennan is going to be with us and susan rice and we'll concentrate on these national security revelations here including the secretary of defense worr

it's a revelation of the struggles that mr. jefferson was going through, as we continue to go through when we read those notes. a further revelation is the fact that we know these now, we know jefferson's notes on virginia. he did not write them to be published extensively. he wrote the notes collectively in answer to a questionnaire that wast put out by someone to the colony of virginia and all the former colonies so that france could become better aware of the information, animal, vegetable, mineral, particularly to investing in the american revolution. so jefferson had notes already and gathered these all together when he went to france, and he had them published in france privately and handed down to gentlemen of scientific curiosity. it got out of their hands, it got published, and there was. so there's a background. it is not a justification, it is a revelation of them. a further revelation within these notes: jefferson makes bold statements not only about race, but also religion. he makes bold statements about habits and

election campaign and the democrats have been watching what these revelent revelations that have been coming out of bob woodward book let's take a listen to what democratic candidate joe biden is saying about these latest revelations he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on prop 8 was a life and death betrayal of the american people. so joe biden is saying that trump failed in his duty to protect the american people even though he knew there was an imminent danger could this further damage trump's reelection prospects do you think yeah i think you know biden is not just up by 8 points in the national average he is also the one that voters say they trust most to get this pandemic under control. you know we saw essentially republicans trying to paper over a little bit the revel

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it isn't the revelation itself and. the work we do helps muslims and also nor muslims to do away with literally nothing of a text. you leave the text sitting there it's an approach that usually leads to greater interest in the spirit of the text. rather than in the literal meaning to question that. nearly all of the qur'an 114 suras contain a lot of ambiguity. so we ask question how do we know what we know how do we know if this interpretation is actually an interpretation of what god had in mind how do we know if this is the source of authority why this male scholars through the centuries had more authority than a woman today living in one context we're understand the stakes for her own experience from a woman's perspective tunisia is the most liberal muslim country in the region even so reforms are needed islamic scholar of her yousef has written extensively on issues like inheritance law polygamy and homosexuality as they relate to the qur'an use of compares the interpretations of male scholars from the middle ages t

the road to corruption is paved with good intentions or so it would seem after this week's revelation that after years of claiming they're getting their houses in order to banks continue to aid and abet illegal money laundering an international consortium of investigative journalists is behind the massive leak of documents from the u.s. financial crimes enforcement network or fins for short documents that are studded with prominent names from united states president donald trump on one side of the atlantic to germany's deutsche of buck on the other it seems to have complied with rules to report suspicious transactions but took few steps to rein them in our topic money laundering terrorists how corrupt are the banks. welcome to to the point it's a pleasure to introduce our guests daniel is editor in chief of buzz feed news germany and he says the suspicious activity reports give banks a free pass to keep moving dirty money on collect the fees. and it's a pleasure to welcome our few carnatic to the program he's chief europe correspondent for politico and he believes this councils are ju

the biden campaign turned the tax revelations into an ad showing what average americans rage americans the "times" report contradicts mr. trump's billionaire business guru image. >> they paid me $213 million. >> reporter: many of his businesses including golf courses and hotels report losing large amounts of money. the president also used tax deductions to fund his lavish lifestyle, writing off expenses for housing, aircraft. >> you're fired. >> reporter: and even $70,000 in hair styling for his tv appearances. >> totally fake news. made up, fake. >> reporter: on sunday the president denied the report. today he defended his use of depreciation and tax credits in a pair of tweets. mr. trump has long claimed there is nothing to hide in his tax returns, while refusing to release them. >> i look forward to releasing that. i look forward to releasing many things. i will release many things and people will be really shocked. >> reporter: the documents obtained by the times show the i.r.s. is auditing a questionable $73 million tax refund the president claimed and could now be forced to pay b

there are other ways in which the revelations could be argued to have led to collection lawsuits.could count that is damage under the way our system operates. that's to say if the revelations lead consumers to greater privacy because they did not like having their own data intercepted. and so companies like google encrypted its connection from google servers to your own servers. that can be said to interfere with nsa objections. that's the marketplace working the way it supposed to. if citizens did not like what they were learning after legislative changes are brought legal challenges to court that assist system working the way it is supposed to work. a lot of things on the intelligence community about snowden's leaks is actually the system are responding appropriately according to our own four principles of how we govern ourselves. >> if i could quickly jump in here. i also had the privilege to review barton's book and the "washington post". it's truly an impressive book and tried to change my opinion and views on what edward snowden did. so in some ways that is the highest compl

so do you think peter that this revelation which comes from bob woodward who's not just any reporter. further damage trumps the prospects of getting reelected it's a very good question i mean biden is leading in the national polls obviously a majority of americans say that they trust biden to handle the pandemic. you know more so than then trump will it matter you know there's a reason that he's also called teflon don these things have a tendency and he's seen his fair share of controversies none of them have stuck. in this case so trump can't rely on his base alone he will need also to appeal to suburban voters who lead to the support of older voters a lot of them have turned their back on trump because of his handling of this pandemic and so you know 2 months till election day that is a long time but we also know a lot of people are going to vote early they're going to look to mail in voting because of the pandemic because they're too afraid to turn out you know a lot can happen between now and then but this could be one of the biggest blows we've seen to trump reelection chances so

want to know how will deal with the investigation into his tax records revelations suggest that the self-proclaimed billionaire may actually face a nightmare of bad deals and unpaid taxes totaling $100.00. submarine's of dollars trump denies the assertions. reactions to the new york times scoop reflected the deep divisions that are evident across america in this election year makes my blood boil. everything he does makes my blood boil and what's going to make my blood boil even more is if there are no consequences to this why now why now they bring this up like 35 days through election day you know i mean i think it will affect the election probably not because there's been way worse accusations against him before and people haven't cared. the story adds to the troubles of a president trailing badly in opinion polls the newspaper reported that tax filings show donald trump pay just $750.00 in federal income taxes in 2016 the year he won the presidency and the same amount in 2017 his 1st year in office and he paid no income taxes whatsoever in 10 of the previous 15 years. that's beca

all these revelations has this sent a shock waves to the banking sector let's get you more now on these developments so with the greg he's senior market analyst at online trading platform a wind up in london greg good to have you here with us 1st of all what kind of impact will these revelations have on the banking sector if at all i'm still not so sure i don't think it's going to have too great an impact i think these revelations as they stand and of course the situation may evolve more details may emerge that will changed up but nothing that i'm really hearing here looks to draw stick in that we know that there's always going to be payments in the banking system which all going to be illicit we know that there's always going to be suspicious transactions it's the procedures of imports in place to try and highlight them and try and deal with them but we also know that the controls don't really exist to stop it entirely that it's always going to be kind of fighting against the tides kind of situation. as the report will be alluded to is a highly intelligent mechanisms which are in place

it isn't the revelation itself. i do believe the work we do helps muslims and also nor muslims to do away with literally nothing of the text. lift you have used to detect sitting there it's an approach that usually leads to greater interest in the spirit of the text. rather than in the literal meaning to castle that. nearly all of the qur'an 114 suras contain a lot of ambiguity. so we ask question how do we know what we know how do we know if this interpretation is actually an interpretation of what god had in mind how do we know if this is a source of authority why this male scholars through the centuries had more authority than a woman today living in one context were understand the stakes for her own experience from a woman's perspective tunisia is the most liberal muslim country in the region even so reforms are needed islamic scholar of for yourself has written extensively on issues like inheritance law polygamy and homosexuality as they relate to the qur'an use of compares the interpretations of male scholars

have died from the virus and the pandemic rages on in america tonight reaction to trump's revelations republicans are reserved others are not some accusing the president of putting his political interests 1st the people last a man campaigning to win reelection even if it meant life or death i bring golf in berlin this is the day. the banks. it's all so forth good leverage your veto your even your secret us was this it's at least it's a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for have a political weapon that's a good question why did the bring down favorite thanks once again the president expressed calm there is damning proof. that donald trump lie and think that well i think if you said i'm going to reduce panic perhaps that's. also coming up what does u.k. prime minister boris johnson want most for christmas millions and millions of corona virus tests and no 2nd lockdown with new infections increasing is that wish list wishful thinking. and everything comes together it may be possible even for some of the most difficult sectors like the theaters to have life much closer to

as for the bob woodward revelations, what revelations?nt. >> you tuned into fox news in the past day, you might have noticed a different reality. >> president trump today had a great day. a day that any president could only dream of. >> a complete dismissal of bob woodward's bombshell. >> it's a booger dressed as a bombshell. it's nothing. >> reporter: in this reality, these comments by president trump -- >> i wanted to -- i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down. >> yes. >> because i don't want to create a panic. >> reporter: a confession about down playing the coronavirus? no, fox's stars says it was not a big deal at all. >> it's so obviously nothing. >> reporter: mostly the network just changed the subject. >> what was joe biden doing for the last 47 years? >> reporter: they distracted. >> president trump started off the day with a nomination for the nobel peace prize. >> reporter: they down played. >> the timing of this is interesting. we're less than two months out from an election and seeing his niece write a n

in the united states and all around the world welcome we've begin the day with explosive revelations about u.s. president donald trump and what he did and didn't do at the start of the corona virus pandemic veteran washington reporter bob woodward interviewed the president 18 times for his latest book about the trump administration those talks were recorded and have now been made public the words of donald trump unfiltered undeniable and unnerving the u.s. president knew in early february about the dangers of the corona virus but he chose to downplay those dangers to the public he knew the virus was spreading through the air yet he continued holding rallies with thousands of people indoors no masks no warnings 190000 people in the u.s. have died from the virus and the outbreak in america is still not under control 40000 new cases are reported every day yet trump is defending his record saying he said what he said when he did in order to prevent a national plan in the red. river. he needed. to downplay. the well i think if you said in order to reduce panic perhaps that cell effect is

election campaign and the democrats have been watching what these revelent revelations that have been coming out of that bob woodward book let's take a listen and what democratic candidate joe biden is saying about these latest revelations he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on purpose it was a life and death betrayal of the american people. so joe biden is saying that trump failed in his duty to protect the american people even though he knew there was an imminent danger could this further damage trump's reelection prospects do you think yeah i think you know biden is not just up by 8 points you know the national average he is also the one that voters say they trust most to get this pandemic under control. you know we saw essentially republicans trying to paper over a lit

how concerning are these revelations in this book, revelations from top trump administration officials? >> deeply concerning but i've often wondered myself, wolf, what vladimir putin has on donald trump. why is it that he would take putin's word? why is it that he would believe putin over that of our own intelligence community? why has he not confronted putin for the alleged bounties that he has placed on our troops' heads in afghanistan? you know, i've asked the department of defense. i've asked this president. why have you not conducted an investigation to see if any of the deaths of our troops in afghanistan has been as a result of bounties placed on their heads by russia? and they've refused to even conduct this investigation. i have to answer to families and again, president trump doesn't care about gold star families. he denigrated them. i wonder what exactly does vladimir putin have on donald trump? >> what is the answer they give you? >> there are no answers from this president. in fact, he continues to try to confuse the american people and try to basically gas light us. but y

revelations about president trump. a very harsh, brute many words from his inner circle, but the headline is about his handling of the coronavirus. and woodward addresses a question you may remember going back to watergate, what did the president know and when did he know it? according to woodward's reporting, trump withheld critical details about coronavirus from the american public, and as you mentioned in addition to the book, we have obtained some of the audiotapes from the woodward/trump interviews just to give it context. bob woodward did 18 wide-ranging interviews with the president. they were all recorded with his permission. so what i want to do is start with a piece of audio we have so you can hear the president in his own words. this goes back to february, early in february, the first week, and you hear that while the president was playing it down publicly, he is telling woodward in striking detail how dangerous, deadly and airborne the virus is. here's the tape. >> and so what was president xi saying yester

it's not just the woodward revelations.r homeland top security official accuses them of manipulating intelligence to back the president's political agenda. >>> the republicans' slimmed down version of coronavirus relief is expected to fail in the senate any minute now. ♪ >>> welcome to thursday. it's "meet the press daily." i'm chuck todd. 54 days until the election. hard to see how this kickoff week of a general election could be going any worse

revelations.ese are very serious revelations. and allegations in the whistleblower complaint. you know, essentially i believe as probably most of your viewers do that politics should not trump our national security. and in these allegations, basically, mr. murphy is saying, for instance, that the trump administration routinely manipulated and changed reports to downplay the threat of russian interference in our upcoming elections, which is ongoing and serious. and so chairman schiff has now called mr. murphy for a deposition next monday in washington. and you know, we're going to continue the investigation very seriously at this point. >> let's move on to postmaster general louis dejoy and the controversy surrounding him. you and your colleagues this week wrote a letter to dejoy and wrote how concerned you are that he has millions of dollars in a stock in a major usps contractor. during his hearing last month, he told congress he vetted this with the ethics department. the last time you were on th

muslim law is it a collection of regulations that were written let's say 2 centuries after the revelation that give us your the. defensible thing about it is the position of women souk like the stoning of women who commit adultery reese that you there's no such thing in the text of the koran the saudi family group they're sick of all sentencing someone to death for turning away from the religion was this is that doesn't exist in those terms in the text of the koran zuma sitting piss keeps yaki so today it's very important to explain to people who want to practice islam that there are differences between quranic text and shari'a in the field also reflects who haneke it lash out here. perhaps the most controversial passage in the qur'an is sora for 1st 34 does it really call for men to physically abuse their wives if they rebel. well. the shoes are. 501-0101 nothing models of what that is when. she tries this is the level that i chose the verse from the sword or. the woman because it symbolizes the superiority of that allah the god of islam grants to man over women solely from. universities

has trumpash experienced about these revelations to his taxes?he part that perhaps hit home most to voters was the reporting from the new york ines trump paid just $750 income tax to the federal government during the years of 2016 and 2017. compare that to the average middle-class american family, who would have paid significantly more. elementinly there's an ofnfairness to this all. --twitter today the hastga hjashtag was trending, i paid more than donald trump. in that theyhing had paid more than the president himself. then there are the concerns about national security. aftermes reports that reviewing more than two decades of financial records of donald trump, which he had sought to keep confidential, the times says the president has more than $300 million of debt that he has pertinent -- he is personally guaranteeing. that will be up for collection within the next four years. nancy pelosi, the top democrat in congress, says that is a national security concern because it is unclear who trump owes that money to, and she says it is the right of

we've seen, frankly, extraordinary revelations from the start of trump's first campaign on. what impacts with people right now are kitchen table issues. will they be able to pay the rent? can they provide their family with food? how are they going to get through this pandemic? and so those are the issues that my sense is that this election will turn on. >> anand, i think there's always a sort of temptation with trump that because he's so anomalous and so odious in so many ways because he does and says things that are genuinely outrageous, to sort of be lured into running against him on that. i think that happened in 2016. clinton, i don't think it was a crazy idea that she would run on that. but i also do think that some of the most boring things about him, like, you know, he's trying to take your health care away and suing the aca are sort of more salient but the hardest to kind of penetrate from a kind of campaign perspective. >> well, i think it's, as much as there are these revelations every few hours for the last few years, i think it's important to remember that his re

will these revelations impact the presidential race? >> well, i think it's already impacted it in two ways, number one, this was a lost week for the president. it's not any lost week, this is the first week after labor day, the first week of the general election. if you think about it, go back to last friday, you mentioned the piece about "the atlantic" and military folks. they had this whole plan after the republican convention to turn this campaign, put biden on the defensive, make him defend unrest in the streets, try to focus this on the economy and law and order and instead he's having to play -- having to explain himself. he's tweeted or re-tweeted about that atlantic article some 60 times. he can't stop talking about woodward. i would say as a distraction this has had a huge impact to him already. as an issue i'm one who believes the coronavirus, those that are voting on the virus, have already decided. i think that explains biden's lead in some places. i think it explains why he's doing well with the most vulnerable population b

chris: while president trump calls revelations in bob woodward's new book a political hit job. >> i didn'tie, what we have to discuss the impact. chris: reaction from senior policy adviser jake sullivan and plus we will bring sunday panel to analyze state of presidential race as millions of voters are already casting their ballots. ♪ ♪ chris: then the nfl returns, we will ask fox sports lead announcer joe buck how the pandemic and racial protests will affect the season plus tom brady's move to tampa. and our power player of the week, honoring, look at brand-new presidential memorial in the nation's capital all right now on fox news sunday. ♪ ♪ chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. with 51 days till election day and millions of americans already voting, we begin with breaking news. the first fox national poll since the convention and the first to survey likely voters, in a head to head matchup the biden-harris ticket leads the trump-pence ticket by 5 points, and it's not just who americans are voting for but how, among those who plan to mail in their ballots, 71% support joe b

they are choosing today to make that most recent revelation along with kamala harris, her tax filings as well. they really want to destroy the myth that has been in voters for a number of years that donald trump is a successful businessman who can help the working class and that's really a large part of the way their strategy has been shaping up and will be tonight, chuck. >> hallie jackson, just looking at the things that the white house and the trump campaign is trying to make an issue of this morning, it all screams of a campaign that is in disarray and doesn't know what to do. when you are screaming about ear pieces and drug tests you're not necessarily focused on the

with sofi it's possible to get them paid off and start new. ♪ >>> the revelations from bob woodward'sng what the president might say to defend himself a president is expected to speak any minute now let's get you the latest facts, though, on the coronavirus pandemic as we know them at this hour >>> a shocking story out of western pennsylvania, a 20-year-old division ii football player, jamie stephens has died from complications of the virus. >>> new york governor cuomo announced today that indoor dining will resume on september 30th at 25% capacity surgeon general jerome adams was on capitol hill today giving an update on the race to a vaccine but in a new interview with a cbs florida affiliate, president trump gave his own assessment on a potential vaccine time line. >> they're doing vaccines right now, they're very close to having the answer and i think they'll be very safe and they'll be very effective. i think we'll be able to do by november 1st >> but dr. anthony fauci said we should expect vaccinations begin early next year. >> the more likely scenario is that we will know by th

the bombshell revelations in "the new york times" on president trump's taxes.siness losses, crushing personal debt and a tax bill that's just a fraction of what most hard-working americans have to pay. good morning, this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. 30 minutes past the hour here in new york. we begin this half hour with the big breaking news overnight. the man who portrays himself as one of the wealthiest presidents in the nation's history has avoided paying federal income taxes for decades. "the new york times" publishing a devastating expose on sunday. the times report pulls back the curtain to tell a story completely at odds with the public persona that trump has worked so hard to create. instead, the reality is a serial tax avoider who takes in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses and is crushed by a mountain of debt. here's just a sample from the story in the times. the picture that emerges most starkly is a businessman president in a tightening financial vise. most of his core enterprises from the constellation of gol

debate to take place later on tuesday after the revelations by the new york times many voters want to know how trump will deal with the investigation into his tax records the times story suggests that the self-proclaimed billionaire and savvy dealmaker may actually face a nightmare of bad deals and unpaid taxes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars trying denies the assertions. don't know compromised thoughts among the many questions being asked after all a geisha is a marriage that the u.s. president is liable for almost half a $1000000000.00 in loans. to fake news. he dismissed rather than deny the story about a former white house ethics lawyer told g.w. news knowing where the money comes from mobsters. if the party that guarantees all of this that stopping a lot is asking for our whether it be russia or another country we simply don't know that's very dangerous for the united states to have our president and. to either foreign governments or all of our people closely allied with our governments the new york times revealed how the reality t.v. show the apprentice transformed trum

flew on the same plane that transported mr nonviolently back when so this is a very interesting revelation that is coming out as a result of the preliminary investigation that russian prosecutors are doing and we suddenly have to look into this case and of course if she is still in germany then it is the responsibility of the german government as the state of. international respectful of international law to provide russian prosecutors with full access. to another headline story so they russia's president has called for an internal dialogue in belarus to end the ongoing crisis where putin health 4 hours of talks with president alexander lukashenko in the black sea resort of sorts an agreement was made for a contingent of russian soldiers to pole back from the border with those forces where there are requests to prepare for a potential collapse of law and order which thankfully did not happen. discuss the meeting with my colleague. so tell us more about what's been said so far before this trip to tsotsi the official line from both sides was that the 2 leaders were about to meet to discuss c

>>> a bomb shell revelation from president trump captured on audio in his own words saying he knew how deadly and heegly contagious coronavirus was but that he deliberately downplayed it to avoid panic. >>> and wildfires rage across the west coast skies lighting up orange as multiple states deal with massive evacuations and damage as far as the eyes can see >>> the epic struggle of covid on both sides of the border. why so many are crossing into mexico for treatment >> and the nfl kicks off the 2020 season tonight right here on nbc we've got your preview "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. dangerous wildfires continue to flare up and force evacuations on the west coast. officials confirming at least six deaths in the last 24 hours. a strong winds cause these infernos to spread across multiple states. some of the images look like they're from another planet. these photos were taken during the day in san francisco the sunlight blocked by the smoke and embers more than 14 now firefighters are hard at work in california battling 28 massive fi

we are at the start of what i expect to be an extended period of bomb shell revelations.antic" piece and president trump calling military members losers and suckers. all of it would make for a major controversy for a candidate. the big question for trump is would anything out there about his personality change anyone's mind anymore? i would to bring in our time magazine editor and author of "take all." joyce, let me start with you. alabama born and riaised there. i just wonder like the degree of which any of think about trump personally about the kind of person he is or the things he says penetrates in the ecosystem that you exist down there and the state and local media or if it matters to anyone or they sort of chopped it up one way or another? >> so i have to confess i am a california girl who move to the sou south. >> oh wow. >> toll picks poll tilitics is day. something difficult for folks to focus on, particularly for me p guilty of this as we get caught up in the doings of this administration because we're interested in these issues. that's not what life is like fo

19 a sharp increase compared with last month but the recent spike in cases failed to deter some revelers seeking to enjoy themselves ahead of the ban was r.t.e. shaadi edwards dashti reports. well you would think it was new year's eve ok prior to the final of the football world cup to come monday the new fall of 6 restricting meet ups of more than half a dozen people will be implemented meaning scenes like this will once again be afraid of the not sure if that's the kind of begins i mean it's a gate crashers brits a living up the last of freedom. the public was just about getting back to normal or as normal as coming they were told to eat out to help out the struggling hospitality sector leading to a very busy month of wining and dining told the travelers rules were locked and encouraged to get back into the office to kick start the economy when suddenly the u.k. decided to clamp down again on irenaeus the timing of it and says the exemptions causing confusion many brits upon seeing like it's the last orders oh wait it's sort of this yeah everyone's here tonight to celebrate yet it's alm

election campaign and the democrats have been watching what these revelent revelations that have been coming out of that bob woodward book let's take a listen and what democratic candidate joe biden is saying about these latest revelations he knew how deadly it was it was much more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed to the country for months. he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on purpose it was a life and death betrayal of the american people. so joe biden is saying that trump failed in his duty to protect the american people even though he knew there was an imminent danger could this further damage trump's reelection prospects do you think yeah i think you know biden is not just up by 8 points you know the national average he is also the one that voters say they trust most to get this pandemic under control. you know we saw essentially republicans trying to paper over a lit

democratic presidential candidate joe biden hashmi criticized donald trump referring to the new revelations he knew how deadly it was it was more it's more deadly than the flu he knew and purposely played it down worse he lied to the american people he knowingly and willingly lied about the threat of pros of the country for months. he had the information he knew how dangerous it was and while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do its job on purpose it was a life and death betrayal of the american people and i spoke to a washington correspondent because the sun and asked what impact these new revelations might have at the ballot box. well nationally the most recent poll shows biden leading when it comes to who americans think would handle the pandemic better between him and trump and in recent days we have to remember trump has also been facing backlash for his alleged comments insulting fallen soldiers and wounded veterans and among military voters biden leads there too and in this instance by 4 percentage points and again we have to remember these polls were conduct

also with us tonight, "the hill" media reporter joe concha on a new revelation.ust how many days has joe bide been spending off of the campaign trail? not doing any campaign events? with just days to go before the first debate, and now this: nancy pelosi again doubled down today saying cancel the debates. and detroit's police chief on a frightening story, a family of trump supporters who had to flee their homes with their two infant children after rioters set on fire and burned to the ground their home garage and their vehicles. why? because they had a trump 2020 sign at their house. well, thanks for joining us. i'm elizabeth mcdonald. we've got a jam of packed show, "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: okay. joining me on the phone now is sidney powell, attorney for michael flynn. we're going to start rolling on the f with wi text the -- fbi text messages that were revealed. sidney, what exactly was president obama and the obama administration doing to put such pressure on fbi agents and analysts that they said they were glad to close the flynn ca

how will the new revelations about the president's taxes play tonight? and what about the president's massive debt, that is raising fresh concerns that president trump is compromised and could be a national security threat? we have new details about how both candidates are preparing for tonight. >>> also breaking overnight, a former top aide to mike pence tells cnn that white house officials pressured the cdc to play down the risk of sending children back to school. this was first reported in "the new york times". >> this was an effort, at times i would get blindsided, where there would be junior staffers being tasked to find different data for charts that would somehow that the virus wasn't as bad for certain populations, ages, or demographics. >> olivia troy you're hearing right there will be with us later in the broadcast. this comes on a morning where 23 states, you can see them there in red, are seeing a rise in new cases. and overnight, the global death toll surpassed 1 million. worth noting, more americans have been killed in this pandemic than an

but what's the revelations of this book being coupled with the revelations confirmed by numerous outletsat trump has said about the military? >> bob woodward's book is the definitive account of donald trump's negligent presidency, and the negligence in terms of how he views the military leaders of this country, what we saw in "the atlantic" and what we see in bob's book combined is once again the big lie is donald trump and the con man front that he has put on all throughout his life and through his presidency page after page after page on tape after tape after tape. there's more than 20 hours of tape that bob has gotten here that can be listened to. and what you hear time and time again is the president forgetting about the national interest, selling out the national interest, minimizing the national interest, and putting in his own interest, that of his family, that of his own finances. everything but the sake of the country itself and the well being of its people and its ininstitutions. he has undermined our well being. that is the text of this book, not a subtext. it's the text of th