omarosa manigault newman, stephanie winston wolkoff, thank you both very much. exclusive first look at a brand-new ad from the lincoln project. that should be very interesting. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" getting the gang back together for bush v. gore the 20th anniversary edition. >> if you are confirmed the supreme court will have not one, not two but three justices, you, justice kavanaugh and chief justice roberts, who worked on behalf of the republican party in matters related to the bush v. gore case. do you think that's a coincidence? >>> 20 days out from november 3rd, why

now, somebody who used to know very well is stephanie winston wolkoff, former senior aide to the firstnia and me." welcome back to "prime time." >> thank you for having me, chris. >> you're a parent. i'm a parent. i would expect to hear about your kids long before you, no matter what was going on with you. that's how most of us work. how am i supposed to understand that i didn't hear anything about their son being sick until now? >> well, i'm -- you know, i'm glad that they're feeling better obviously. i have to say the way that you handled your experience and that you shared with all of us, i think helped everyone understand how catastrophic this is, and it touches all lives. melania's first instinct is to always keep a distance and to keep that steel wall barrier around her. i think this was an opportunity for her to show that empathetic side, to connect to the american people, to share her experience because no one's been able to connect in any way with her or donald. and this was a missed opportunity of our reality. so, again, as much as they have incredible health care, unlike the

first lady melania trump is firing back at stephanie winston wolkoff, who wrote an essay of their audio morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. like most first ladies melania trump tries to steer clear of controversy, but she's taking a public stand against this tell-all book, because she says what she calls its salacious claims are interfering with her work on behalf of children. this morning, first lady melania trump is fighting back, taking on her former friend and adviser who wrote a book about her personal life and released secret audio recordings of their conversations to cnn. >> they say i'm complicated. complicit. they say i'm the same like him, that i don't do enough, i don't say enough. >> reporter: melania trump who's heard venting to stephanie winston wolkoff in the tapes from 2018 is now blasting the release as pettiness writing in a letter on the white house website, these kinds of people only care about their personal agenda, not about helping others. in the recordings the two are heard discussing the controversial policy to separate children from their parents

the conversations were secretly taped by stephanie winston wolkoff, a former aide who wrote a book titledme." in the audio -- released on "cnn" last night -- the first lady also aired frustrations about having to plan the white house christmas decorations. >> they say i'm complicit. i'm the same like him, i support him. i don't say ough i don't do enough. i say that i'm working on christmas and planning for the christmas and they said, 'oh, what about the children that they were separated? give me a f* * * break. i was trying get the kid reunited with the mo i didn't have a chance -- needs to go through the process and through the law.trt :25] still to come on the newshour with woodrow -- with judy woodruff. we remember some of the lives lost in this pandemic. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from w eta studios in washington and in the west, the walter cronkite hool of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the president has tested positive from the coronavirus. two weeks ago, justice ginsburg was still alive. it is a lot to process. thankfully, we have shields and brooks. hello to bo

omarosa manigault newman, stephanie winston wolkoff, thank you both very much. i appreciate you being here. tune in tomorrow night. we'll have an exclusive first look at a brand-new ad from the lincoln project. that should be very interesting. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" getting the gang back together for bush v. gore the 20th anniversary edition. >> if you are confirmed the supreme court will have not one, not two but three justices, you, justice kavanaugh and chief justice roberts, who worked on behalf of the republican party in matters related to the bush v. gore case. do you think that's a coincidence? >>> 20 days out from november 3rd, why amy coney barrett may be president trump's best hope. the early explosion of voting in texas. the president's son contracted coronavirus. and new reporting the trump administration is messing with the vaccine process again. and as biden expands his lead with older voters can the president's strategy of openly mocking senior citizens win them back? an "all in" starts right now. >>> g

-mexico border stephanie winston wolkoff recorded the commentnts while working on her book "melania and me" about her relationship with the first lady. >> who gives a [bleep] >> 100% -- you had no choice. -- theyhen i do it said, what about the children that were separated? break. a [bleep] amy: in colombia, renowned historian and leftist leader campo elias galindo was found shot to death in his apartment in the city of medellin. galindo long advocated for social justice and peace in colombia. he was 69 years old. and "the new yorkrker" magazine reports former fox news and reports they paid $4 million. in july 2018 guilfoyle abruptly left her position as co-host of fox news' "the five." she now serves as president trump's campaign finance chair and is a partner of donald trump,. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. when we come back, we will speak to two leading doctors about president trump testing positive for covid-19 and all that means. we will also be joined by naomi klein. stay with us. ♪ [music brea

the justice department sued stephanie winston wolkoff claiming she broke a nondisclosure agreement by writing her book called "melania and me: the rise and fall of my friendship with the first lady. "the lawsuit says the nda signed had no end date and she never gave a draft to the first lady. wolkoff, who recently released a candid recording of the first lady, refutes the claim. if the justice department wins the suit all proceeds from the book will go to a government trust. >>> so no doubt there's a lot everyone's plate these days from the pandemic to politics so it's important to surround yourself with some positivity. "today" show's hoda kotb is releasing "this just speaks to me." we had a virtual chat wondering where the quotes are coming from. >> i feel i got a lot of my wisdom for this book from the people i work with. there are some quotes that come from them. i feel like sometimes you need to hit pause in your life and stop the chaos, stop ingesting all this bad stuff, take a beat, open a book, clear your mind, read a quote and let it speak to you. >> she also says when you fi

stephanie winston wolkoff also once in his inner circle, a tell-all book about her relationship with melania trump. mea culpa, a guest recently. from your experience, is he book similar to the quality is of her husband? >> reading stephanie's book i really learned a lot. it's on the podcast, on the episode i said to stephanie i never really saw melania in that way. i had very high regards and i cared very much for her as i did for other members of the family. i spent an enormous amount of time with her as well doing things that really donald should have been taking care of, and i didn't see her in that light until reading stephanie's book and for me, it was a real eye-opener. the real kick in my back side, i asked stephanie end of the episode, when everything happened or started happening to me, meaning with the fbi raid, did my name ever come up with melania? she goes, it did. turnedened around and basically gave a respond, well, it's his problem. i was like, wow. that really hurt me to the core. because i expected more from her, but as stephanie puts in in her book, a trump is a tr

the conversations were secretly taped by stephanie winston wolkoff, a former aide, who wrote a book titledlania and me." in the audio, released on cnn last night, the first lady also aired frustrations about having to plan the white house christmas decorations. >> they say i'm "complicit." i'm the same, like him. i support him. i don't say enough. i don't do enough where i am. i say that i'm working on christmas and planning for the christmas and they said, "oh, what about the children that they were separated?" give me a ( bleep ) break. i was trying get the kid reunited with the mom. i didn't have a chance. needs to go through the process and through the law. >> woodruff: the first lady's chief of staff accused wolkoff of secretly recording the first lady to "peddle herself and her salacious book." still to come on the newshour: shields and brooks clarify this moment in american history. and, we remember some of the lives lost in this pandemic. >> woodruff: the president has tested positive for covid. millions of americans are out of work. two weeks ago at this moment, justice ginsburg w