>> i sure did. >> o'brien: what happened? >> i received my ballot and i sent it in, but i don't know if it was received or not. >> o'brien: you want to make sure? >> yes, right. >> o'brien: secretary of state brad raffensperger says 1,000 georgians double-voted in the june primary and august runoff. the announcement gave some traction to president trump's critique of mail-in voting, and his suggestion to supporters to try and vote twice. but, raffensperger warned the public that what the president is encouraging people to do is a crime. >> double-voting is a felony that is a minimum of one year in prison, up to ten years, up to a $100,000 fine. and we will prosecute. >> o'brien: back in florida, wesley wilcox's team is taking this unprecedented election year in stride. they didn't break a sweat sorting, processing and scanning ballots in the august primary. by election day, they only needed to push a button to tally the votes. but elsewhere, things are not running so smoothly. in tennessee, the w prevents election workers fro

at the center of it all is a man by the name of steve o'brien, former deputy athletic director. >> o'brien acseuniversity president mary and athletic director marie tuite and several others for covering up local allegations that includes more than a dozen allegations against the director of sports medicine, for and properly touching female swimmers when they came in for treatment. o'brien claims they retaliated against whistleblowers and went he did not, he was fired. they released a statement saying we allege mr. o'brien was fired for exposing san jose state's cover-up of the alleged sexual assault and said he was fired for uncovering widespread retaliation. they released a statement saying although we disagree with many of mr. o'brien's assertions, it is a practice at not to comment on personal matters. we will hear from a justice studies professor named sang hea kil . she calls o'brien hero. >> his statements are very accurate, to point the finger at the president, that is a great source of where much of this corruption is getting the momentum. >> o'brien's lawyer has filed one claimant

o'brien's attorney also released a statement saying "we alleged mr. o'brien was fired because of the cover-up and also for uncovering widespread retaliation.">>> the first covid-19 and now the e double threat is prompting santa clara county to give out free flu shots beginning this weekend. there will be clinics at the santa clara county fairgrounds expo hall in san jose every saturday for the rest of the year. from 9 am through 4 pm. there is also a coronavirus testing site and that parking lot.>>> a growing rift tonight between the white house and the president's top scientific advisors. the cdc director robert redfield as well as the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, have been sidelined from the white house virus task force with the election just 47 days away. the president has repeatedly suggested that a vaccine will be ready before americans cast their ballots. most experts, including the government's own scientists say that is just not true.>> when you see the president publicly undermining the head of the cdc, it gives

robert o'brien spoke to our colleagues.e they were initially doing a story about the fact that there were a lot of people telling us that there was o'brien's lack of experience and his feel to trump that was causing some of the problem when it comes to the administration's response. and that was part of his response to that, saying, well, no one really knew how bad it was. so, he was down playing his own abilities there in order to protect the president of the united states. if that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about the dysfunction, i don't know what does. >> so, jim, in that same briefing, woodward reports that o'brien's deputy to president trump, the deputy was there. warns the president that the coronavirus could be as bad as the 1918 influenza pandemic, 675,000 americans died then. obviously much greater share relative to population than that even seems. but less than two weeks lawsuiter, after he get this is dire warning to fr his national security and deputy national security adviser, he goes out publ

you lucky people, because conan o'brien is still here. there is an endless supply of conan o'brien.d natural gas, and we just start burning conan. ( laughs ) >> listen, we're both doing the best we can in what i think is a trying time. >> stephen: but it's nothing compared to what people are going through. we have jobs. >> no, no. >> stephen: this is nothing compared to what people are going through. >> no, this, what we're going through as celebrities is worse than what anybody else is going through! >> stephen: i apologize. i apologize. i forgot my status. >> what happened to you, man? >> stephen: i forgot my status, conan. >> you lost your perspective for a second. >> stephen: okay. >> all right. i did know that your father went to holy cross. >> stephen: holy cross, yeah. >> i did know that. >> stephen: he was valedictorian of his year at holy cross. no biggie. >> wow. my father did not live on campus because it was just after the war, and so he lived at home in milbury, massachusetts, and had to-- i think that was a sore spot for him, that he had to-- >> stephen: i'll make this

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and one of the things that we really pressed o'brien on in our interview at the time was why did they -- why the inaction? why did it take so long to address the problems when there was clearly a sign that the u.s. was extremely vulnerable? keep in mind that briefing was on january 28th, the first case we found in the u.s. confirmed about a week earlier and the cases were just building at that point. so robert o'brien clearly see through the advice of several national security council officials saying this is going to blow out of proportion but the administration actually defends its actions at the time but look at it as an international response, that they cut travel to china and then gradually to all of china for a while, limited travel to europe and elsewhere. they saw that as taking swift action but the bigger question, the one that woodward addresses in his book and the one that many of us asking for several months is what was being done domestically? we had cases here and the president apparently knew and heard it in his own voice that this was extremely contagious and airborne

ambassador o'brien, the u.s. government determined russians are seeking to undermine faith in the electoral process by spreading this information about the accuracy of voted data for vote i nail. britt -- vote by mail. president trump is telling people not to trust that them alien votes were counted. is the president helping russia spread this information? kayleigh: -- china, first you have which as the most massive program to influence the u.s. politically, you have iran and you have russia. all three adversary countries seeking to disrupt our elections. some prefer biden, some people say some prefer the president, my position is, it doesn't matter. any country that attempts to interfere with free and fair elections in the united states has to be stopped. we have taken unprecedented action. the president does taken unprecedented action and funding the hardening of our election infrastructure, fiber or otherwise -- cyber or otherwise. tremendous concerns about mail-in ballots. on the news every other night there

i am sure it was said by that he had got that morning from o'brien and patting jurors so by may, evenby march the virus was out of control and everyone knew it was deadly and my god, in march all of the sudden it just came to this country in a way, exactly that the president was told but came to this country and there were 30000 new cases a day. i was traveling around in early march going to california, going to florida and i had no idea when anthony prouty who is the leading infectious disease official in this country, well-known on television was saying on february 29, go ahead there is no worry, go to the mall and go to the movies and go to the gym so there was no way for me, i had no information that that is what trump was talking about whenwh you walk te cats back and after i learned in may i realized and i asked the president was that where you got that information and he said yes, he knows it was said by o'brien. sounds like a convoluted explanation but that's exactly what happened and i still won' won't -- work at the washington post as an associate editor and i have access to

o'brien said. whether mr. o'brien said it, i have no idea.hink brian murphy knows because chad wolf was the one who told it to him. this would be something the congressional oversight committees and the inspector general's office will obviously interview folks and if mr. o'brien wants to deny it, that's fine. we'll see what mr. wolf says. or others who were in the room. >> murphy's complaint says he was demoted. i want to ask you about the demotion. it describes several years of efforts by murphy to raise concerns to top dhs officials on some of this. the timing may look like it has to do with his demotion rather than urgent sense of manipulated intel. >> as you mentioned, ryan murphy has been filing complaints and making protected disclosures for two years, well before this demotion in july, and secondly, the motive of a whistle-blower, while sometimes relevant, and could be relevant here, because there's going to be credibility issues at concern, there are conversations that ryan murphy details where he had with senior officials so i have n

rgaret, you interviewed national security advisor robert o'brien in that same period. he told the nation not to panic on your program. how is truth going toatter in the coming weeks as there's a culture war in the supreme court d a pandemic that continues to ravage america? marg that truth and facts still do matter. robert o'brien on february 2nd o did come and say really, no reason for people to think there was a threat to them here in the united states, downplaying it. what bob just sketched out as to what he was saying in provide because the saw the potential for where this was going and they knew what was happening if china could replicate here. i think one of the things that -- to the degree we can ever get past the tension of this election and reallynalyze the number of intelligence mistakes of health policy mexico mistakes, of decisions that should have been carried out. it is going to be critical for that next time. th idea that the entire month of february was wasted. the perspective dismisses that saying no, we were ordering masks. no, we were aski pharmaceut

trained byjoseph o'brien, son of the legendary aidan, galileo chrome won by a neck.mark's soren kraugh andersen was the surprise winner on stage 14 of the tour de france from clermont—ferrand to lyon after a late solo attack. peter sagan was fourth, cutting into sam bennett's green jersey lead. primoz roglic retains the overall lead. rugby league fans have been able to watch a super league match live for the first time since march, with up to 5000 supporters allowed to see catalan dragons host wigan warriors. with less than 10 minutes remaining, wigan are easing to victory, currently leading 28—0. a week after beaking the one—hour world record in brussels, mo farah just missed out on another record this afternoon. he had his his own british record is his sights at the antrim coast half—marathon. he may not have broken the record, but he did still win the race. nigel ringland reports. the sound of a fairy horn sends mo farah and the other athletes on their way. —— ferry horn. the windy conditions prevented him from breaking his british record. nevertheless, he enjoyed

trained byjoseph o'brien, son of the legendary aidan, galileo chrome won by a neck. back in 2013. denmark's soren kraugh andersen was the surprise winner on stage 14 of the tour de france from clermont—ferrand to lyon after a late solo attack. peter sagan was fourth, cutting into sam bennett's green jersey lead. primoz roglic retains the overall lead. there's live golf going on right now. the third round of the ana inspiration in california, it's the second women's major of the year... and it's the canadian brooke henderson who now has the outright lead. she's having a cracking round, six under today — 11 under overall. this would be her second major title if she can finish it off this weekend. mel reid is the best placed brit, she's tied for 10th. and finally, there's been some great goals scored today — but spare a thought for aster vranckx — who's made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. whilst playing for kv mechelen in belgium, vranckx has produced a serious contender for miss of the season, if not, of all time. take a look at this — a yard out — and someho

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who is seen asa there was neal o'brien who is seen as a loyalist and even by the end of it he was sayinget us out of lockdown. so i think when you have mps who are more naturally antilock down or in other scenarios could see | tight down or in other scenarios could see i tight marginal, i think that does put pressure on the government where they have to face down angry mps will add pressure in terms of decision—making. will add pressure in terms of decision-making. 20 seconds each on it nicola sturgeon were in her ta rta n fa ce it nicola sturgeon were in her tartan face mask with an independence push renewed. pretty symbolic and nothing more than that. it is and we would expect her from her with elections next may in scotland so she is excess —— setting up scotland so she is excess —— setting up her stall scotland so she is excess —— setting up herstalland scotland so she is excess —— setting up her stall and independence. scotland so she is excess —— setting up her stalland independence. so i'm not sure there is much to surprise there but i think we can exit the big showdown between th

with this meeting on january 28 in the oval office, when the national security team, advisor robert o'brien told president trump about the virus, said this virus is going to be the biggest -- not maybe -- will be, is going to be the biggest national security threat to your presidency. his deputy worked in china as a wall street journal reporter , knew the 2003 pandemic that the chinese government lied all the time. he had sources in china, and he was able to explain to president trump not that just trouble was coming but a major pandemic was coming because he had those contacts, those sources in china in the medical community who would stand up to the chinese communist party and chinese government and he said this is going to be like the 1918 spanish flu pandemic that killed 675,000 people in this country. host: carol, michigan, supporting the president. caller: good morning. i am curious, mr. woodward. do you like the president as a person? do you think you would ever -- host: go ahead. caller: allow you to do what you did? the president said going in, -- the president said go ahead turn t

he knows it was said but o'brien. sounds like a convoluted explanation, but that's exactly what happened. and i still work at the "washington post" as an associate editor. i have access to the editor marty barren, to walk into his office or call him or email him and say, i have information that needs to go in the paper. over the decades i've done that, dozens and dozens of times, and i would have done it in this case. but i did not understand what trump was talking about. and if you go back and you look, look at these clips. every one of them in january and february is about china. because that's where -- and at one point, there was a front page story in "the new york times" saying china, because of the virus, locked down wuhan where it started. but many other cities in china, locked down. and when the chinese government locks down, you go to your apartment and you're locked in it. 768 million people. that's twice the population of the united states. and all the discussion, all of the focus, was on china. including by

his national security adviser robert o'brien, who knew all of this information, too. also said similar things. watch this. >> we're up to almost 15,000 cases of infection in china. i think 300 deaths, and we have 8 here in the u.s. so right now there's no reason for americans to panic. this is something that is a low risk, we think, in the u.s. >> phil, this was five days after o'brien reportedly told the president, quote, this will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency. so if this was an entire government approach to misleading the american people into there robert o'brien, the national security adviser. but he's not the only official in the administration who is trying to suppress concern and worry and convince people that this virus was nothing to be worried about. that it was totally under control when in fact, it was nowhere near the president's control. and that's one of the reason s s why we have so many deaths today. >> phil, peter, thank you. i'm only letting both of you go right now because i can only imagine the leaks going on

with this meeting on january 28 in the oval office when the national security team, advisor robert o'brien told president trump about the virus and said this virus is going to be the biggest, not may be or will be, is going to be the biggest national security threag to your presidency and his deputy who had worked in china as a wall street journal reporter during the 2003 pandemic new that the chinese government lied all the time and he had sources in china and he was able to explainn to presidet trump, not that this trouble was coming but a major pandemic wase coming because he had those contacts and those sources in china in the medical community who would stand up to the chinese communist party and the chinese government and he said this is going to be like the 1918, 1918 spanish flu pandemic that killed 675,000 people in this country. >> host: carol, royal oak, michigan. >> caller: hello. good morning. i am curious mr. woodward, do you like the president as a person? and do you think that. >> host: hold on, hold on. >> guest: no, no. [laughter]ng >> caller: the president said go ahead,

national security adviser, robert o'brien. mr. jared kushner. jared, thank you very much.r brian hook, thank you very much, brian. thank you. and avi berkowitz. thank you very much. i also want to give a very special thanks, he's been an incredible ambassador to israel, david freedman. that's a great group of people. a great group of patriots. they wanted this so badly. they worked so hard. nobody thought this could happen, they thought it could happen and i want to thank you very much. for generations the people of the middle east have been held back by old conflicts, hostilities, lies, treachery, so many things held them back. actually lies that the jews and arabs were enemies, and that al aqsa mosque was under attack. these lies passed down from generation to generation, fueled a vicious cycle of terror and violence that spread across the region and all over the world. these agreements prove the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. today's signing sets history on a new course and there will be other countries very, very soon th

joining us now is trump biographer, tim o'brien.has seen the president's taxes, one of the few people on earth who has seen versions of the president's taxes. trump sued o'brien in 2006 after tim wrote a book, "trump nation," saying that the self-proclaimed billionaire was worth no more than $250 million. the suit was later dismissed. tim, because you know more than the rest of us about this, although i know you can't talk about the specifics of what you've seen, we want to know your top line on this story. and you just published your own story saying, these taxes show that the president is a national security risk. why? >> well, i think, john, first and foremost, i think the broad contours of what "the times" has puts numeric clothing on things we've known for a bad time. that he's a bad business man, that he routinely runs losses in his business, that he's a serial bankruptcy artist, and that he gorges on debt. it puts new clothing on some other very important issues around how much taxes he pays, where his current indebtedness mi

the head of the security, kitamura shigeru met national security adviser robert o'brien in washington on thursday. kitamura said the japanese government is working toward a new policy on missile defense that will include a replacement for aegis ashore. tokyo withdrew plans to deploy the land-based system earlier this year with officials citing the need to revamp the system to ensure rocket boosters land safely. kitamura also told o'brien that the cabinet of new japanese prime minister suga yoshihide will remain cocommitted to strengthening the bilateral alliance. hehe pledged close cooperation with washington to promote a free and open indo-pacificic. >>> many countries around the world are preparing for a possible resurgence of coronavirus cases. japan is taking steps to promote social and economic activities. government officials and experes med friday to discuss theheir antivirus strategy. the minister in charge of the coronavirus response said new plans are i in the works to stimululate consumption. tran tran we're planning to start two programs from mid october, go to event and g

o'brien said it was going -- the coronavirus was going to be the greatest threat to trump's presidencynger, who is a former "wall street journal" reporter and speaks fluent mandarin and was in chinese during sars recrites chapter and verse he's been talking to sources in china so that's where trump gets a lot of this information, but on february 7th when bob woodward has the phone call with trump, he didn't know any of that, and he lays this out in the book. he's calling trump because he's just been acquitted in the impeachment hearings, and he think that's what they are going to talk bork and he's actually surprised and a little confused about why trump is talking about the virus. at that point, remember, this is very early in february. we're all thinking that's a problem in china. >> right. >> none of this really came together as woodward lays out timeline until the beginning of may. that's when he finds out about the january 28th briefing and then all of a sudden he goes back, he listens to the tapes from february 7th and realizes it's the light bulb moment, oh, my gosh, trump knew

so he doesn't remember it, but twice he tells me he knows that o'brien said it. what kind of -- you know, i don't know how to not -- my job is not to be emotional and i've done it for 50 years and i try to bleach the emotions out of t it, but this is a story and unfortunately, it's not over. we're right in the middle of the damn pandemic and you talk to the doctors, as i have, and the experts and if we had received the kind of warni ining and thi kind of -- this is what you, as citizens, can do, this could be over. >> yeah. >> many people, i mean, there are estimates, i'm not sure what estimate you're going to believe, but some of them go up to 180,000 people would not have died of those 195,000. >> i want to -- you know, you said or well yan, i want to play another part of one of your conversations from the president, from just last month, august 14th, where the president talks about his administration's response. >> listen, i mean, you -- >> nothing more could have been done. nothing more could have been done. >> well. >> i acted early. >> we'll -- >> i acted e

i am soledad o'brien. we'll see you next week.captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> hello and welcome to "asian pacific america." i'm robert handa, your host for our virtual show here on nbc bay area. today we visit with kristi yamaguchi to talk about her always dream foundation and then the silicon valley asian pacific film festival and then an artistic cultural performance. >>> so we are always happy and proud to have kristi yamaguchi join us. kristi, good to see you. >> good to see you, too, robert. thank you.

. >> bill: you had robert o'brien on your program last night, national security adviser. the question came up about a meeting in the oval office on january 28 in which robert o'brien is quoted as telling the president, this will be the biggest national security threat to face your presidency. you asked him if it was true. here's robert's response. >> it is true. i was in one of the oval intelligence briefings. it was something that we were concerned about at the nsc. our job is to look around the corner and see threats that i see or other folks are seeing. we saw it and conveyed it to the president. he took prompt actions. he banned travel from china within 48 hours of us giving that advice. >> bill: that chinese decision is something that we're going to hear a lot about. what did you make of o'brien's response? >> overall he's a good defender for the president. he should be put out more if you're a trump supporter. he's saying look at the actions, not the words. o'brien himself was on a sunday show just after that meeting saying that things were going to be okay. you can

. >> o'brien filed a notice which precedes a lawsuit. university responded by saying we disagree with many of mr. o'brien's assertions and that they would not comment on personnel matters. >>> the san jose housing department will hold a webinar on the new statewide moratorium on evictions. the new rule replaces the city's local version. landlords and tenants can login or dial-in for today section which begins at 1:00. >>> some schools in san francisco are getting ready to reopen. we got to see how one private school is preparing to hopefully open in october. this cool city inspector is doing the checklist and they are making sure that hand sanitizer is available along with other protective equipment and cleaning supplies. chairs for students are six feet apart and the health department says it has learned a lot since march when educators were more worried about cleaning surfaces. >> we have told them that they can do a routine cleaning but it does not necessarily need a quote unquote deep cleaning but that they do need to focus more on f

trump: national security advisor robert o'brien. robert, thank you. [applause] pres. trump: mr.ushner, jared, thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: ambassador brian hook, thank you very much, brian. thank you. thank you. and i'll be berkowitz. thank you very much. [applause] pres. trump: i want to give a very special thanks, he has been an incredible investor to israel, david friedman. [applause] very trump: that is a great group of people, great group of patriots. they worked so hard and again, nobody thought it could happen. they never even doubted it. i want to thank you all very much. thank you. [applause] [applause] for generations, the people of the middle east have been held back by old conflicts, hostilities, lies, treachery, so many things held them back. actually, lies that the jews and arabs were enemies, and that al aqsa mosque was under attack. constantly, they would say it was under attack. these lies passed down from generation to generation, fueled -- passed down from generation to generation fueled a vicious cycle of terror and violence that spread across

a top-secret meeting between the president and his national his ity advisors and o'brien, after they received a briefing from i theelligence community, he says, mr.pr ident, this virus will be the biggest threatthe biggest national security threat toenour pres. his deputy, matt sottingerps in. pottinger hadeen a wall street journal reporter in china for seve years. compiled a very good record. new chinese doctors covered the 2003 sars endemic and knew that the chinese leeled lied. pottinger had sources inside china. we know as journalists, having a key, informed source can make all the difference. had a key source and laid it out. when i read i about this may, i realized that he was not telling ute american people ahe truth about this. as he told me, he was playing it down, playing it down. it is a tragedy for the country, for trump personally, for the republican party. robert: bob, let's pause there becaus you used a word that's so critical. truth. margaret, you interviewed national security advisor roberr n in that same period. on february in "face the nation" he toldat then not to

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she calls o'brien a hero.'s lawyer has filed a claim in preparation to sue the university for damages in excess of $25,000 per in downtown san jose, kpix 5 . >>> actress lori loughlin will serve prison time close to home. a federal judge in boston agree to her request and is recommending her two month sentence be spent at the prison in victorville. that is about an hour from los angeles. she and her husband admitted to paying bribes to get her daughters into usc. she is such report to prison on november 19th. >>> in one apology, from the family of someone -- finnigan lee elder said he will never be able to forgive himself but hopes one day the family of mario can. the newlywed officer was stabbed 11 times in his cup with american last year. it started when elder and gabriel were involved in a botched drug deal. >> pg&e has a financial officer leaving for another utility. they report that jason wells will resign from pg&e next friday. he will start his new job as cfo of houston-based centerpoint energy the follo

in which o'brien and his deputy warned the president that this was the threat of his presidency. and we have some of that audio from may when woodward confront trump about that january 28th meeting. >> so i understand -- >> it was too early. >> your new national security adviser o'brien said to you january 28th, mr. president, this is going -- this virus is going to be the biggest national security threat to your presidency. do you remember that? >> no. no. >> you don't? >> no, i don't. i'm sure if he said it -- i'm sure he said it. nice guy. >> wolf, a classic trump pushback. i also just checked with woodward on two things that have come out of the white house today. it is clear they are scrambling to push back on the president's own words and we heard just earlier the president say that woodward didn't think it was bad and he actually said that. he said that. i just checked with woodward and he knows that. he has the audiotapes. second thing we've been hearing from the white house today that the president gave woodward his cell phone. that is not true. woodward was not given hi

vonnie: always amazing to get your opinion, tim o'brien.ow him and get his updates whenever he posts a new column. also the author of "trump nation: the art of being the donald." right now, indices are up 1.5%. 1.8% on the s&p. off to a firm start to this week. upon a week in september. from new york and toronto, this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: this is first word news. at least five civilians killed and two others wounded after a rocket targeting in the baghdad international airport struck a nearby residential area, according to iraqi officials. attacks have become more common, often targeting the u.s. troop bases and embassy in baghdad. the frequency has prompted the trump administration to threat to close its diplomatic mission in the iraqi capital. the u.k. and european union are starting a crucial week of brexit talks. eu officials are stiffening demands over how any trade deal will be enforced. the british prime minister is not trusted by the eu because of his attempt to rewrite the exit agreement, still both sides are holding out hope a de

jane o'brien up there in portland, maine. thank you very much.ke to someone from the trump campaign this weekend who suggested they felt this helped the trump campaign because it took the conversation away from the coronavirus. i spoke to one democrat who said they hop this would galvanized democrats, particularly women voters, so both sides trying to find the best possible interpretation of the death of justice ginsburg. many in the country mourning the passing of a very great lawyer. spain has called on the military to assist in handling a surgeon coronavirus infections in madrid. the country's infection rate has been rising steadily for the last two months. there have been 100 26,000 covid-19 cases reported in the past two weeks alone. movement in and out of large parts of the capital have been restricted. no more than six people are allowed to gather at once. bars and restaurants have been told to close early. here is gary had scope. >> a new lockdown for madrid, three-month after the last one ended. -- three months after the last one ended.

woodward's book claims the national security adviser robert o'brien, that he warned president trump onry 28th that the coronavirus would be the greatest national security threat of his presidency. now, listen to it the president's reaction and listen to what o'brien said publicly about the virus just days later. have a listen. >> so i understand -- >> it was too early. >> your new national security adviser o'brien said to you on january 28th, mr. president, this is going -- this virus is going to be the biggest national security threat to your presidency. do you remember that? >> no, no. >> you don't. >> no, i don't, no, i don't. i'm sure he said it. nice guy. >> right now there's no reason for americans to panic. this is something that is a low risk we think in the u.s., but president trump from the day he took office made protecting americans and keeping them safe, whether it's from terrorists or criminal organizations or from viruses like the new novel coronavirus, that it's top priority. >> sean turner, we've seen this. we've seen this -- he's the commander in [ cheers and applause

joining us tonight is national security adviser robert o'brien.reat to have you with us and congratulations. this president is accomplishing literally wonders in foreign policy. give us a sense of who you believe will be next to join with these arab nations and with israel in building a future that will be peace and prosperous in the middle east. >> well, thank you, lou. it's so good to be with you on this historic day here at the white house. in answer to your question, we've got four or five countries with whom we're having conversations and the israelis are having conversations, and we're looking forward to building on the momentum. but before we start talking about the next deal, i'd like to make a couple of points. number one is it took tremendous courage for prime minister bibi netanyahu expect crown prince to bring their countries together and sign these accords, so i want to give a lot of net to those -- credit to those leaders. that was, they're all statesmen, and i was proud to work with all of them on this under the president's leadersh

we just got a statement from the white house saying that o'brien never sought to dictate such changesose are their words. d.h.s. also got back to us with a statement saying that it flatly denies murphy's claims. norah. >> o'donnell: some stunning charges there. jeff pegues, thank you. we're going to turn now to those exploding wildfires in the pacific northwest. oregon's governor describes the conditions in her state as a once-in-a-generation firestorm. we're talking about 50-mile-an- hour gusts that are blasting flames across acres of dry timber. nearly 100 fires are raging in almost a dozen western states. entire towns have been wiped out in oregon and washington, and across the region, massive evacuations are underway, and skies are eerily discolored from smoke and ash. cbs' lilia luciano reports tonight from phoenix, oregon. >> this is insane. >> reporter: unrelenting, fires continuing to rage throughout oregon, fueled by fierce winds not seen in a generation. five communities leveled by fires. >> this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our s

and tim o'brien, executive editor over at bloomberg opinion. also happens to be the author of "trump nation: the art of being the donald." kimberly, i'd like to begin with you. if the president's going to throw down on fdr and churchill, i've decided this is a teaching opportunity. people can start by picking up a copy of "the splendid and the vile" written by the splendid erik larsen, though it occurs to me, kim, the comparison to churchill falls apart in a couple of ways. number one, churchill was honest and forthright with the people of his island nation about the dire consequences and the threat they faced, one. number two, i don't think he ever said "it is what it is" when referring to the death toll following the blitz. >> you're absolutely right, brian, and fdr certainly was honest with the american people when he led the country through one of the most difficult times in our nation's history. there is a big difference there. i would love to also see the president cite other accomplishments of both of those men without the help of a tele

miles o'brien, always good to see you. thank you so much.u' welcome. ♪ judy: after years of war and economic deprivation, syria is poorly equipped to handle covid-19. but the virus is spreading fast and governme -- in government-controlled domestic and the rebel-help north where it is targeting the most vulnerable. nick: a few miles from the turkish border, there is no refuge from the wind and the heat and no refuge from covid. this woman gathers cloth from her neighbors toew masks. she started wi her own kids and then realized the need was much greater. >> i'm worried about the children in the camp. i'm going to hopefully make masks for everyone. ithisa humanitarian service i can provide. nick: she fits masks on children's whose country has been atar longer than they have been alive. north west syria has over 260 coronavirus cases, inclung in an internally displaced persons camp, where no sanitation systems prevents proper handwashing. children are especially vulnerable because many already suffer from a parasite spread by sand flies. te ru

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in a few minutes we will talk live with national security advisor robert o'brien who is cited in the book as well and other things, we are going to talk to him about. this on a day when the president announced a new list of potential nominees for supreme court vacancies should he be reelected. we have fox team coverage, peter doocy in michigan with what joe biden is saying today about the woodward book but first, kristin fisher is live on the north lawn with a very busy day at the white house. good evening. >> indeed, good evening, bret. president trump is calling bob woodward's new book a political hit job. but woodward says that the president granted him 18 on the record interviews and there are tapes. >> president trump telling author bob woodward he understood the severity of the coronavirus early on but had a reason to say publicly that it was under control. >> i think, to be honest i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down because i don't want to create a panic. >> his new book shows the president realizing covid-19 was more dangerous than the common seasona

for the pbs newshour i miles o'brien in ocala, florida.y: now to discuss the security of the election and the president's failure to commit to a peaceful transfer of power i am joined by kathleen, director of the university of pennsylvania's annenberg public policy center. welcome back to the newshour. before we get to that i want to follow up on miles o'brien's reporting. president trump again denigrating mail in voting. he called it a big scam today. tell us in brief, what is your sense of the reliability of mail-in voting historically in this country. >> the academic evidence is clear. the amount of problematic voting is so extraordinarily small that barring unusual circumstance,n election will not be so close it can make any difference. let's move on to talk about what it is casting doubt, raising questions over whether he would accept the results if he loses. how would you some up -- he has made these statements in the last day or so. how would you sum up what he said over the time of his entire presidency? kathleen: the assumption th