i address this precise question in a book review i wrote in 2014 about bob gates' memoir and his time as secretary of defense in the bush and obama administrations and he published his memoir during the obama administration and was criticized for that and criticized for his hillary clinton's presidential run and his former colleague when she was secretary of state. i made the point then that, everybody in washington is an adult in this process and we understand exactly the way he goes and my feeling, and basically all of my government jobs from lower levels up to the last job which was that anything i said could and pipe, quite possibly would be in the papers the next morning. and this is nothing new in american history as i point out. in washington's administration, hamilton and jefferson fought with each other through newspapers, funded in part by putting their writers on government salaries. and somehow poured george washington ministry stumble through it. >> bret: you were in the back of meetings adjusting your glasses and holding notes but it looked like in your mind you are arra

i address this precise question in a book review i wrote in 2014 about bob gates's memoir, his time as secretary of defense in the bush and obama administrations, he published his memoir during the obama administration, was criticized for that and criticized for its potential effect on hillary clinton's presidential run when she was secretary of state and i made the point then that everybody in washington is an adult in this process. we understand exactly the way it goes. my feeling in all my government jobs from lower level to the last job was anything i said could quite possibly and would be in the papers the next morning. this is nothing new in american history. in washington's administration hamilton and jefferson thought with each other through newspapers funded in part by putting their writers on government salaries and somehow poor george washington managed to stumble through. >> some of those pictures of you adjusting glasses and holding notes look like you were arranging chapters of the book. at what time in the 17 months did you say i've got to start thinking about this and w

secretary bob gates, thanks so much for joining the program this morning. >> thank you. thank you for inviting me. >>> cnn's coverage continues right after this. >>> good morning, i'm poppy harlow. glad you're with us. the pressure is building and has been building for weeks for actual action on police reform. in minutes, senate republicans will unveil their plan and an advanced copy shows by cnn shows it does not go as far as the house democrat's proposal. it does not include a federal ban on chokeholds. the republican plan incentivizes states to take action by holding back federal funds if they do not. this comes on what could be a very pivotal day in the case of the fatal shooting of rayshard brooks by police in atlanta. a decision on charges for one or both officers involved in the death could come at any moment. also this morning there are the facts on coronavirus and then there's the message from the white house. vice president pence says

about bob gates' memoir of his time as secretary of defense.e bush and obama administrations and he published his memoir during the obama administration, was criticized for that, was criticized for his potential effect on hillary clinton's presidential run, his former colleague when she was secretary of state and i made the point then that everybody in washington is involved in this process, we understand exactly the way it goes, my feeling and basically y government jobs from lower levels to the last job is anything i said code and quite possibly would be in papers the next morning and this is nothing new in american history as i point out, and washington's administration, hamilton and jefferson fought with each other through newspapers funded in part by putting their writers on government salaries. and somehow poor george washington managed to stumble through it. >> some of those pictures of you in the back of meetings addressing your glasses look that you are in their mind arranging chapters in your book. when did you start thinking about th

former secretary bob gates wrote a book about the obama administration while he was still in office. other people have done a but you're right, to be disappointed and direct, there's a lot of things that are getting picked up. i only have a few seconds. is this rally happening in tulsa? 100%? not going to be moved outside? definitely going to happen? >> the information i have from the campaign is that it's happening and that people once you get out there and express their beliefs peaceably. we've seen peopl see it through protest. people in tulsa or otherwise, they want to participate in our great democracy. i would say to oklahoma, i believe they are in phase three end so you can have gatherings of certain number indoors and a know are adhering to protocols but we can't pick and choose who can be aware, wearing a mask or not, based on our politics, based on whether subdued but think folks are irredeemable and deplorable. they have the same rights as anybody else to peacefully assemble under our constitution. i think it's important that they do that. also i know you're talking a lot

. >> i'll talk to senator tim scott, and a former defense secretary, bob gates.lus, the coronavirus spike. half of the u.s. is now seeing a post-memorial day surge. >> we saw more acceleration. >> why has the coronavirus task force been silent for nearly 50 days? and primary chaos. >> it was a disappointment. >> missing ballots, confused poll workers, long lines. why this is a big, flashing warning sign for november. joining me, kasie hunt. helene cooper. and tim alberta. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> another fatal shooting of an african-american man at the hands of police, this time in atlanta, has led to new protests, and the resignation of a police chief, after police shot and killed rayshard brooks after he was running away with one of the officers' taser guns. atlanta's mayor moved quickly, firing the police officer and announcing the police chief was stepping down. >> i do not believe this was a justified use of deadly for

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talk to senator tim scott, who's leading the efforts on police reform and former defense secretary bob gatespl plus, the coronavirus spike. half of the u.s. is now seeing a post-memorial day surge. >> we saw even more acceleration at that point in time. i think people have left their guard down. >> so why has the coronavirus task force been silent for nearly 50 days? >> my guests this morning, infectious disease experts joseph fair and dr. nahid bhadalia. >> missing poll workers, long lines. >> why are you so intent upon staying here? it's important for me. it's important for my son. >> why this is a big, flashing warning sign for november. >> joining us for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent casey hunt. hello lean cooper for "the new york times". and tim alberta, chief political correspondent for politico. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> another fatal shooting of an african-american man at the hands of police, this time in atlanta,

bob gates years ago wrote a book about obama but it did not have nearly as much as this book has in itnly not the very, very sharp criticisms of president trump, and a sitting president, again. >> yes, and we talk about some of the explosive details in the book and in the interview that you did with him for instance i know he told you the president isn't fit for office, of everything that he told you, as mos rprising or a >>we bas charges that president trump did not care about anything but re-election, that he put also j that john bolton was in the room for all these important national security meetings from north korea, russia, china, john bolton has been there and listened to the president and his adviser. he's seen it up close, so to hear him describe a president as bizarre and stunningly uninformed and all sorts of adjectives, there were some jaw-dropping moments in the interview and many more to come. >> yes, and i think that also just brings us to this question of timing. i think there's a lot of questions about why john bolton is speaking out now, why detailing accusations in a

a little bit of the antidote to john bolton, and that is robert gates, former defense secretary bob gates is going to be joining us here live on tuesday night as his new book comes out. his new book comes out. couldn't be happier about it. that does it for us tonight. see you again on monday. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,240 of this trump administration. 144 days to go until the presidential election. donald trump is now trying to keep the outrage over the killing of george floyd and the calls for justice from engulfing his presidency and his campaign for re-election. many inside and outside the administration have conceded his response thus far has been out of sync with much of the nation. he has declared himself the president of law and order, sometimes just tweeting out that phrase. now in an interview with fox news, he's openly questioning the motives behind the protests that have erupted on america's streets for nearly three weeks. >> i think you had protesters for different reasons, and then you had protesting also because, you know, they just didn't know. i've watched --

bob gates years ago wrote a boo nearly as much as this book has in it, and certainly not the very, very president trump, and a sitting president, again. >> yes, and we talk about some of the explosive details in the book and in the interview that you did with him for instance i know he told you the president isn't fit for office, of everything that he told you, what do you think was the most surprising or alarming to you? >> well, i think basically his charges that president trump did not care about anything but re-election, that he p re-election before the country. but i think also just knowing that john bolton was in the room for all these important national security meetings from north korea, russia, china, john bolton has been there and listened to the president and his adviser. he's seen it up close, so to hear him describe a president as bizarre and stunningly uninformed and all sorts of adjectives, there were some jaw-dropping moments in the interview and many more to come. >> yes, and i think that also just brings us to this question of timing. i think there's a lot of questions

my guest bob gates and senator tim scott of south carolina who is leading the republican efforts on policee beat" starts right now. hello. >> hey, two big interviews this sunday. we'll be tuning in for that. welcome to "the beat." i'm in for ari melber. a big show ahead with donald trump increasingly isolated tonight, rage tweeting and stoking new racial controversies with his own advisers, reportedly mystified about his response in all of this. today trump going on fox news for an interview about police brutality and the protest movement, and immediately, sparking brand new outrage in this country, calling abraham

my guest bob gates and senator tim scott of south carolina who is leading the republican efforts on police reform. "the beat" starts right now. hello. >> hey, two big interviews this sunday. we'll be tuning in for that. welcome to "the beat." i'm in for ari melber. a big show ahead with donald trump increasingly isolated tonight, rage tweeting and stoking new racial controversies with his own advisers, reportedly mystified about his response in all of this. today trump going on fox news for an interview about police brutality and the protest movement, and immediately, sparking brand new outrage in this country, calling abraham lincoln's legacy questionable. >> let's take a pass on abraham lincoln. he did good, although it is always questionable. in other words -- >> well, we are free, mr. president. we did pretty well. >> you are free. so i'm going to take a pass on honest abe. >> take pass on honest abe, as we call him. trump defending his decision to hold a rally next week on june teenth, the date commemorating. a master from 99 years ago. >> your rally in oklahoma is set for june 19th.

a little bit of the antidote to john bolton, and that is robert gates, former defense secretary bob gatesining us here live on tuesday as his new book comes out. couldn't be happier about it. that does it for us tonight. see you again on monday. >>> welcome back. i'm ali velshi. we begin this hour with breaking news. protests are breaking out in atlanta tonight where the chief of police has resigned after another video has surfaced of another black man being shot and killed by police. this is a live picture as you're looking at crowds gathering near the site of that. the shooting happened last night after atlanta police officers were called to a wendy's whe

a little bit of the antidote to john bolton, and that is robert gates, former defense secretary bob gates is going to be joining us here live on tuesday as his new book comes out. couldn't be happier about it. that does it for us tonight. see you again on monday. >>> welcome back. i'm ali velshi. we begin this hour with breaking news. protests are breaking out in atlanta tonight where the chief of police has resigned after another video has surfaced of another black man being shot and killed by police. this is a live picture as you're looking at crowds gathering near the site of that. the shooting happened last night after atlanta police officers were called to a wendy's where this man, 27-year-old rayshard brooks was allegedly asleep in his car while in the drive-through lane. police gave him a field sobriety test and attempted to arrest him for driving under the influence. he resisted. the georgia bureau of investigation says brooks then grabbed an officer's taser and ran away. he then, while running, pointed the taser at the officers, and that's when an officer opened fire on mr. brook

. >>> and just ahead, former defense secretary bob gates will be our guest.ning joe" starts right now. >>> president obama and vice president biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. >> i instructed general holder to build better relations between communities and law enforcement. >> never even tried to fix this. >> that means working with law enforcement officials to make sure their ranks are representative of the communities they serve. >> they had no idea how to do it. >> that means working to train officials, so that law enforcement conducts itself in a way that is fair to everybody. >> never even tried to fix this. >> now, we've launched a police data initiative that's helping camden and other innovative cities use data to strengthen their work and hold themselves accountable by sharing it with the public. >> they had no idea how to do it. >> i'm going to be proposing some new community policing initiatives, including up to 50,000 additional body-worn cameras for law enforcement agencies. >> president obama and vice president bid

correspondent and then you had charles was at the protest at the brandenburg gate and organizers told her why they've linked together . the entire bob these is the general web indivisibility and that's why the organizers of today's oxidize want to show here in bali no sort of cross the country was similar process taking place here in bali in presence of people who have gathered today to form a human chain for 2 reasons the 1st one these are they are still very much aware that they're processing a maze of pandemic and they want to respect social the sensing by keeping a few cents off $1.00 metres between each processor and those so by wearing off the 2nd reason for that human chain he's out there $1000.00 many people as possible from all across the city to be able to join a protest so to have the whole aussie think i'm so that big that it stands up against racism. time to take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. fans of bullfighting and matadors took to the streets of spain to demand a support for a sector hard hit by the coronavirus events have been canceled for months and is easing its lockdown but

gates. a move that b.a.r.t. said would cost $150 million. the goal is to prevent scenes like these, riders who skip out on paying cost b.a.r.t. $25 million each year. b.a.r.t.'s general manager, bob powers, is scheduled to give an update on the plan to install the new gates. he spoke with us first, to decide if the gates can move forward. will b.a.r.t. be able to find the millions to install the new fair gates? >> the short answer, in my opinion, is yes. i think we will be able to pull together a funding plan that allows us to do that. you know, systematically, and to phase it in and working with the counties and the funding partners. i think we can be successful there. >> are you thinking in the 1$15 million realm. we have come up with a way to drastically reduce with a different way to go about replacing them. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. hopes that brings the $150 million price tag down to 90 million. in terms of a system-wide deployme deployment, when is that something that riders can expect to see? >> i think you'll start seeing some deployment as early as -- early 2021. >> b.a.r.t.'s general manager estimates it will be five more years before the fare gates are installed system-wi

bob, very much. >>> a live look at video of the golden gate bridge. some spots have been hotter than 100 degrees. vianey arana is here for kari hall. we're counting on you for some relief from the heat, vianevian are you going to deliver? >> yes, i talked to mother nature and here we are in the 70s. no, i wish i cooldown in the 70. san francisco, great shot there. sure, it's a little cloudy, but hey, at least we get to see the cooler temperatures. nice shot over san jose, mostly clear skies, a couple of clouds floating by. daytime highs, right now we're only at 63 degrees in palo alto, but check out san jose, 72. we won't get much hotter than that, mid-70s in the afternoon. then even cooler into the weekend. also tracking a chance for showers here in the bay area. of course i'll go more into detail on that coming up in my full forecast. >> vianey, thank you very much. >>> san jose art investigators are piecing together what happened after someone started a string of fires forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes. firefighters are still mopping up and neighbors are waiting for answers buttel for

s general manager bob powers is scheduled to give an update later today to install the new gates, butf the proposal can even move forward. since his agency is still trying to recover from a health crisis that caused a financial train wreck. will b.a.r.t. be able to find the millions to install these new fare gates? >> the short answer in my opinion, yes. i think we'll be able to pull together a funding plan that allows us to do that and, you know, systematically and phase it in and working with the counties and our funding partners. i think we can be successful there. >> are you still thinking in the $150 million realm? >> we've invested a little bit of money. not much at all into engineering and we've been able to come up with a way to drastically reduce that with a different way to go about replacing them. and the different technology, if you will. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. hopes that brings a $150 million price tag down to $90 million as the agency works to replace the old fare gates with these new ones in each of its 50 stations. when is that something riders should expect to see? >>

gate bridge. >>little bit of fog out there overall a less foggy morning than what we had yesterday though just more of a cloudy day ahead bob cover will move on over the bay area times and a couple of sprinkles right along the coastline, but most of us are going to see any sort of rainfall. it's just going to be a cooler and more brisk day ahead as we are going to see winds picking up this afternoon right now temperatures not really that much different than where they were yesterday at this time 50's 60's do remain. later today is when we're going to really feel the difference from where we were yesterday daytime highs at their warmest only in the mid 70's, 60's for much of the rest of us i'll talk more details ahead of the rest your forecast back to you. >>thanks a lot of 5.31 and today, the man charged with the murder of a santa cruz sheriff's deputy is due in court it's 32 year-old stephen the air force sergeant from travis faces more than a dozen felonies for the killing of sergeant damon gutzwiller and also for the attempted murder of another deputy. here's video of the moment that he was arrested last weekend, new doc

bob way as health minister has appeared in court accused of illegally awarding a $42000000.00 contract for coronavirus surprise odium lawyer was arrested by the anti corruption agency on friday and a scandal dubbed covert gate allegedly has a company called drax international to provide the government with medical equipment at inflated prices he was given bail and is due back in court in july. the number of new infections has been on the rise in countries of the western balkans although restrictions there have almost been completely eased and tell your church has this update from belgrade. number of people infected with corona virus is on the rise through the balkans region northern macedonia and serbia recorded the highest increase of newly infected in the past couple of days with bosnia and herzegovina close behind them because of that croatia that still has a low infection rate compared to its neighbors is tightening borders so serbian citizens and citizens of boston her sick rubina are allowed to enter the country only if they have a valid reason the only country in the region that had previously declared itself coronavirus free was montenegro but even there infections are on the rise again new daily in

bob is driving across the bay bridge. i notice activated the high wind advisory signs the bay bridge the golden gate the benicia bridge. are miller really moving around. >>yeah and you're getting a head when 2 coming out to the west of course because it's being an onshore wind and looks like it's going to be windy not just today, but also tomorrow quite breezy as well feeling more like a fall like day really been springer certainly like june after the heat spikes we had in they're going to warm by the middle of the week that you'll see in the 7 day as well so has a look up today right now we have that marine layer to kind of take but after that peels off it's up to the races and mostly sunny skies. temperatures thus far we're in the upper 50's over most of the district's 60 going on for kind of exception there but lower 50's up to the north bay and upper 50's to the south bay kind of expected with the this wind in place that keeps a lot of uniformity mixes things up quite a bit so you don't have quite the differentiation with the heat and the temperatures that you would if you had clear skies and not much the way of wi

bob, and he has kindly agreed to tell me everything i need to know about casting. i'm going to suit up and next, we're in the water. >> what any gentleman should do. golden gate angling has free lessons the second saturday of every month. we have equipment show up on the 9:30 on the second saturday of every month and we'll teach them to fly cast. >> ok. we are in the water. >> let me acquaint you with the fly rod. >> nice to meet you. >> this is the lower grip and the upper grip. this is a reel and a fly line. we are going to use the flex of this rod to fling away. exactly as you moved your hands. >> that's it? >> that's it. >> i'm a natural. >> push both arms forward and snap the lower hand into your tummy. push forward. >> i did gave it a try and had great time but i might need some more practice. i met someone else with real fly casting skills. her name is donna and she is an international fly casting champion. >> i have competed in the casting ponds in golden gate park in san francisco. i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a s