i want to bring in carl bernstein.s is a claim we ahead from the evidence over and over again what are you hearing? >> that he's intention a waging a scorched earth campaign in the final days, the likes of which we have never seen, and it could ben unthinkable. it undermines and cast doubt, so he can claim if he seems to be losing but also kamala harris, her family, others, as well as attempts to get the attorney general of the united statesia initiate arrest -- literally arrest members of the biden family, perhaps obama administration official. he's also in a rage about all of this, just barking out orders to people around him to accomplish some of these outrageous things i don't think he's been wishy-washy about it. ther the republican senators on the hill would have to go to trump and tell him you cannot challenge this election. you cannot challenge these results, because he is setting up an apparatus and methodology in which he intends to prolounge the count that's part of his strategy so there might not be a major

let's bring in cnn's congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, and political analyst, carl bernstein. good evening, one and all. both of you. so, phil, breaking news, tonight, regarding north carolina senator thom tillis. what can you tell us about that? but, hang on one second. phil, i have some breaking news for you. i think that you want to get to it, right? from the president of the united states. do you have that? >> do i, personally? i do not have that but i have seen kayleigh mcenany's tweet about the latest update from the -- oh, are you talking about the president's tweet? or the tweet by the doctor? >> no, the president's tweet. i was going to get to you about thom tillis but since it's up, i'll just let you respond. the president says it's going well, i think. thank you all. love. that's the president's latest tweet at 11:30 p.m., this evening. go on, phil. >> that's the way you conclude all of your tweets as well. love. i also think kayleigh mcenany has a tweet out from the doctor, too. but quickly, i will update you. senator thom tillis, who was at the nomination of amy

carl bernstein, i appreciate your thoughts. >> one quick thing.cans alike on capitol hill, it is essential that in the next 24, 36, 48 hours, whatever it takes, that we learn the realtimeline of the president's illness and when it was -- and his testing, every test that he has taken. it is essential to the national security of the united states that we find the answers to these questions and every reporter covering him should be dedicated to this, and every decent senator and congressman should be committed to this. >> we are going to discuss more about the national security impact coming up later this hour. carl bernstein, as always, thank you very much. >>> we are now just one month away from election day. we are going to take you inside the changes the campaigns are making in light of the president's positive coronavirus diagnosis. stay with us. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." with this seal, this restaurant is committing to higher levels of cleanliness. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ the expertise that helps keep hospitals clean, is helping keep businesses clean

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this is not a transparent administration, and as carl bernstein said, this is consistent with the way've not only handled the entire presidency but the way they've handled this pandemic. it's been one cover-up after another. and the problem is, that cover-up has killed many americans and put many more in danger. and now it's infected the president himself. this is a national security crisis for us that we can't trust our president, and it doesn't speak well of his effect on the government as a whole that these government doctors are coming out and being evasive and participating in the deception that leaves us wondering what is the state of affairs. there's something particularly malevolent about trump going to a fundraiser while knowing either that he had covid-19 or was in danger of getting it because he had to take a test and was concerned that it might come back public. and i think that is a microcosm of the entire presidency. a self-dealing malevolence where other people's health and safety comes second to what he views as his political interests. and the american people deserve

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let's bring back carl bernstein and joe allen joins us now, as well. so, you know, carl, it's interesting. you heard what dr. gupta said. that it seems that they are trying this kitchen-sink approach. neither of us are doctors. but the question is where is the transparency in all of this? we need -- the american people deserve transparency. >> absolutely. there's no question about it. and in terms of the stability of our country. and -- and also, how foreign countries are looking at us. and -- and how they are going to take action, in terms of is there a threat to those countries by a hostile power that might come and try to take advantage of us during this terrible period? transparency is always the answer. but -- but we got to ask ourselves, why isn't there transparency? and, of course, it always comes back to the same question with donald trump. even at this terrible moment with his hospitalization. it comes back to -- >> carl, i need to interrupt you because i want to get -- i want to get some breaking news in. we are getting some information, now,

carl bernstein joins us now to talk about this. his own doctor's admission -- >> let 'bess clear, this is the ultimate trump coronavirus cover-up, in using his doctors shamelessly to perpetuate a cover-up. we have to call it what it is. this is the second big cover-up. the first cover-up was you have the seriousness of the pandemic itself, as he told my colleague bob woodward. he didn't want the country to panic, and that was the reason not to give the country the real science underneath. he's ignored masks. he's ignored his scientists. he's ignored the safety of the american people, and now at the most critical moment of a national security emergency, in generations, in really the modern history of the presidency in some ways, he is directing a cover-up so we know almost nothing about his real condition, when he contracted the virus -- whether or not he really is capable of executing the duties of the presidency, as he goes through this experience. we are this the da-- in the dar because he wants us in the dark. >> we still don't

i want to come back to david gergen and carl bernstein.andidates are today. you have kamala harris there in florida. you have joe biden alongside former president barack obama in michigan. here coming up within this hour. and then you have president trump, we played at the top of the hour in pennsylvania. we know the vice president, mike pence, is in north carolina. what do these states tell you about their strategies, what they are thinking in these days leading into the election? >> well, they tell me that, among other things, i think that donald trump still has a fighting chance to win this. there's no question, though, that joe biden is running ahead by eight or nine points. it's been a steady lead. he's had the lead since this started. donald trump has not been ahead of him in a single poll. the way they're -- there are still these battleground states. joe biden has a clear lead in the upper midwest and in western pennsylvania. if he takes michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania and holds on to the states hillary won, he's ahead every

. >> laura: carl bernstein yesterday was watching everything unfold with the president and he had thisy. >> we are in the midst of an unprecedented physical and mental health crisis, we are talking about a president who is jacked up on steroids, this is a real existential national security crisis. >> laura: you're not treating the president, obviously but would being on this type of steroid make you manic or a madman as david gergen said to? we are being run by a madman -- do you see any indication of that in the president's comments? >> i don't know what measure there is [laughter] >> laura: you might as well -- i don't know what you think but all of these people seemed so bent out of shape that president trump took his mask off. they could not stand it. they might as well have been infected themselves through 100 yards of distance and time. what is your reaction to what you saw last night? >> this is why i want to retire to mars come i want to get away from these idiots. no one who is an idiot is going to make it to mars, that's why i want to retire there. >> laura: it's great to see

joining me, political analyst carl bernstein. , president trump and the former vice president facing off last night for the last time before election day. this was the last pitch that a lot of americans were paying attention to. what did you think? what was your take away from the debate? >> trump once again is appealing to his base to get him close enough to winning that he can throw a monkey wrench into the electoral process if there is no win, unlikely that he will win a majority of votes in the electoral college demonstrably. rather, people i talk to in the white house say his strategy is to undermine the electoral process to the point where he can draw this out through court challenges, through not accepting whatever the vote of the american people is, trying to cling to office through some other means. he's still in the ball game. he did not perform like he did in the first debate which was almost fatal to him. he was much more coherent than he usually is. and his republican supporters are happy with what he did. at the same

the president's men, the true story of how intrepid washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernsteino richard nixon becoming the first—ever us president to resign from office. besides being exceedingly well crafted, each film delivers the same promise of hope to a different generation of americans reeling from trauma. mr smith goes to washington came at the end of the great depression, a decade of poverty and disillusionment in the american system. while all the president's men was a response to a profound loss of faith in american institutions, following both watergate and the vietnam war. the films succeed because they engage with our darker impulses, but still provide uplifting conclusions. right now, political tensions in the us are boiling over, which makes these films more relevant than ever. political films can motivate the populace. mr smith goes to washington came out in 1939. that inspired a lot of people to go into politics, because at the end of the day, it was seen as idealistic — even though i don't personally think that it really was. but we will put a pin in that. and

let's bring in now cnn political analyst carl bernstein and amanda carpenter.to both of you and thank you so much for joining. >> good to be with you. >> enough about the president. you want to talk about his republican enablers. you have been making calls to some of them. tell me about that. >> there is real fury particularly among republicans in the senate in what they see in trump's behavior both in this cover-up which they are well aware is a cover-up but also to go back to david axelrod's term he is unhinged. there is great awareness among leaders of the republican senate and on clul that right now this president of the united states is unhinged. he is not acting like a sane person. and this is really a time that one person i talked to tonight said it's time for some courageous republicans to call for the 25th amendment of the constitution to be invoked and that the vice president exercise the duties of the president until it's clear that trump is capable of sane governance and shows us that he is not just jacked up on steroids. will they do it? will they

carl bernstein, national security analyst julia kayem, julia, obviously the white house says the president is feeling -- doing well, feeling fine. what's happening within the government right now just from a homeland security perspective? any time obviously the president's health is called into question, it has national security implications. >> right. it has constitutional implications. will he be able to serve out his presidency. we have two systems in place. this should reassure people. we have continuity of government which is can the individuals be replaced, there's process of care and then you have continuity of operations. that's the stuff that's trained all the time, exercised. people go through this. if something terribly bad happens, can operations continue. in both cases there's planning and protocols. some of these things may be in place. we don't know what's been activated. we don't know what's going on with nancy pelosi, third in line. people get very calm when you start to see the systems come into place. the more challenging part is the national security part. we're already

. >>> i want to bring in cnn political analyst carl bernstein to talk about this. she is saying the country is being run by someone under the influence and in a, quote, altered state. what do you make of this? >> that we need to know the facts. we're in the midst of a presidential cover-up of donald trump's mental and physical condition. his doctors are part of the cover-up under his orders. that much we know. that much is fact, but it's essential that republicans, especially -- i've talked to some republicans on the hill. there are indeed republicans in the senate who are furious, concerned, worried about the president's mental health, physical health. they too disclosure of what the real facts are here, but it's time for them to step up and demand it. we've never had a presidential crisis of leadership such as this in the midst of an election campaign in which we have not a real clue, a scientific clue, because the doctors have not been willing to give us what the facts are about the erratic behavior, obvious erratic behavior of the president. the question is, ar

investigative journalist, carl bernstein., when he was almost -- almost -- how would you say it? very likely, very possibly contagious sharing a debate stage with joe biden. that's what we're hearing from experts. hope hicks tested positive wednesday and yet they didn't give the biden campaign any information. how is the campaign reacting to all of this? they should have been told. >> i really do think they should have been told because it's really still not clear where the origin of this outbreak really is. is it with hope hicks or perhaps someone else in the president's entourage. but it's in keeping the lack of communication is in keeping with how the white house has behaved around outbreaks within the white house and specifically with this one, the biden campaign are moving forward with what they've been doing for months, which is an incredibly careful strategy, not just to protect the former vice president but to demonstrate a set of behavior that they want to be proof positive of how biden would govern and that includes

carl bern teen proclaiming -- bernstein proclaiming a national security crisis, and michael moore makes up a new, off the wall, cinematic conspiracy that makes 9/11 conspiracies look tame in comparison, and it's easily proven false. critics now ask is it the debates that need the mute button, or is it michael moore and the media? also to trump 2020 advisory board member harmeet dhillon, fired up that cnn is facing blowback for airing a leaked conversation secretly taped by a former friend, a former friend taped it and distorting what the first lady really said. what is the news value in this? plus attorney general william barr testing negative for covid-19 while senator mike lee tested positive. new document disclosures in the botched trump-russia probe and hillary clinton's plot to colleague it up to -- cook it up to begin with. house overnight and reform ranking member james comer on nominating judge amy coney barrett. and congressman greg steube from the house subcommittee on immigration and citizenship now breaking down how the u.s. is hoping with the covid crisis at the border as s

i will bring indica kaitlan col and carl bernstein is joining us and brian stelter. brian, can we talk about the president. he's always concerned of the economy, we know. the dow future are plunging at the moment which is very important to the economic health of the world. >> the dow future is down more than 400 points and nasdaq and s&p is down 1.5% right now. that's expected. the worst year in recent memory just keeps on getting worse. the leader of the free world is sick. he's watching tv right now and i hope we can all say the same thing, we wish you well mr. president and feeling better as soon as possible. the president is like 43,000 other americans who all tested positive for the virus. this is happening in so many towns and cities. this virus is an unequal killer. right now transparency and honesty is going to be key for this white house. this white house, we can't trust what they say but now more than ever we have to be able to trust what the president and his aide are telling the american people and let us hope honesty prevails in this moment because every

career miss mayhew edited numerous bestsellers and award-winning books including bob woodward and carl bernstein's all the presidents men and the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is my own words to name justa few . and schuster have released an e-book of remembrance of of the late editor that can be downloaded for free. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. you can watch all our past programs anytime at booktv.org. class on our author interview program "after words" former deputy assistant attorney general in the bush administration john you weighed in on presidential power and the u.s. constitution . some of the discussion . >> i startedout wearing of president trump . i wasn't a supporter of his in the 2016 election and the thing that worried me was that he was a populist and the constitution seems designed to stop populists. it's fairly anti-democratic in nature in a lot of ways like the senate and judicial review and the electoral college . the presence of the states is an important part of the constitution so i was worried when trump came in as a p

carl bernstein and i did some of the work, but we had a great editor, ben bradlee and katharine graham, and it was about a few weeks afterwards, she wrote carl and myself a letter, but she wrote it on yellow legal pad she had more stationery than any thousand people in washington. but this, i think it was a spontaneous, honest reaction and she said, dear carl and bob, you did some of the stories. nixon's resigned now, don't start thinking too highly of yourselves and let me give you some advice and the advice is, beware the demon pomposity. wow, what an important lesson for me, for carl, people in the media business, people in politics, people in business, even people in show business pomposity is a demon, and it gets in the way of lots of people doing good work or their best work. >> seth: if you write a third book, it would also make one heck of a title for our president. thank you so much. >> the demon pomposity lives >> seth: yes, absolutely thank you so much. >> thank you >> seth: congratulations on the book >> thank you >> seth: "rage" is available now. we'll be back with music f

let's bring back in -- sanjay's going to stay with us -- we're bringing back in brian stelter and carl bernstein. brian, do you believe, because we waited for so long, right, to hear about the test, did they sa sit on this? what happened? >> let's be honest, don. upon the air midnight, 12:30 a.m., there was certainly a reasonable suspicion that the president had tested positive. and that the reason the white house didn't announce a result right away is because they knew he was testing positive, and they were providing notifications to people like mitch mcconnell and other leaders of the government. i think that's a fair assumption to make, at this late hour. we know the white house has these 15-minute rapid tests, and it was concerning, by 11:00 p.m. and midnight, that we did not have an answer from the white house. and that gets to sanjay's point about the need for transparency. white house aides, who feel pressure to lie on behalf of the president, they should feel more pressure, now, from all of us in the public, to tell the public the truth in the coming days and weeks. you know, boris johns

channels and on social media as well revolting ghoulish reaction to this, read pundit, people like carl bernstein last night who is considered to be one of the greatest journalist in american history, reveling in this news, seeing it as a payback for the presidents policies even though i have set out constantly on my show if you look at what the president did, the actions that he took, he took his here's a right from the start given that you are seeing those reactions i've been retreating, our market is down and the things that people are saying i don't expect any kind of sympathy for the president or the first lady sadly given the way that the antitrust media has constantly have a hatred against him for the last three or four years, i don't see that changing even though he's got this today but i don't think he cares about that, i think he wants to get back to working is incredibly resilient and i think you can see this turnaround in the next couple of weeks in a quite interesting direction, we do not know that i'm just basing that on the data, all these people tell us to listen to the data. stua