chael schmidt, washington correspondent for the "new york times" and author of "dona trump vs. the united states: inside the struggle to stop a president." ashley, you've been reporting on recent days on the fallout o the woodward book. why does that february 7th remark matter by the president? what was he doing at that time? what was he not saying to the li american p >> the question is really what he wasn't doing and wha he wasn't saying, and it's a fascinating about 10-day window from -- which woodward recounts in his book from when robert o'brien goes into the ovalof ce and said the coronavirus is going to be the biggest nationalecurity crisis o your presidency to when trump tells bob woodward -- he conveys that he understands the severity. u heerstands that it is deadly. it is tricky. and that it is airborn in that period, he really does you not cvey that grim reality to the american public in words forer sta so they can begin preparing and figure out if they needks and if they have members of their family with co-morbidities and what steps they should bero taking toct the