i guess today is liz cheney. they get so much for joining the show. >> please to be with you as always, and always love -- the reagan institute hosts so thanks for having. >> we appreciate that and no good deed goes unpunished to and participate in the reagan national sense for them. now have the on the podcast will be greatly greatly appreciated. lots to cover today. so much is going on here in washington, d.c. and across the country. but just for our listeners, many people know you because you are the lone congresswoman fm t

ignatius, thanks a lot. >> thank you, david. >>> mika, you saw the picture, of course -- speaking of liz cheney, of vice president cheney wearing a mask. >> real men wear masks. >> a great image. >> that was wonderful. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," does trump's re-election hinge on getting voters to hate joe biden? mrk mcginnen is writing about that and he joins us next on "morning joe." >> let's be honest about it the president is behind today. the national polls suggest he's behind the it's now close to 9 points, six weeks ago it was 5. these things happen in campaigns. the question is not where are the polls today but what does the president need to do in order to regain the advantage? n order to regain the advantage? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. [grunting noise] i'll take that. woohoo! 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. with nutrients to support immune health. ensure max protein. we know you're always at univethere for them.x, that's why our advisors are always here for you. learn more at phoenix.edu. >>> on the cam

welcome and our guest today is congresswoman liz cheney. thank you so much for joining the show. p. cheney: great to be with you as always. always happy to participate in any of these events. host: we appreciate that. no good deed goes unpunished. now, we have you on the podcast. we greatly appreciate it. a lot to cover today. so much is going on. here in washington, d.c. and across the country. just for our listeners, many people know you because you are the loan congresswoman from this day of wyoming. the daughter of a vice presidents. and going in and out of washington certainly dates back further than when your father became vice president. of course, he was the chief of staff during the ford administration and then like you served in the congress. what has that been like, almost a lifetime of coming in and out of washington with public office , either you or a family member and then going back outside the beltway? rep. cheney: i feel -- it has been an -- i feel incredibly blessed in this way to grow up. and to have had the opportunity to see both worlds. many of myly, earlies

yesterday congresswoman liz cheney tweeted, quote, if reporting about russian bounties on u.s. forces is true, the white house uft explain, one, why weren't the president or vice president briefed? was the info in the pdb? that's that daily briefing. who did know and when? and, three, what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? congressman dan crenshaw of texas, he's a veteran, he agreed saying this. we need answers. and senator thom tillis of north carolina today said, quote, if intelligence reports are verified that russia or any other country is placing bounties on american troops, then they need to be treated as a state sponsor of terrorism. i am joined now by noah rothman, the associate editor at commentary magazine. noah, thank you for joining us. let me ask you first about your perspective on this question of what exactly the president knew here. we have the white house insisting he wasn't told anything, seeming to leave open the possibility this was in the presidential daily briefing. what is your sense of that question? >> yeah. the

he has not in recent weeks really want one, but as i mentioned congresswoman liz cheney -- cheney of wyoming out of that story about russia tweeted a picture of her father the former vice president who says dick cheney says where a mask #real men wear masks and today vice president pence wearing a mask and making it known. leland: he did not at that visit at the mayo clinic which didn't go over very well. david, thank you. julian? gillian: the justice department is issuing a warning to anyone thinking about destroying federal property including monuments and statues facing charges against four men who allege tried to tear down a statue of andrew jackson in front of the white house earlier this week. christina has the latest on this developing story reporter: the four men were charged friday with destruction of federal property. according to the doj on june 22, the suspects were caught on video vandalizing their property in lafayette square and one is on video alleging attempted to pry the statue at its base with a wooden board trying to pull it down. doj says another suspect is caugh

liz cheney, wyoming, member of the house. it's reporting, she wrote yesterday morning, if reporting about russian bounties on u.s. forces is true, the white house must explain a couple things. one, why weren't the president or vice president briefed? was the info in the president sention daily briefing? two, who did know and when? and three, what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? just a little bit of the reaction there. that tweet was retweeted by many republican members of congress yesterday. katherine calling from ohio. democratic caller. your reaction. caller: paul, i called my congressman about three or four times a week. his name is steve chabot. i ask him all the time, i want to go by constitutional law. i want to go by rule of law. and high moral authority. of which the republican party have given away to this administration. because we don't go by constitutional law. the man that sits at 1600 pennsylvania avenue is the most corrupt person that this old woman has ever seen in h

liz cheney has gone against the president as early as march, she spoke out against the risks of opening the country to sue. >>the first time in history, a chamber of congress has voted to make washington d c. a state today house democrats passed the measure right along party lines, the proposal would shrink the u.s. capitol grounds to the area around the white house capitol building supreme court. another key structures. republicans are strongly against the plan. none voted for the house measure in the president and senate republicans also oppose it. today president trump tweeted that he signed an executive order to protect american statues and monuments she's been teasing the measure all week long while publicly condemning protesters who have torn down statues that are mostly associated with the confederacy. >>trump says that his order calls for a long prison terms for the lawless acts against our great country. the text of the order has not been released yet so it's not exactly clear what those penalties will be it's also not known how much it differs from the existing veterans memori

and you've got congresswoman liz cheney, third ranking republican on the house side tweeting if reportingn russian bounties is true the white house must explain, one, why weren't the president or vice president briefed? was the info in the pdb, the president's daily brief? two, who did know and when? three what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? so -- also you have congressman dan crenshaw, republican as well from colorado and a veteran retweeting liz cheney's tweet adding, this is exactly right. we need answers. so this is not a partisan issue. this is a bipartisan concern among leading members of congress. john brennan, you know the wayn. you've been a consumer as well as, you know, assessor of intel. how could it be that nobody would tell the national security adviser, the national security adviser, robert o'brien works not feel it important to say, hey, wee assessing this. this does involve the russians, and the taliban agreement, that you're talking about doing, we should talk about this. they held a meeting, interagency in march. how could th

i guess today is liz cheney. they get so much for joining the show. >> please to be with you as always, and always love -- the reagan institute hosts so thanks for having. >> we appreciate that and no good deed goes unpunished to and participate in the reagan national sense for them. now have the on the podcast will be greatly greatly appreciated. lots to cover today. so much is going on here in washington, d.c. and across the country. but just for our listeners, many people know you because you are the lone congresswoman from the state of wyoming. of course the daughter of vice president, but your life and going in at a washington certainly dates back further than when your father became vice president. of course he was a chief of staff during the ford administration and then, like you, served in the congress. what hasn't been like, kind kind of a lifetime almost, coming in and out of washington with public office, either you're in public office or a family member and then going back to life outside the beltway?

. >> i wanted to share with you something that congresswoman liz cheney, who is the number third ranking house republican, just said in "the hill" in regard to briefings republicans got last night. take a listen to how strongly she is warning russia, something the president has yet to do. >> i want to be absolutely clear that america's adversaries should know and they should have no doubt that any targeting of u.s. forces by russians, by anyone else, will face a very swift and deadly response. >> peter baker, you've been around a long time, a number of white houses, you know russia well, having been a moscow bureau chief there. this is so clear. the white house, to my hearing, to my listening, is playing all sorts of games with, well, it was not finished intelligence, and gina haspel has put out a statement from cia that actually indicates they were taking it seriously, they did warn the allies, and they did do force protection. so they did take it seriously enough. no intelligence is ever absolutely finished. >> well, of course that's exactly right. and jeremy i think will remember this

you've got congresswoman liz cheney.ick cheney's daughter saying if the reporting is true the white house needs to explain who did know, who know it when, and what is being done in response. she's just one. we're hearing this across the board. is there any indication that we're going to see answers? not just to reporters but to those lawmakers? >> yes, well, in fact, nbc news confirmed that the white house has invited senior members of congress to a briefing today. it's not clear who is attending that briefing whether democrats as well as republicans, to discuss this intelligence. i think these questions absolutely will have to be considered because, as you said, it's conservatives like liz cheney. also john bolton, the former national security adviser said if this happened, we need to get to the bottom of it. it needs to be explained because what my intelligence sources have told me, even if this isn't as big a deal as some think it was, it merited a response. you have to draw the line with the russians or they'll keep

representative liz cheney tweeted this picture of her father yesterday, former vice president dick cheney#real men wear masks. you can see the former vice president wearing that mask there and a cowboy hat. that's a sharp contrast to president trump who continues to wear -- who continues to refuse to wear one in public. so who is wearing a mask and who isn't? let's bring in cnn political analyst harry, what do you have for us? >> hey, how are you doing? look, here is the deal. i've been looking at a lot of the recent polling. and you know, what's so amazing to me right now is only about half the country, according to axios polling says they are wearing masks all of the time when they go out. and in fact, if you add up the sometimes and all the times, right, that still leaves you with about 20% of the population who is occasionally or never wearing a mask. but i think it gets really interesting when you sort of drill down on the regions that are actually wearing masks. that's exactly what i did. i basically aggregated all of these polls that axios did across the last month and a half. what

david jolly, respond to this. >> liz cheney is right.re's only two explanations for the president of the united states. it's either that he is so negligent in his job as the commander in chief and the chief intelligence officer that he did not get the brief, which is really hard to believe considering some reports say that the intel goes back to january, and the very purpose of the presidential daily brief is to bring his awareness to issues like this. the second is that he was made aware of it and did nothing. and in this white house, that seems more likely. chris murphy's tweet you showed at the beginning is absolutely right. i think the reason donald trump is plummeting in the polls is a majority of americans know that he is dangerous to our national security, he continues to undermine the rule of law, and he can culturally toxic. fortunately it appears that at least more than 50% of the nation wants to go in a different direction rather than be led by a man like that. >> we're going to be getting into polls later on in the show. josh

liz cheney saying if the report is tru true, why wasn't he briefed and the what is the response. >> this is as bad as it gets. >> reporter: and nancy pelosi called the president's response totally outrageous. >> you would think that the minute the president heard of it, he would want to know more and instead of denying that he knew anything. >> reporter: pelosi saying top konlg congressional leaders were not aware of the report but would investigate. last year 23 u.s. troops died in afghanistan. but whether any were targeted by taliban fighters paid by russian operatives is not known according to military sources. a senior administration official told the associated press that the white house plans to brief select members of congress about the issue later today. alex presha, abc news, washington. >>> pride might not be the celebration that it usually is, but people are still finding ways to mark the 50th year of the san francisco event. there was a colorful procession true city stree through the streets. not only was it a celebration of the lg lgbt community, but also the "black lives ma

. >> reporter: congresswoman liz cheney was also in the briefing, earlier on twitter she asked what hasdone in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? democrats claim the president's coziness with russia may have influenced the administration's hesponse. >> despite what donald trump may think, russia is not a trend, they are a foe. >> reporter: cbs news has learned the intelligence community knew about the allegations and that while the c.i.a. believed them to be legitimate, the national security agency questioned their validity. the white house says that is why president trump did not hear about the assessment. >> so intelligence is verified before it reaches the president of the united states. and in this case it was not verified. >> reporter: president's often receive intelligence assessments presented with varying levels of confidence. for example, information that is used to track and thwart terror threats, sources tell cbs news the term "verified" is not typically used within the intel community, major. >> garrett: weijia jiang, thank you. the former minneapolis

liz cheney and mitt romney. has said you've crossed the line cut it out and we'll see since he part of his performance art is never apologize. which is odd who has his perfect. but it need never apologize you don't learn so he makes a mistake who doesn't early on he should of. had earlier testing and then asks he said you know the c.d.c. they don't come better for months and said you don't need a mask you know they know more than i do than you do now and they say every wish you were me has to protect you from them and them from you that was a mistake and we're going to do better. if you're unteachable and you're ignorant and you refuse to admit error then there's only one way he or society goes and that's downhill and for 3 years we've barely survived his willful lawyering or his self delusion psychiatrist can figure out which we're now at a point where our book we said before the pandemic you know he was alive not a scholar score what the hell. but if you lies about life and death decisions this country's healt

his daughter, congresswoman liz cheney, tweeting this picture with the hashtag #realmenwearmasks. even as the rageovernight, the trump administration asking the supreme court to overturn obama care? >> reporter: in the midst of this pandemic, with millions of americans recently unemployed, the trump administration is formally asking the supreme court to overturn obama care. if successful, up to 23 million americans could lose their coverage. and right now, trump does not have a plan to replace it. it's certain to reignite the health care debate heading into the election. >> thank you. >>> in some areas, people waiting up to 13 hours for resting.anthe percentage of pos tests is on the rise in 23 states. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, testing nationwide failing to keep up with those surging covid cases. in florida where cases hit that record, nearly 9,000. >> i've been here since 5:00 this morning. >> reporter: gridlock at miami's hard rock stadium. hundreds idling in cars waiting for that quick swab. >> i'm worried about it, i'm worried about it. >> reporter: in arizona,

liz cheney tweeting, who did know and when, what has been done to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. president putin's spokesman telling nbc news russia has received no complaints from american officials. has anyone raised this with you, complained to the russian government about this, or said there will be implications >> as far as i am concerned no american representatives have ever raised this question against russian representatives. >> reporter: tonight the white house briefed top republicans who say there's now an ongoing review to determine the accuracy of the intelligence lester >> keir simmons tonight, thank you. >>> a major ruling from the supreme court today on an abortion the court striking down a law in louisiana. pete williams has details. >> reporter: it's another surprising ruling from this conservative supreme court and a victory for women speaking abortion, like kimberly o'brien of new orleans, devastated to learn the child she was carrying would have severe birth defects she and her husband decided to terminate the pregnancy but she had to go to texas. >> i ended

. >> reporter: republican congresswoman liz cheney asking too why the president would not have been told and what has been done to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. the white house briefed eight gop members about the matter yesterday. a similar briefing is scheduled at the white house today for democrats. kenneth. >> all right, alex, thank you. >>> moving to other news now, police in jacksonville, florida, are trying to determine a motive for a deadly shooting outside an amazon warehouse. a man was gunned down while waiting to apply for a job. police say two men jumped out of a car and opened fire targeting him directly. >> i came to amazon for my orientation, and the dude bumped me. the dude just bumped me out of the way. the dude bumped me out of the way. he was dressed in all black. and as soon as he bumped me out of the way, he started shooting. he just started shooting. it's crazy, man. >> the shooter and another suspect escaped. two other people were injured in the shooting. >>> in aurora, colorado, three police officers have been placed on administrative leave amid al

. >> reporter: republican representative liz cheney tweeting, if the report is true, why wasn't the president or vp briefed? who did know and when? and what's been the response? >> this is as bad as it gets. >> reporter: and house speaker nancy pelosi called the president's response totally outrageous. >> you would think that the minute the president heard it, he would want to know more instead of denying that he knew anything. >> reporter: pelosi saying top congressional leaders were not aware of the report but would investigate to determine if the president was briefed. last year 23 troops died in afghanistan but whether any were targeted by taliban fighters paid by russian operatives is not known according to military sources. still, this is new fuel for trump's 2020 challenger joe biden. >> donald trump has continued his embarrassing campaign of deference and debasing himself before vladimir putin. >> reporter: a senior administration official told the associated press that the white house plans to brief select members of congress about the issue later today. kenneth. >> alex, thank you.

after vice president pence showed up to that briefing without a mask, republican congresswoman liz cheneyweeted out a picture of her father, former vice president dick cheney, wearing a mask and included the hashtag #realmenwearmasks, norah. >> o'donnell: i think they call that throwing shade. paula reid at the white house tonight, thank you. two people were killed today a third person wounded in a workplace shooting in springfield, illinois. the suspect left the scene after opening fire at the bunn-o-matic warehouse but was later found dead in his car. police say he was a 48-year-old employee who knew his victims. there is no known motive for the shootings. tonight in washington, there is another standoff between authorities and protesters over a statue many see as an insult to african americans, but unlike the confedate symbols thhave rei monument was intended to honor the man who emancipated slaves. cbs' chip reid reports from washington's lincoln park. >> reporter: 12 blocks from the u.s. capitol stands a statue of abraham lincoln, the emancipation proclamation in his hand. dedicated

congresswoman liz cheney asking, too, why the president would not have been told and asking why has been done to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. the white house press secretary was asked if the president had a message for moscow. she said there was no message for moscow, because the president hasn't been briefed on it. and tom, she gave no indication that he wants to be. tom? >> okay, martha, thank you. >>> the press secretary was asked today. we turn to the supreme court rule, as well. the justices striking down louisiana's law restricting abortion, and for the third time in two weeks, chief justice john roberts' decision ultimately siding with the court's liberal wing. here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: at the hope clinic for women in shreveport, louisiana, they've been waiting for today's ruling anxiously. >> what's at stake? it is highly possible that all but one if not all clinics will close in louisiana. it's going to affectstes ll vided supreme court struck down that louisiana law, which required any doctor providing abortion services to have admitting privilege

. >> some republican lawmakers including liz cheney and mac thornberry who were briefed monday say theyremain concerned about russian activity in afghanistan including reports that they've targeted u.s. forces. >> american adversary should know and they should have no doubt that any targeting of u.s. forces by russians, by a v swift and deadly response. >> both democrats and republicans say if the reports of russian bounties are true, there must be a tough response to russia. three colorado police officers are unpaid and mistreated leave after taking inappropriate photos at a memorial for elijah mclean. the statement, the interim police chief said the department has investigated a report that multiple police officers were depicted in photographs near the site where mclean died. sources tell cbs news those offices were imitating the chokehold mclean was placed in just days before his death and that the photos were shared with other police officers. the department says it will release evidence of the investigation soon. >>> said news in hollywood, carl reiner died last night of natural ca

his daughter, congresswoman liz cheney, tweeting this picture with the hashtag #realmenwearmasks. >> and mary bruce joins us live from the white house. mary, even as the pandemic rages here at home, overnight, the trump administration asking the supreme court to overturn obamacare. the health care of more than 20 million americans now hanging in the balance? >> reporter: in the midst of this pandemic, with millions of americans recently unemployed, the trump administration is now formally asking the supreme court to overturn obamacare. if successful, it means that up to 23 million americans could lose their coverage. and right now, president trump does not have a plan to replace it. joe biden has called the lawsuit heartless, callous, and cruel. and it's certain to reignite the health care debate heading into the election. cecilia. >> a huge fight ahead. mary, thank you. >>> with the climbing cases comes long lines for testing. in some areas, people waiting up to 13 hours for testing. and now this, the percentage of those tests coming back positive is on the rise in 23 states. here's

the 18 -- the 18-29-year-old to support and vote for republicans and agree with the outlook of a liz cheney? rep. cheney: a lot of it has to do with the things that ronald reagan spoke out about and stood for. thatwe need to make sure all people can prosper is equality. we need people to understand that the fight against socialism is a fight that goes fundamentally to whether we can exercise the individual rights that our constitution guarantees. i think reagan, thatcher also were so important historically but so important at laying out the terms of that debate and in explaining to people what happens when nations adopt socialism. unfortunately today, i think too many young people are attracted to the idea of socialism. too many young people view that wayomehow a more equitable to organize society when in fact what it does is steel power from -- steal power from every individual and give it to the federal government. we need people -- young people to understand that their future and their ability to affect the future and make decisions for themselves and their families ultimately require th

republican congresswoman liz cheney report something reporting on russian bounties is true the white house must explain why weren't the president and the president briefed? was the info in the pdb. who did know and when? what has done in response to protect our forces? this goes much deeper. >> we have called for a report to the congress on this. this is as bad as it gets. i don't know what the russians have on the president politically, personally, financially or whatever it is, but he wants to ignore. todd: congressman ted lieu tweeting, quote dear richard grernl did you really tell real donald trump and vp pence that russia was paying militants to kill u.s. troops or is the press secretary lying? >> i never heard this and discussing how you to continue to politicize intelligence. you clearly don't understand how raw intel gets verified. leaks of partial information to reporters from anonymous sources is dangerous because people like you manipulate it for political gain. the a.p. reporting that the administration is expected to brief select members of congress later today. steve, a

the 18 or 29 -year-olds to support and vote with that outlook the liz cheney? to make it has to do what frankly what ronald reagan spoke about and the idea what we need to make sure everybody in society can prosper is freedom and equality of opportunity and people to understand a fight against socialism is a fight fundamentally to if we canhe exercise the individual rights are constitution guarantees. it was so important historically that you lay out the terms of that debate and then explain what happens when nations adopt socialism. unfortunately today summoning and people are attracted to the idea of socialism. too many people view that as a more equitable way to organize society but it steals power from every single individual and gives it to the government and we need to do a better job at making those kinds of points so young people understand they are future to make decisions for themselves requires that we protect freedom and that cannot bereed done. >> holding on to that point because something that's not well-known or intuitive predicate on - - present

and then there is this from the number three republican, liz cheney, a photo of her father and a hashtag real men wear masks. and dr. fauci with a warning that even states going in the right direction aren't immune to a spike. >> if we don't extinguish the outbreak, sooner an later even those doing well will be vulnerable to the spread. >> reporter: and european union officials plan to ban anyone from countries still struggling to control the outbreak. and dr. fauci did suggest that they are considering a new testing approach, so-callpool t which would test multiple groups. and it would essentially lower the number of testing that would be necessary, but at the same time cover more people. and any groups that would test positive wou positive, but no mention of the task force. >> and really striking to see the photo of vice president cheney wearing that face mask. >> and when you look through the data, the u.s. pleads tleads th in deaths and then you have brazil. and then nearly 1.2 million cases behind the u.s. and compare that with the situation in the european union. so the u.s. is in

liz cheney tweeted: if reporting about russian bounties on u.s.ces is true -- it's not -- the white house must explain, one, why weren't the president or vice president briefed, was the info in the pdb, the briefing; two, who did know and when -- very good; three, what has been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable? now, i'm sure none of those questions would have occurred to the national security adviser, the president of the united states, the secretary of state, the secretary of defense. thank god you have rinos like these. and senate armed services committee chair jim inhofe tweeted: right now, though, we need answers. i've asked the administration to though share what it knows -- to share what it knows, and i expect to know more in the coming days. we'll be talking with retired four-star general jack keane in the broadcast here tonight. >>> communist china finally allowing an investigative team from the world health organization to find the origins of the china virus and how it began. admittedly, it's like watching

liz cheney saying if the report true, why wasn't he briefed and what is the response. >> this is as badit gets. >> reporter: and nancy pelosi called the president's response totally outrageous. >> you would think that the minute the president heard of it, he would want to know more and instead of denying that he knew anything. >> reporter: pelosi saying top congressional leaders were not aware of the report but would investigate. last year 23 u.s. troops died in afghanistan. but whether any were targeted by taliban fighters paid by russian operatives is not known according to military sources. a senior administration official told the associated press that the white house plans to brief select members of congress about the issue later today. alex presha, abc news, washington. >>> an unruly customer caught on camera coughing on a bartender. >>> and a live look at the new york stooeks. lo stock exchange. we'll have an update on the markets. >>> and two major airlines are dropping social distancing rules planning to pack flights. that story coming up. >>> let's check in for a look at traff

you have liz cheney saying the white house has to explain why president trump and vice president pence were not briefed. have lindsey graham, a staunch ally of president trump calling for answers. so definitely more calls from republicans who are normally very obviously defensive of president trump to get more answers from the administration. on the democratic side of the aisle, you actually have a number of democrats including kerstin gillibrand recacalling hearings on the matter. >> so this is interesting between president trump and russia and the relationship they may or may not have. are they stirring up some of those old questions about the president and russia and his relationship with vladimir putin, and how do you think, julia, that this could actually impact his re-election campaign if at all? >> well, to answer your first question, yasmin, absolutely these are stirring up new questions. we know president trump in the past has signaled that he believes at least part of putin's account of whether they meddled in the u.s. election in 2016 or not. we know that u.s. intelligence s

look at liz cheney's statement yesterday, why wasn't the president briefed on this, and in some ways,the white house assertions are true and he wasn't, that may be more damning than anything else, because it raises the question of why wouldn't he be, given the seriousness of this matter, and it's pretty ines capable, it's pretty hard to escape the conclusion that there's a long pattern of trump resisting briefings and information about russian misbehavior, because it immediate immediate immediately cues him in to the russia hoax he believes plagued his presidency from the outset and tainted his election. that's the prism through which he views everything about putin and russia, and so it may well be here that top national security officials withheld the information from the president because they feared how he might react or not react. >> it's remarkable, right, that they would have that reluctance. barbara starr, this is happening a as the president is reducing u.s. footprint on the ground in afghanistan withdrawing forces and his administration in the midst of peace talks with the t

liz cheney said something must be done in response to hold vladimir putin accountable if the intelligence is accurate. today they did not say what the response will be. >> you don't think this report is true? >> i'm telling you this that there's no consensus in the intelligence community and the dissenting opinions exist. >> reporter: the intelligence was first reported by "the new york times" and has been confirmed by several outlets including cnn and the washington post is now citing intelligence assessments that say those bounties resulted in the deaths of several u.s. troops. we should note cnn has not confirmed that report from the washington post. eight republican lawmakers have been briefed on these intelligence assessments. they were briefed by the national security advisor, director of national security intelligence and the chief of staff. democrats are up next and they are going to give their briefing tuesday morning at 8 a.m. the question will be, you know, do democrats come out of this satisfied? do they get the answers they wanted to know about this? some republicans say they

the liz cheney tweet was retweeted by many republican members of congress yesterday. democratic caller now from ohio. your reaction? caller: i called my congressman -- i call my congressman three or four times a week and i ask him all the time, i want to go by constitutional law and rule of .aw and high moral authority of which the republican has given away to this administration. because we don't go by constitutional law. the man sitting at 1600 and sylvania avenue is the most corrupt person that this old woman has ever seen in her life. and they tolerate it. it's if it would be done by a woman, a black man or a person of color, the republicans wouldn't stand for it. but because he is old, white, and says he has money, which i don't think he does, that's the reason by he doesn't want us to see his taxes. he's totally corrupt and he should be removed from office by the republican party today if in worldy dad fought war ii. my husband was in the vietnam war. my former son-in-law did three tours in a rack. this is what we have to deal with? corruption at every level? i

then there's this from the house's number three republican, liz cheney, a photo of her father, formerice president dick cheney and the #real men wear masks. but the nation appeared bare faced even as leaders by his side were covering up. one of them is dr. anthony fauci warning that states going in the right direction aren't immune to a spike. >> if we don't extinguish an outbreak, sooner or later, even the ones that are doing well are going to be vulnerable to the spread. >> reporter: some u.s. travelers may soon face international travel restriction. european union plans to ban any counts struggling to control the outbreak, among them the united states. here in new york, a certain night and day difference in terms of infection rates and the number of positive tests. in fact, this will be the first weekend that for new york, connecticut and new jersey. again, preparations on the sidewalk for weekend dining. basically, biannbianna, and vic you can expect people traveling from high-rate states to be quarantined if they travel from new york, new jersey and connecticut. >> like a whiplas

liz cheney, third highest ranking republican in the house said the white house must explain what's being done in response to hold vladimir putin accountable if the intelligence is accurate. today, the white house didn't say what its response would be, or whether there will be one at all. >> you don't think the report is true? >> i'm telling you this, there's no consensus in the intelligence community and that the dissenting opinions from some of the intelligence community exist. >> reporter: the intelligence was first reported by "new york times," has been confirmed by several outlets, including cnn. "the washington post" is citing intelligence assessments that say those bounresulted in the d of several troops. k cnn hasn't confirmed that reporting. lawmakers were briefed about the reports, about russian bounties. they were briefed by the national security adviser, roberto brian. the director mark meadows. democrats were offered a briefing by meadows. it is unclear if they accepted, when that briefing will happen. >> thank you so much. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding a

republican congresswoman liz cheney tweeted, quote, if reporting about russian bounties on u.s.orces is true, the white house must explain why weren't the president or vice president briefed, was the info in the pdb or president's daily briefing, who did know and when and what's been done in response to protect our forces and hold putin accountable. democrats claim this goes much deeper. >> we have called for a report to the congress on this. this is as bad as it gets. i don't know what the russians have on the president politically, personally, financially or whatever it is but he wants to ignore. >> reporter: former national security advisor john bolton says it is the president's responsibility to respond to this intelligence. >> it's pretty remarkable, the president's going out of his way to say he hasn't heard anything about it. one asks why would he do something like that. i think the answer may be precisely because active russian agletioaggression like that agat american service members is a very, very serious matter and nothing's been done. >> reporter: other conservative

you start to see -- see people like congressman dan crenshaw and congresswoman liz cheney and othersaying, we need to know more. what's going on here? they presumably care about the focus of -- what the focus should be. >> right. we have to keep on those facts and not the president's deflections. about the afghan war, some of the best journalism about this war has come from narrative, nonfiction, like your book, "the outpost." this book, which is now becoming a film, was the proudest achievement of your journalistic career. why is that? >> well, it's just the biggest, largest, journalistic achievement of my career. 400-plus-page book where i interviewed more than 225 people and tried to focus on the war by looking at one single outpost. the building of it, the existence of it, and then this huge battle in 2009. and also, i mean, you know, at the time, the book came out in 2012, very few people had heard about combat outpost keating. it's still probably not known by most americans. but, you know, the book is a best seller. and since then one of the medal of honor awardees wrote a book

important question that lawmakers are now asking really both sides of the aisle from speaker pelosi to liz cheney is if this intelligence as real, i it is proven to be true, why wa president trump not briefed on it. we have democrats now talking about a major intelligence failure if ultimately we find that this stuff as true. >> absolutely. i've been following that side o the story as well and hopefully we can get some answers because the intelligence committee did knew something like this and even if one or too of them thought it was credible, and it didn't make it to the vice president or the president, we have a huge problem over there. i was told that could happen by 5:00 p.m. today. it will be interesting to know if there is an underlying reaction here that this is something related to vladimir putin who has always been a bit of a soft spot for president trump. we remember him standing up there and saying heat they didn't meddle in their elections . because it is so painful to watch as an american. that move in helsinki was something they got widespread condemnation on both sides of the aisl

liz cheney tweeting if the report is true, why wasn't the president or swrchlt president or vp briefedhis is as bad as it gets. >> reporter: anancy pelosi says that the president's response is ridiculous. >> you would think that he would want to know more. >> reporter: and pelosi saying top congressional leaders were not aware of the report but would investigate to determine if the president was briefed. last year 23 u.s. troops died in afghanistan. but whether any were targeted by taliban fighters paid by russian operatives is not known. a senior administration official told the associated press that the selebers of congress about the issue later candidate. alexpresha, abc news, washington. >>> and people are still finding ways to mark the 50th year the san francisco pride aevent. they had a march and rally. and it was a celebration of the lgbtq community and a direct acknowledgement of the "black lives matter" movement that has taken off after the death of george floyd. >> we have to be in the streets now. this is the time that will change. this is the rev ruvolution thatl change us.