the secret recordings with mary anne trump barry. the president has quote "no principles, none, none, and his base, if you are a religious person, you want to help people and not do this." this she's referring to of president trump's policies of separating children at the border. we have reporting on that policy. let's get to hunter walker, our correspondent for yahoo news and anita kumar at politico. good to have you both with us as this story moves. hunter, i wonder what your reaction is to this? is this just more color about what's going on at the trump's family or something else underneath this, within all these tapes? >> well, you know, i was with the president's sister on election night in 2016. she was in manhattan, she barely comes out in public and i don't think anybody else recognized her. as the president took the stage and i turned to her and said, what do you think of this? what is this like for you? we always knew. of course if you listen to this recording, it sounds like she has a much different view of her brother in p

. >>> new recordings tonight of the president's older sister, mary anne trump-barry. they come from conversations secretly taped by her niece, mary trump, best-selling author of "too much and never enough, how my family created the world's most dangerous man." mary trump joins me now. thanks so much for being with us. first of all, i want to play a portion of some of these recordings. this is judge barry talking about his approach to money. >> and then, you get donald, who -- who won't do anything for anybody, unless it's going to inure to his -- i mean, he won't do -- publicly, i mean, if you -- anything he did, he says look what i've done. and he's as tight as a duck's ass. just like dad was. the only time donald went to church that i know of, you know, was when -- >> he got married. >> yes. and over the last several years, when the cameras were at the church. >> exactly. >> it's so interesting because, you know, when -- when you think back to the campaign, before -- that the president won. so much of what he described was incredibly giving in terms of charities and

mary trump the president's niese released new recordings of a conversation she had with the president's sister. >> one of those secret recordings include conversation with the children, the president's children. listen to this. >> mary ann trump barryvanka gets this picture of the madonna and child on instagram when mary ann trump, the big news of the day was how we. >> she's a mini donald and y. >>> here's what she said about one of those clips regarding donald trump's faith. >> you know, it sort of is amazing that anybody took the claims that he was charitable seriously or that he was particularly a person of faith. >> cnn has reached out to the white house and mary ann trump barry for comment. >>> democratic presidential nominee joe biden set to deliver remarks virtually to the national guard association conference. his running mate kamala harris will launch a virtual conference of hispanic small business meeting. >>> the president went on the attack against senator kamala harris and he suggested that the vice presidential nominee is not competent enough for the job and that his daughter ivanka would be a better candidate. >> you know i want to see the first woman president also. but i don't want to see a woman president get int

president trump's sister, mary ann trump barry, and in then, barry, a retired federal judge trash her brother as cruel and's one who has accomplished very little and just out for himself. here's a portion of the tape. >> it's a -- the lying oh, my god, i'm talking really, you know the changes of the story, the lack of preparation, the lying, the -- holy [ bleep ]. >> they were secretly recorded by president trump's niece and without her knowledge. she's made clear she haus differences between her uncle. the president's response -- every day it's something else. i continue to miss my brother. the results are obvious. our country will soon be stronger than ever before. president trump referencing there his late brother who died earlier this month. joining us, the journalist behind this explosive reporting. "the washington post" reporter michael cranish. i just want to make our viewers understand how you discovered these -- you asked mary trump about how she made the claisms. that's when she revealed she recorded 15 hours worth of face-to-face conversations with her aunt maryanne. did yo

the "washington post" reports his sister, mary anne trump barry calls him cruel, unprincipled and a liar, among many other unflattering comments in conversations secretly recorded by their niece, mary trump, who has made it clear from her recent book and the release of this audio that she has major differences with donald trump, her uncle. here is an excerpt from some of her conversations with the president's sister. >> the lying, oh, my god, i'm talking to you freely, but you know, it is a change of stories, a lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. >> from the "washington post," they originally reported this story and talked earlier with cnn about something trump's sister said on the recordings about the president's immigration policy. here she is. >> mary trump heard that her brother, the president had said on fox news that maybe they'll have to put her, meaning judge mary anne trump, a federal judge at the time, to the border because there were a lot of refugees coming into the united states, children were being separated from their parents and put in these cramped quarte

. >>> the niece of donald trump talking to mary ann trump barry. you'll hear about his relationship with his adult children. plus his relationship with god. let me set the scene for you on this friday. happy friday, by the way. trump used his house as his backdrop, inside what he views as trump palace. we saw a parade of cortisans and court jesters pleading for his attention. his only resume is their surname adult children. >> dad, people attack you for being unconventional, but i love you for being real, and i respect you for being effective. >> my father has made me believe that america can truly be great again. >> i miss working alongside of you every single day, but i'm damn proud to be on the front lines of this fight. i'm proud of what you're doing for this country. >> america is the greatest country on earth, but my father's entire world view revolves around the idea that we can always do even better. imagine the life you want to have. >> okay. as i mentioned, tonight we have new insight into that family, the family that comes from mary trump

. >>> the niece of donald trump talking to mary ann trump barry. r about his relationship with his adult children. plus his relationship with god. let me set the scene for you on this friday. happy friday, by the way. trump used his house as his backdrop, inside what he views as trump palace. we saw a parade of

the washington post" published excerpts secretly taped by mary trump a year or two ago but not included in her tell-all book. mary ann trump barry, now 83, is heard criticizing the president's conduct in office. >> [ bleep ] tweet and the lying, my god, but you know it is the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. but he's appealing to the base. >> reporter: the white house responded with a statement from the president that refers to the recent death of brother robert but does not mention his sister directly. it reads in part, every day it's something else. who cares. i miss my brother, and i'll continue to work hard for the american people. and sandwiched between that family drama and the important convention ahead for the president, overnight the press secretary announced that president trump will hold a news conference this evening at 6:00 p.m. to talk about what they claim are major breakthroughs related to the coronavirus. just yesterday the president was accusing the fda of being part of a deep state potential conspiracy wanting to hold back on therapeutics or vaccine approvals until aft

we're hearing this brutal critique of the president from his sister, mary anne trump barry. former federal judge. she made these comments in conversations that were secretly recorded by the president's niece in 2018 and last year. >> this is happening as the president is promising the celebration very different from the all digital event put on by the democrats. at the center of it all of it is the president himself. he's making appearances every night. >>> in the gulf, communities from the florida keys to louisiana, they're watching tropical storms marco and laura. the latest updates say that both storms could make landfall as hurricanes within 48 hours of one another. we're going to start this morning with a strong condemnation of president trump by his sister. here's part of what she said. >> the lying, oh, my god. really. you know, the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. >> i didn't get him in. but i know he didn't get into college. he went to fordham for one year and then he got into university of pennsylvania. because he had someb

and certainly, that is at odds here with not only what mary ann trump barry is saying, but what so many others have said about the character of donald trump. >> so many revelations coming on the eve of the convention. ron brownstein, it's an amazing story, and the timing is extraordinary as well, what do you think? >> the timing really fits in with what we are seeing. you have to see this in the context of everything else that has happened in the last few days. we had john kasich speak at the democratic convention. cindy mccain, the widow of another republican presidential nominee, narrate a video, 73 former senior republican national security officials today, taking out a full page ad, including former heads of the cia and fbi for republican presidents saying donald trump is unfit to be president. miles taylor, the chief of staff of the dhs who briefed the president in the oval office saying he is unfit. it fits in that portrait, and it is probably -- all of this is one of the reasons why the president is facing historic deficits among well educated white voters, on the other hand, i t

so in secretly recorded audio obtained by nbc news, the president's sister, mary ann trump barry, criticizesther as a liar with no principles. >> his [ bleep ] tweet and the lie, oh, my god, i'm talking too freely, but you know. the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. but that's all about his base. all he wants to do is appeal to his base. he has no principles. none. none. >> okay, so the audio first reported on by "the washington post" was secretly recorded by the president's niece, mary trump, who earlier this year published a tell-all book on the president's family, recordings amounted to more than 15 hours of discussion in 2018 and 2019 between maryanne trump barry and mary trump who used them as fodder for her book, including the claim that the president paid a friend to take the s.a.t.s for him. >> he went to fordham for one year and then he got into university of pennsylvania, because he had somebody take his exams. >> no way! he had somebody take his entrance exams? >> s.a.t.s or whatever. >> yeah. oh, jesus, you're kidding! >> that's what i bel

washington post" just ahead of night one published these new audio clips of the president's sister, mary ann trump barry, speaking very negatively about her brother, the president, including his policy of taking kits away from their parents at the border. ir parents at the border >> you can't trust him, she says. whatever you think about presidents involving their families in their politics, it is just remarkable to how this convention kicking off, that was day one, right? with that becoming public from the president's sister on the day they started this convention, that would go on to feature primetime speeches from five immediate trump family members, not including the president himself, plus one of the son's girlfriends. so that was a tough start to day one. now, today, for day two, there is the jerry falwell situation. in 2016, president trump, you may recall, received the key and surprise endorsement of jerry falwell, jr., the president of the christian evangelical liberty university. it was a surprise. everybody thought ted cruz was getting that endorsement. it was also a land mark moment in the c

in new tapes exclusively released to the reid out, from trump's own sister, mary ann trump barry. >>ld who won't do anything for anybody, it's going to be inure to his -- i me mean, he won't do any -- publicly. i mean, if you -- anything he did, he says "look what i've done." aren't i wonderful? and he's as tight as a duck's ass, just like dad was, really. >> joining me now, former white house communications director anthony scaramucci, and author of "inhinged," omarosa, and randall pickett. author of "black faces in white places" which i need to read clearly. i want to if to the much, which i didn't think i wb able to say. people who are related to trump who are telling us the truth about trump. how much is there a disconnect between what people who work for trump say behind the scenes and what they really -- what they say about him in public and what they say about him behind the scenes? >> zerlena, thank you. shout out to my colleague, omarosa. >> hey, mucc. >> they say one thing in public and snicker behind the scenes. then they go to journalists and try to tell the journalists,

mary ann trump's secretly recorded barry between 2018 and 19. with how her brother on the parted as president and said he had no principles. >> his [ bleep ] tweet and the lying, oh my god. i'm talking too freely. you know the change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the holy [ bleep ]. but he's appealing to the base. what they're doing with kids at the border. i mean -- >> the president responded to the tapes by saying in part every day it's something else. who cares. i miss my brother and will continue to work hard for the american people. we want to point out that recording was done legally, according to mary trump's spokesperson said the tapes were recorded in new york where only one party needs to con sent and the washington post has reached out to mary arn trump barry but yet to hear back. >>> a very different view from a sibling. a woman who has been joe biden's side kick for life. >> reporter: joe biden's came pain will soon raise its billionth and has more than 2,000 staff working to elect him president. when he first ran