michael wolfe. a little check unrevealed wolfe had been married seven times.n alabama. velazquez called her. >> i told her, i'm investing in investigating the d disappearance of david jackson. she said to me, how much evidence do you have against him? i said, i can't discuss the evidence with you, but i can tell you that it's enough for me to put him away right now. i was just totally bluffing. i have really, nothing. i am just throwing it out there. fishing that long line. if something bites, i reeling it in. she says, honey, let me call you back. >> the minutes take by. velazquez waited by the phone. and when nancy called back, what she said blew the case wide open. >> she started telling me about who was involved. how it happened. where it happened. what they did. how he did it. how deep landed. >> they? why, yes. they. and by the way, beware the sting of an ex-wife's tail. >> she says, i'm going to tell you everything you need to know. >> michael wolf's ex-wife nancy has a drawback dropping story to share. and it will send the investigation into overdrive.

he was prepared as if he was going into corporate. >> let's hear from sarah ness with michael wolf. in sterling, virginia go-ahead break. >> good morning mr. wolf. i'm wondering, not a psychiatrist, but it's a mr. trump had a narcissistic personality. and yet he got when he demanded loyalty from not only people in congress but his followers and everything. did it ever dawn on some of the people that he was a hindrance of a danger to our democracy? did they ever question his mental ability to even lead the united states? and did that ever come up with any discussions you had with his followers? thank you. >> without any intention at hyperbole here. those with donald trump knows there's something wrong with him. he's not like you and i. his gears don't work. call it what you will. there is something crazy about donald trump. and i think in terms of the dangers here over the coat course of four years came to understand that donald trump had no follow-through. he really had no policy goals beyond just getting as much attention for himself as he possibly could get. for better or worse ce

he was prepared as if he was going into corporate. >> let's hear from sarah ness with michael wolf. sarah is in sterling, virginia go-ahead break. >> good morning mr. wolf. i'm wondering, not a psychiatrist, but it's a mr. trump had a narcissistic personality. and yet he got when he demanded loyalty from not only people in congress but his followers and everything. did it ever dawn on some of the people that he was a hindrance of a danger to our democracy? did they ever question his mental ability to even lead the united states? and did that ever come up with any discussions you had with his followers? thank you. >> without any intention at hyperbole here. those with donald trump knows there's something wrong with him. he's not like you and i. his gears don't work. call it what you will. there is something crazy about donald trump. and i think in terms of the dangers here over the coat course of four years came to understand that donald trump had no follow-through. he really had no policy goals beyond just getting as much attention for himself as he possibly could get. for better or

joining us, now, is michael wolf.e new book "landslide: the final days of the trump presidency." michael, thank you very much for joining us, tonight. and -- and i want to go with a kind of more basic question about this book. what did you learn, in reporting on this book, that you didn't, already, know about donald trump? >> that he was -- that he's even crazier than i thought he was. um, and i think when -- one -- one of the things -- i mean, i -- from the beginning of this -- of this administration. from the beginning of my reporting on this -- this administration. it was clear that donald trump is not like you and he's not like me. something is off. something is broken. um, but i think this comes to a head on november 3rd. he has an experience that -- that -- that he can't -- he can't get his head around, that he has lost this election. and from -- from november 3rd on through to january 6th, through to january 20th. >> i guess, we have a problem with michael's connection. if we can get michael on a telephone or r

here's michael wolf delivering the smack to the hack. >> i think you, yourself, you know, while you're nice guy, you know, you're full of sank moan. you come on here and you have a monopoly on truth. you know, you know exactly how things are supposed to be done. you know, you are why one of the reasons people can't stand media. sorry. >> you're cracking me up >> greg: you're cracking up? you should see the rest of the world buddy we're dying over here. that was glorious. can i hear that chuckle again? >> ha ha. ha ha. ha ha. >> greg: he chuckled like his wife just came back from the lady's room from the restaurant and noticed half of her beef wellington had been eaten. but if that was a heavy weight fight and it is because setter it would have been stopped in the first 25 seconds. it got worse, meaning better, lots better. >> so what should i do differently, michael? >> you know, don't talk so much. listen more. you know, people have genuine problems with it, with the media. the media doesn't get the story right. the media exists in its own bubble. >> that's true, i agree. >> you know,

. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >> michael wolf is with us, the author of seven books including three of the trump presidencyin plain sight, final days of the trump presidency. welcome to "washington journal". >> thank you for having me. >> was always your plan to write about the final daysin of the trump presidency if the situation between the election and operation january 6 included drive your reasoning to write this? >> i had no intention of writing a third book, i thought to was plenty the been january 6 happened and i thought how could i walk away from c this story? this story has immense implications for the moment, for the future. it was a story for better or for worse, i thought i knew as well as anyone and i put my boots back on. >> we met and you wrote two other books, fire and fury and siege, one of the things that struck me about reading landside in this period of time was a sense of chaos both around the election returns challenging the election, of course january 6, after that surprise you at all? >> well, underlying theme probably up reports of written of the trump administration is chaos, ma

from the author, michael wolf, the author of this book landslide. e final days of the trump presidency. if you read "fire and fury" as i did, you'll be amazed that they chose to sit down again with michael wolff because as he explained it earlier tonight, the president said that that guy wolff gets ratings. good luck with the book. great having you with us. the president goes big on voting rights, but is it big enough considering the fight our country is now locked in? i'll be asking my republican friends in cities and counties to stand up for god sake and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our election for the sacred right to vote. [applause] have you no shame? >> as we said, genuine passion from the president today. the associated press, however, pointing out, quote, despite his worrying words on tuesday, he avoided any mention of trying to alter the senate filibuster rule that stands in the path of federal legislation. for more, we are so happy to welcome back tonight juanita tolliver, veteran political strategist to causes. and one m

from the author michael wolf.his book, "landslide," the final days of the trump white house, if you read "fire and fur y" as i did. surprised they sat down with you. great having you on the broadcast. the president goes big on voting rights but is it big enough considering the fight our country is now locked in? clooeris now locked in clooeris now locked in clooer i felt gross. i was covered from head to toe. i was afraid to show my skin. after i started cosentyx i wasn't covered anymore. four years clear. five years now. i just look and feel better. see me. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine, or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. five years is just crazy. see me. learn more

author michael wolf asked him that exact question. here's a dramatic reading of how that conversation went at mar-a-lago not long ago according to wolf. wolf, so who rigged it. trump, a group of people within the democratic party working along with big tech and the media. wolf, some names? >> trump, i can't give you names now. names are going to be revealed. how about where the lock boxes show up days later, in other words, they're supposed to be picked up. they shouldn't even be there. that was done by zuckerberg, but it was picked up and it comes days later and most of the votes in the boxes were for biden. you know, in areas that were good areas. wolf, this is a big thing that happened. somebody must have been coordinating this, no? trump, it's a coordinated effort, and it's also cancel culture. joining me now is michael wolf, author of the new book, "landslide, the final days of the trump presidency," and michael, i wanted to start with that because at the very end of the book, you basically publish a transcript of the conversatio

final days of the trump presidency michael wolf writes that on., after 1 pm, as the capital was being attacked, quote, white house chief of staff mark meadows, trump writer eric's herschmann and trump twitter manager dan -- pressed to make -- what was happening on twitter and his attention was out we're still focused on the president. the pressure for the president to say something quickly mounted. the president though was digging in his heels, he remained signaling -- singularly focused on the electoral challenge and had blinders on to everything else. almost every stage of the panic to response, and embodies push to get him to understand the urgency here, prompted the same reactions from him. reactions from him joining us now is michael wolff, author of the new book landslide, the final days of the trump presidency. michael, thank you for joining us tonight. i want to go with kind of your basic question about this book. what did you learn in reporting on this book that you didn't already know about donald trump? >> then he is even crazier than i

he did the same thing michael wolf says, basically, the same thing with him.t was behind that? >> well, jonathan, i can't speak to michael wolf or his reporting, but i can tell you in the case of our interview -- >> right. >> -- you know, trump wanted the lobby of mar-a-lago. he chose to do so at 5:00 p.m., which is the time when dozens of his guests started showing up for the happy hour cocktails on the pate owe. i think he wanted to be seen. i think he wanted the members of magnificent mar-a-lago to parade through the lobby and see him through the important king of republican politics to be interviewed by journalists from washington. it was a performative act for him. indeed, as people came in for dinner, they would come by and say hello. sometimes interrupt. laura abraham was among them of fox news showed up. we were talking about the serious election fraud discussion, they were putting out oysters and shrimp. it was a pretty wild scene. we're thankful but it was a surprising scene. >> not to get you to respond to whatever michael wolf has written, but he d

host: michael wolf, your thoughts? >> i would encourage the caller to read my book and he will come with a different understanding of what happens with the nature of of one of the strangest historical moments in the history of this country. host: we appreciate you spending the hour with us. michael >> live now here on c-span we are back at the white house where press second jen sake will hold a daily jen psaki will hold a daily briefing. we'll hear more about president biden's infrastructure from earlier. we are expecting the briefing to start shortly. jen: good afternoon. happy monday. ok. one item for all of you at the top. the united states continues its tremendous efforts to donate covid-19 vaccines from the u.s. global sy.

michael wolf joins us now. thank you so much for being with us. you spoke to the former president twice for this book on the record, i understand. you cover before the election, it's election night and through the insurrection and really up until now. talk about what was going on in the white house while what we were seeing on our tvs january 6th was pointing out. >> the important thing to remember is that there was nobody in the white house. from november 3rd onto election day, november 3rd to january 6th one of the themes was that everyone that surrounded the president in the west wing, in the campaign even his family were running for the exits. so you had by november 3rd, by saturday november 7th everyone around the president -- and let me state that. everyone, 100% of the people around the president knew he had lost the election and nothing that he would do -- he could do would change that. >> despite what the president himself was saying all the people around him -- >> all of them. they knew he had taken a step. they've always known he was a

bill, right to you, is michael wolf right, you think? >> probably.s certain, two years is a long way away. it's a lot of trouble to cement his hold on the republican party. he does not want to run again in 2024, and i don't know how much he cares about this one air of his -- so i think you would like to be president again, i think in his own way, it is incredibly effective in the matter of six months, but discouraging for me. -- . , biden seems to have come down. on the republican side, cheney is insisting on the truth. the countdown to trump gets more and more will see more in the republican primaries, for now he looks strong. but yes i think. so he plans to run for president in 2024. >> don, it's been remarkable to watch republicans become the party of vaccines over the last, let's say, 48 to 72 hours. i want to play for you some of the angry reaction from one james carville on this broadcast last night. >> it's been available for seven months, seven months after the republican doctors say we need to take. it it's ridiculous, people are not having

michael wolf with his book did you expect so much competition your writing this?r the election after the books were announced it was a little harrowing. this is my first book. >> replanning to write on the election before the results? x yes they went into 20 knowing to write a election book. i knew i had the reporting to work for me too do not have a tv show or huge social media presence. i've other things that sell books for first-time authors. i do let the reporting to the work to compete with these other journalists and authors have with well-earned reputation spread quickly back on the biden feed yet? >> probably keep worrying about trump. >> michael bender the brand-new book frankly we did win the elect this election the inside story of how trump lost. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. ♪ ♪ >> c-span's washington journal every day take your calls live on the air and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, arkansas republican congressman french hill discusses white covered 18 cases due to the delta variance. and t

watch what michael wolf said to brian seltzer.t's watch this. >> i don't want you to think that what i said at that point was in any way inauthentic, i think the media has done a terrible job on this i think you yourself you're a nice guy your fullest sanctimony you become part of one of the problem of the media, you come on here and you have a monopoly on truth, you know exactly how things are supposed to be done, you are one of the reasons why people can't stand the media, sorry. [laughter] >> don't talk so much, listen more people have genuine problems with the media the media does not get the story right, the media exists in its own bubble. elizabeth: what do you say, final word? >> well stated and the point of cnn another 80 outlets was not the truth, the point was we have to get donald trump he can't be reelected they seceded but they grew under blue their credibility in the process. doctor saphier next time you have the last word. thank you to the both of you, good to see you. up next ashley hinson joins us florida governor

michael wolf is joining me again. michael, welcome back to the broadcast.ack for this one. let me ask you about this new column. why are you so sure that donald trump will run in 2024? >> i don't think he has a life beyond it. i think donald trump and the presidency have become intertwined in his own mind. he is the president. the once and future king. i think he has convinced his incredibly large base or, i like to think of them as his fan base that he is the once and future president. that's what's necessary. that illusion or that mythology or that intention to hold their awe and devotion. he is running. that's what that -- yes, please. >> let me just push back with two counters to that. one being, look at all the legal issues. the legal hurdles he will have to go through between now and gearing up for a run say in 2024. answer that and there's another one. >> exactly. all the more reason for him to run. that provides him the pre-text to say this is all political. it's a witch hunt. they are after him. frankly, it creates a situation that becomes rather d

. >> we're going to have michael wolf on who wrote this book right here.makes the claim that trump and giuliani are so untethered from reality, it's impossible to know what they think is true or not, that those were the two who can't tells lies from the truth. there was deep concern, according to the rucker lenning book within the military, and the chairman of the joint chiefs, mark mille, around 10:30 p.m. on election night with results from most key states still far too close to call, mille received an interesting call from a retired military buddy who reminded him as his apolitical role as joint chairman, you're an island unto yourself, you are not tethered. your loyalty is to the constitution. you represent the stability of this republic. that's just chilling. >> yeah. >> that the chairman of the joint chiefs is being warned, and honestly must feel as if he has to stand in opposition to the political claims coming from the white house. >> to the commander in chief because he knows that the commander in chief is imminently capable of trying to undermine

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series of brand new books, frankly we did win this election by michael bender and landslide by michael wolfht on the final days of the trump administration. brian stelter has the details. >> i alone can fix it. >> reporter: from 2016 to 2020 -- >> frankly we did win this election. >> reporter: donald trump went from deceptive to down right dangerous. >> we won this election. and we won it by a landslide. >> reporter: and three new books using trump's words as titles underscore just how ugly his final days in office were. >> everybody knew that what was going on here was abnormal and dangerous and on top of everything else, ludicrous. >> reporter: in michael wolf's landslide, trump is portrayed as incompetent and alone. >> it's just him and rudy giuliani. >> reporter: wolff writes that no one in trump's inner circle believed trump actually won the election. >> they literally stepped back. so they're not helping him. >> reporter: but outsiders like sidney powell took over and told trump what he wanted to hear. in michael bender's book, frankly we did win this election, former secretary of sta

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laura: i remember michael wolf's last book being riddled with lies and you have another wolf blitzerne, thank you for trashing trump. >> once upon a time i remember, books about presidents by people who had been around the more interview people who had been around them were either very objective, fact driven or lionized them, jfk, even jimmy carter not to mention barack obama. the american people know that there are people who want to do nothing but trash donald trump and that is what these books are about, they are not about history. day are about trashing him for bucks and sad to say they get it from mainstream media types who eggs them on. laura: one of the books claims general mark millie said something about trump supporters while preparing for biden's inauguration. >> millie said to a group of senior advisors at this exercise, quote, here is the deal, guys, these guys are not these, boogaloo boys, proud boys, the same people we fought in world war ii. we are going to put a ring of steel around the city and the nazis aren't getting in. he was referring to trump supporters. laura

there's a lot of press today here and" elsewhere, and one was written by this hit man michael wolf andey say, what's the gossip, what did they say. it's time that we the american people galvanize and organize and confront the threats that face us andon stop facing shiny objects of them media and i don't care what this jerk millie had to say. i care what's happening with the economy. i spent six chapters in this book explaining where the enemy is. explaining how we got where we are today. we need to understand not political opposition and not our adversaries but who are enemies are who want to destroy theoy minds of our children and destroy our way of life. that's number one. number two, we talk on and on, now what are we going to do about all this? that's why the last chapter which is 10,000 words that i put out what we think is a game plan. o we need to empower ourselves, there's powern in numbers and e have our resources. we own these colleges. they are subsidized mostly by state tax dollars. we own every piece of our public schools, and the green new deal, and it tells us how to liv

congressman michael wolf, lawrence jones playing a home game in texas and senior writer for townhall.com hour on "fox and friends first" on stay with me. carley: friday morning. ♪♪ flowers are fighters. that's why the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's is full of them. because flowers find a way to break through. just like we will. join the fight at alz.org/walk >> the federal government spends trillions of dollars to keep americans alive during this pandemic so it is the government's business. >> the white house and cleanup mode after the h h ss secretary claims it is the government's right to know your vaccine status. we are live in dc. todd: georgia police arrest a man in the murderer georgia golf pro. what do we know about that? carley: tom brady, don't even think about it, he gets a stern warning after another championship trophy heads to tampa. ♪♪ ♪♪ oh my god ♪♪ it's the weekend ♪♪ todd: beautiful orlando. rachel used of the -- play with will, pete and rachel. filling in, helping us out this morning. it is on the ipod.

. >> laura: jeffery, i seem to remember michael wolf's last book being riddled with lies.ther wolf blitzer thanking him for the new tone. thank you, thank you. thank you for trashing trump. it's really -- >> you know, laura, once upon a time, i remember and i'm sure you do books about presidents by people that have been around him or interview people that have been around them. they were very objective fact driven or -- think of j.f.k. good lord, jimmy carter and not to mention barack obama. the american people know that there are people out there that want to do nothing but trash donald trump for bucks. that's what these books have about. they're not about history. they're about trashing him for bucks. sad to say, they get it from mainstream media types that egg them on. >> laura: one of the books claims that general mark milley said something ant trump supporters while preparing for biden's inauguration. watch. >> milley says to a group of senior advisers at this exercise "here's the deal, guys. these guys are nazis, they're proud boys. these are the same people that we

author michael wolf, andy, called out brian stelter in this hot debate. tch what michael wolff said to brian stelter. watch this. >> i don't want you to think that what i said at that point was in any way inauthentic. i think the media has done a terrible job on this. i think you, yourself, you know, you're a nice guy, you're full of sanctimony. you become part of one of the parts of the problem of the media. you come on here and you, and you have a, you know, monopoly on truth. you know exactly how things are supposed to be done. you know, you are why one of the reasons people can't stand the media. sorry. don't talk so much. listen more. you know people have genuine problems with the media. the media doesn't get the story right. the media exists in its own bubble. liz: what do you say, andy? final word. >> well-stated and i would say the point wasn't, the point of cnn and other media outlets, wasn't the truth. we have to get donald trump. he can't be reelected. they succeeded. liz: got it. >> but they blew their credibility in the process. liz: dr. saphi

host: michael wolf, your thoughts? >> i would encourage the caller to read my book and he will come with a different understanding of what happens with the nature of of one of the strangest historical moments in the history of this country. host: we appreciate you spending the hour with us. michael [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> c-span's "washington journal." every day we take your calls live on the air of the news of the day and we discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, freedom works on the organization's support for republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections. then national low housing income coalition president and crowe -- c.e.o. talks about the group's new report, out of reach, about the high cost of housing for low-income americans. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. be sure t

another book by michael wolf portrays a president isolated right after the election.ter election day, there was not a single white house aide or trump campaign official or trump polster who believed that the vote count could be reasonably or effectively challenged. >> he is a man alone, his lawyers are saying we're not going to do this, we're not going to fight these cases. >> reporter: and wolf writes that as the attack on the capitol raged onnen d january president seemed to not be grasping the facts as they were coming through. these people were protesting the election he was still repeating as late as 2:30, protestors wanted pence to do the right thing, these were good protestors. a statement was released saying that they write whatever they want to write anyway without sources, fact checking or asking whether or not an event is true or false. frankly, so many stories are made up or pure fiction. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> and one of the authors mentioned in that report spoke earlier with anderson cooper. michael wolff has spent time at mar-a-lago and he des

another book by michael wolf portrays a president isolated right after the election. day, there was not a single white house aid or trump campaign official or trump pollster who believed that the vote count could be reasonably or effectively challenged. >> he is a man alone. his lawyers are saying we're not going to -- we're not going to do this. we're not going to fight these cases. >> and wolf rights that as the attack on the capital raged on january 6th, quote, the president seemed to not be grasping the facts as they were coming through. these people were protesting the election he was still repeating as late as 2:30. the protesters wanted pence to do the right thing. these were good protesters, his protesters. the former president has responded generally to all three of these new books releasing a statement saying of the authors, quote, they write whatever they want to write anyway without sources, fact checking or asking whether or not an event is true or false. frankly, so many stories are made up or pure fiction. >> thanks very much. brian todd reporting for u

host: michael wolf, your thoughts? >> i would encourage the caller to read my book and he will come with a different understanding of what happens with the nature of of one of the strangest historical moments in the history of this country. host: we appreciate you spending the hour with us. michael ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> won the world changed, mediacom -- when the world changed, mediacom responded and we never looked back. >> mediacom supports c-span along with these other television providers, and ua front-rosita to democracy. >> this sunday, c-span premiers january 6: view from the house lawmakers tell us about their experiences that they included colorado lawmaker jason crow. >> if you're not scared in a situation like that, there is probably something wrong with you. or maybe you don't realize the situation. there was a moment where i was going to ask one of the officers for his firearm. because i have used fire

i read a piece in the new york times by michael wolf, just had dinner with him, he was certain trumpo run for president again. if he runs again, i guess that is the center of the party and what mccarthy has to -- judy: he -- this is a minority leader of the party who is responding to the -- in his view -- the titular head of the republican party. >> taking his cues where he thinks the base of the party is. there's another golden rule to keep in mind. here's the golden rule about house minority leader kevin mccarthy. everhing he says and does is geared to one goal, becoming speaker of the house. that is why he is doing what he is doing. >> infrastructure, our favorite subject. i know you are dying to talk about it. negotiators are still negotiating. the smoke signals look like something is going to happen. are you getting the sense it is going to be a good thing? how are you reading it? >> we should get thomas the tank engine to talk about it. >> wait a minute. >> in a good way. what is interesting to me, for those who remember the episode last week, the bipartisan bill that is smalle

we had a couple of weeks ago, michael wolf, on. one of the things i noticed in your book that differs is that you spent a lot of time talking about the front row shows, the folks who were loyal at the trump rallies. guest: i appreciate you bringing that up. there is a library, a pantheon of trump books. what i think makes this book unique not only among books that have come out already, but what's coming forward, is that i come at it three ways. the inside the room moments in the oval office, under the hood of the campaign with exclusive campaign memos. also i think is exclusively here is i effectively embed with some of trump's most loyal supporters, the folks that go to 30, 40 trump rallies. what about them as people brings them back over and over again? what it is about trump that attracts them in the first place in order to understand this movement. moving forward because even after january 6, trump is drawing thousands of people to the rallies and know-how -- in ohio last month, the thousands in florida this month. why people

but author michael wolf says he is sure trump will run. wolff writes this in "the new york times," quote, it is an existential predicament. he can't beat donald trump without a claim on the presidency. he can't hold the attention and devotion of the republican party if he's not once both and future king. and why would he ever give that up and still with us are our guests bill callaway and bill kristol. bill, to you is michael wolff right you think? >> probably. nothing is certain, and two years is a long way away. he's going to an awful lot of trouble to cement this hold on the republican party. he doesn't want to run again in 2024, and i don't know how much he cares. i think in his own way he's been incredibly effective over the last six months -- total disgrace, we would then learn over the next few months incredible details about how he was even more recklessly irresponsible than we thought both in his conduct over the two months and in his management of covid. biden would take over and do pretty well and things would seem to calm down.

because you have the michael wolf book. the author of three books actually about the trump presidency, who writes a piece listing that reasons why he thinks trump will run for president again from, holding the attention and emotion of the republican party. to helping him avoid legal troubles. or at least like this precursor for an official presidential campaign? the >> campaign for trump never stopped. and it never stopped being rallies. even when he was first elected in 2016, usually see presidents go through some business of governing and not campaigning. but for trump, it was rallies from day one. he started with the inauguration. loves the rally. right? so he's continuing to go on. the so interesting about all of this, the candidates who are lining up to speak at this rally, the reporter said it was addressed or herself for trump. it's totally address rehearsal for trump. in some ways about getting in front of republican primary voters. what is really about is trying to get trump's endorsement, or just trying to get him

michael wolf had written three books on trump and just had durn with him, he says he was certain thats going to run for president again. guess that's who he has to genuflect to. >> woodruff: this is a minority leader of the party who is responding tot -- in his view the titular head of the party. judge right, and where he thinks the base of the party is. and there is another golden rule to coo he keep in mind. here is the golden rule about house speaker kevin mcthy. whatever he does or says is geared to one goal, becoming speaker of the house. that's why he's doing what he's doing. >> woodruff: infrastructure, negotiators are at this time negotiating but be the smoke signals look like something going to happen. are you getting the sense that this is going to be a good thing? how are you reading all this? >> brooks: we should have thomas the tank engine to talk about infrastructure. would be more pbs like. >> woodruff: wait a minute! >> brooks: in a good way. what's interesting to me, for last week's episode there are two bills, bipartisan bill that is smaller and infrastructurey. and

he holds these meetings, according to michael wolf, you know, he wants to be seen holding meetings with you know, schmoozing at dinner. people come up to the table. he is sort of kind of a maitre d at times. crashing people's weddings, making speeches. and i imagine him saying this, over and over. i mean, talking about the big lie, every single day. one of his -- i don't know if it's a genius or just a -- a pathology but is -- i mean, when he has something he wants to make everybody believe, he just repeats it so much that it exhausts you. and then, repeats it even more. >> absolutely. i mean, anderson, i, personally, witnessed, you know, and had an experience with mr. trump and melania at trump tower where he convinced me so, you know, much. and i speak about it in my book about rick gaetz that he didn't know who this person was and he was his deputy chairman. so there is this nature within him. and i think that his lies are so convincing that he actually believes them, himself. and he's made all of his followers believe them, as well. >> john, it is rare in life that one encounters a

will be on washington journal -- monday, not tomorrow -- on monday michael wolf will be here ongton journal" talking about his new book " landslide: the final days of the trump presidency." that is on monday from 8:00 until 9:00 eastern. mike wolf talking about his book. coming up next after the break, we speak with the national contributor jason delisle about his recent piece in which he argues there isn't a college affordability crisis despite calls to the contrary. that is coming up in the weekly spotlight. stick with us. we will be right back. ♪ announcer: weekends on c-span2 bring you the best of american history. on saturdays american history tv explores the nation's past. today on the presidency, dwight eisenhower's grandson talks about his leadership during world war ii with brian howenstein. on oral histories, 82-year-old wally funk will go into space the first time july 20th with jeff bezos. you can hear him talk about being one of nasa's mercury 13, the group of women who became astronauts in the 1960's but they never flew in missions. watch american history tv every

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host: michael wolf, your thoughts?i would encourage the caller to read my book and he will come with a different understanding of what happens with the nature of of one of the strangest historical moments in the history of this country. host: we appreciate you spending the hour with us. michael wolff with the new book "landslide: the final days of the trump presidency." up next we will talk about the rising rate of covid infection across the country, the impact of the delta variant we will speak with dr. william schaffner from the vanderbilt university medical center. ♪ >> tonight on "the communicators." >> ransomware is a problem because it has become a huge threat not only a cyber criminal threat but because of the implications for critical infrastructure like pipeline companies or the largest meat suppliers in the country these are significant targets, and they've increasingly become something cyber criminals are targeting. ransomware as a concept is pretty simple. defending against it has become increasingly comple

we had a couple of weeks ago, michael wolf, on.the things i noticed in your book that differs is that you spent a lot of time talking about the front row shows, the folks who were loyal at the trump rallies. guest: i appreciate you bringing that up. there is a library, a pantheon of trump books. what i think makes this book unique not only among books that have come out already, but what's coming forward, is that i come at it three ways. the inside the room moments in the oval office, under the hood of the campaign with exclusive campaign memos. also i think is exclusively here is i effectively embed with some of trump's most loyal supporters, the folks that go to 30, 40 trump rallies. what about them as people brings them back over and over again? what it is about trump that attracts them in the first place in order to understand this movement. moving forward because even after january 6, trump is drawing thousands of people to the rallies and know-how -- in ohio last month, the thousands in florida this month. why people keep com

>> wolf, this really is a movement and those two fabulous athletes, michael phelps, also, alison schmidtble talking about mental health issues, as they should. it's a great development. it about time. our heart goes out to simone biles. my goodness, what a stunning turn of events, nobody saw that coming and yet, she has turned such a sad and devastating moment for herself and the u.s. team into a positive national, international conversation, which again, sports often takes us to those, wolf, as you know and here we are again simone biles leading the way in a very different way than we expected. >> you're there in tokyo for us. will we see simone biles compete in the individual events still to come in these olympics? >> wolf, that is still to be determined. my gut feeling from covering a few olympic games is that it's going to be very difficult for her because of this. she said her mind is not there. obviously, that's a huge issue. if you're a swimmer, if you're a track star, if you're a basketball player, you can kind of go through the motions and at the very least hopefully not injure

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a short time ago and wolf blitzer co-hosting with michael avenatti basically a permanent fixture on "s. >> you got lucky tonight. we're back with attorney michael avenatti. he is a main player. >> sitting beside me right now, i'm not going to let you cheat. you have to guess. a hint. his name is michael avenatti. [laughter] >> look, i think you are doing a hell of a job. i don't think you are in this for money. >> to me you are like the holy -- you are all places at all times. >> he is out there saving the country. >> is he a rock star, i think. it will be interesting to see his next chapter. >> absolutely. >> michael avenatti for president in 2020. >> is he donald trump's worst nightmare, michael avenatti. >> existential threat to the trump presidency, please welcome attorney michael avenatti. >> looking into 2020 one reason why i'm taking you seriously as a contender is because of your presence on cable news. i wrote about this saying you are currently leading the pact among 2020 contenders on the democratic side. >> what do democrats value most? if they decide they value a fighter

. >>> and this quick programming note, michael cohen will join all alisyn camerota this afternoon live at 3:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. let's go back to wolf in south florida. wolf? >> reporter: yeah, fred. there have been some major breaking news here in surfside, florida. very depressing information. as especially for the families praying for the miracle that their loved ones will be found alive. the search efforts here in surfside have halted temporarily due to major concerns that the remaining part of this condo tower may actually collapse. it comes as president biden is here to meet with first responders and families. he's on the the ground. the first lady is on the ground. much more on the the breaking news when we come back. ancestry, with documents, with photographs, i get to define myself through the scores of people who lead to me. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo hoo! ensure, with 27 vitamins and minerals, now introducing ensure complete! with 30 grams of protein. - [announcer

michael wolff, he's standing by, he will join us. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, and you're in "the situation room." we begin our coverage tonight with the latest on the surging coronavirus pandemic. cnn's erica hill is joining us from new york right now. erica, update our viewers. >> so we just learned from l.a. county where cases, by the way, are up 500% over the last month that all of the covid patients admitted now are unvaccinated. here in new york city, we learned today that from january to june, nearly all of the new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths were also among people in the city who were unvaccinated. all of those headlines, all of those numbers just underscoring the boost in efforts to try to get more shots in arms. the white house calling in pop star olivia rodrigo in an effort to boost vaccinations, especially among teens and young adults, as misinformation and politics threaten to derail vaccine progress. >> it's pretty clear who they're listening to, and it's not the scientists. >> reporter: after sharing information on tennessee's vac

me on a michael wolff's new book landslide the final days of the trump presidency describes the president's reaction to the deadly january 6th insurrection. on capitol hill. according to wolfesaid in a phone call with advisor jason miller that his supporters look like idiots asking, quote, who are these people. these are our people. these idiots with these outfits. they look like democrats, fox news decision desk is calling arizona for joe biden. and when this happened at 11:20pm on election night. washington post reporters carol leonnig and philip rucker write in their book i alone can fix it that the then president became enraged screaming. what the expletive is fox doing, asking son in law, jared kushner to call members of the murdoch family, the owners of fox news. they also write the joint chiefs chairman, general mark milley fear trump wou d try to use the military to stay in office after the election that he was worried about a possible military coup telling aides, according to the book, this is a reichstag moment. the gospel of the fewer mister trump issued a statement today denying he ever planned a coup. a statement that says of millie. he had no courage or skill.

michael, first responders are facing two difficult scenarios at the moment. the pile certainly and the incoming storm. how far back could severe weather set this entire process? >> wolfit could stall it. but knowing these firefighters, as we do, they will work in any condition that they can to try and get a successful rescue. not knowing what the winds will do, though, to the debris and other areas of things may shift, it may slow them down a bit. but knowing these people, they will work 200% to keep going. >> they are amazing people and they are heroes indeed. they're risking their own lives to get the job done. michael, thank you very much. we're standing by, once again, for a news conference this hour. it's coming up very soon on the florida condo collapse. we'll have live coverage. >>> also coming up, rising covid cases in parts of the united states as the highly transmissible delta variant takes hold across the country even as millions of americans are traveling this holiday weekend. i'll talk about it with the u.s. surgeon general dr. vivek murthy. there he is. he's standing by live. we'll discuss when we come back. but if you're a kid with diabetes, it's more.

michael altman came to the united states from costa rica when he was 4 years old. the condo had been in the family since it was built in the 1980s. as wolflicans mounting a new push to restrict voting rights in the state. is there anything democrats can do to stop them? >>> plus, two americans arrested in connection to the assassination of haiti's president. we are live from port-au-prince next. from prom dresses to workouts and new adventures you hope the more you give the less they'll miss. but even if your teen was vaccinated against meningitis in the past they may be missing vaccination for meningitis b. although uncommon, up to 1 in 5 survivors of meningitis will have long term consequences. now as you're thinking about all the vaccines your teen might need make sure you ask your doctor if your teen is missing meningitis b vaccination. another day, another chance. it could be the day you break the sales record, or the day there's appointments nonstop. with comcast business, you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses, and you can get the advanced cybersecurity solutions you need with comcast business secur