mike schmidt reported in his book about a trip to walter reed when vice president pence was asked to be ready to take over responsibilities of the office. donald trump in response started tweeting about mini strokes which wasn't alleged in the book. dr. ronnie jackson gave a -- i was on the air, i think an hour and 20-minute report where he deemed donald trump the healthiest specimen he'd ever seen and offered a figure for his weight that wasn't believable, even to life-long weight watchers members who are used to trying to will a number that isn't real. and i think dr. bornstein was the name of this doctor before he was president. he had some bizarre declarations about the president's health that just looking at him were clearly not true. do you have concerns about how honest they will be with us from this point forward? >> i do, nicolle. i heard michael beschloss say this earlier today that throughout u.s. history, oftentimes administrations have tried to play down the health of

mike schmidt, it's just a split screen today from the justice department.inspector general report that's made its way into public view on politics on the same day that they blow up some of their own guidelines for conduct for their own department ahead of an election. talk about the ig report first. >> well, look, the ig has taken this look from inside the justice department. what was going inside the justice department when child separation was happening. how did this policy come about? and how is it being implemented? the public knew that jeff sessions was a champion of this policy, even though jeff sessions had said publicly that, you know, they didn't think they would be separating children from their parents. this clearly shows that sessions knew what he was doing. what's new and different about this is that it shows rosenstein's involvement in implementing the policy in talking to the prosecutors on the border. and up until this point, rosenstein had largely been shielded. there had been a very good story in the guardian a few months ago that first so

and, you know, mike schmidt is with us. he's reported overnight about a series of outbreaks at the secret service, but you think about the secret service, there's not a second secret service. of course, there are agents that can come in and join the protective ranks if people around the president fall ill. but, there's not an infinite number of people to fly marine one or an infinite number of people to fly air force one. and so when you hear dr. hotez talking about how this is a serious national security crisis, potentially, for the country, it's because there are not as many sort of reinforcements as one might think. there are a few people who can do these things. as i said, when marine one was landing, there's always an extra one in the air, there's never just one flying. but brian, i'm struck by, one, the truly destabilizing nature of having a president who's now sick with covid. and two, the fact that we don't have a backup executive branch of government. >> that's absolutely right. and we've had -- we have to keep hav

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are the conditions under which mike pence had to stand up there and lie, but the american people get what's going on. >> and i'll just say on the fact check what steve schmidte numbers is true. what he said about the ultimate moral reckoning of whether the fly connotes evil or devil is above my pay grade. but i can't confirm it. >> some people are saying historically about the fly. >> steve schmidt, always good to have you. the other big topic in the debate is of course the president's supreme court plans a month heading into the election. >> president trump and i could not be more enthusiastic about the opportunity to see judge amy coney barrett become justice amy coney barrett. she's a brilliant woman, and she will bring a lifetime of experience and a sizable american family to the supreme court of the united states. >> the american people are voting right now. and it should be their decision about who will serve on this most important body for a lifetime. >> major issues facing a court that currently has eight justice of th justices. 11:00 a.m., we'll talk with stephen breyer, you can go to www.e www.emkinstitute.org to register. we have a quick break. a

schmidt i'm everything you don't want in a journalist. and and, you we spent a memorable new year's week trap that mara largo, and a blind date with my sisters. i've known mike as a competitor, a colleague and a friend and, and and -- >> you have, who to do this with, there is no more contemporary, given our history and the chances we have for services in a fun way, the only book i have. i am really excited. >> a double take at the paragraph, not particularly notable, get us started. a week passed since trump became president, the fbi is investigating the president's campaign, the national security adviser lida the fbi, the president asked the fbi director for his loyalty, the fbi director was keeping memos on every major interaction with the president whom he did not trust. detailed in the first 26 days of his administration donald trump has done enough to completely imperil his presidency. >> i spent a lot of time talking about how to tell this story. at one point i thought about doing it on the first 26 days of the administration. if you understand the first 26 days of the administration, how they dealt with this problem of national security adviser being