mr trump has been holding a meeting with iraqi prime minister mr. top of the agenda was the future of around 5000 american troops still stationed in iraq as well as relations with iran u.s. forces have already begun to withdraw from several bases over the past few months. the u.s. federal judge has rejected mr translates as the tempted shielding his tax records from the manhattan district attorney has now filed an emergency motion to delay handing them over it's unlikely they will get into the public domain before the elections on november 3rd. but let's go to another one of our top stories turning our attention to russia there is speculation that a prominent opposition politician alexina was poisoned is fighting for his life in a siberian hospital here's where rich allen's. the groans of a man in obvious pain medics come down the aisle to help according to the person who films this footage on a flight from siberia to moscow it's russian opposition leader alexina valmy later he's seen on a stretcher being put in an ambulance seemingly unconscious no

mr. trump leaves office won't make the whole country better, but mr. e office will make it possible that americans will feel more represented and give us a chaens to start calling ourselves with truth and pride a democracy. in my view, it could hardly be more consequential. >>> thank you for taking the time. i always learn from you. he has a new book coming out soon. looking forward to that. thanks, tim. >>> we have some breaking news. we have just learned the quarterback for the jacksonville jaguar, gardner minshew has been placed on the reserve list. so it means either he tested positive for after coming in contact with someone who ha tested positive. >>> we'll be right back. i'm leah and that's me long before i had moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. i've always been the ringleader had a zest for life. flash forward, then ra kept me from the important things. and what my doctor said surprised me. she said my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage. and enbrel helps relieve joint pain, and helps stop that joint damage. ask about enbrel so yo

them kimberly how kids is our correspondent at the white house for us on packing that speech from mr trump kimberley hi there again who gets waltz from that speech from donald trump. well donald trump is hoping that he gets votes from those that are still undecided and even some democrats who are feeling nervous about some of the social unrest that has played out across the united states in recent weeks and months well there may be some liberal voters who support verdes sanders on many of the social issues and really do want to see some of the issues of systemic racism addressed with the police forces they are drawing the line when it comes to the destruction of personal property when it comes to the destruction of potentially their homes their businesses and that's what donald trump is counting on so we've seen through this speech and in the week of sort of a build up in the final days and hours of the republican national convention a very deliberate attempt to stoke those fears and really paint a very grim apocalyptic portrait of what joe biden's presidency would look like and they were

mr. trump's handling of the pandemic. instead, mr. appeared at the white house to chat with a group of health care workers, some of them praised the president for his response to the crisis as did some speakers. >> as a health care professional, i can tell you without hesitation, donald trump's quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid-19 and the benefits of that response extend far beyond coronavirus. >> as a physician, i've seen firsthand how these break throughs have saved countless lives. as a patient, i've benefitted from the expedited therapies made possible by the swift action of this administration. president trump truly moved mountains to save lives and he deserves credit. >> for more i'm joined now by dr. jonathan ryman. he's a professor of medicine at george washington university. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> now just hours before the republican national convention kicked off president trump said he believed a vaccine would be announced very soon and sources tell cnn that white house

mr. trumps diverting billions from the military to bank roll his pet project and he's floating the idea of setting up toll booths at the border to somehow force mexico to foot the bill. >> we may do a toll for money being sent back and forth. >> reporter: the president's claims on isis and energy independence are closer to reality, but on the economy it's a mixed bag. >> they said manufacturing jobs will never come back. where's the magic wand? we have the magic wand. >> reporter: after inheriting a healthy economy economy from barack obama, mr. trump did preside over growth in the manufacturing sector, but most of the gains have been in the south and out west while key swing states pennsylvania, michigan, ohio and wisconsin were losing factory jobs in the months before the coronavirus. then covid-19 decimated the u.s. economy under mr. trump's watch, sending the unemployment rate skyrocketing. jobs have come back but the current recovery isser for from certain. polls show most americans have s

in a strongly—worded condemnation of the trump presidency, mr biden said his republican rival had failedven the basics of thejob in keeping the american people safe. donald trump has blamed the democrats for violence which has erupted in cities such as portland and kenosha in recent weeks. here's our north america correspondent nick bryant. this was the doorstep of the white house last night — canisters of tear gas fired almost within sniffing distance of the president. and in this fog of ongoing protest, donald trump sees a clear political opening, a comeback in the polls fuelled by scenes of civil unrest. "law and order," he tweeted today, in what's fast becoming his re—election slogan. and he also attacked what he called the radical left mayors and governors of cities where this "crazy violence" is taking place who've "lost control of their movement". his tweets followed a weekend of violence in portland, oregon, where a white man was shot dead amid clashes between supporters of donald trump and anti—racist protesters. it also came in response to an attack on the president from portla

today, mr. trumpimed that voting by mail will be such a disaster, the november election will have to be redone. >> it will end up being a rigged election, or there will never come out with an outcome. they'll have to do it again, and nobody wants that. and i don't want that. >> shame on him! >> reporter: in events across the country, lawmakers and postal union members accuse the postmaster general of intentionally slowing down ml and removing machinery. >> they got caught red handed, but they need to reverse the measures that they've already put in place. >> reporter: dejoy has not said if the sorting machines or tlilxes enheec rre will nowy bde replmoaced.ve >> it's almost criminal because this is something that i've never seen in my 31 years of working for the post office. >> reporter: dejoy is facing a grilling from democrats during a pair of high-profile hearings on capitol hill starting friday. house democrats are holding a rare saturday vote this weekend to pass $25 billion in emergency funding

to commit wire fraud now that has to do with a fundraising campaign to support the building of mr trump's wall along the border between mexico and the united states in a moment we'll speak to our white house correspondent kimberly hulk at 1st let's go to gabriel elizondo outside the courthouse in new york so gabe we actually see mr ban. in the don't overlook old take place virtually because of qubit 90. well we're not quite sure the answer to that question we think that his 1st court appearance here at this federal courthouse in lower manhattan will be virtual because of cope at 19 a lot of the him person court appearances that would normally happen are not happening so we do not expect to see steve benen here at court however you never know these are very uncertain times so at any point prosecutors or perhaps one of his lawyers could walk out of court make a statement and that's exactly why we're here to bring the latest info the bottom line though is this is a huge arrest arrest of steve bannon arrested in the state of connecticut according to prosecutors along with 3 other people the c

supporters in attendance hundreds of demonstrators outside the white house trying to drown out mr trump's speech. peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters here in doha also coming up next who wants russia against meddling in belo says president putin promises to support a process get out of control. anger in argentina over a government plan to reform the judicial system critics say it could be used to protect the political elite. big story for you this half hour u.s. president donald trump says november's election will mark the difference between quotes saving the american dream or allowing a socialist agenda to destroy itself to formally accepting the republican party nomination for a 2nd term as president he told a crowd of supporters that certain of embers votes will be the most important in u.s. history mr trump painted an optimistic picture of the country while describing the democratic party's proposals as extreme. as the democratic national convention joe biden and his party repeated lee assailed america as a land of racial economic and social inju

one by one supporters applauded how mr. trump has handled the crisis. let's hear what some health care workers had to say. >> as a health care professional, i can tell you without hesitation donald trump's quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid-19 and the benefits of that response extend far beyond coronavirus. >> as a physician i've seen firsthand how these breakthroughs have saved countless lives. as a patient, i've benefitted from the expedited therapies made possible by the swift action of this administration. president trump truly moved moun tons to save lives and he deserves credit. >> as a nursing supervisor i am so in awe of your leadership. honestly i know people have said interesting things but it takes a true leader to be able to ignore all of that stuff and do what is right. >> for more i am joined by dr. jonathan riley. he is a cnn moeedical analyst. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> just hours before the republican national convention kicked off, president trump said he believed a vaccine would be annou

mr. trump: it's a very terrible thing thatap justned.hink the nra should move tod texas ead a very good and beautiful life and i have told him that for a long time. ish think theld move to texas or another state of their choosing. but i would say texas wld be a great place and an appropriate place for the nra. this has been going on for a long time. they a have beenolutely decimated by the cost of that lawsuit, and it's very sad, but i would suggest that'shat they should be doing. >> over the years, we a have sen mo more anger at the mass shootings and gun violence in this country. they have really come under attack for stopping what many control, more laws to protect americans. so what we see heres, it's worth pointing out tst this a civil case. it's not aimedt lobbying efforts for gun rights that the nra is committed to, i's rea looking at the personal actions of these four executives and the organization. clearly, this is going c toe into political focus because of the divisiveness in the country now. what you see is conservatives rea

mr. trump overseeing a naturalization ceremony at the white house this as he looked to soft enhis image on the issue of immigration. mr. trump also popped up in the newly remodelled white house rose garden to watch first lady melania trump deliver an uplifting speech reflects on her immigrant background and her be best initiative. mrs. trump was the only speaker to address the coronavirus pandemic and at length. but it's interesting to note those attending the speech were not redwieshd tested for the virus, according to one member of the audience. >> i want to acknowledge the fact that since march our lives have changed drastically. the invisible enemy, covid-19 swept across our beautiful country and impacted all of us. my deepest sympathy goes out torch who has lost a loved one and my prayers are with those who are ill or suffering. as first lady i have been fortunate to see the american dream come true over and over again. i have met many inspiring women, children, parents and families who ha

mr. trump's re-election chances. louisiana senator is the latest high profile republican to test positive for covid-19. the virus the president keeps saying will disappear. >> it's going away. it will go away. >> reporter: a republican group of former national security officials released a statement endorsing biden in the 2020 race. the officials who served in the reagan, bush and trump administrations all described the president as unfit to lead the nation saying he failed on the coronavirus, aligned himself with dictators around the world. wolf. >> thank you. >>> now the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. hard hit florida has passed a troubling milestone. update us on the latest. >> reporter: that's right. the state reporting today they added another 117 deaths. that pushes the number of florida residents who have died of this virus to more than 10,000. nationwide, more than 173,000 lives lost to coronavirus. while there are some encouraging signs in areas around the country, deaths remain stuck at this very troub

what mr. trump did, on the scale of things, is nothing compared to, for example, joe biden saying as president, he would shut the country down if scientists recommended it. no, he would not, because he does not have general police powers. governors have that. jonathan: and on that, we are way out of time. henry olsen, george will, thank you for coming on. george: thank you. jonathan: and thank you for joining first look at the republican convention. thank you for spending your time with me this week and last week for the dnc. this was a lot of fun, and if you missed the previous interviews, go to the washington post live website. i am opinion writer for the washington post, and you have been watching "the washington post live." [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ] announcer: today, president trump is speaking. eastern,e at 6:00 p.m. online at

mr trump is planning to speak every night of the convention — ahead of an election that everyone agreeshim. here's a little of what he had to say. we have two win. this is the most important election in the history of our country. this is the biggest. our country can go ona the biggest. our country can go on a horrible, horrible direction, or an even greater direction, or an even greater direction, and before the play came in from china, that is where we were going —— plague, we we re where we were going —— plague, we were going in a direction like we had never seen. the most accessible economy in the history of our country. well, one of the battleground states is pennsylvania and my colleague, jane o'brien, reports from bethlehem. troubling polls haven't dampened enthusiasm. voters in bethlehem turned from barack obama to propel donald trump to victory in 2016. his supporters say they're on track to do it again. yes! trump! you know what? we don't have jesus christ in the office, so, you know, nobody's perfect. and i'm not condoning some of the stuff that he has done and said, ok? you

team from tweeting it was in response to the account sharing video of a fox news interview with mr trump where he made false claims about the coronavirus . links to the tweet now arrive at this page which is as the post violated its rules on coup in $1000.00 misinformation and the owner must remove it before they can tweet again the campaign appears to have complied earlier facebook removed the same video from mr trump's main page michaela joins us live now from washington so mike what was the nature of this false information. well president trump stated in that interview phone interview with fox television that children are almost immune from 19 or virtually immune he said as well at a different stage now this is clearly false the centers for disease research research the c.d.c. says that some quarter of a 1000000 children have contracted to corona virus and at least 6 have actually died off an acute inflammatory situation stemming directly from coburg so this is clearly incorrect but what has got to be looked at as well is that context that president trump has used this phrase virtuall

faces the judge ok kate thanks very much gabriel is on the reporting live from new york well mr trump was asked about steve bannon's arrest here's some of what he had to say a little earlier i think it's a very sad thing for mr ben and i think it's surprising but this was something as you know just by reading social media and by reading whatever it is and by speaking to mike and mike in all of them i didn't like that project i thought that was a project that was being done for showboating reasons i don't know that he was in georgia i didn't know any of the other people either but it's it's sad it's very. live now to our white house correspondent kimberly so mr trump kimberley clearly wanting a sense of distance to percolate to the old electorate in the run up to the election distance between him and mr bannon but the reality is mr bannon was kind of the ideological brains behind baby trump candidate trump. there's no question that where these 2 men connected was the fact that they were anti-establishment they don't have a whole lot in common but it was that one issue that really seeme

mr. trump the republicans at their convention denounced the violence that has gripped the nation's cities through this summer, but away from the convention something interesting seemed to be happening with democrats. their leaders for months haved stood by and defended the so-called peaceful protests and said hardly a word about the violence at their own convention suddenly changed tack. for example, the governor of oregon issued a strong e ea buick. let me be clear, it's time for the violence and vandalism to end, focus on the important work to be done to achieve real change for racial justice. those who have committed acts of violence will be held accountable. meanwhile, in the district of columbia with, the mayor issued a statement condemning a group of black lives matter activists who harassed and verbally assaulted diners. what i saw in those videos, she said, was highly inappropriate. i don't think it had anything to do with demands for social justice what's going on? for months, these le

mr. trump also welcomed six americans freed from captivity in other countries. his son donald jr. was one of the night's keynote speakers who launched a blistering attack on joe biden. >> he's pledged to repeal the trump tax cuts which were the biggest in our country. after eight years of obama and biden slow growth, trump's policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy and especially to the middle class. biden has promised to take that money back out of your pocket and keep it in the swamp. that makes sense though considering joe biden is

and mr. trump is very good with this kind of language, so we have to be wary. >> the phrase "the center holds" comes to mind. are you confident that the center will hold? i saw that this is perfectly keeping on brand for 2020. john dean tweeted tonight his suggestion that ups and fedex be engaged in this to be carriers of ballots as a workaround to our weakened united states postal service. are you confident that norms and good people will carry the day? >> i think it's a very good question because i think in the end, institutions are only as good as the people, as the citizens who carry them forward. and i think that mr. dean and the other smart, intelligent patriots around the country are doing the right thing if they're thinking about what we should do in anticipation of november. what we know is we have a country that's used to democracy, that's being governed by a president who doesn't like the rule of law. this is pretty much a guarantee given his poll standings that there will be some kind o

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with a credibly different attitudes about different things. >> reporter: mr. trumpled it an insult. >> president trump: joe biden this morning totally disparaged and insulted the black community. what he said is incredible. and i don't know what is going on with him. >> reporter: today, the commission on presidential debates rejected the trump campaign's request to have a fourth debate earlier in the cycle to account for early mail- in voting. with the economy continuing to slump, it appears that voters will not get any immediate help from congress. >> we're not having a short-term extension. >> reporter: with a deal unlikely, mr. trump said he's considering trying to get relief to workers through executive action, though it's unclear how effective that would be. today, the president suggested that a covid vaccine could be available by election day, but that's a significantly earlier timeline than the one offered by members of his own coronavirus task force. they've said that a vaccine could be available at the end of this year or possibly early next year. but some

at the same time, former president obama is accusing mr. trumpf trying to, quote, kneecap the postal service to suppress votes in the presidential election. there is also breaking news in the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. death toll has topped 168,000 people with more than 5.2 million known cases. and the cdc is now forecasting, get this, 189,000 u.s. deaths by september 5th. let's begin at the white house with cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins.

mr. trump is also taking credit for the calm in kenosha after wisconsin's governor activated the national guard. joe biden called that out in a speech to the national guard association. >> by standing and recommending that you should be deployed to, quote, dominate your fellow citizens threatening if governors didn't do something the president would, you know, we're so much better than this. you deserve so much better. >> let us begin in kenosha where nbc's janelle ross is standing by. what's the latest from there? >> reporter: hi. >> what's going on tonight? how is the protest in kenosha this evening? >> well, this evening is largely quiet. there are not many protesters on the street. there was a rally earlier this afternoon and there are some people who remain in place from that rally. there are i think some interesting things happening here in kenosha beyond the protests. one of them is that people who have varying prescriptions for the things that ail america have taken to the streets. we h

governor tony evers told mr. trumps his presence will only hinder our healing. protests continue to roil the ty several times in the back by police a week ago. >>> a california girl is on the mend after nearly losing her life to a condition linked to covid-19 in children. the inflammatory syndrome has sickened hundreds of children i. as chris martinez reports, doctors say parents need to know the warning signs. >> reporter: rosa vasquez cherishes every moment with her daughter after nearly losing her. >> for sure i knew she was going die. you know, that's how i felt. >> reporter: her 9-year-old fell ill in may with an unrelenting high fever. she ended up in the pediatric icu at children's hospital los angeles, and her condition worsened. >> there was a time that she wouldn't open her eyes. her eyes were as red as a tomato. >> reporter: antibody testing showed she had been exposed to covid-19. doctors determined she was suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare but serious condition associated

again, the rise continued for mr. trump increasing another 56% to 28,538 on the last day of 2019, again, pre-covid. look, president trump did preside over strong and growing economic news and like any president, he took the credit, but the idea that mr. trump somehow rescued a nation that was struggling economically when he arrived isn't borne out in the data. we had a robust economic recovery and it just kept going. the conspiracy theory even karl rove said president trump should disavow. so why won't he? r sense of wand. find the world is new, again. at chevy we'd like to take you there. now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. it's time to find new roads, again. reinventing. it's what with comcast business, your small business can work faster, with powerful internet from the nation's largest gig-speed network. work safer, with all your connected devices automatically protected by securityedge. and

he's trying to make it great again. >> mr. trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence, that mail-in ballots lead to melania have requested mail-in ballots in florida. polls show that people who want to vote by mail tend to vote for vice president biden so this say political calculation. >> what we've never seen before is a president say i'm going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to encourage voting and i will be explicit about the reason i'm doing it. >> meanwhile, president trump is struggling to respond to the biden-harris ticket who are hammering his handling of the virus which 58% of all voters disapprove of. >> let's institute a mask mandate nationwide starting immediately and we will save lives. >> other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. >> mr. trump and his campaign are struggling to define harris. the republican national committee argued liberals revolt against biden-harris ticket. >> she will have to hide her time as a prosecutor from the anti-police left. be

caller: i did vote for mr. trump. it,rward, i regretted -- hee of the beginning, has made a lot of mistakes. -- nothing happened to them. texas, we are dying every day, you don't have to shoot anybody. he has not done anything. we know that. host: thank you for the call. here is a supporter of the president four years ago, not they share. guest: i appreciate the question, i had a hard time hearing all of her comments. i would say part of it was about the coronavirus. this is an opportunity this week for us to set the record straight. the media has not given the president a fair shake in this at all. we know this is a unique situation that happened, and we know who is to blame -- a communist regime in china that lied to the world, they covered it up, they are still hiding critical information about patient zero and how this got out. they shut down travel within their country, but were encouraging travel out. they were encouraging and new tourism exchange with italy, which became the epicenter of the virus in europe. de

again, what mr. trump did on the scale of things is as nothing, compared to joe biden, saying as president he would shut the country down of scientist recommended it. no, he wouldn't, because he doesn't have general police powers, governor has -- governors have this. jonathan: we are over time, henry olson, george wilson, -- george will, thank you for coming on "first look." and thank you for joining first look at the republican national convention. thank you for spending your morning with me this weekend last week or the dnc -- last week -- with me this week, and last week for the dmc. if you want to see more, go to washingtonpost.com. i'm jonathan capehart and you have been watching washington post live. ♪ >> this convention will come to order. >> republicans held their convention this week where republicans met in charlotte the nominate president trump and vice president dance. -- vice president pence. other speakers took remotely in washington. sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, watch speeches from mike pom

appeared to be focused on hush money payments made in 2016 to two women who said they had affairs with mr. trump. but in a court filing this week, prosecutors in the district attorney's office cited public reports of possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the trump organization and suggested they were also investigating possible crimes involving bank fraud and insurance fraud. so i mean to be clear, this is a big deal that "the new york times" is reporting tonight. this is not about the subpoenas for the president's financial and tax information that were litigated up to the supreme court and are now kicking around in the lower courts by the president and his lawyers, seeking to delay any compliance with these subpoenas. what this is about is a subpoena of deutsche bank which has loaned like $2 billion mysteriously to the president over his recent business career. subpoenas to deutsche bank related to their dealings with the president and these are not subpoenas that the president has successfully fended off and these are tied up in court. this is a subpoena to deutsche bank that

mr. trump's plan unconstitutional slop. and even the president acknowledged legal challenges are likely. >> reporter: weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >> brennan: tonight a frantic search for survivors is under way after a major explosion ripped through a residential neighborhood in baltimore. the blast reduced three homes to rubble and severely damaged several others. cbs's kris van cleave is there for us tonight, chris? >> margaret, this remains a very active search, let me step out of the way, you can see baltimore firefighters still going through the rubble here, they have lost a neighbor and this was a blast they felt for blocks. >> my baby! >> reporter: shock and grief overflow in baltimore. investigators believe a gas explosion destroyed three homes here, killing at least one person. >> so many houses just gone, bro, just gone. >> reporter: neighbors turned rescuers worked with firefighters to pull seven others from the rubble in scorching summer heat. >> i was sitting in the house and i heard this boom. and

mr. trump should be coasting to victory. >> we've secured our borders, brought back our manufacturing jobs, rebuilt our military, wiped out the isis caliphate 100%, killed our terrorist enemies, achieved american energy independence, and guess what, we're just getting started. >> but hold on. on the president's signature issue, the wall, there hasn't been that much winning. the administration built less than 300 miles of new fencing along the border with mexico, but most of that construction has replaced older barriers already in place. and no, mexico did not pay for it. as the president promised four years ago. >> i will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and i will have mexico pay for that wall. >> reporter: instead, mr. trump is diverting billions from the military to bankroll his pet project and he's floating out the idea of setting up toll booths outside mexico. >> we're going to do a toll for money being sent back and forth. >> reporter: the president's claims on isis and e

mr. trump's rosy assessments. a source close to the task force told us the president does not grasp the severity of the pandemic in the u.s., explaining to cnn that mr. trump, quote, still doesn't get it. >> the percentage down is incredible. >> reporter: in his latest push to convince schools to reopen across the u.s., president trump is offering familiar assurances that haven't panned out before, that the coronavirus will just disappear. >> my view is the schools should open. this thing's going away. it will go away like things go away, and my view is that schools should be open. >> reporter: one day after he sat down with his task force for the first time in months, a source familiar with that meeting said mr. trump does not grasp the severity of the pandemic in the u.s., telling cnn he still doesn't get it. he does not get it. while the president is praising the administration's response to the pandemic. >> the united states has done an amazing job, a great job. >> reporter: task force dr. anthony fauci says t

spending even the wall street journal got in on the game their editorial board chimed in writing mr trump is commandeering the power of the purse but the constitution reserves for congress. so my friends while lebanese leaders are resigning in shame for their failure to protect their citizens from tragedy u.s. leaders are governing from golf resorts while brandishing election year band-aids for an empire in collapse. i think that's a good place to start watching the hawks. what's going on in a city street you want to. see the crisis you always state see a. great city this least systemic to sepsis late show which. some things go as. well going to watching the hawks i am tired and i'm sick well well well i'm a look at this brand new slate of executive orders don't really know if they really will amount to anything but let's dive in and see what they're all about show. it's interesting because republican so there is these executive orders the trump did over the weekend are getting kind of attacked from all sides even republican sides republican senator ben say it's so nebraska. he called the

live to washington and our correspondent covering that angle of the story mike mike mr trump talking about this as an attack on the bomber what's he basing this on. well it's not very clear he was asked subsequently in that briefing about why he referred to it as an attack his response was that he met with what he called his great generals who told him that they believed it was not some kind of manufacturing accident that the nature of the explosion itself certainly indicated some kind of bomb now we've approached the pentagon for clarity or clarification on this particular issue no responses yet president trump not mentioning who these great generals were or on what information he was basing this claim which as you mentioned is at odds with what the president of lebanon is describing as the cause of this explosion ok what kind of help is the u.s. prepared to send do you think because the secretary of state might pompei o talking about this on twitter but the trump administration's relationship with lebanon you can't say the functions properly or that it's an easy relationship. know

for mr. trump was roughly the same, 2.5%, then there's job creation, on average, there were more jobs added monthly in barack obama's second term. 215,000, than there were in mr. trump's first three years before the pandemic hit, 152,000. again, both numbers are good, but they're also quite consistent. again, both numbers are good. there was nothing drastic that changed from one president to the next. what about unemployment? the beginning ofat obama's seco term, unemployment was already down tote 8%. other the next four years, it almo fell, almost in half, to 4 prepondera4.7%. and theal lowest in 50 years. again, that's before covid hit.e and then, there is the stock market. the indicator president trump cites most often. we'll start with election day 2012. it went to 18,322. a 38% increase in obama's second term. again, the rise continued for mr. trump, increasing another 56% to 28,538 on the last day of 2019. again, pre-covid. look. president trump did preside over strong and growing economic ne

have been improved not to mention responding to the warning of former president barack obama that mr. trump represents a threat to american democracy. >> donald trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't. >> reporter: he seemed triggered by that address as he ranted in all caps. mr. trump's re-election chances took another gut punch after his former chief strategist steve bannon was indicted. bannon was arrested on a yacht. >> while i feel very badly, i haven't been dealing with him for a long period of time, as most of the people in this room know. i think it's a very sad thing for mr. bannon. >> reporter: when asked about bannon's arrest, mr. trump claimed he didn't know anything about the project about we build a wall. >> i don't know anything about the project. when i read about it i didn't like it. >> it's really the heart of the trump movement. >> reporter: not only was bannon a big part of it, his son spoke out for it. kris kobach gave it his blessing. >> he was speaking with the president. the topic came up. i mentioned i was working with we build the wall, and he said, you te