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so, that i can assure you. >> pelley: chinese officialswerw >> alex azar: foreign nationals... >> pelley: on january 31, the president restricted tfrom china. the next week, in a phone call, mr. trump told woodward what he'd been learning about the virus. this was february 7: >> trump: it goes through air, bob. that's always tougher than the touch. you know, the touch, you don't have to touch things, right? but the air, you just breathe the air and that's how it's passed. and so that's a very tricky one. that's a very delicate one. it's also more deadly than your, you know, your-- even your strenuous flus. this is deadly stuff. >> pelley: three weeks after that call, the president said this to the public. >> trump: it's a little like the regular flu, that we have flu shots for. and we'll essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner. yeah, go ahead. >> pelley: in that february 7 interview, it's clear that the president knows what the stakes are. but he's not sharing that with the public at that time. >> woodward: yes. this is the tragedy. the president of the united state

. >> o'donnell: only on cbs news, the bombshell "60 minutes" interview with scott pelley.sident trump responds, and so does joe biden. >> it's a dereliction of duty. it's a disgrace. >> o'donnell: also breaking news tonight, the former chief of intelligence at the depant of homeland security says he was repeatedly asked to conceal the threat of white supremacist groups and new warnings of russian election interference. wildfires in the west: california's sky glows orange. this is san francisco in the middle of the day. 14,000 firefighters in an unprecedented battle as california shuts down every national park. and take a look at oregon from space, ablaze with at least 35 active fires. the state's governor tonight: >> we expect to see a great deal of loss. >> o'donnell: we're learning new details about why that major vaccine trial was halted as one of america's biggest cities sets rules on how to celebrate halloween in a pandemic. and badge of honor: we introduce you to the arizona teen who is on track to become one of the first female eagle scouts. >> this is the "cbs even

. >> reporter: in an interview with "60 minutes" sunday, woodward tells scott pelley how he felt about the revelations. >> in that february 7th interview, it's clear that the president knows what the stakes are, but he's not sharing that with the public at that time. >> yes. this is the tragedy. a president of the united states has a duty to warn. the public will understand that, but if they get the feeling that they're not getting the truth, then you're going down the path of deceit and cover-up. >> reporter: the president praised his administration's response to the coronavirus saying he saved millions of lives by putting travel restrictions on china. >> china released something that they shouldn't have been allowed to -- they should not have released. >> reporter: campaigning in michigan, democratic presidential nominee joe biden called it a disgrace and dereliction of duty. >> he had the information, he knew how dangerous it was. while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. it was a life-and-death betrayal of the american people. >> repor

scott pelley spoke with woodward and asked him how the president responded to questions about racism and white privilege. >> reporter: woodward's interviews took a sharp turn may 25, after george floyd was killed by minneapolis police officers. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: the black lives matter movement... >> black lives matter. >> reporter: ...reignited. >> i got it. >> reignited. >> i go >> do you think there is systemic or institutional racism in this country? >> well, i think there is everywhere. i think probably less here than most places, or lease here than many places. >> okay, but is it here in a way that it has an impact on people's lives? >> i think it is. and it's unfortunate. but i think it is. >> reporter: woodward asked mr. trump if a privileged life left him out of touch. >> and do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave, to a certain extent? as it put me and i think lots of white privileged people in a cave, and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain particularly black people feel in this c

woodward discussed the controversial interviews with scott pelley in a piece that will air this sundays." here now is a preview. >> after george floyd was killed by minneapolis police officers. >> black lives matter! >>> the black lives matter movement re-ignited. >> think there's systemic or institutional racism in this country? >> well, i think there is everywhere. probably less they're than most places. less here than many people. >> ok. but is it here? >> i think it is. it's unfortunate, but i think it is. >> woodward asked mr. trump if a privileged life left him out of touch. >> and do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in the cave to a certain extent as it's put me and i think lots of white privileged people in a cave and we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly black people feel in this country? >> no. >> do you see -- >> you really drank the kool-aid, didn't you. will to you. wow! no, i don't feel that at all. >> he was ridiculing me for reflecting what the whole movement after george floyd is. >> scott pe

you're going down the path of deceit and cover-up. >> o'donnell: well, you can see more of scott pelley's interview with bob woodward, that's this sunday only on "60 minutes." campaigning in the battleground state of michigan today, joe biden seized on the news from the woodward book and says president trump, "knowingly and willingly lied to the american people." biden called that a dereliction of duty. cbs' ed o'keefe is traveling with biden in michigan. >> he lied to the american michigan. people. >> reporter: joe biden today slammed president trump for failing to tell the public how dangerous the coronavirus was when he knew otherwise, as revealed in bob woodward's new book. >> he had the information. he knew how dangerous it was. while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. it was a life-and-death betrayal of the amerdent's handling of te pandemic and his decision to withhold information from the public to the current state of the economy. >> this is a recession created by donald trump's negligence, and he is unfit for this job as a conseque

. >> scott pelley's interview with bob woodward will air this sunday on "60 minutes." the department of homeland security is rejecting claims that he refused to altar swems reports that did not fit president trump's political objectives. he said he was told to leave out details of russian election interference and the threat from white supreme cysts. jeff pegues reports. >> in the complaint ryan murphy who oversaw the intelligence division until last month alleges that acting dhs-second second chad wolf and ken cuccinelli offered to be changed because they made the president look bad. murphy said he was told focus on the sbrrch activities by china and iran and he said that wolf told him that these instructions came from white house national security advisor robert o'brien. >> i don't think there's anyone who's been tougher on russia than very. >> murphy said he was told to modify intelligence on white supreme cysts in a manner that will made appear less severe. in line with the president's public comments. >> antifa's a criminal organization. >> mark seine is nur fi's

. >> o'donnell: only on cbs news, the bombshell "60 minutes" interview with scott pelley.sident trump responds, and so does joe biden. >> it's a dereliction of duty. it's a disgrace. >> o'donnell: also breaking news tonight, the former chief of intelligence at the depant of homeland security says he was repeatedly asked to conceal the threat of white supremacist groups and new warnings of ru

. >> reporter: woodward tells scott pelley about how he felt about the revelations. >> this is the tragedy, the president of united states has a duty to warn. the public will understand that. >> reporter: the president praised his administration's response to the coronavirus saying he saved millions of lives by putting travel restrictions on china. >> we shouldn't have lost anybody. china released something they should not have released. it came out of china, went to europe and all over the world. >> reporter: democratic presidential nominee, joe biden called it a disgrace. he had the information and he knew how dangerous it was. while this deadly disease ripped through our nation he failed to do his job on purpose it was a life and death betrayal of the american people. >> reporter: woodward writes that president trump preferred to let the states hand it will crisis. >> >> reporter: joe biden went on to say he felt as though what the president did was almost criminal in terms of not properly informing the american people. the exchange between the president and bob woodward, they had about

. >> this is going to take months to fix >> reporter: garrett pelley and his famil who did decide tocuate came home today to find their backyard turned beach front. >> we were shocked when we saw it we turned down straight here and you could see the water in the yard and it was just -- she started tearing up and everything it was horrible. >> reporter: in mobile, it wasn't water, but the wind. powerful gusts rolling over this semi on a highway, and keeping first responders busy. >> it's been a while since we've had a major storm such as this in mobile. >> reporter: emergency crews conducting nearly 600 search and rescue missions along the coast. but emergency crews were ready. firefighters rushe inside to find this branch through the roof but it wasn't until they turned this corner that they found the real emergency opening up this bedroom door to find a woman pinned atop her bed, that massive tree crashing right through the roof, leaving her unable to move the rescue, delicate firefighters bracing, then cutting through branches, before carrying the woman to safety. >> she said it hi

. >> brennan: tonight on 60 minutes, bob woodward talks to scott pelley in the first television interviewis new book, "rage." here is a review. >> did the president ever disclose to you why he wasn't telling the public what the stakes were with the coronavirus? >> so in march, i asked exactly that question. you know, what's going on? and the president said...>> pri. >> president trump: well, i think, bob, to be honest with you, i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down because i don't want to create a panic. >> i think he did not understand the american public. and he said, well, i don't want to create a panic. we know from history, when the public is told the truth, they organize. we have a problem, we're going to step up. and trump thought, oh, well, they'll panic when there is a crisis, when the president, particularly, knows something, it is time to tell the public in some form. he failed. >> you write in the book that the president's handling of the virus reflects his instincts, habits, and style. what are those? >> denial, making up his own facts. >> brennan: tha

scott pelley spoke to bob woodward. >> on 28th of this year, before the virus was on anyone's radar,security adviser robert o'brien told the president this virus will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency. >> what was the president's reaction? >> his head popped up and he asked questions. >> reporter: president trump's questions in the january 28th meeting exposed a difference of opinion. beth saner from the office of the director of national intelligence said the virus might be no worse than sars in 2003 when there were only eight known infections in the u.s. but woodward says deputy national security adviser matt pottinger, who had been a reporter in china, told mr. trump his unofficial chinese contacts had raised a grave warning. >> pottinger said his contacts in china told him this is going to be like the 1918 spanish flu pandemic. that killed 675,000 people in this country. it was a stunning moment in the trump presidency and i think in american history because he then went on to publicly dismiss the virus and he knew that this was a pandemic coming

he's written a new book called "battlegrounds" and discussed his views with scott pelley in "60 minutes." >> how do our competitors view the united states today? >> i think our competitors view us as weak and divided. i think they see an opportunity. i think china thinks its winning, you know, china sees an america that is divided against each other, they see an america that is reeling from a triple crisis of covid-19, of the recession associated with covid-19 and -- and the civil unrest and racial division in the wake of the horrible murder of george floyd. and over issues of inequality of opportunities. and so china is acting i think now much more aggressively because they think it's time to do it. they have a window of opportunity to exploit our weaknesses and to come after us. i think russia feels the same way. i think other adversaries could feel the same way. >> the very first line in your book is, "this is not the book that most people wanted me to write." >> right. people wanted me to write another tell-all about my time in the trump administration. people wanted me to write ano

woodward spoke with scott pelley about his interviews with the president in his first broadcast interviewor this sunday for "60 minutes." here is part of scott's report. >> reporter: woodward's interviews took a sharp turn may 25th after george floyd was killed by minneapolis police officers. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: the black lives matter movement reignited. >> you think there is systematic or institutional racism in this country? >> well, i think there is everywhere. i think probably less here than most places or less here than many places. >> okay, but is it here in a way that it has an impact on people's lives? >> i think it is, and it's unfortunate, but i think it is. >> reporter: woodward asked mr. trump if a privileged life left him out of touch. >> and do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave to a certain extent as it put me and i think lots of white privileged people in a cave and that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly black people feel in this country? do you see -- >> no. you reall

bob woodward sat down with scott pelley. a lot of the headlines we have already heard.ust as the pandemic got going, the president had heard from his advisors there was going to be really bad and he down played it. then at the conclusion of 60 minutes, bob woodward, who is, you know, he has been a straight line reporter made an editorial judgment and he said that trump is the wrong man for the job. what do you make of you who americans are going to watch that show and try to figure out what it all means to them. >> i think this is just more of the media wing of the democratic party trying to attack the president 50 days before the election. look. no one was ringing the alarm about the coronavirus before me in the nancy pelosi and adam schiff driven partisan impeachment in january. hard to get a word in edge wise in washington. i was telling anyone who would listen that this virus was deadly and we needed to take immediately action. that included the president in late january. what did he do on my advice and advice of his advisors immediately shut down travel from china.

you can watch woodward's exclusive interview with scott pelley this sunday at 7:00 p.m.ight here on kpix 5. >>> san francisco based twitter is taking new steps to fight election related misinformation. twitter will either label or hide tweets that contain false or misleading information about election rules. twitter's also cracking down on posts with unverified information about election rigging. >>> starting in may, twitter began labeling certain tweets from president trump as potentially misleading. one of those tweets in august claimed mail-in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. and don't forget you have until october 19th to register to vote. for more information on how to register online, just go to kpix.com/campaign2020. >>> 6:38. a one-two punch. next on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a restaurant survives the pandemic but now the smoke is putting it all at risk. >>> and the market just opened up about ten minutes ago. let's get a quick look at the big board once again and the dow is going up. it's up about 110 points. cbs money watch's diane kin

. >> reporter: bob pelley didn't want to be a statistic. i met him painting along fulsome street a few blocks from where he was recently stopped by san francisco police. >> the officer asked me where is my front license plate? i told him it's on the front of the car. he walks to the front, sees the plate there, walks back over to me and says oh, you were speeding. >> reporter: he told me, since he's black, he didn't have a chance. >> i've got license, registration and insurance. but somehow he finds a way to get my car towed. >> reporter: abc 7's analysis of traffic stop data from 2014 to 2020, black drivers were 4.4 times more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. this is up from three times as likely between 2014 and 2017. >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: jerry was stopped in front of his driveway for seeming suspicious. louis thompson says that story is all too familiar. >> sometimes i think they just stop me because of my color. >> reporter: and reese is tired of it. >> it started happening a lot. >> reporter: he says he's b

i have to say i'm not entirely surprised by the revelation but in the interview scott pelley of 60 minutes called out that it is unusual for a journalist of his caliber to editorialize about the fitness of the president. >> the revelations are significant. it's not just the fact that the president disclosed to mr. woodward that he knew about the harms, but it goes back to a january 28th meeting that woodward talks about where the president is briefed by his national security advisory that this is going to be the most significant national security threat that he will face in his presidency. he's also briefed during that same meeting, the president, that he's told from officials, expert on china, that this will rival the 1918 pandemic. he had all this information and continued to push the false narrative that it would go away, that it was a hoax, that it wasn't that serious. what troubled me along the way is not just the fact that 190,000 people have died. but over the last 48 hours, the president held a huge rally in nevada after holding another one in michigan. his first indoor rally he's

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sound that we heard from bob woodward's interview on "60 minutes" last night, where you hear scott pelley's voice here first, but you also hear the president talk about what could have been done differently. listen. >> by the time of their final interviews in august, mr. trump had become the leader of the one nation suffering the most from the virus. the president came to this conclusion. >> nothing more could have been done. nothing more could have been done. >> "nothing more could have been done." we spent a lot of time looking backwards at what could have been done in february, march, and april, dr. reiner, but the idea of the president saying that in august that nothing more could have been done gives you a sense of his mind-set as we head into the fall. >> right. that everything was going to be done, and that somehow he's miraculously prevented the u.s. from having millions of deaths. whereas other countries have seen a fraction of the carnage that this president pledged to avoid during his inauguration speech. look at the most successful states in the u.s. what have they done differen

he won the name of eric pelley. one of the three officers killed in a domestic incident in 2009..'s mother was upset because marquise never called her to talk about it why he didn't put her son's name on the helmet this time. >> you know, this is really where we are right now the controversy over putting the name of a fallen police officer. you know, ainsley, did i an appearance with you a while ago. i will never forget one of those mornings where a police officer was killed and i said to you having been a police officer i get a text or an email once a year but a police officer i knew or someone i knew knew was either shot or killed. thank god that's not happening in the nfl at fox news or else where where one of your employees once a year. one of your friends at work ainsley getting a text do you remember them? they were shot in the line of duty last night. do you know where that happens? when you are in the military and when you are a cop. that's where that happens. and you are suggesting to me that the folks throughout who are the woke crowd that it's controversial for the nfl