. >> phil rucker, let's fast forward 21 hours and change. we're in the middle of a pandemic. we have a death toll north of 200,000, aiming for a quarter million souls in this country, and now this reporting. the president as huckster, in deep, heavy amounts of debt. not an ideal time to take the stage in the first presidential debate. how much of an acknowledgement of that is there in the trump west wing and campaign effort? >> well, brian, it's obvious inside the white house that this is a troubling news environment for the president to open this debate where he was hoping to put biden on the defensive and talk about hunter biden and all of the conspiracies that the president has been floating for months now. now he's going to be confronted not only with this tax reporting but with the reality, documented in breathtaking detail by "the new york times," that, you know, donald trump, the great, successful businessman, it's all a myth. it's a hoax. it's a fraud. that's an embarrassment for the president and something he's going to have to grapple with on that debate stage and e

supposedly great deliberative body. >>> joining me now political analyst for nbc and nbc news, my friend phil ruckeror getting up so early with us, phil. it's really great to have you on the show. let's start where chuck schumer left off there and also what the white house is looking for behind the scenes. i've spent a lot of time reporting on mitch mcconnell's thinking around how this should play out, but i've seen reports that the white house in particular is pushing for this all to happen before the election. what does the president and his aides want to see from the senate in the next 40-some-odd days. >> yeah. well, first of all, kasie, congratulations for the show. i'm so excited for you. it's going to be a great hour every day of the week, so congratulations. i'm glad to be here with you. in terms of what the white house is looking for, you know, the president wants this vote to be completed for this justice -- the eventual nominee to be confirmed by the senate before the november 3rd election of, i guess now, 41 days. mcconnell can make that happen, of course, given the calendar, you know th

with us from "the washington post," phil rucker.former democratic senator claire mccaskill is here, and former rnc chairman and senior adviser to the lincoln project, michael steele, is back. claire mccaskill, i must start with you, my friend. you have been unloading, and i think speaking for a lot of people about the outrage of the hypocrisy, but where do you stand on the reality of what the republicans seem ready to do? >> well, i don't believe that this works to their benefit. i know what it felt like in 2018 when this was an ongoing circus and i was on the ballot in a state that trump had won by almost 20 points. and that's the way these republican senators are feeling that are on the ballot in places like colorado and maine and north carolina and arizona. this is not good for the republican party. you know what i think? i think one of the biggest reasons it's not good for the republican party, guess whose face we're going to see over and over again between now and november 3rd? none other than turtle mcturtle, mitch mcconnell.

phil rucker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief for "the washington post." he is co-author along with carol leonnig of the best-seller "a very stable genius." kimberly atkins, veteran of wbur and "the boston herald," now a member of the "boston globe" editorial board. and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon, former chief counsel to house intel good evening and welcome to you all. phil, i'd like to begin with you. 49 days to go until the election the candidate, mr. trump, that you saw tonight, was he in debate shape and debate ready, or did his performance on the abc news town hall show a guy who's been limited to friendly audiences and no time limits >> brian, to be perfectly frank, that performance tonight by the president at the abc town hall should send shudders and shock waves through the republican party. the first debate is 14 days away, two tuesdays from now, and this is a president who's clearly not ready for that debate his answers, especially on the coronavirus, the number one topic for many voters, were circuitous they w

phil rucker is here. also joining us, senior adviser to the lincoln project, my friend michael steele, and donna edwards. phil, let me start with you. on sort of the poll results. they show that this zero sum proposition represents that the public has evolved. i've been looking back at some of the efforts to use law and order, some of the better known and lesser known efforts, dan lundgren ran for governor in california on the three striks,s you're out, they usually fail at the ballot box, because voters can hold two thoughts in your head, that you can have law, you can have justice without sort of green-lighting or saying you're okay with unjustified shootings or excessive force against anybody. is there any -- is there any pause or are they, you know, removed the brakes from the maserati, we're going full steam ahead? >> you know, anicolle, there dos not seem to be any pause in the trump strategy. he seems determined to press this message in the remaining, what, nine, ten weeks of this campaign. and then

>> reporter: well, my colleague phil rucker and i for "the washington post" have read bob woodward's new book, it's called "rage," and it has an enormous amount of information based on more than a dozen interviews bob woodward conducted with president trump from december 2019 through july of 2020. and if you read our article, just posted on washingtonpost.com, we lead with immediately in january of 2020 where robert o'brien, the national security adviser, and matt pottinger, deputy national security adviser, told president trump in late january that the coronavirus threat was the biggest threat, the gravest threat that president trump would ever face in his presidency. and then a few days later, in early february, president trump speaks with bob woodward on the phone, on the record, and to be clear, "the washington post" through woodward has acquired tapes, tapes of president trump speaking about all of this, these interviews with woodward, and woodward has decided to publish the tapes. in this early february call, february 7, the president says, on the phone to woodward, that the vi

that's all i can say. >> understood and thank you for that answer and how well thought out it was phil rucker, it's hard to refute when you can hear the president say things in a recording in what is obviously his voice at today's baghdad bob briefing, kayleigh took an attempt at telling us we didn't hear what we hear him say but it doesn't work and in fact, carl bernstein tonight on cnn said these are the most consequential presidential recordings ever due to the loss of life resulting from this virus. it does make richard nixon saying a million dollars, we can get that seem almost quant and this it seems will hang around a good long while to bob's point. >> i think it will, brian. the key is that these are the president's own words. we're hearing them ourselves we all can listen to those tapes. the american people know what this president sounds like and they know exactly what he's saying because he doesn't mince words in those recordings with woodward he sought to mislead the amanier can people to lie to the american people about the severity and threat of the coronavirus. the press secret

and "washington post" bureau chief phil rucker. kasie, what do we know about what went into romney's decision? >> andrea, he didn't want to be rushed, he wanted a minute to stop and think about it and walk through the options presented by his colleagues. i spoke with several sources about this, at the end of the day, over the weekend, mitt romney has clearly shown he has problems with president trump, he obviously voted to impeach president trump, and that was different from all of his colleagues. but the reality of this is not the same. it is instead part and parcel of what many republicans have said is t romney is not one of those people. but they're all here to do just this, they say, that their constituents sent them here to washington to appoint conservative justices to the supreme court. romney was among those who signed a brief saying roe v. wade should be overturned. he ran during his presidential campaign in 2012 as a social conservative. and so that all plays a role here. and remember too, it's hard to be ostracized as a

joining us today is white house bureau chief of "the washington post," and msnbc political analyst phil rucker. former obama white house health policy director, dr. kavita patel, and chief political correspondent for politico, tim alberta. phil, i was going to ask you if there's anyone at the white house that's concerned about this politicization of vaccines, but i guess the question i really want to ask is, is the politicization of vaccines a political move in itself for the white house? >> it is a political move, katy. the president wants to try to change the psychology around the coronavirus pandemic in this country. he wants to give people hope, he wants americans believing that the cure, as he puts it, is just around the corner. and so, you know, irrespective of whether a vaccine actually passes all the trials and is authorized to begin distribution by november 3rd, the date of the election, the president cares more than he convinced the american people that progress is being made and that the vaccine will be able to reach everybody in short order and to answer your first question about p

phil rucker and also liz beelil neumankimberly atkins. phil, i want to start with you.out just how manipulated all of the information coming out of the white house has been about the pandemic itself. it seems that now the preliminary price he's paying is for the failures which put us in a category of our own in terms of failing to stop, failing to test, failing to contain, failing to contact trace the disease, but also failing to level with the country about something as sacred as the health risks to our ekids. >> yeah, the "new york times" story that you cited from last night about the pressure campaign from the white house on the centers for disease control and prevention regarding school he reopening is important and it fits the pattern of all of the reporting really from the beginning of this pandemic that has shown that the priority for the president, the priority for his advisers in the white house, has always been and continues to be public relations. it is about trying to convince the american people that the pandemic is not as bad as the data would suggest that

phil rucker, shauna thomas thank you both for everything. you for being part of our show. >> congratulations so much to you, kasie, msnbc viewers are lucky to get to see you every morning and congratulations on booking your first guest in her mansion. >> thank you so much. >> and -- >> appreciate both of you. >> can i jump in? i want to say thank you, kasie. thank you so much for having one of the smarter shows on cable news and letting me be part of it and letting phil be part of it and letting us think about politics in a deeper way. this has been really great and i look forward to 5:00 a.m. >> thank you, i'm really touched and thank you both again for being part of the conversation that we've been having here. i can't tell you how much i appreciate it. i hope i'll see you guys at 5:00 a.m. but i realize it's early. >> there are warnings, the light is blinking red again. digital attacks on the biden campaign. jeremy bash joins me next. iden campaign jeremy bash joins me next. e. the largest 5g network... award-winning customer satisfaction

my colleague phil rucker, my partner many stories will interview bob woodward who needs no introduction the legendary journalist as you all know out with his book rage and that will be at 11:00 a.m. eastern, phil and i wrote the story last week and it's been a busy time since the story came out, you get to hear from bob woodward, post legend about his new book, for now thank you for joining us,this is just over and ten minutes. >> i want to think of what for joining us, this afternoon, this morning depending on where you're at in the country right now and i want to make sure to note some important requirements as we conduct this official remote h

joining me now, nbc political reporter monica alba, nbc's mike memoli, "washington post" bureau chief phil rucker. phil, we haven't seen him like this, an extended 90 minutes with undecided voters, witherao george stephanopoulos, an experienced correspondent and anchor how would you judge how this event went for him >> andrea, it was a rare sight to see the president questioned by real ordinary citizens, americans. these are not journalists. and they asked very tough questions. a lot of them followed up with their questions when the president neglected to answer them directly. the president at one point tried to interrupt a woman and she had to say, "sir, let me finish my question." these voters were stern with him. and the questions they asked had real urgency and they were challenging for the president. he was not able to simply antagonize the questioners and cry "fake news" as he often does at news conferences, but rather he was sort of scrambling to come up with answers it was very clear, especially on the coronavirus portion of the questioning, that the president was ill-prepared he still do

jonathan karl, phil rucker. hi, phil. caitlyn. we've got the all stars. a lot of all stars today.. thank you very much. in the past four months we've added 10.6 million jobs including 643 manufacturing jobs and 658,000 construction jobs. far beyond expectations. we experienced the smallest contraction of any western nation. we've been affected less than any other western nation and probably -- i think you can put us in -- i saw some numbers. you can put us in any category anywhere. the fastest recovery by far. that's anywhere. nobody has recovered like we're recovering. if we follow joe biden's strategy we would shut down the entire country after just having set records on growth. we had tremendous retail growth as you probably noticed. we're witnessing the fastest labor market recovery from an economic crisis in our his. by contrast the obama/biden administration has the weakest recovery in american history. we make progress in our fight against the china virus. new weekly cases have declined since 44%. deaths compared by 20%. it's going down very rapidly, really rapidly. this is

my colleague phil rucker, my partner many stories will interview bob woodward who needs no introduction the legendary journalist as you all know out with his book rage and that will be at 11:00 a.m. eastern, phil and i wrote the story last week and it's been a busy time since the story came out, you get to hear from bob woodward, post legend about his new book, for now thank you for joining us, boothe really appreciate you coming by early this morning and have a great day. >> c-span washington journal every day we take your call live on the air on the news of the day and we will discuss policy issues that impact you, coming up wednesday morning california democratic congressman jared huffman will join us to talk about the wildfires in the west and climate change, then florida republican congressman talks about the peace agreement between israel, the united arab emirates and moraine, watch she's been washington journal live is 70 eastern join a discussion with your phone call, facebook comments, text and tweets. >> the cdc director doctor robert redfield testifies wednesday before senate

>> kelly o'donnell live in doral, phil rucker, appreciate you both being with us this morning.he indictment that made no mention of taylor's name. the attorney benjamin crump, the attorney for the family is speaking now. we want to listen in as we understand her relatives will take the microphone in a moment. >> her sister jenayah, her aunt, bianca austin, we also have who i call the queen of the movement for breonna, tamika mallory and ontell freedom. we also have the breonna square activists who are present with us today. and attorney baker and i know without a shadow of a doubt, without the activist community saying her her name, there is no way we would have gotten this far with all over the world people saying breonna taylor's name. say her name. >> breonna taylor! >> also, we're joined by a man who did an incredible thing this morning. jacob blake jr.'s father, jacob blake sr. traveled from kenosha, wisconsin to be with tamika palmer, breonna's mother. we also have state representative charles a-- stat representative charles booker and state representative at tica scott w

phil rucker and carol linnic write in their book "a very stable genius" an incident that was designed as an intervention, a briefing for him, and he blew up at the most senior military commanders. it was after that briefing that soon to be ousted secretary of state called him a bleeping moron. general mattis, secretary mattis has come out and said that what he saw were tactics that sought to divide all americans that were reminiscent of the nazis. the comments about john mccain not being the kind of p.o.w. that he likes, but someone that was captured and, therefore, not a good american hero. i guess my question to you is, we're in this climate where 40% of the country doesn't believe anything written. the fact that three news organizations have accounted for all of these statements from the president and that the public facing words match what has been reported in the story, where does that leave us considering the fact that, along with being president of the united states, he is the country's commander in chief? >> i think we're in trouble. really difficult situation. i assume biden

. >> jonathan carl, phil rucker. hi, phil. how are you? kaitlyn.have the all-stars, a lot of all-stars today. you too. you too. that's good. thank you very much. the past four months, we've added 10.6 million jobs. including 643 manufacturing jobs in 658,000 construction jobs. far beyond expectations. we've experienced the smaller contraction of any western nation. meaning we've been affected less than any other nation, western nation and probably you can put it in -- i just saw numbers, you can put it to any category anywhere. the fast recovery by far anywhere. nobody has recovered like we're recovering. if we follow joe biden's strategy, we'd shed down the country after having set records on growth. we also did have tremendous retail growth as you noticed. we're witnessing the fastest labor market recovery from an economic crisis in our history. by contrast, the obama-biden administration had the slowest, weakest and worst recovery in american history, as you know. we continue to make progress in our fight against the china virus. new weekly case

. >> on that point, let me add to our conversation "washington post" bureau chief phil rucker who was watching the results of the panic that the people around the president clearly feel from the smoking gun evidence of donald trump's knowledge of just how lethal and deadly and dangerous coronavirus was. donald trump's specific intent to lie to the public about the danger it posed by saying in his own words in a tape in an interview he agreed to do and continued to do after the interview in which he confesses intentionally playing down the pandemic, what was the response to direct questioning from yourself and jon karl about why donald trump lied? >> the answer was a lot of words. the president basically said he was trying to stay calm and not panic the american people by not revealing that information. he said a few things that were not true, that were incorrect. he said it was widely known knowledge in february that this virus was airborne. that's not true. most of us in february didn't know much about the coronavirus. he also suggested that bob woodward having had that conversation

. >> joining us now is phillip rucker, white house bureau chief. and yamiche alcindor. phil, let me begin with you. let's start with announcement coming out of the white house about bahrain and israel, they'll normalize relations. tell us about why today, what have you learned? why on september 11th did the president want to make this announcement? >> you know, ayman, i'm not entirely sure why the president wanted to go ahead and make this announcement today it sounds like the officials from bahrain are prepared to reveal more about this announcement next week, it's an important date in the united states, september 11th, i was traveling with president trump this morning with shanksville, pennsylvania where he paid tribute to the 40 people who died aboard flight 93 that crashed in an open field in pennsylvania. spoke about the american resolve and put politics aside for a couple of hours to do that. so i think, you know, announcing some sort of peace accord here is very much in keeping of the momentum president trump is trying to show heading into the election he's able to su

yet today the "washington post" phil rucker tried to claim otherwise. >> you knew on february 7 and you told woodward how it transferred from person-to-person in the air and how deadly it was. why did you not come to the podium? >> this is stuff that everyone knew. there is a report that i have here some place where china said it was airborne earlier than the statements i made. people knew was airborne. when i said it was airborne everybody knew was airborne. this is no big thing. read the reports. china came out of the statement that it was an airborne disease. i heard it was an airborne disease. i assumed it early on. the fact is there has to be calm this. you don't want me jumping up and down and saying there's going to be great depth in causing very serious problems for the country. lou: a perp roster is set of questions by the president's briefing room and amongst the most disrespectful manners that i have seen in that ill mannered press corps. disgusting in fact. president trump called up of woodward for sitting on tapes of their telephone conversations. the president asked whethe

phil rucker of "the washington post" points out trump has governed on scare tactics, and we quote. throughout his five years on the national political stage, trump has used fear to acquire and keep power. scare tactics are the hammer and screwdriver of his tool kit. today over 35,000 new cases of coronavirus were reported in our country. over 6.4 million infections have been confirmed, and the death toll has now passed 192,000 americans. meanwhile, the biden campaign trying to keep the pressure on the president. here's what we heard from kamala harris in miami today. >> he knew it was airborne, that people would breathe it. you know, joe biden said it well. he said, well, i guess we now know he knows how to read. he knew the facts of it. we continue to have examples of the fact that this is an individual who is not concerned about the health, safety, and well-being of the american people and is frankly engaged in a reckless disregard of the lives and the health and well-being of the people of our country. i find it so outrageous. >> it's a lot to talk about on a thursday night. her

i'm also joined by phil rucker, pulitzer prize-winning reporter for "the washington post." "the washington post," i am guessing, over the last 24 hours, has been en fuego. i've got to go to the white house first. typically, when the president gets hit with these type of revelations he blames anonymous sources, calls it a political hit job. in this case, this is president trump's own words on tape. how do you deal with that? >> yeah, steph, you're exactly right. that's what makes this moment unique. it's the president on tape, on the record. you can hear it for yourself. and what's striking about this is the reason it happened in the first place. why the president of the united states would speak to bob woodward for a book like this. and the reason is, we know he was fuming after woodward's first book came out earlier in his presidency. he didn't participate in that book and was convinced that had he played a role in it, had he spoken to woodward he could have done a better job to win over woodward and secure a more positive portrayal of himself. so this time, against the ob

other world leaders, including angela merkel handling it in a very different way, as my colleague phil rucker put the question to him in yesterday's press briefing. >> okay. but even so, he's still not doing everything to protect people. that event alone last night, people still had -- that he was at, people had to sign waivers so the trump campaign would have no liability if they got sick, and the majority of people weren't wearing masks or staying socially distanced. but also can the president make this argument that he wants people to stay calm and carry on but also say things like this. watch. >> if biden wins, the mob wins. if biden wins, the rioters, anarchists, arsonists and flag burners win. they want to shut down auto production, delay the vaccine. they want to destroy your suburbs. does anybody want to have somebody from antifa as a member and as a resident of your suburb? i don't think so. >> where in that lineup of saying we're going to have anarchy and riots is he actually calling for calm? >> well, you're right, stephanie. the president can make whatever argument he wants, but i

phil rucker from "the washington post" and jeremy peters, politics reporter for "the new york times." any way you look at this, we're going to be spending a lot of time over the next six weeks talking about this supreme court nomination. how does that change the 2020 election? >> well, you're right, steph. this is going to be a huge issue of discussion for voters, for activists, for the elected officials in washington. it changes the campaign in that this is a galvanizing moment. a catalyst for activists on both sides of the political aisle. republicans, of course, use supreme court appointments, judicial appointments to motivate the social conservative base that's been so critical for trump all these years. but the death of ruth bader ginsburg and the possibility that this liberal icon on the supreme court would be replaced by a conservative jurist who opposes abortion rights, would seek to roll back so much of the social progress of the last generation is also going to galvanize democratic voters, progressives, especially women who were so essential to the democratic victories in th

house correspondent and "weekend today" co-host peter alexander, and "washington post" bureau chief phil rucker. peter, president trump's initial defense is he didn't want to create panic, he said that, so he acknowledges downplaying it. but so much of his campaign rhetoric is creating fear about black people coming to the suburbs, including today in tweets. how can you reconcile that? it doesn't add up. >> you're exactly right, andrea. president trump said in one of his tweets today, cam, not panic. he also row, if i don't win, america's suburbs will be overrun with low income projects, anarchists, looters and of course friendly protesters. so the president insists he didn't want to frighten americans by telling them this virus was deadly and airborne, he said he didn't want to frighten them, but his campaign is largely based on this idea of fear and panic. but the one item that really concerned the president, the economy, that's where he didn't want to see a true panic. the president, as we know early on this year, january, february, his primary focus had been on the economy. and his biggest

and phil rucker, the co-author along with his colleague carol leonnig of the best-selling book "a veryus." thanks to both of you for being here. phil, let me start with you. wasserman in that piece we just read describing the political strategy that's at work here. what is your sense of the world around trump right now, their confidence level? polls, we show them all the time. he's trailing in the polls. you can question the exact amount there. but he's trailing in the polls. are they confident that they're on the right track here, that this is going to work, or is doubt seeping in at all? >> you know, they are, steve. there's been a notable difference in the last ten days or so in the way trump's advisers and outside allies have talked about this race. they of course acknowledge that he has been behind biden in the polls for many months now, but they feel like they've hit on a message that's going to end up working for the president. you just talked about it there, trying to focus on disorder and upheaval and unrest in some of these major cities that are run by democrats and portray t

>>> so if you're keeping track, there is now a long and growing list of books about trump like phil ruckermary trump and soon to be reesed by michael cohen and bob woodward. books he doesn't agree with, he uses the word hoax. >> it is a hoax. just like the fake dossier was a hoax. just like the russia, russia, russia was a hoax. it was a total hoax. no collusion. and you'll hear more of these things totally unrelated as we get closer and closer to election. >> joining me now brian stelter, host of cnn's reliable sources. brian is the author of the book "hoax." brian, how do you feel about the president doing some good pr for your book there? >> it doesn't seem like he's proving my thesis. he's proving my point. which is that he's using this word to try to destroy the common ground that we all share. he only used the word hoax a few times in his first year in office. but now he uses the word on average more than once a day. hoax is a dirty word. it is a malicious word. it means someone is trying to hurt you. but ironically it is the president who is pulling a hoax on all of us. >> brian, yo

on "washington post" live, phil rucker asked bob woodward about the possible existence of another set of tapes >> did you ever learn -- did the president ever tape his end of the conversations that he had with you or were any staff listening to those phone calls that you knew about? >> i don't know. a couple of times the white house operator would come on and say, mr. woodward, the president, and there would be a beep, i think that's a suggestion that they're taping i would assume that they would do it. but in the residence, i started thinking of him as the night prowler. that i believe -- it's true he doesn't drink, he has a great deal of energy and engagement. he likes to talk with people at night. and he's walking around the white house and he'll pick up the phone and call me and say, how are you doing? i just wanted to check in. >> we had a vivid preview earlier tonight of how donald trump is going to handle the bob woodward book in the presidential debates, because this book will be an exhibit in those debates. >> if you believe it's the president's responsibility to protect amer

of the timing, because of this pandemic >> let's go to another quote from the book that you and phil rucker have reported this is about dr. fauci. fauci at one point tells others that the president is on a separate channel and unfocused in meetings with minus number, fauci said, according to woodward. his sole purpose is to get re-elected this is notable because this book is coming out as the president is trying to tout a vaccine, and one that could come before, in his words, a very special day. election day there's been accusations that he is politicizing this vaccine and making it a political issue for americans where they don't necessarily trust it politicizing the science behind it this is dr. fauci saying at one point in these meetings with the president on background that his sole purpose is to get re-elected >> that's exactly right. woodward reports that dr. fauci believes that the president's intent is to get re-elected. and that whole issue drives his entire governing strategy in terms of his presidency. what also comes through in the book, which we only had so much space, about 2,

>> well, as my colleague phil rucker responded to the president on friday, bob woodward is not the president. the president is. it was fully in his control starting on january 20th when he had his first national security briefing with robert o'brien who warned him that this pandemic was going to be the toughest thing of his presidency, that he going through. the president had time and time again warnings from president xi himself later in february and additional briefings from, again, the nsc, the cdc, from scientific experts. and what the president chose to do is downplay the scientific evidence and take the necessary precautions that could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and instead put political imperatives like keeping the economy open and making sure that his campaign, which was really at this point in time back in the new year going to be run on how he had, you know, rebuilt the economy, in his words. and making sure that the pandemic didn't interfere with that. >> jackie, kenya, hayes, thank you for joining me today. >> thanks, maria. >>> up next, we'll show you what the ne

we love having you on phil rucker thank you for being on >> i love being on with you, joy. >> appreciateou. thank you, ben rhodes going to be back a little bit later joining me now is ohio senator sherrod brown. i want to give you an opportunity to answer that same question i mean, donald trump obviously knew in january. there were senators who knew and who got in some trouble, senators kelly loeffler of georgia and richard burr who were actually letting their rich folks know there was a problem is it good enough for you the trump administration saying no, no, no he just didn't want to create a panic >> of course not i like what you said about it. i like what ben said, is it incompetence or malevolence? i don't know which it is it's obviously both. i want to go back to that march date that is when we closed our office down, when all those things started happening in the united states and in the country of south korea, about 95 people in each country had died of coronavirus at that point south korea went to work their leaders did what they needed to do in the five months since then or so,

rucker. carl, phil hi, phil. how are you? caitlin. a lot of all-stars today. you too. that is good. that is fine. thank you very much. in the past four months we have added 10.6 one million jobs, jobsding 643 manufacturing ,nd 658,000 construction jobs far beyond expectations. we have experienced the smallest contraction of any western nation, meaning we have been effective than any other nation, western nation and probably almost -- i just saw some numbers. you could notice into just about any category anywhere. we had the fastest recovery by far. nobody is recovering like we are recovering. if we follow joe biden's strategy, we would shut down the entire country after having just set records on your growth also did have tremendous retail growth, as you probably noticed. we are witnessing the fastest labor market recovery from an economic crisis in our history. by contrast, the obama-biden administration at the slowest, weakest, and worst recovery in american history. we continue to make progress in our fight against the china virus. new weekly cases f declined by 44% since july. d