host: we have calls waiting for robert costa. first, joanna damascus, maryland on our supports joe biden line. caller: good morning. this is what i would like to say. trump would have you believe all the states he won were fraud-free. all of them. he has no question about them. but all the states that biden won had fraud and that is why he won. think about the logic of that. i think people need to take a look at that. trump supporters need to look at that. it is preposterous that no fraud was involved in the states he won, but was only fraud in all the states that biden won that put him over the top. i think that is an important thing to remember. i really do believe and biden believes this election is about who we are. we will continue in this fragile democracy, forgive it up in favor of a strong man? host: robert costa? guest: thank you for the comment. it seems to be more of a comment than a question. host: westchester, ohio. this is deborah, a donald trump supporter. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am retired scientis

. -- robert costa, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning. abouthave been talking the standoff a week and a day after the election. what is the trump campaign strategy and all of this question mark -- all of this? >> the strategy is to mount legal challenges and the republican strategy is to stand with trump. it was evident that mitch mcconnell, and other members of the republican leadership stand and lockstep with president as he pursues different recounts and litigation across the political map. it is an example of the solidarity in the gop despite trump's defeat. t elect biden who is trying to mount a transition at this point but he doesn't have formal backing from the current administration. host: what are you hearing is the mood inside the white house, officials and sources you talk host: what is the mood inside the white house from the sources you talk to? guest: trump is unlikely to concede. he may walk away in january if the election is certified if biden becomes president. . trump views himself as a political outsider, someone who ha

host: we have calls waiting for robert costa., joanna damascus, maryland on our supports joe biden line. caller: good morning. this is what i would like to say. trump would have you believe all the states he won were fraud-free. all of them. he has no question about them. but all the states that biden won had fraud and that is why he won. think about the logic of that. i think people need to take a look at that. trump supporters need to look at that. it is preposterous that no fraud was involved in the states he won, but was only fraud in all the states that biden won that put him over the top. i think that is an important thing to remember. i really do believe and biden believes this election is about who we are. we will continue in this fragile democracy, forgive it up in favor of a strong man? host: robert costa? guest: thank you for the comment. it seems to be more of a comment than a question. host: westchester, ohio. this is deborah, a donald trump supporter. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am retired scientist and

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once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. and welco to "washington week." we hope you enjoyed ks thving. we also know it wasn't easy. the coronavirus pandemic remains a burden and a threat. families can't gather. millions are isolated and struggling. and more than 250,000 americans have died. so our question tonight, for this special report is what's next? joining us to provide ansrs and insights are three of the they have been covering story. different aspects of the cris. fareed zarekia, host of fareed zarekia g.p.s. on cnn. a "washington post" columnist and author of 10 lessons for a yasmeen abutaleb, a national "the policy reporter for and sarah kliff, an investigative reporter f "the new york times" covering the american health care syste t's begin with dr anthony fauci, the nation's top epidemiologist who spoke with arlier this week. he was upbeat about vaccines, but he warned that winter could be bleak. >>ow what we're seeing, almost the entire map of the country is lighting up with the rk colors which indicate increas

once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. bert: good evingme and wel to "washington week." days after a record number ofam icans voted, the presidential election is finally nearing a conclusion. with former vice president joe biden inching ahead of president trump ine several bat grounds states but even as the count winds down, the political war in this nation continues. president trump, as you know, is insisting the election is far from over. hes lleging widespread voter fraud, e withoutdence and while some veteran republicans are speaking up and urging him to stop. many in the w party standsh him and feel emboldened. after tuesday, the .comi clinging on to the senate jompletse and has fisked up seatsn the hues. across the i'm, democrats are upbeat with thehite house now reason reach and possible victories looming in the south and the sun belt and senator harris is poised to be if first black woman to er serve as investment, but they also know they have a lot of work to do. and joining me tonight to discuss this historic amer

once again from washington moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. tonight, president trump remains intent on using hisiv execpower to overturn the sults of this year's election. while e efforts led byis lawyer, rudy giuliani, have failed to gain traction in court, they are nonethele testing american democracy. the latest gambit being pushed giuliani and sfeef bannon is an attempt to disrupt the electoral college which convenes next month. in short,ss there is a pe campaign on state republicans to refuseti to c president-man elect biden's vi comes as this pandemic continues to ravage the nation. 250,000 americans have now died from with outbreaks nationwide and hospitals strained. joining us tonight are three top reporteo discuss it all. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." asma khalid, political correspondent for n.p.r. and co-host of national public radio's politics podcast and paula re, white house correspondent for cbs news. let's start with the news. the tnomp team hiter wall friday when georgia's republican sec

once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. and welcome to "washington week." president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris continue to face mounting challenges tonight with president trump refusing to concede and blocking them from both transition funds and high-level intelligence briefings. now while some republicans are expressing unease, most of them are standing by as the president makes baseless claims of election fraud. and on friday afternoon, president trump touted vaccine developments. but he did not concede and vaguely references, quote, whatever administration comes next. president trump: this administration will not be going to a lockdown. hopefully the -- whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be, i guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. robert: as americans wait for the f.d.a. to make a final decision, the pandemic keeps spreading at an alarming rate with more than 160,000 new cases on thursday alone. hospitals are

robert costa, national political reporter with the washington post, washington week on pbs. alexi canon at axios, and sam stein, journalist, politics editor for the daily beast. well, good evening and welcome to you all. robert costa, what's with the big-name republicans who are not yet willing to call joe biden president-elect? we'll start there and then work our way into tonight's news. >> president trump once told bob woodward and i that real power is fear. and he has instilled fear in the republican party. they're in a preservation mode right now to hold onto their seats. they're afraid of their own voters in many respects. they see a possibility for gains in 2022, but they have to get through primaries first. and they look at president trump trying to hold control of the republican national committee, keep his allies installed throughout the republican party. and they may wish him to go away in some corners privately, but he's here to stay. >> and now, alexi, to the story axios broke tonight, the possible flynn pardon. i am guessing the reporting further goes on to say

robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." f he is also moderator of washington week on pbs. and mara gay, a member of the "the new york times" editorial board, former new york city hall bureau chief over at "the wall e street journal" and also happens to be a coronavirus survivor. good evening and welcome to you all. an important night we have ahead of us. mr. costa, i'd like to begin with you. knowing you've been in touch with both campaigns, both parties, how are they really feeling or how much would they admit to you? >> the democrats are feeling good about their chances because they're seeing an erosion of republican support in the suburbs for president trump because of his handling of the pandemic. and that issue more than any my democratic sources tell me who are on the ground around the country say that's the salient issue that's breaking through with many of these voters who may have shifted to president trump in 2016. they also see progressives energized. i spoke to representative guya paul of washington today. she s

coming up this morning, washington post political reporter and pbs washington week host robert costaill join us to talk about the standoff between the trump administration and biting campaign. on veterans day, leo shane of military times will talk about issues affecting veterans and the fallout from defense secretary mark esper's termination. watch c-span's's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> today is veterans day. president donald trump will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery. watch live beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> next up --

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"washington post" national political reporter robert costa, moderator of "washington week" on pbs and of course pennsylvania native. and "washington post" columnivity eugene robinson who hails from south carolina, another big state with a big race there. robert gibbs, give us your analysis on the big picture and what you're seeing in the south. that southern path, what will happen in florida, georgia, importantly, and north carolina, if joe biden wins any of those, and certainly georgia is something they're looking at very closely and north carolina has real opportunities, that could really block the president's path to victory no matter what happens in pennsylvania. >> yeah, absolutely. i think we're talking about some of these states, particularly georgia. texas has got a lot of press in the last few days as well. we're talking about those states, that demonstrates that joe biden has multiple paths to put together the 270 electoral votes. if you're sitting in donald trump's headquarters today, you understand you can't just be good today, you have to be perfect. they've got to win fl

germany's public health body, the robert costa institute, recorded nearly 22000 new coronavirus cases over the last day. and organizers of the tokyo olympics next year is saying, athletes arriving in japan won't need to isolate for 14 days. the games have already been delayed by a year. one covert 19 now and turkey is one of many countries seeing a big increase in the number of new infections. but as in other places, many are letting their guard down despite pressure from officials to stick to the rules. but opposition politicians accuse the government there of hiding the truth. scale of the outbreak, junia reports from istanbul. the city of $16000000.00 in which the corona virus is spreading. and one of the teams that are fighting to stop it was the last image on as a dentist, at least she was until the pandemic started it. she's been a contact traces since march 1 of around 35000 in turkey. yeah, and if you're in your book one day, seen from here, the size of the city kelly scary. and i sometimes wonder where this endemic is headed. but as a doctor, i have a responsibility. i try to

and that's according to figures from the robert costa institute for disease control. germany largely contained the spread of the virus during the 1st wave in the spring, but it's been hard hit hard by the 2nd wave of infections. and we can take you now to our chief political correspondent melinda crane, to get more on these very disturbing numbers. melinda, germany has been struggling to keep the virus at bay during this 2nd wave. tell us about the situation across the country right now. well, the numbers have been steadily on the rise since early october, and as you know, partial lockdown measures were put into effect in mid november. the number of daily infections has plateaued or decreased somewhat since then, but nonetheless, as you say, we are now seeing daily rates and they do swing back and forth. but we are seeing daily rates occasionally surpass $23000.00 per day, and that's nearly 4 times as many infections as we had at the height of the 1st wave of the infection of cova during the spring. so definitely a very strong rise. that said, there is a great deal mo

joining me now, robert costa. as if you're finding the same thing i'm finding, which is a lot of republican strategists and republican leaders, they can't win without trump, but the burden of keeping trump engaged is becoming a problem in and of itself. nu null. >> that's spot on. i love these kind of scoops working with my coworkers because you get a behind the scenes look. senator perdue said, we don't know if president trump will be with us in this race, we could be all alone. he says it's not about persuasion on the call, it's not about eating into the democratic base. it's pulling back voters who may have been anti-trump for some reason, character issues or whatever, and bringing them back into the republican fold. >> it's fascinating. jon ossoff is up with his first ad trying himself to joe biden. nobody wants to be with joe biden and you have perdue trying to peel from trump and jon ossoff with joe biden. the joe biden non-democratic voter appears to be the perceived swing voter of this race? >> that voter

i want to read part of what robert costa of "the washington post" is reporting.te, based on my conversations with republicans over the weekend, most everything mcconnell does from here on isn't about january 20th, inauguration day and working with biden, but january 5th, the georgia runoff elections. to win the latter, republicans believe the base must be stoked, especially in a fast-changing state. what say you to that strategy, michael? is that the way to play it? >> well, it's the only play they have, craig. republicans have not made the case to citizens. the reason why the race is close in georgia, the reason why donald trump lost, is what was the argument that we make to the american people or the people of georgia? these races are close because voters have discerned and decided what they're looking for and whether or not candidate a or candidate b responds to that. so, yeah, this is now, we're stoking the base and trying to keep the base stoked, but let me tell you, stacey abrams has done a phenomenal job in the state of georgia about stoking the base there

thank you, robert costa, for being here and bringing us your reporting.aul smyth, thank you for exper cease. susan collins is the apparent winner in the maine senate race. suzanne collins as the apparent winner in the maine senate race. her opponent, she says, already called her to congratulate her. they thought that her seat might be easy to pick. all of the criticism she was getting would doom her with independents and people on the left, and her unwillingness to adhere so closely to trump would have doomed her with stauned republica -- staunch republicans in maine. that is apparently not the case. e that is apparently not the case. without sacrificing what's most important to you today. because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction you're moving is forward. because with fidelity, you can feel confident essential for sewing, but maybe not needles. for people with certain inflammatory conditions. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz. the first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid

. >> robert costa, boggles the mind to think in another era these men and women would have jumped into normandy for us. never seen so many full-grown adults so scared of one man. in all of your reporting are any republicans stepping forward to say donald trump lost this election? >> republicans right now, brian, are not so much focused on fear of president trump who they believe could actually be relevant in some weres early next year. they're focused on their own power, and they're using president trump to build on jill's point as a way of keeping the senate majority. and they believe if you look at a state like georgia that is fast changing, new demographics, a growing latino and asian-american population, strong growing group of white liberals, traditional democratic voters and black americans in the city of atlanta, they see a state that could be falling out of their grasp and president-elect biden is pulling ahead in georgia by the latest count by thousands of votes. and because of that they need to stoke grievances in the suburbs of atlanta with white voters. they're fully aware

joining me, nbc political contributor shawna thomas and robert costa, national political reporter fort" and msnbc political analyst. two of my favorite people. great to have you here on a monday. can we start with those, i guess we'll call them increasingly strong words from some republicans. but the bottom line is, i mean, does it matter? it's clear from our nbc reporting that trump believes, falsely, that he was somehow denied a smooth transition and he wants paypack. he wants to make this difficult for joe biden. but what's the net effect of republicans criticizing the transition now? >> i mean, i think one of the effects is that they are walking this line politically, right? we have these two senate races in georgia undecided right now. right now president trump still has a lot of power in the republican party. he has the power to possibly get people out in georgia which the senate hangs in the balance because of it. so i think there is still this deference to the guy at the top of the party but also trying to figure out how do they untangle themselves from the guy at the top of t

that's what he's doing by making these phone calls and other things. >> robert costa, kristen welker,onathan capehart. and jonathan, we're all going to be watching because jonathan has a big conversation with barack obama, after president obama's new book, "a promised land," was published this week, this weekend on msnbc. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo became the first secretary of state, the highest ranking u.s. official to visit a jewish settlement in the palestinian west bank. how this as well as a series of foreign policy moves challenges the incoming biden administration's foreign policy. >>> and later, frustration on the front lines. health care workers feeling forgotten as their hospitals are overwhelmed by covid. stay with us. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. n msnbc. >> i think it's incredibly frustrating. i think there's a sense that no one is listening to us. and it really does feel at times as if we're on the field, we're fighting fires, and yet people continue to set fires. -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a chang

coming up wednesday morning, washington post political reporter robert costa will join us to talk aboutatest of elements and the postelection standoff between the trump administration and the biden campaign. leo shane of military times talk about issues affecting veterans and the

joining us from "the washington post," robert costa, host of "washington week" on pbs, and ashley parkerlcome, both. ashley, what are you hearing from the inside, is it getting through to him, are there key advisers who are telling him the numbers just don't add up? >> you are seeing a little bit of this public break. but i'll put it this way, as of yesterday, i asked a senior administration official, someone who has spoken to the president this past week, what exactly is the end game here, right? what is the strategy, how do you expect this all to end? this person said, you're giving us way too much credit, there is no end game, there is no real strategy, and so this is very much being driven by a president who loathes more than anything losing. some people are trying to get through to them, but more notable are the people who should know better but are still sort of indulging this delusion that donald trump may have a chance of winning the presidency that he has already quite clearly lost. >> and robert, karl rove, john bolton, both coming forward, writing op-eds, karl rove was on fox

. >> coming up in an hour, washington post reporter and pbs washington week host robert costa on theatest in the postelection standoff between the trump administration and the biden campaign. day and it 8:45, leo shane discusses the fallout from the defense secretary's firing. ♪ a week ago this morning, the results of the 2020 election were unknown. by saturday morning, joe biden had garnered enough electoral votes, and was declared the winner. president trump and his republican allies have been contesting that, but states are standing by the results, and legal efforts so far have yielded no change in votes. good morning. it is veterans day, november 11, 2020. this is washington journal. we will talk about the continuing standoff in this first hour.

coming up, robert costa will join us to talk about the latest developments in the postelection standoffween the trump administration and the biting campaign. and then on veterans day, leo shane of military ties will talk about issues affecting veterans and the fallout from mark esper's termination. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning, and be sure to join the discussion with phone calls, they spoke comments, texts, and tweets. ♪ >> announced an executive order advising people in his state to stay home. the announcement came after the state saw a surge positive coronavirus cases. wisconsin has seen more than ths,000 cases and 2400 dea since march. governor evers: good evening, wisconsin. governor tony evers here. thank you for tuning in tonight. i know i don't have to tell you that this year has been one of many, many major challenges. a global pandemic, coupled with economic uncertainty and another election season has shaken our empathy and compassion for one another. are optimism has been battered, resilience strained, and character tested. now, as we put

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signs that the latest restrictions are working as numbers begin to plateau, where the head of the robert costa institute says the situation is still very serious. because of the overall case, numbers are much too high. the number of severe cases and the number of patients in intensive care are also on the rise. the number of deaths is also still very high. as we know, there's a certain language in severe cases and deaths, to get more on this from d.w. political correspondent leoni van hammerstein welcome. given that warning from the robert cocky institute is germany likely to see a tougher restrictions? well, it's definitely going to see the measures being on the table again next week when i'm going to meets with the 16 state premiers. and firstly, they're probably very likely to discuss an extension off the current measures beyond the month of november. because as you mentioned, the case numbers are still too high for the health system to be able to cope in the mid-term. and they're probably also going to discuss for the tightening of measures and one topic that is likely to come up our schoo

while that's according to figures from the robert costa institute for disease control, germany largely contained the spread of the virus during the 1st wave in the spring, but has been hit hard by the 2nd wave of infections. and like to turn our 2 chief political correspondent, melinda crane, who is tracking the situation here in germany. melinda, germany is a struggling with the keeping the virus at a big lay it out for us. what is the situation across this country right now? well, as you said, we do have new cases per day that are sometimes slightly topping $23000.00. and to put that into perspective, that is more than 3 and a half times the highest numbers that we were seeing back during the spring hearing the 1st wave. so definitely significantly higher numbers now, partial lockdown measures were put into place here, starting middle of november and we have seen the numbers, plateau and sometimes decrease. since then nonetheless, they are definitely very high in terms of intensive care capacity. we are seeing a reduction in excess capacity this week. there were about 3600 patients w

robert costa, alexi, thank you so much for spending some time with us.t hour, deadline white house, starts after a quick break. don't go anywhere. ays. advil targets pain at the source... ays. ...while acetaminophen blocks pain signals. the future of pain relief is here. new advil dual action. are facing immense death and suffering in the coming weeks, and we will be there, but we need to act now, we need to act quickly to protect our health care workers so that we can save as many lives as possible. thank you. i'm sorry i'm so emotional. >> no, you've got me emotional. >> hi, again. it's 5:00 in the east. it was a sight that we are not used to seeing, right? a president or in this instance a president-elect addressing the issue, the reality of this raging pandemic with compassion and purpose and listening to and leaning on experts and expertise. that was joe biden today speaking with health care workers, getting firsthand accounts and listening to what those on the front line are experiencing and what they need, as the virus continues to shatter record

looking increasingly complicated in the southern german town of bad find a study by germany's robert costa institute found that 40 percent of participants who had tested positive for the corona virus before the study began no longer had immune aglow binjie antibodies the most common type of antibody. the robert koch institute is already conducting several regional studies as researchers around the world continue their work to create viable vaccines. let's have a look at your questions now from our you tube channel is derek williams. what are the risks of the focused protection of price point out in the great barrington declaration. since the very earliest days of this pandemic there have been those who believe that our responses to covert 19 so the lock downs and all the other measures that they have actually caused more damage than the disease itself and they believe that we need to look for other options. even without access to a vaccine since really wide scale infection would be at least theoretically a pathway to what we want which is herd immunity the concepts laid out in the highly c

well, it's certainly a very serious situation that some of that germany's health institute, the robert costa institute, also acknowledged, although the head of the institute said he was also cautiously optimistic by the fact that the curve had started to flatten. although he also specifically stressed that they are not sure where that is coming from and whether it's something that can be considered to be stable. specifically when you talk about the situation in german hospitals, they have been ogg human. stressing that the situation now is worse than it was actually in april during the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic. many hospitals are certainly saying that they are at the limit of their capacity yet at the same time when you look, for example, at the number of available i.c.u. beds, you can still clearly see that there are around 6500 available i.c.u. beds here in germany, nation wide so on the one hand, obviously a very serious situation. on the other hand, german officials still stressing that the health system overall is not necessarily overwhelmed. but the main concern is still th

elizabeth neumann, robert costa on the beat reporting. d by the way, robert, it was pointed out to me from some of your twitter viewer plans that that beautiful "washington post" plush pillow behind you is always there. i thought you busted it out here for the homestretch, but apparently you always have it there. is that right? >> yeah, and just to clarify, i get emails about this from time to time. i don't know where to buy it. it was given to me by a friend at the post. so i'm a limited guy. i can report, but in terms of home decoration, the questions aren't best for me. >> well, i appreciate you taking such an objective approach to that issue as well as any other. how often now i have to ask, how often do you find yourself actually fluffing it? >> i would just leave it there. it just sits. >> i will tell you also, we had an interesting life with everything going to zoom. it's not just you. viewers have pointed out steve schmidt appears to do a karate chop. i'm being told to wrap it up as is often the case around here. just kidding. than

free just further from the robert costa institute, that the situation perhaps is getting better. what more can you tell us? it might be getting better. that's true, but the authorities and in particular their home, but institute do not know whether this is a stable development and they also don't know if this initial flattening of the response to the partial lockdown that germany has been in since the beginning of november. so basically what they have said is that we still have to wait for a few more days before initial conclusions can be drawn as to whether the restrictions that were put in place are actually having the desired effect or whether authorities have to treat them. and maybe increase them as well in the next few days. there are big questions as to whether this is being effective in particular, because germany continues to record very high numbers of new cases over 20000, for example, in the last 24 hours. and that is something that is obviously concerning for thor's at the same time. there is a big concern among german hospitals. many saying that the situation is eve

as numbers begin to plateau, they had of the robert costa institute says the situation is still very serious, but it sounds in the overall case numbers are much too high. the number of severe cases and the number of patients in intensive care are also on the rise. it's the number of deaths is also still very high. as we know this is it lying in severe cases and deaths. leaders are trying to confirm the blocks 1.8 trillion in your own budget, which includes funds for addressing the economic fallout from the pandemic. but they're running into up vission from poland and hungary. slovenia is also hosting package, which requires unanimous about the 3 have raised concerns about the e.u. is rule of law oversight measure just means funds can only be allocated to member states aligned with him values some countries and criticize nationalist government, old and angry, and which they say, have eroded democratic reforms to independent conditions straight to brussels, that where we joined d. w correspondent barbara faisal. welcome, bob. how big a deal is this? what happens if this budget is block

joining us now, robert costa and michael steele is back with us.ob costa, what is going on for the voters who donald trump was pretty popular there and he is now making the two republicans who are elected statewide, governor kemp and the secretary of state, the villains in the story of his defeat. >> nicolle, he is pretty popular there, it's true, with republican voters. it's president-elect biden that's won georgia. and that's indicative of the challenge facing senator loeffler and perdue at this crossroads. they need that trump voter to come out on january 5th. it's about energy, it's about grassroots enthusiasm. at the same time, they're looking at a georgia that's changing. this is not the georgia that elected newt gingrich. this isn't really the georgia that elected brian kemp as governor. you see the stacey abrams coalition rising in the state. the whole play is to try to get president trump to come down and get the white voters in the suburbs of atlanta to come out, but they're going against a rising tide and new democratic coalitions. >> mi

i am robert costa with the "washington post", national political reporter. today your "washington post live" we welcome back when of the more high-profile former members of president trump's administration, allan holt high-profile critic who served as national security adviser to president trump and previously served in of the republican administrations here ambassador john bolton. welcome a back. >> glad to be with you. thanks for having. >> ambassador bolton, , as you look at the landscape in sight of the transition period during this lame-duck. make after the election do you believe president trump will take action againstst iran? >> no, i no, i don't. i think the reports that asked for options is fairly typical of the erratic, idiosyncratic, ill-informed, inconsistent way he makes decisions. the thought occurs to him that maybe it would be a good thing to do, so it talks about it and then is talk out of it for something else detracts his attention i don't think that's at all likely. i think if anything dirty days from nowif he could be thinking about try

good afternoon, i am robert costa with the washington post. a national political reporter. today we welcome back one of the more high-profile former members of president trump's administration. now a high-profile critic who served as national security advisor to president trump and previously served in other republican administrations, ambassador, john bolton. welcome back. mr. bolton: glad to be back. thanks for having me. robert: ambassador bolton, as you look at the landscape after -- during the lame-duck period during the election, do you believe president trump will take action against iran? mr. bolton: i don't. i think the reports that he asks for options is fairly typical of the erratic idiosyncratic ill heformed, inconsistent way makes decisions. the thought occurs to him that maybe it would be a good thing to do. he talks about it or is talked out of it or something else attracts his attention. i do not think that is all likely. if anything, 30 days from now, he could be thinking about trying to meet with the ayatollahs and make a deal to go back into the 2015 nucl

i'm robert costa. today, on our path forward series, which focuses on the pandemic, i'm pleased to welcome back dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, as you all know, is leading the nation's fight against the coronavirus. he is director of the national institute of allergies and infectious diseases. he has advised presidents for decades, including president trump, and he has been praised by president-elect biden. dr. fauci, welcome back. . fauci. dr. fauci:thank you, bob. it's good to be with you. robert: we had questions for our audience members. we will get to them in a moment. it's thanksgiving week. any last-minute messages for americans who are still undecided on traveling? dr. fauci:yes, bob, thank you. obviously each individual family has to make, as i have said over the past few days, a risk-benefit assessment about the risk you are willing to take in traveling and in congregating in the usual warm atmosphere of 10, 15, 20 people at a home dinner. although those are wonderful parts of our tradition, i