former trump national advisory adviser robert o'brien is here. he'll react in moments. >> john: begin "america reports" with the teetering economy, and with just 22 days now until the midterms, time may be running out to right the ship. i'm john roberts in washington. sandra, great to be back with you. >> sandra: i speak for the whole team when i say great to see you. >> john: good to be back. >> sandra: brand-new comments from the white house. press secretary karine jean-pierre scheduled to take reporter questions about 15 minutes from now. this as record inflation remains front and center on voters' minds. >> john: brand-new poll finds 71% of voters saying they have had to cut back on their spending to afford basic necessities. the president appears to be in denial. >> our economy is strong as hell. inflation is worldwide, worse other places than the united states. >> john: fox team coverage. byron york joins us with more. >> sandra: white house correspondent peter doocy live on the north lawn to kick things off for us at this hour. >> here in

here to react is robert o'brien. robert, this was presented at the heritage foundation.ow bad it was. we have never been weaker, you could argue, since world war ii. >> great to be with you, brian. i'm glad that mike gallagher is one of the great patriots in congress, former marine, i'm glad he tipped you off to this. what is so worrying about this report is that the u.s. military used to be designed to to be able to fight two and a half wars. this report says we may not be able to fight one war effectively rebuild the military and replenish the stocks of everything we sent to ukraine. low on missiles, javelins, can't supply them to taiwan. when we need to modernize nuclear triad at a time vladimir putin and . we had a plan to build 355-ship navy that's sidelined now and the navy is trying to retire some of our best ships. our cruisers. our guided missile cruisers. and we got to get this recruitment crisis under control and start inspiring young americans to join the service again. and so, there's a lot to do. and unfortunately we are not spends the money. there is a nom

. >> let's bring in robert o'brien, chairman of american global strategy.you heard the admiral say the window could be in the next year. on top of that, president xi will serve a third term. he's made no bones about the fact that he wants to take control of taiwan. your thoughts. >> i think he's right. last year admiral davidson said it was a six-year window. people were calling it the davidson window. i said it's a two-year window. i said that between the party convention or congress taking place right now and before the next u.s. presidential election. we look weak right now. the chinese think we have a gap. i'm glad the admiral is raising the alarm. we have to deter that invasion. we can't led what happened in crimea with taiwan. we have to make it clear to the chinese, they will be decoupled from the world economy. we have to plus up our defense spending and stop retiring our naval ships that the navy wants to retire now. we need to be ready for the fight now. that means keeping our cruisers and maintaining our ships and not divesting to invest in the f

woodward is also include never before heard interviews with trump's then national security adviser robert o'brienallinger, and in addition you hearty in the background his court, audio with his advisers, his family. you hear donald trump junior, melania, jared kushner, among others. it's important to know throughout the audio tapes woodward intersperses his own comm commentary. in the epilogue, woodward declares his past assessment did not go far enough. woodward now set, quote, trump is an unparalleled danger. the record shows that he has led a sedition conspiracy, which is in effect an effort to destroy democracy. the audio book will be released by simon & schuster next week. jamie gan gel with the exclusive, thank you. >> thank you. >>> where's the beef? that takes back to the '80s. this is more serious. a special master who was appointed to deal with the documents from mar-a-lago is asking where the beef is? asking for more information from both the doj and trump's lawyers. why? stay with us. biofreeze, the number one clinician recommended menthol topical pain relief brand. works fast. lasts

striking chain of events in your tapes we played earlier -- we played the sound of national security robert o'brien matthew pottinger talking about how they warned trump january 28th the coronavirus would be the biggest threat in his presidency. two months after he was born, he had a conversation with barron, barron, young boy, scared of the pandemic. here's conversations you had with trump about his conversations with barron in march. >> i wanted to capture the moment when your son, barron, asked you about this. >> well, he's just turning 14, so he was 13 in the white house upstairs in his bedroom. he said, dad, what's going on? i said, it came out of china, barron, plain and simple. and it should have been stopped. and to be honest with you, barron, they should have let it be known it was a problem two months earlier. we have 141 countries have it now. and i said, the world wouldn't have a problem. we could have stopped it easily. >> obviously the chinese government, there is a lot of blame to put and assign to the chinese government. but here he is telling barron he wishes he knew about the thre

plotting to kill american officials like they tried to assassinate john bolton, mike pompeo, robert o'brienmaximum pressure. the thing that the iranian regime cares about the most is its wallet, and that is the only way. that's the only thing they are going to care about but first and foremost biden has to say the deal is done, the deal is dead and don't you care keep marching towards a nuke or there will be serious consequences. stuart: okay don't hold your breath, congressman. real fast. can you see this? xi-jinping getting his third term in office. he forcibly removes his predecessor. xi-jinping is a very powerful guy. it's almost militaristic, his control of the come communist party. are you worried about this? >> the entire world should be. xi cemented himself as the 21sf china and by the way that public hugh meltages of the predecessor has never been done before. he centralized power on himself. he's eliminated free market reformers, and wall street needs to wake up to it. if there's no corporate patriotism, then how about for self-preservation we've got to get our supply chains out o

we played earlier the sound of national security adviser robert o'brien and former deputy security adviserk about how they warned trump. january 20th, 20, 20 that the coronavirus would be the greatest threat this president would face. two months after he was warned, he had this conversation with his son, baron, barren, young boy, 12:13, he was scared of the pandemic. here is portions from that conversation he had with trump about his conversations with barren in march. >> i wanted to capture the moment when your son, barron, asked you about this. >> well, he's just turning 14. so he was 13. the white house upstairs, in his bedroom. he said, dad, what's going? on i said it came out of china, barron. appearance in, pull it came out of china. and it should have been stopped. and to be honest with, you barron, they should have let it be known it was a problem two months earlier. and we, the world, we have 141 countries have it now, and i said the world would not have a problem. we could've stopped it easily. >> now, look, obviously the chinese government, there is a lot of blame to pluck and a

heard before and there are absolutely new interviews with trump's then national security advisor robert o'brien. his deputy matthew pattenger and throughout the recordings, you hear in the background what i would describe as trump's court. these are advisers, ally, family. people who are in the room. you hear melania trump, senator lindsey graham and the audio gives an inside look at trump's inner circle. like this exchange, this is in 2016 when then candidate trump was asked whether he expects government employees to sign nondisclosure agreements. and his son, don jr., chimes in. >> did you sign one. >> steven has one. >> donny has one. >> i don't got one. i'm in the middle of a book. >> yeah. i'm not getting next week's paycheck until i sign one. >> do you think these are airtight agreements. >> i think they're very airtight. >> and that no one could write a book. >> i think they're extremely airtight. i don't like people to take your money and then say bad things about you, okay. >> i'm not getting next week's paycheck until i sign one. anderson, finally the audio ends with bob woodward who

take robert o'brien for example. he did a phenomenal job and i recommend him. three cabinet officials and i love dan brulÉ at the department of injury will keep at veterans affairs. and i just found out you guys arent flying these communist chinese drones oversensitive government lands and that's a national security risk according tog intel and he had itself within a day. people in the west wing -- hotel would be great. i don't want to give the impression that it's critical of everyone. just the opposite. that's totally the wrong meaning to take away and i hope people don't take that. jared kushner for example very critical of him but i got along quite well with him. what i'm trying to do in taking back trump's america is provided accurate historical account of how white house is should and sometimes don't work and the original in this administration happened the day after november 8 of 2016 election. it was a decision made to bring in the republican, the traditional republican wing of the party ranks. this and the national committee and the mitch mcconnell win

versus the true trump competent you take robert o'brien for example.he fourth national security adviser the west wing. he did a phenomenal job and i recommend him as secretary of state for the future administration. three cabinet officials i love that at the department of energy. wilkie veterans affairs and what of my favorites was a david bernhardt in interior print member calling david when they saying hey, i just found out you guys are flying these communist china drones over sensitive government lands. that is a national security risk according to the intel peart we had that sold within a i day. people in the west wing, cash patel would be great. i do not want to get the impression i was critical of everybody. just the opposite. for me it's not score settling. thus the wrong take away and hope people don't take that. jared kushner for example i'm very critical of him. i got along quite well with him. what i'm doing and taking back trumps america's provide an accurate historical account of how white houses should and sometimes don't work. in the ori

and there are absolutely new interviews with trump's then national security adviser, robert o'brien. his deputy, matthew pottinger. and throughout the recordings, you hear in the background, what i would describe as trump 's court. these are advisers, allies, family. people who are in the room. you hear melania trump, senator lindsey graham. and the audio also gives an inside glimpse of trump's inner circle. like this exchange, this is in 2016 when then-candidate trump was asked whether he expects government employees to sign nondisclosure agreements. and his son, don jr., chimes in. >> cory has, one hope has one, did you sign? one >> donnie has won. >> i'm in the middle of the book, i don't about. that [laughs] >> he is the one i'm most worried about. >> yeah, i'm not going next week's paycheck until i sign. >> do you think there is a fahrenheit agreement, in that no one could write a book or -- >> extremely airtight, i don't like people to take your money and that's a bad things about you, okay. >> i'm not getting next weeks paycheck into lie side when. it anderson,, finally the au

republican in name only wing with bryan and i'll explain that versus the true trump laws you take robert o'briene force national security advisor in the west wing, he did a phenomenal job and i recommend him as secretary of state, future administration. like three cabinet officials, i love dan brule of the department of a energy. one of my favorites was david byrne how member calling david one day saying i just found out you guys are flying communist chinese drones over government lands national security risk according to the intel and he had it solved within a day. people in the west wing, cash patel would be great. i want to give the impression i was critical of everybody. the opposite. for me that's the wrong meaning to take away and i hope people don't take that because jared kushner for example, very critical of him. w i got along quite well with him but i'm trying to do in taking back transamerica is provide accurate historical account of how white houses should but sometimes don't work. in the original administration, it happened a day after the election, a decision made to bring in the t

is also releasing never before heard interviews with trump's then national security adviser, robert o'brien deputy, matt pottinger. you hear from trump's inner circle in the background, sort of trump's court. you hear from melania. don junior, hope hicks, dan scavino, senator lindsey graham, all in the room. but it won't surprise you that i think some of the most revealing moments are trump on trump. so as an example, this is an exchange when woodward asks trump, where do you get your ideas for your speeches? >> did somebody help you? >> yeah, i get -- i get people that come up with ideas, but the ideas are mine, bob. mine. >> and -- >> want to know something? everything is mine. >> classic trump. everything is mine. and, look, trump loves it. you hear this over and over. there are certain word, everything is cool. he loves it when foreign leaders call him tough and he never stops boasting about how he took on north korean dictator kim jong-un. listen to this. >> he's going to get us into a war, remember, they were screaming. >> yes, my nuclear gun is bigger than yours. >> that's right. i s

the first covid-19 case was confirmed in the united states, trump's national security advisor robert o'brien grave warning. >> the exact phrase i used was, this will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency. i was pretty passionate about it. >> reporter: at a rally two weeks later, trump said this. >> looks like by april, in theory, when it gets warmer, miraculously goes away, that's true. >> reporter: when woodward learned about that disconnect between what the president knew and what he said, he asked trump why he didn't sound the alarm. >> i wanted to always play it down, because i don't want to create a panic. >> re >> was there a moment in this, the last two months, where you said to yourself, this is the leadership test of a lifetime? >> no. >> when you hear this voice and the way he assesses situations and himself, he is drowning in himself. at one point, we are interviewing him and i just offered the commentary, i feel like i'm talking to a drowning man. when he is talking about the virus. he said, we've got it under control. >> reporter: the recordings pan

you take robert o'brien, for example, the fourth national security advisor in the west wing. he did a phenomenal job and i recommend him as secretary day future administration, a couple of like three cabinet officials. i love dan boulay at the department of energy. wilkie at veterans affairs, and one of my favorites was was david bernhardt in interior. remember calling david one day and said, hey, i just found out that you guys are flying these communist chinese drones over sensitive government lands. that's that's a national security risk, according to the intel. and he had that solved within a day. and then people in the west wing, kash patel, would be great. so there's a lot of i, i don't want to get the impression that i was critical of every it's just the opposite and it's not for me it's not score settling that's that's totally the wrong meaning to take away and i hope people don't take that because you know, jared kushner, for example, i'm very critical of him. but i got along quite well with him. what i'm trying to do in taking back trump's america is is provide an ac

the first covid-19 case was confirmed in the united states, trump's national security adviser, robert o'brieng. >> i think the exact phrase i use was this will be the biggest national security threat you face in your presidency. i was pretty passionate about it. >> reporter: yet at a rally two weeks later, trump said this? >> looks like by april, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it goes away. >> reporter: when woodward learned about that disconnect between what the president knew and what he said, he asked trump why he didn't sound the alarm. >> i wanted to always play it down because i don't want to create a panic. >> was there a moment in all of this last two months where you said to yourself, ah, this is the leadership test of a lifetime? >> no. >> when you hear this voice and the way he assesses situations and himself, he's drowning in himself. and at one point where i'm interviewing him, and i just offered the commentary, i feel like i'm talking to a drowning man, when he's talking about the virus. and he says, we've got it under control. >> reporter: taken as a whole,