brian stelter, thank you so much for being he. you say at the outset that you wrote this as a citizen and father, not as a journalist. is it possible to separate the two? >> i think it is possible to separate the two because all of us when we are journalists are also humans, living in this country, trying to make the best of it ano trying create a better future for our kids. think in 20 years when they asked me what was the trump era all about, what happed to america, i think understanding fok news is essential to derstanding the trump years. you can't understand why the reesident is out the misleading the country about voter fraud and about anarchy in cities th isn't reay happening, without understanding where he is getting it from. he is getting from fox & friends in the morning, and sean hannity in the evening. it is that feedback loop the likes of which america has nevee before. and because he is oftentimes getting low quality information, not the kind of high quality hinformation you get from nightly news, he ends up misleadi

>> reporter: first of all ana, in our segment before we took the president, brian stelter called it, he's going to turn on the fog machine. exactly what you heard from the president once asked about the "new york times" report calling it fake news, saying the "new york times" is out to get him because he was a conservative republican, all sorts of material about hunter biden and trying to change the subject. but this report is a devastating picture of a president who is bleeding financially and depending on the presidency to prop him up financially. that is his properties, properties where people can come and seek access to him by spending their money there. the u.s. government spends money at trump properties when he goes to play golf or when they send secret service agents to stay at his hotels. it said he didn't pay taxes in ten of the last 15 years. paid $750 in federal taxes in 2016 as a candidate, 2017, that he has personal coming due of $300 billion that he is personally guaranteed in the next several years indicating the financial distress he is suffering. one thing it does i

joining us now, host of "reliable sources" brian stelter. he's also the author of the new book "hoax, donald trump, fox news and the dangerous distortion of truth." brian, tell us more about how fox has been covering the woodward recordings of trump. >> yeah, sometimes fox doesn't cover the news, it tries to cover up the news. this matters when it comes to a book like woodward's book "rage" because what fox viewers are hearing, what trump supporters are hearing about the book does make a big difference. in this case it's about what they're not hearing. take a look. >> if you tuned in to fox news -- >> we'll talk about the nonstop, never end are hysteria. >> you might have noticed a different reality. >> president trump today had a great day, a day that any president could only dream of. >> a complete dismissal of bob woodward's bombshell in "rage." >> it's a booger dressed as a bombshell. it's nothing. >> in this reality, these comments by president trump -- >> i wanted to -- i wanted to always play it down. i still like playing it down. >>

brian stelter, always good to have you on the program. thank you so much. >> thanks, brion. >> his big, hoax, donald trump fox news and the dangerous distortion of truth is out now. you can catch brian stelter on reliable sources at 11:00 a.m. eastern on cnn. >>> another breaking story overnig overnight. dozens of people were trapped by what is a fast-moving wildfire in california this morning. it's burning in the sierra national forest. a group of campers captured the stunning video as they were trying to escape the flames. look at this. >> oh, my god. >> holy -- [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. keep going. [ bleep ] oh, my god. we made it, we made it. all right. >> can you imagine? emergency crews have airlifted more than 60 people from the monmouth pool res voyeervoir ar. >>> a general with the california national guard tweeted out this photo. it was taken from a chinook helicopter. most of the trees are scorched and covered in orange embers from the creek fire there. that fire, by the way, is far from contained. it's grown to 36,000 acres no

the president's relationship with fox is the focus of brian stelter's new book, "hoax: donald trump, fox news, and the dangerous distortion of truth." th is also cnn's chief media correspondent anhost of "reliable sources." he joins us now from new york. for being here.so much you say at the outset that you wrote this as a ctizen and a father, not as a journalist. is it possible to separate the >> i think it is possible to separate the two cause all of us when we areu jornalists are also humans, living in this country, trying e make st of it and trying to create a better future for our kids. i have t young ks and i think in 20 years when ey asked me what was the trump era all about, what happened to america, i think understanding fok news is essential to understanding the trump years. you can'tnderstand why the president is out there misleading the country a voter fraud and about anarchy in happening, withouterstanding where he is getting it from. he is getting from fox & frienda in the morning sean hannity in the evening. it is that feedback loop the likes of which america has never

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the night i can tell isn't only thought of just when joyce birdwatching in the take a stelter. today he's spotted a group of flamingos a mere 20 minute car ride from lisbon city center if. not it works for an agency promoting sustainable tourism. as well to take its river delta is a 14000 hector nature is. the good conservation area is even larger. the pine ever set as one of the most common birds and haven't seen these wetlands which are home to 200 species of my great great bats. some $60000.00 black tailed godwit come each winter they are an endangered species. and a flamingo colony raises its young hare and stays around. her but this paradise is under threat. because it is government has plans to build a new airport in monte should beyond the vasco da gama bridge right next to the wetlands endangering this important ecosystem. 8 conservation groups are now taking the government to court. taking action because of the many planes that will be landing beside these wetlands . not only dangerous for the birds the birds themselves will also pose a serious danger to the aircraft o

and cnn worldwide chief media correspondent brian stelter, "ho "hoax" and 9 p.m., sara huckabee sanderspoking for myself", she's interviewed by bloomberg news white house reporter jennifer jacobs. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. weekend. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in to start the day. more work on judicial nominations with votes set for 11:30 eastern this morning. that vote series will include the first test for the latest republican coronavirus relief bill 60 votes will be needed to advance the measure. live to the u.s. floor of the senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will ms. smith: open the senate with prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. o god, who sits on a lofty throne, we acknowledge your sovereignty over our nation and world. keep us from becoming so desensitized to falsehood that we abort your plan for our lives.

anthony fauci speaking with cnn's brian stelter. >>> let's get more on the pandemic as the u.s. death toll is on the brink of hitting 205,000 lives lost. brian todd is joining us. we're seeing more evidence that much of the country is just moving in the wrong direction. >> reporter: that's right, jim. we haven't even hit the fall flu system yet. we're seeing a worrisome uptick in cases as one of the hardest hit states inexplicably decides to open up bars and restaurants to full capacity. beach front bars and restaurants see larger crowds along one of ft. lauderdale's main drags. people sitting close to each other, many not wearing masks over the weekend after florida governor ron desantis issued an order allowing those to open and lifting occupancy restrictions across the state. >> it looks like it's business as usual. it looks how it was pre-covid era. >> it suspended any enforcement of fines if people are caught not wearing facemasks. even though florida today reported the lowest number of new cases since the beginning of june, the governor's reopening of bars has experts soun

. >> chief media correspondent brian stelter walking us through what we can expect from the first presidential >> good morning. >> i think one of the things that is always interesting to see is the energy brought by the audience, right? the people that are there, how they react to what's said. >> yeah. >> how is that going to work this year, because as we understand it, a much smaller audience this year than normal. >> yeah. it will be measured in the dozens instead of in the hundreds. the co-chair of the debate tells us this will be an audience of a few family members from each candidate, a few members of the university sponsoring the debate, a few members of the commission and a few members of the media. instead of hundreds and hundreds, the total might be 70 or 80 people in the room. if you think that the candidate need the energy of a big audience, then maybe this will affect them. but on the other hand, the candidates have known about these plans, they've known about the covid changes for a while. so maybe they've been able to adjust. the debates matter because these are the single bigges

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brian stelter is with us now. the actresses who played her, they are now talking about this.one was -- it was a great movie, on the basis of sex. that film. she's talking about the former justice. >> this is a wonderful drama by felicity jones playing ruth bader ginsburg. felicity jones saying in a statement this week that ruth gave us hope, a public figure who stood for integrity and justice. a responsibility she did not wear lightly. she will be missed not ohm as a beacon of light in these difficult times but for her razor sharp wit and extraordinary humanity. she taught us all so much and i will miss her deeply. that's felicity jones. in a different way, kate mckinnon loved to play ruth bader ginsburg on "saturday night live." we heard from mckinnon overnight. here's what she wrote. she said for so many of us, ginsburg was a beacon of hope, a warrior for justice, a robed crusader who saved the daytime and again. playing her on snl was a profound joy. i could feel the overwhelming love and gratitude that the audience had for her. it was one of the great honors of my life to

joining us now is brian stelter, the author of the new book "hoax. fox news and the dangerous distortion of truth." brian, i want to fixate for one moment on that word, dangerous. tell us what you found in studying how fox produces what it produces and what the danger is. >> well, i think the pandemic this year has proven the thesis. i also understood and you have always understood that fox is incredibly powerful. it has a monopoly position. this year has proven the danger like never before. i reproduced a time line in the book for january, for february, for march and i show how trump and fox were saying the same things about the pandemic at the same times. they were down playing this disease in ways that endangered people's lives. don't take it from me. take it from the people in the book who wrote to the sec and sad my dad believes shawn hannity. my mom believes fox news and they are in danger. this is of course not the only danger fox poses. we are two months from a presidential election. what will the murdochs do when talent at the network tries

joining me now is the anchor of reliable sources "brian stelter and anchor of "s.e. cupp unfiltered," s.e. cupp herself. from laypeople getting ready to watch, they're curious about the fact checking. >> right. >> and they're surprised when i tell them there will not be fact checking. calling balls and strikes, when it comes to people going over time not to tell misleading statements. >> moderator chris wallace says he wants to be as invisible as possible tonight. the blizzard of lice is about to begin. and as in a blizzard, it's going to reduce visibility. people are going to get numb. it's going to be up to joe biden to shovel the you know what. i mean, when truth islost, trum winning. it will be up to biden to push back in real time. because chris wallace is not expected to do so. debate commission says they don't want him to fact check. all the fact checks will happen after the debate. the problem with that, brianna, it will be true on cnn, nbc but i don't think viewers of fox news will hear a ton of fact checking after the debate. all these lies and smears are e

brian stelter, you heard that part of the press briefing. what do you think? >> kayleigh mcenany has no credibility on this subject. she said on fox business channel on february 25th, we will protect the american citizens. we will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here. when she said that, americans had already died of the coronavirus. but we didn't flow it because there were not tests. the testing failures, those other failures in the month of february, bob woodward's book brings all the failures back. when kayleigh mcenany talks about the chine 2345 travel ban, not a ban. trump often times acts like that's all he had to do. closed one window of the house. didn't close it. propped it half way closed. he left the front door wide open and we know thanks to the tapes from woodward he was aware how dangerous that action was or that inaction was. there's a reason, brianna, why the publisher simon schuster and ceo ed this book "rage" the most important that simon schuster releases kniss ye s this year a every american reads it before this november. >> glor

as cnn's brian stelter explains, the federal communications commission's rules bar local broadcast stations from censoring ads from qualifying candidates even when they are misleading or just plain false. >> reporter: local stations are regulated by the federal communications commission. the fcc's rules require commercial broadcast stations to provide reasonable access to candidates for federal elective office. the rules say that stations are prohibited from censoring ads that are paid for or sponsored by legally qualified candidates and their authorized organizations. these rules apply to senate and house races as well. the result? the trump campaign can buy ads and fill the airwaves with falsehoods like this. >> joe biden says -- >> if you elect me your taxes are going to be raised not cut. >> that means small businesses, families and seniors will pay more taxes. >> reporter: that quote was way oust context. the quul quote shows that biden was raising taxes on the wealthy not on everyone. and biden has asserted he's not going to raise income taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. b

eastern, brian stelter with his book, hoax, donald trump, fox news, and the dangerous distortion of truth. at 9:00 on astor words, sarah ,uckabee sanders on her book speaking for myself. faith, freedom, and the fight for our lives inside the trump white house. she was interviewed by jennifer jacobs. watch book tv on c-span two this weekend.

even though i can tell isn't only thought of just who enjoys bird watching in the take a stelter. today he spotted a group of flamingos a mere 20 minute car ride from lisbon city center. in. the not it works for an agency promoting sustainable tourism. as well to take its river delta is 814000 hector nature reserve the bird conservation area is even larger schools so well. the pied ever set as one of the most common birds inhabiting these wetlands which are home to 200 species of my great tree bats i've some 60000 black tailed godwit come each winter they're an endangered species. and flamingo colony raises its young hair and stays here around you to talk to her but this paradise is under threat. because it is government has plans to build a new airport in monte should be on the vasco da gama bridge right next to the wetlands endangering this important ecosystem. 8 conservation groups on. now taking the government to court. for possibly. taking action because of the many planes that will be landing beside these wetlands . not only dangerous for the birds the birds themselves will

the lives of the people in the stelter always hanging on a thread. so no one really knows what danger awaits the last. predictable and they will get worse we need to be properly prepared by quins our best bet. but the embankment still can't stop the salt water from getting into the fields fallen neil knows he has to adapt by farming his land differently. in some of his fields has now planted more durable plants. we're going to. an organization based in delhi helps us with farming certain pulses can grow even in storm prone areas where salt water frequently enter i do not want to what good is it going i was not going to last 5 years we've been growing a range of lentils and pulses across $200.00 hectares. because this can prove to be more sustainable for cycling prone regions like ours. the future of the people living in the center buns will depend on how quickly they can change which crops they plant and how and how soon the embankments can be completed because the cyclons will return with growing frequency and intensity. when faced with a natural ca

. >> joining us is brian stelter, post of cnn's reliable sources book, hopes: the donald trump, fox newsd the dangerous distortion of truth. make you for joining us read how

eastern, brian stelter with his book, hoax, donald trump, fox news, and the dangerous distortion of truth. at 9:00 on astor words, sarah ,uckabee sanders on her book speaking for myself. faith, freedom, and the fight for our lives inside the trump white house. she was interviewed by jennifer jacobs. watch book tv on c-span two this weekend. a remembrance ceremony was held in shanksville, pennsylvania, to mark the 19th anniversary of the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. tribute torump paid the passengers and crew of flight 93, remembering their heroism and bravery for preventing an attack on washington, d.c.. >> good morning and welcome to flight 93 national memorial. my name is stephen clark and i have the honor of serving as the superintendent at this very special place. >> the humbled to serve as the steward of this 2200 acre memorial dedicated in the memory of 40 amazing heroes. ago theday 19 years passengers and crew members of flight 93 bonded together and prevented their hijacked airplane from reaching its intended target. , a mere 18 d.c. minutes flying time from this sacred g

eastern, cnn worldwide chief media correspondent, brian stelter with his book, hoax, donald trump, foxews and dangerous distortion of truth. 9:00 p.m. on "afterwards", sarah huckabee sanders, former white house press secretary for president trump on her book, speaking for myself face, freedom and fight for our lives inside the trump white house. she's interviewed by bloomberg news, white house reporter, jennifer jacobs. watch book tv on c-span2 this weekend. ♪ biden is a shameful rollcall of the most catastrophic betrayals in our lifetime. he spent his entire career in the wrong side of history. >> our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation. he's failed to protect us, he's failed to protect americans. my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. >> the first debate between president donald trump and former vice president joe biden is tuesday, september 2:99 p.m. eastern. watch live coverage on c-span. watch live streaming and on-demand at c-span.org or listen live on the three c-span radio app. >> also from the summit, only security and technology industry offi

eastern cnn worldwide chief media correspondent brian stelter with his book hoechst, donald trump, fox news and the dangers distortion of truth. at 9 p.m. on "after words" sarah huckabee sanders former white house press secretary for president trump on her book speaking for myself, eighth, coe freedom and a fight for our lives inside the trump white house. she is any good by bloomberg news white house reporter jennifer jacobs. watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> next, a discussion on the role u.s. foreign policy place in a voter selection of the next president. the atlantic council hosted this virtual discussion looking at the coronavirus pandemic response, the bill is peace deal

we welcome brian stelter to the series and welcome back jeb apatow. all those videos are in our youtube channel. tonight we discussed brian's book "hoax" donald trump, fox news had a dangerous distortion of truth. welcome again to both of you. i will let you take it from here, judd. >> host: thank you. i'm so excited. i read the book. >> guest: have you actually read the book? >> guest: on michael there's other people that interviewed you, i've read the book and not only that, but i highlighted it. [laughter] i've made notes. this phenomenon doesn't really happen in movies where they don't watch the movie but it happens with books. debate. people talk about books without reading them. >> i had a chance to look at it. i just want to be a better journalist than everybody else. i feel like i can do better than rachel matthau. that is my goal is to go deeper than she did. we have more time. congratulations on the book. i thought it was really great and helped organize a lot of ideas about what's happening at fox news that we wonder about which is how did

cnn chief media correspondent brian stelter offers his thoughts on the relations between president trumpws. and former democratic congressman katie hill of california chronicles the events that led to her resignation. find more schedule information at booktv.org or consult your program guide. >> during a virtual author event hosted by townhall seattle cultural writer katie rice a look at how women experience and manage power. >> this is a photograph very famous photograph taken in 1960 by the photographer art shea and as you can see she's in her 40s, she is getting ready and she's in the bathroom, she's wearing very high heels, i don't know if you can quite see them she's putting up her hair and this photograph has always obsessed me and it's the contradiction of it, the fact that she's wearing heels but she's naked. she wasn't really, she didn't technically give permission for this photograph but she did leave the door open with this strange man who was the photographer sitting right there she said she heard the clicking and was like, naughty boy, she didn't really care. but what you se

jeffrey goldberg defended his reporting on sunday to cnn's brian stelter and says to expect more. >> i felt it was important to publish because in my experience, our collective experience, i don't think we've had a president who has contempt for american soldiers, wounded veterans, people who have been killed in action so it is incredibly novel. it is -- it's one of the -- it's one of these things that's in a category that's shocking yet not surprising. i say not surprising to borrow your phrase open secrets. in 2012, he mocked john mccain for getting captured. that in ordinary times and according to the rules of ordinary politics, that should have ended a candidacy. it didn't and we've been living in that reality. so i've just been fascinated by his attitude towards the military and people who provide selfless service to the country. it's not something he seems to understand very well. >> have you gone back to these sources since thursday? are some of them considering speaking publicly? >> i don't want to go into that too much. i would say i'm in conversation with a large number of

the lives of the people in the stelter always hanging on a thread. so no one really knows what danger awaits them the last. predictable they will get worse we need to be properly prepared by quins our best bet. but the embankment still can't stop the salt water from getting into the fields fallen ill knows he has to adapt by farming his land differently. in some of his fields his now planted more durable plants. we're going to. an organization based in delhi helps us with farming certain pulses that can grow even in storm prone areas where salt water frequently enters. the gun i was not involved with the last 5 years we've been growing a range of lentils and pulses across 200 hectares. because this can prove to be more sustainable for cycling prone regions like ours. the future of the people living in the sin of arms will depend on how quickly they can change which crops they plant and how and how soon the embankments can be completed because the cyclons will return with growing frequency and intensity. when faced with the natural calamity not only h

. >> joining us is brian stelter, post of cnn's reliable sources book, hopes: the donald trump, fox newsand the dangerous distortion of truth. make you for joining us read how soon into donald trump's presidency did you want to write about his connection to fox news? >> i was fascinated about this from the first week of his presidency, when he started tweeting the banners at the bottom of the screen on fox and friends and started chatting hostsosts and ways -- the in ways that were much more casual than other presidents. i didn't decide to write the book until the impact of fox foreign and fox influence became clear. last year in my research talking sources of fox and in the white house, it was clear to me that america is aion of bigger story than many realize. i tried to put it all in this. the word hopes is related to the tot -- word hoax is related the pandemic, president trump decrying democrats raising alarms about the virus. he used the word hoax, sean hannity used the word hoax, suggesting this was an attempt to take down the president when at the time the virus was spreading acro

. >> joining us now is brian stelter. let's just make it clear. i get it. to someone who's watching you know who the outlier is. dr. fauci tries to be a diplomat. some days are better than other but the tension is very real and we can laugh about it as a keystone cops moment but there are lives at stake. >> fauci doesn't like to have the disputes in the press but they're visible to everyone and why i brought it up with him. i said to him you're helping keep the american penal healtop healthy. what changed this year on this pandemic? he brought up misinformation and fox news. he said on fox there are opposing perspectives of facts. here's more. >> i mean, i think if you listen to fox news, you know, with all due respect to the fact that they do have some good reporters, some of the things they report there from outlandish to be honest with you. >> a regular on fox news, dr. scott atlas. i brought up the controversy. fauci did not say his name but called him an outlier. atlas was on fox news last night. >> to a degree it proves the point and be fair to dr. at

joining us is brian stelter.f your show. >> thank you. >> of your twitter feed and of your book. thank you for spending some time. i know book tours can't be manufactured in any way but it seems like this story is exactly what you report around and about. talk about it. >> jennifer griffin is the latest example of this tug of war between the real journalist fox who are mostly losing and the propagandaists. they are have said our network has gone all the rails. it's the same thing that's happened to the republican party but it's happened on television. there are folks like jennifer griffin fighting the good fight, doing their jobs and they are getting trashed by others on the network. it's ridiculous. it wouldn't happen anybody else. it happens at fox. when jennifer griffin reporting came out, what's going to happen now. will fox trust their reporter or will they keep dumping all over the story. i replied and said we both know the answer. we know,000 this go how this go. say jennifer griffin had a tough weekend. i

. >>> i'm brian stelter and it's time for "reliable sources," our look at the story behind the story,etween bogus information on twitter and bs on fox news. plus, how the press should cover the titanic power struggle now under way for the supreme court. later, bracing for election chaos to come, the

brian stelter is here. he's cnn's chief media correspondent. brian, wow. white house fiercely denying. you heard the president. denying this. but they didn't deny things that turned out to be true -- they don't deny things that -- they do deny things that turn out to be true all the time. >> they do, yeah, yeah. >> what do you think of this? >> that's the thing about this -- normally the denials from the president and his aides would carry some weight, but for three and a half years the white house squandered its credibility to the point where its words are essentially worthless, and the denials mean very little. jeffrey goldberg is the top editor of "the atlantic". one of the most respected journalists in washington. he has sources at high levels who have confided in him for years. this has to be taken seriously as your panel just said, and other outlets are starting to match this. i think, don, we have to keep the white house's credible in mind when he cover this. but it is also incumbent on the sources, on the people that are talking to goldberg, on the

let me bring in cnn's chief correspondent host of reliable sources brian stelter.tart with the numbers on how many people watch last night's debate. what are you hearing. >> these are preliminary numbers from nealson, only counting people who watch on tv at home. about 65 million people watched on tv at home last night. that means that debate was the biggest event on television in america since the super bowl in february. that is the only bigger show in america. this debate was huge by any standard. however, the numbers are down from 2016. back when hillary clinton and donald trump met on stage for the first time. that was the highest rated debate in american history. 75 -- 85 million viewers. so as the totals come in later today we'll get a fuller sense of how many people watched exactly. but we know at least 65 million people watched last night's debate on tv, an additional number watched on streaming or listened on the radio. so if you think your preferred candidate did a good job, that is good news. it means people were paying attention. here is what i want to

. >>> i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable sources."d's book "rage" that you have not heard about yet. the ethical debate withholding trump's early february states until november. we'll talk about the real power of a tell-all book. this year's best-selling author of them all, mary trump will join me live. later cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is here, sharing her love letter to journalism. plus we're going one-on-one with netflix co-founder reed

he had a withering takedown of cnn's brian stelter.at cnn but if i were to estimate 300 different distortions or misinformation we get out of cnn, you have to watch them in the airport which is harsh, but if you added it all that up to 46 months. it comes out 300,000 plus distortions of truth. so i would say if anything that is happening at cnn, and anybody who buys your book, it is really just one of those things that is dividing our nation and i don't believe in dividing our nation. it hurts our great nation. so cnn is really the edge my of the truth. that is my opinion. thank you. elizabeth: ford, your reaction? >> well there is no question about it. that cnn is pushing a narrative. with a lot of people only consume one type of media like cnn there is no question they are gas lighting the current situation in america. the reason why they're doing that because they're looking for clicks and ratings. it is a sad situation in america today. elizabeth: all right. ford o'connell, great to have you on. come back soon, okay? thank you, ema

. >>> auto i'm brian stelter in new york. we hear about joe biden planning to give a big speech.ts of president trump's supreme court announcement. it's 12:15 p.m. time. this will be his first time commenting on trump's selection of amy coney barrett. there's no further details about biden's speech yet, but cnn will bring it to you live when it begins. >>> now, turning to "reliable sourc sources" and a big list of newsmaker, be brian karem is here and since trump is threatening the election in multiple ways, how are the votes actually tallied? how does it work at the tv net yoshg works? cnn's d.c. bureau sam feist is here to take us

we spoke with brian stelter about that last hour. >> what stands out to me are the details about how trump operates his businesses and how he wanted to use his political campaign and his run for president to benefit his businesses. that's been a theme, of course, of the trump presidency and cohen does have new detail about that in this book called disloyal. as you mentioned, it comes out tuesday. it's a best seller on amazon for weeks. there's a lot of interest in this book. even though cohen has a checkered past. here's a key quote from the book. it says by ingratiating himself with putinin, this is trump. by hinting at changes in american sanctions policy against the country under a trump presidency, the boss, that's donald trump, was trying to nudge a moscow trump tower project along. that's one example of cohen saying trump was trying to use his political situation to benefit his business situation. trying to get a big new building built in moscow, in the -- in russia. that's the kind of storytelling that cohen shares in this book now that he's an a vout anti-trump person. all in

. >>> i'm brian stelter and it's time for "reliable sources," our look at the story behind the story, and there are a lot of them today. a big difference between bogus information on twitter and bs on fox news. plus, how the press should cover the titanic power struggle now under way for the supreme court. later, bracing for election chaos to come, the legendary former washington post editor len downey will be here with some lessons from the year 2000. nikole hannah-jones, david zuraw zurawik, many more coming up. >>> first, there are new signs of democratic backsliding all around us. is america slouching toward autocracy? if so, what pro-democracy steps should be taken? and by who? and what's the role of the press during times like this? i have answers coming, i promise. first, look at the evidence with me. every day it is something new. political scientists are issuing starker and starker warnings about erosions of democratic norms in the united states. warnings about things like this, president trump stoking fears about voter fraud. saying the election will be rigged unless he wins

earlier today our brian stelter spoke with the co-chair of the presidential debates commission to find out how viewers will be able to separate fact from fiction when the nominees take the podium. >> when we choose moderators, we make very clear to them that there's a vast difference between being a moderator in a debate and being a reporter who is interviewing someone. when you're interviewing someone, if they say something in direct opposition to something they said a week ago, your duty is to follow up and say wait a minute, you didn't say that a week ago. that's not the case in a debate. if one of the candidates says something on the page, it's the role of the other person in a debate to be the one to raise that and say wait a minute, you're changing the position and so forth, rather than the moderator. >> okay, we're also learning new details about how the pandemic will make this year's debates look different, including no handshakes between the candidates or the moderator. the three men on stage will be socially distanced, but will not wear masks. joining me is todd graham, debat

. >>> auto i'm brian stelter in new york. we hear about joe biden planning to give a big speech. it may be a rebuttal of sorts of president trump's supreme court announcement. it's 12:15 p.m. time. this will be his first time commenting on trump's selection of amy coney barrett. there's no further details about biden's speech yet, but cnn will bring it to you live when it begins. >>> now, turning to "reliable sourc sources" and a big list of newsmaker, be brian karem is here and since trump is threatening the election in multiple ways, how are the votes actually tallied? how does it work at the tv net yoshg works? cnn's d.c. bureau sam feist is here to take us inside the process for everything you need to know about november 3rd. and trump's strategy of disinformation. journalist maria ressa will join me live from the philippines to tell us what it looks like outside the united states. and a legal case involving tucker carlson. an exclusive look behind the scenes of the first 2020 presidential debate. it will be moderated by fox news sunday host chris wallace. he's off the air to

i want to go now to cnn chief media correspondent brian stelter, who is also the author of a best-sellingonald trump, fox news and the dangerous distortion of the truth." so, brian, people who kind of hear about fox news and see the cover of your book and maybe even a lot of the content may not understand that there is sort of the opinion mostly at night but that was earlier in the day, but there are objective reporters who still work there, including jennifer griffin who work hard to get the facts objectively.seeing that reality reporting and the real journalism collide with the very real point of view that much of the network picks. >> yeah, this is a huge tug of war inside fox news. and right now the news is usually losing and the pro-trump propaganda is usually winning. jennifer griffin is on the news side and had a big victory here by reporting the facts, by getting the information out. but the network down played her reporting most of the day. it goes to show the tug of war within fox. so many journalists inside foxco fox confided in me and said it feels like management doesn't want

. >> joining us now, brian stelter, chief media co correspondent. and amanda carpenter.the former communications director for senator ted cruz. we are through the looking glass, right now. hello, both of you. so eliminate the liberal scribes, amanda. someone seems to be taking a cue from president trump. >> yeah. i -- i wish i could laugh at this. it's being widely mocked on the internet and some people are saying it's genius because it's getting so much attention. but i got to say, i just see something a lot darker, given how she is running her campaign. over the weekend, she was campaigning with, probably, the most famous qanon candidate in america, which is marjorie taylor green, another candidate in her state of georgia. and at that event, there were members of the militia that showed up and acted sort of as private security for the senator and that candidate. forming a ring around them. and i watched kelly's campaign. and look, she was recruited because people thought she's an extremely wealthy woman who would reach out to suburban women. but she is taking every cue

>>> i'm brian stelter and this is "reliable sources." this hour details from bob woodward's book "rage" that you have not heard about yet. the ethical debate withholding trump's early february states until november. we'll talk about the real power of a tell-all book. this year's best-selling author of them all, mary trump will join me live. later cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is here, sharing her love letter to journalism. plus we're going one-on-one with netflix co-founder reed hastings and jon karl. first, the sad stories that intersect. america careening from one crisis to the next crisis. failing to put out one fire as others erupt. this morning's "los angeles times" with a remarkable headline, california's climate apocalyp apocalypse. fire, heat, lugs, the calamity is no longer in the future, it is here now. that newspaper making no bones about it, making clear that climate change is the story. of course, the western wildfires are competing for air time with other crises, like america's political crisis. when y

and brian stelter did an interview with dr. anthony fauci where dr. fauci weighed in.n. >> i'm concerned that sometimes things are said that are really taken either out of context or are actually incorrect. >> but these news stories about atlas and redfield, they get to this question of, are the medical voices on the task force working together or working against each other? >> well, most are working together. i think you know what the outlier is. >> you know what the outlier is. you have a ph.d in fauci speak, sanjay. what did that mean? >> he's being very clear there. you know, there is a consensus of opinion with regard to some of the big issues. masks, herd immunity, things like that. maybe there's some differences of opinion around some of the more incremental issues, but you know it's interesting, just to put this in a clinical tecontex for a second as a doc, most docks would say, it's good for patients to go out and get second opinions on things that are not clearly defined. this is not getting a second opinion or a third opinion. what the president has done her

our brian stelter talked to anthony fauci yesterday about this dynamic within the task force.ten to what dr. fauci said. >> i'm concerned that sometimes things are said that are really taken either out of context or are actually incorrect. >> but these news stories about atlas and redfield, they get to this question of, are the medical voices on the task force working together or working against each other? >> well, most are working together. i think, you kno you know what outlier is. >> that's quite a statement from dr. fauci. >> i love tony fauci, because he tells you exactly the way it is. right. the administration brought in dr. atlas not for his expertise on pandemic management or for his experience in virology or infectious diseases or even in internal medicine, for that matter. he's a radiologist. they brought him in for his political views. and for being -- and for basically becoming an echo chamber for the president. look, dr. atlas -- i say this at the risk of getting a nasty letter from his lawyer. dr. atlas doesn't have much experience in, but he does have very, ve

eastern cnn worldwide chief media correspondent brian stelter with his book hoechst, donald trump, fox news and the dangers distortion of truth. at 9 p.m. on "after words" sarah huckabee sanders former white house press secretary for president trump on her book speaking for myself, eighth, coe freedom and a fight for our lives inside the trump white house. she is any good by bloomberg news white house reporter jennifer jacobs. watch booktv on c-span2 this weekend. >> next, a discussion on the role u.s. foreign policy place in a voter selection of the next president. the atlantic council hosted this virtual discussion looking at the coronavirus pandemic response, the bill is peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates, afghanistan, the potential october surprises dealing with foreign policy. >> this a fantastic panel that bring such a depth of expertise to these topics and i would like to introduce them. when charlie cook who is editor and publisher of the cook political report. celinda lake, president, lake research partners. doctor norman ornstein, resident scholar come sen

stelter, on the "newshour" with a judy woodruff, we talked to dr. found she about the state of the response and a possible vaccine. with the cost of health care prohibitive for many americans, we examine possibilities for expansion of coverage. what lessons can be learned from sweden's stay open response to covid-19, plus, much more. ♪ >> this is pbs newshour west from weta studios in washington and in the west from our bureau at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: the fall season began and millions of children went back to school virtually today. the same time some colleges and universities are juggling the consequences of reopening their campuses peered meanwhile, chief executives of nine drug companies pledge not to seek approval of a vaccine before icacy had been clearly established in clinical trials. all this came in response to concerns over the public trust. this afternoon, i spoke with dr. anthony fauci of the national institutes of health. it was for a special forum for the group, research america. h

. >> joining me now brian stelter, host of cnn's reliable sources.or 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, you've had, what, more than 250 interviews for this book. >> while you were researching it. has anyone from the white house or fox news pushed back calling the book a hoax, the things that you write about? >> the answer is no. some fox stars have continued with their usual insults about me, that is part of the game. they think it is fun to name call the way president trump does. but there has not been pushback because i think so many so