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clean clean freak >>> stephanie grisham spent years at donald trump's side.secretary, and then chief of staff for first lady melania trump before quitting her job, in protest after the january 6th insurrection. now, please remember, stephanie grisham never held a press briefing as press secretary. but now she's ready to talk in a new tell-all memoir, which details her time inside the trump white house. in one passage, grisham recalls how trump kacatered to presiden vladimir putin telling him i'm going to act a little tough for you for a few minutes but they're for the cameras. after they leave, we'll talk. you understand? that's not a surprise, anna. when we talked about this, you and i, often, that he was so differential to vladimir putin. president trump was a super fan of vladimir putin's. now we know that whatever bluster he claimed, that he was so tough on vladimir putin, beforehand he whispered to vladimir putin, i'm faking it right now. >> you know, i feel like there's not much in this book that we didn't know about. it's just reminding us of all the d

most of the texts from stephanie grisham i should remind people, it's not unusual.again, the ask was denounce violence. it wasn't say something political. >> that was the tipping point for grisham to resign and she was the first person in the trump administration in the white house of significant stature to submit her resignation that day. >> on the 6th. we were talking about this earlier, too, brianna, there were so many people in the end who did step down because of what happened on january 6th. but now, of course, we've swung entirely in the other direction and it's suddenly unacceptable for so many republicans to denounce what happened that day. it's just absolutely mind boggling. >> silence is acquiescence. this was a choice that melania trump made. it was a choice to engage or support, i suppose, the big lie. and it's also not out of place, right? this is someone who despite i think sort of being first lady, she dabbled in birtherism, too, beforehand. so this is -- she needs to be held account for the choices that she makes. >> well, i for one am really lookin

what do you make of this book, and what do you make of stephanie grisham, the person writing it? >> i mean, i don't know that there's anything that we learned from the bk that is terribly surprising about donald trump. what's interesting is the russian exchange. i think one of the reasons trump didn't do more as president, and from a lot of people's perspective, do more damage, is he never really understood presidential power. he thought of it more as showmanship. the idea he thinks a thug responds to a gentle nudge and charm shows he doesn't know what they respond to. brute force, intimidation. you saw this in so many aspects of his presidency. to me, this book isn't that much different than all the other books, which have put a little bit of meat on the bone of something we all know. there's so little that is now surprising in any of these books about what donald trump was doing because so much of it was unfolding in real time. everyone was leaking it. now, it's going back and putting some details around it. ishe a credible source? sure. e's as credible as anybody else who writ

that was one of the revelations in stephanie grisham's book.esident who was prone to temper tantrums, outbursts, calling people losers, pointing out their weaknesses. he had a special talent for knowing someone's achilles heel or vulnerability and would go after that when he was angry. he developed a taste for a particular young girl who trump would often call this young woman back to the cabin in the plane and one point told others to point out a particular body part of hers. there was an environment there that was toxic. she talks about the trump marriage, a big curiosity for many americans. and that allegations of trump's affairs emboldened melania trump and her anger, made her more independent, less joined with him. and that, of course, created a really interesting dynamic in the first couple. donald trump did push back on this book, though, saying he doesn't believe it. he calls it garbage, calls it left-wing rhetoric, left-wing publishers. he denies it and, of course, is saying that the allegations that grisham makes in the book simply ar

but stephanie grisham is breaking her silence and breaking with the trumps. "i'll take your questions now." it's a salacious insider account of the former president's alleged misconduct behind the closed doors of the white house where she writes casual dishonesty spread as if it were in the air-conditioning system. his actions on the world stage, grisham sheds new light under the secretive 90-minute conversation between donald trump and vladimir putin at the g20 summit in 2019. shortly before the press was brought in for a photo-op with the two leaders, grisham says trump told putin, quote, i'm going to act a little tougher with you for a few minutes, but it's for the cameras and after they leave, we'll talk. you understand. once the press left, grisham writes putin appeared to be trying to throw trump off his game, bringing in an attractive translator designed to distract him, coughing and clearing his throat, potentially trying to play into trump's reputation as a germophobe. ♪ grisham also details trump's meeting with queen elizabeth claiming that ivanka a

stephanie grisham is breaking her silence in her new book "i'll take your questions now." the "new york times" and "washington post" obtaining copies of the tell-all in which grisham recalls a secretive conversation between trump and putin in 2019. he told putin, okay, i'm going to act a little tougher for you for a few minutes, but it's all for the cameras, and after they leave, we'll talk, understand? once the press left, grisham claims putin brought in a translator described as attractive in order to distract trump. trump became obsessed with a press aide, repeatedly inviting her into his cabin and instructing grisham to, quote, keep her happy. the book also sheds light on the mysterious trip to walter reed medical center, suggesting he was undergoing a colonoscopy. writing, quote, it was a very common procedure during which a patient is put under. but she said trump skipped the anesthesia, because he didn't want to temporarily relinquish presidential powers to vice president pence. in a statement, trump called the book another pitiful attempt to sell lies about the tru

in her new book, former trump white house official, stephanie grisham, best known as the press secretary who never held a news conference, gives an inside look at the chaotic trump white house and takes aim at the former first lady. in excerpts obtained by politico, grisham recalls the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol. writing as rioters stormed the building, grisham texted mrs. trump, do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every american? but there's no place for lawlessness and violence? one minute later, said the former first lady had a one-word response, no. grisham later resigned. grisham writes that mrs. trump shared her husband's belief that the 2020 election results were illegitimate. saying, quote, something bad happened. and mrs. trump refused to set up the customary meeting with the incoming first lady, jill biden. grisham, who served as her personal press secretary and later her chief of staff, compares mrs. trump to marie antoinette, saying she sees mrs. trump like the french queen, zee fedefeated, detached. this morning, mrs. trump's office dismiss

the latest is from a former trump press secretary and chief of staff to melania trump named stephanie grishamisham worked for this monstrous administration for years, and in the process, she seems to have collected some juicy tidbits for a lucrative book deal. like this one. >> she writes that there is a trump aide in the white house who was designated as the music man, to play him his favorite show tunes, including "memory" from "cats," and they would play those songs -- >> oh, my god. >> -- when the president was in a bit of a rage, and the music was meant to calm him down >> seth: i'm pretty sure that's the same thing they do at zoos to calm down the gorillas when they have an erection. "uh-oh, jojo's looking aggressive today someone play 'if i were a rich man.'" [ laughter ] of course, sometimes the zookeepers will accidentally put on some barry white, and that's how you end up with gorillas going down on each other at the bronx zoo. [ laughter ] aww, take it down. give them some privacy, for god's sake that's how graphic it was, we had to censor it because it's new york city, baby even o

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stephanie grisham being one. bolton, mick mulvaney, general mattis, all these folks who knew what donald trump was and how he was behaving and yet chose not to share that with the american people before the election. but having said that, fiona hill's essay is really important and the points she makes, i think, is not just that donald trump had this weird man crush on vladimir putin, but he also shared his world view. they actually shared this illiberal contempt for democratic norms and she describes the way that america and russia have kind of coalesced, how there's been a convergence of our political styles and the way in which trump has helped import the kind of chaotic politics that putin thrived on. and so, you're right, simply removing donald ump from the white house hasn't changed that, because what's happened is, putin's style of politics has infected the american body politic and we're left to deal with that and you know, fiona hill basically describes our polarization, by the way, as a serious national

from stephanie grisham, who served as trump's white house press secretary, and melania's chief of staffshe was on the inside from day one. she's got a book, it's called "i'll take your questions now." and you're not gonna believe this. turns out this trump character is a real nut. [ laughter ] according to ms. grisham, trump cuts his own hair with a giant pair of scissors, which is by far the least-shocking revelation of all of them. let's just run through them. grisham says that during the g-20 summit in 2019, trump told putin before their meeting, "okay, i'm going to act a little tougher with you for a few minutes. but it's for the cameras, and after they leave we'll talk. you understand." which that's not something a president says to another world leader. especially vladimir putin. that's something hulk hogan says to andre the giant. before wrestlemania. [ laughter ] when all the stormy daniels stuff came out, grisham says trump called her from air force one to let her know his penis was not small or toadstool shaped. [ laughter ] which is basically confirmation that his penis is sm

. >>> stephanie grisham spent years at the side of the trumps serving as then president donald trump's press secretary and chief of staff for first lady melania trump before quitting her job in protest after the january 6th insurrection. she's now written a tell all memoir of her time at the center of the trump storm where she details trump's volcanic temper, his demands to aides they simply deny the numerous allegations made against him and his administration, despite any evidence to the contrary, and how melania trump reacted to the numerous allegations of her husband's infidelity. let's bring in kaitlan collins, cnn white house correspondent and cnn correspondent kate bennett as well. you obtained an early copy of the book ahead of the release next week. you know all the tea, right, about what we're talking about here. first off, let's talk, i want to talk a little bit about some of the intrigue when it came to donald trump and melania trump over allegations of him having affairs, including, you know, stormy daniels, grisham writes in this book after the stormy daniels story broke,

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according to a new book by ex-white house press secretary, stephanie grisham, former president trumputs his own hair with a huge pair of scissors that would, quote, "cut a ribbon at an opening of one of his properties." and now two years later, the bank owns his hair [ laughter ] after the adult film star, stormy daniels, described former president trump's penis in an interview, trump reportedly called then white house staffer, stephanie grisham, and assured her that daniels' description was incorrect. i can't imagine exactly what he said, but probably something like - >> i was in the pool [ laughter ] [ laughter and applause i was in a pool! [ laughter ] >> seth: at least something like that president biden is reportedly annoyed at the white house press corps for asking off topic questions. at a string of recent meetings with foreign leaders, besides, he has no idea why samantha's not coming back. the annual congressional baseball game is set for tomorrow, pitting democrats against republicans. so hurry up and pick a team, joe. french president, emmanuel macron, was hit by an egg ye

former-press secretary stephanie grisham implying in her upcoming book that it was a routine colonoscopymmon procedure where a quote patient is put under. she points out former-president george w. bush, who had multiple colonoscopies as president, had a similar procedure while in office. grisham also saying trump did not reveal why he went there because, quote, he did not want to be the butt of a joke, pun intended, or to have vice president pence in power while he was sedated and that, obviously, very sig think can't. outfront now, katie rogers, white house correspondent for "the new york times" who has read a copy of grisham's manuscript. all right, katie. appreciate your talking to me. so former-president bush puts then-vice president cheney in charge when he had a colonoscopy because, yes, it's routine but you do have to be put under for i it. but trump refused to do that. he didn't want pence to know about it. pence knew nothing about it even though the president of the united states was sedated and it all came down to two words for trump, according to grisham, his ego. >> right. we

in her new book, stephanie grisham, best known as the press secretary who never held a news conference aim at the former first lady. she recalls the january 6 riot at the u.s. capitol. writing that as rioters stormed the building, she texted mrs. trump -- >> she says the former first lady had a one-word respons, no. she later resigned. she also writes that mrs. trump shared her husband's belief that the 2020 election results were illegitimate saying something bad happened. mrs. trump refused to set up the customary meeting with jill biden. grisham compares mrs. trump to marie an ttonette. this morning, mrs. trump's office dismissed the allegations in the book, saying in a statement -- >> sources say the book contains unflattering details about mark meadows and jared kushner. the book is due out next month. >>> the first all-civilian flight to orbit earth is set to launch this morning. they will take four passengers 350 miles into space. one on board will be hayley arceneaux who survived bone cancer. >> fac that i'm going to beyogee is absolutely mind blowing to me. but i'm excited abou

stephanie grisham is best known as president trump's press secretary that never held a press briefingnow, she is breaking a silence in her new book, "i'll take you" "the new york times" and "washington post," obtaining copies, where grisham recalls a conversation between trump and vladimir putin in 2019. she says trump told putin, quote, okay, i'm going to act a little tougher with you for a few minutes. but it's all for the cameras. after they leave, we'll talk. you understand? >> what about the ukrainian -- >> don't meddle in ukraine. >> reporter: once the press left, grisham explains that putin brought in a translator that was attractive to distract trump. and trump became obsessed with a young female press aide, invi inviting her into his cabin. the book sheds light on trump's mysterious trip to walter reed medical center in 2019. qui writing, it was a common procedure, where a patient is put under. but she says trump skipped the anesthesia because he didn't want to relinquish his presidential powers to vice president mention. in the statement, trump called the book a pitiful atte

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stephanie grisham is taking aim at the former first lady in a new book and even compares her to the frenche antoinette according to politico during the january 6th riots grisham asked the first lady if she wanted to tweet that there was no place for lawlessness and violence mrs. trump replied no. accusing her of mistruth and betrayal >>> would you want to get paid to scream to watch movies, scary ones the website finance buzz is offering $1,300 to watch these 13 horrifying flicks all for a study. they range from the psychological thriller "get out" to the "saw" franchise >> the participant would wear a fit bit while watching those movies and it would monitor their heart rate if you're interested you can apply on financebuzz's website, and the winner will be chosen on october 1st. >>> the nation's oldest world war ii veteran just celebrated another milestone. she turned 112 on sunday and his friends threw him that proper new orleans party when asked to a secret to a long life he said, quote, serve god and just be nice to people >>> the television personality and chef katie lee is 40 years o

also in the news, stephanie grisham, former trump administration press secretary and aid to first ladyhas written a book about her time in the white house. the book titled i will take your questions now will be released october 5. according to reports, critical of the former first lady. grisham resigned from her position at the white house. following a capital right on january 6. in other news, the national book foundation has announced that former librarian will be the recipient on this year's literary and award. the former executive director of the washington center for the book at the seattle public library where she introduced the idea of having the city's residents all read the same book and inspired the one book one city program established across the country. she will be honored at the 72nd book award in new york city on november 17. according to mpd bookscan, print book sales were down just over 5% for the week ending septembe. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also launch all of our past programs anytime apple tv.org. >> you have b

about something serious, which is a pattern of harassment, of sexual harassment alleged that stephanie grishaming in this book necessarily. and we should know that stephanie is not a whistle-blower, right? anyone who dealt with her as a journalist, knows she was the fiercest, staunchest defender of the white house. there is a sense that she is cashing in right now. but, yes, she talks about the president harassing one particular young press aide and calling her up to the front of the plane to look at her from behind. i don't think any of this is particularly surprising from donald trump, but it would be from absolutely any other president. . >> this theater we see what it comes to vladimir putin. i mean, some interesting anecdotes about the things putin tried with president trump but president trump basically assured him, we're chummy in person. i'm going to be a little tougher on you in front of the cameras. >> i think that is alarming and disturbing and the fact that they brought in an attractive female interpreter to kind of distract trump as though it shows putin was really the one in cont

tell-all, this one from former white house press secretary and woman with resting death mask face, stephanie grishamham never held a press conference during her entire term as press secretary, but she's spilling the tea on d.j.t. in her new book, "i'll take your questions now." little late. reminds me of the "titanic" crew member tell-all: "i'll look out for icebergs now." ( laughter ) ( applause ) grisham-- ( applause ) they will be missed. so sad. so sad. grisham writes about putin's attempts to manipulate the ex-prez. at one meeting, putin's translator was a very attractive brunette woman, and u.s. officials suspected she had been selected by putin specifically to distract our president. ( laughter ) and i'm being told we have a picture of that translator. there you go. there you go. good looking. good looking! ( applause ) dealing with the president's moods was a full-time job. in fact, there was an unnamed white house official known as the "music man," designated to play him his favorite show tunes, including "memory" from "cats," to pull him from the brink of rage. ( laughter ) and if they wan

detailed in a book by stephanie grisham, melania's trump's aide at the time. ou learning? >> this is another book from a trump administration official, stephanie gresham, being one of the alongest trump loyalists. worked for the trump family and melania for more than five years. this is not so much of a surprise that melania trump said no. we reported at the time that she was photographing a carpet inside the white house on the day of the insurrection and telling her, hey, this is an opportunity for your husband's followers to listen to you as this insurrection is mapping. call for peace, and she simply didn't want to do that. as we're looking ear stephanie gresham offered a substantiate tweet that the first lady could simply post, and it really wasn' wasn't, checked out of washington, checked out of the job. disinterested in saying anything publicly to calm or placate the mood in the country, which as we remember is very tu mull chow yous becaus-- and. >> and that's one of the bomb shells apparently in the new book. we'll see what else comes of it. thank you,

> on this same topic of president trump's mental health, trump's own former press secretary, stephanie grisham, describing trump's, quote, terrifying temper among other things in her new memoir. she writes, quote, trump's handlers designated an unnamed white house official known as the music man to play him his favorite show tunes, including "memory" fm "cats" to pull him from the brink of rage. tonight the current president who nds to be more of a dog guy is trying to keep legislation based on his domestic agenda. from falling apart. biden has canceled a trip to chicago tomorrow so he can stay in washington and continue negotiations with lawmakers in his own party. earlier today he sat down with senators, say it with us, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema who say the effort to expand social programs is too expensive for them. meanwhile, nancy pelosi plans to hold a vote thursday on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill, even though liberal memories of her caucus are threatening to vote against it. democrats are also trying to stop the shutdown of the government thursday night while keeping the u.s.

i also want to ask you about something that we're learning from an upcoming book by stephanie grisham, former top aide to the white house. fair to say this is a juicy, juicy book. one of the details we learned of is melania trump was asleep on election night. that she had to be woken up for then president trump's concession speech. >> it wasn't a concession speech. >> non-concession speech. that's weird, s.e., weird. >> i don't know. i imagine i would have wanted to sleep through a lot of that administration and my marriage to donald trump. i'm sure she, you know, had a headache a lot of nights. i'm not all that surprised, honestly. she was not very engaged and i don't know how to read that. i'm not going to put her on the couch. >> come on, s.e. >> was she confident he was going to win or she knew he wasn't? i don't know. but melania is such an interesting mystery wrapped in a riddle in an enigma, right? she's just very hard to unfold. but the sleeping through part, i get, i completely get. >> there's disengaged and then there's asleep. they're two different -- >> i would have retrea

people who stephanie grisham barely knows are calling her asking for the book and it could be packedrrassing about people like jared kushner and mark meadows. one other thing, that part of her comment saying her failed personal relationships in melania's statement to me was seen as a very low blow by many in trump world today because grisham had two divorces and a relationship with a former trump aide max miller that went very south for her and trump himself has had two divorces and so you've never -- i've never seen a former first lady throw a former chief of staff under the bus talking about her failed personal relationships. >> yeah, no, that is just a low blow, low and wrong no matter what you think. appreciate it. >>> the fbi releasing statements related to the ne9/11 attacks a detail support for the hijackers. >>> i'll talk to a man whose father died in 9/11. plus, what did media executive shug knight who some think killed tupac tell sir man sir man as he was up for parole. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ instantly clear everyday congestion with vicks sinex saline. for fast drug free relief vicks

according to a new tell-all book from the former press secretary stephanie grisham.nnett joins us live. it turns out he went to walter reed for a colonoscopy which is a common procedure for individuals over 45, but there's more to the story. >> yeah, it's interesting that he did not want to go fully under as most people do -- opt to during a colonoscopy. they're put out because it's an uncomfortable procedure. instead was sedated but did not want to sign over power to mike pence, which has to be done per, i think, the 25th amendment, that if the president is not capable of being conscious, you know it would go to the vice president. he didn't want the sign of weakness. he didn't want people knowing. you know, a lot of presidents have made a colonoscopy or any routine medical procedure that all americans are advised to go through by their doctor a public event so that, you know, have a good example of what we're supposed to do with our health. this was not that. for trump, he's a germophobe, someone who considers weakness to be the worst sin in the world. he didn't wa

also in the news stephanie grisham former trump administration press secretary and a two first lady melaniatrump has written a book about her time in the white house. the book titled i'll take your questions now, will be released october 5 by harpercollins. according to report it is said to be critical of the former first lady. she resigned from her position at the white house following the capital right on january 6. and in other news the national book foundation has announced former librarian and author nancy pearl will be the recipient of this year's literary unit award. she is the former executive director of the washington center for the book at the seattle public library where she introduced the idea of having the cities residents all read the same book and inspired the one book program established in locales across the country. she will be honored at the 72nd annual national book awards in new york city novembe. print book sales were down over 5% for the week ending septembe. booktv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also watch all of our past pro

. >> yeah, this is from stephanie grisham's upcoming book, apparently a tell-all about her time in the trump white house, where he was press secretary and melania trump's chief of staff. and during the insurrection, as the capitol was being stormed by trump supporters, and they had breached the gates, she had texted the first lady and said, do you want to tweet out, peaceful protest is fine but no violence and keep it down, people? and she wrote back a one-word answer. "no." she had no interest in stepping into what was happening on january 6th. and it's not something that she's shy about. she has before or had before come out against things, the president said. she had been the voice, at times, of reason, so this was clearly a marker where she didn't want to get involved. she was that day conducting a photo shoot of a carpet. >> tell me about this carpet. >> so, priorities. >> exactly. so i think it's really telling. listen, the last few -- i would stress, months of the trump administration, we saw melania trump do barely really anything. and it's a legacy that she'll leave as one of,

also in the news stephanie grisham, aide to melania trump has written book about the white house, i willtake your questions now will be released october 5th by harpercollins and according to reports is said to be critical of the former first lady. miss grisham resigned from her position after the white house following the capitol riot on january 6th. in other news the national book foundation has announced that former librarian and author nancy pearl will be recipient of this year's literarian award. she introduced the idea of having the city's residents all read the same book and inspire the one book, one city programs established in locals across the country. she will be honored at the book awards in new york city on november 1st. and according to npd book scan, print book sales were down just over 5% for the weekending september 4th. book tv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news and you can also watch all of our past programs any time at booktv.org. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here is a look at some of the best-selling nonfiction books according to book people bookstore in austin,

there is another book in the news, as well, from former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham. she never held a press briefing, which was her job. that was her job. so she's got a new book out. hugely ironic title called i'll take your questions now. "the new york times" reports that she writes the then president inspired by north korea's brutal dictatorship asked her to research ways the press could be barred from the briefing room which seems like a waste of time since she wasn't briefing anyone. she also strongly implies that the former president's secret visit to walter reed in 2019 appeared to be for a routine colonoscopy and said trump's son-in-law and senior advisor jared kushner reputing -- is that rasputin or reputing? in a slim fitting suit, the slim reaper. [ laughter ] okay. sure, she will answer the questions now but she never spoke up about this at the time when it might have done the country some good. speaking of doing some good, there is a huge announcement today from lebron james. he says he was skeptical about the vaccine at first but did his research and de

. >>> today politico was the first to report in a new book, the chief of staff stephanie grisham said on january 6th, she says she texted the first lady, do you want to tweet that protest? one minute later, one minute after grisham sent that text to the first lady, she replied with a one word answer, quote, no, no, i do not want to tweet that. melania trump and the chief of staff ended up resigning later on january 6th. here we are. one of the two political parties in our country has been trying to contend with what happened there? that attack on our country and investigating it and trying to get who is behind it and how we can prevent it from happening again, and on the other side, well, there's the rally celebrated the attacker this weekend, so the fence has to go back up around the capitol. the leading republican running in the california governor's recall race says in advance that tomorrow's election in california shouldn't count and they will claim fraud. and for good measure they'll go to the ammo box unless everyone goes along with that. today trump called it rigged, calling it

. ♪ tums, tums, tums, tums ♪ tums chewy bites >>> stephanie grisham is trying to rebuild her image.ys she didn't believe the election was stolen and she tried to convince the first lady to accept the results. text messages tell a different story. on november 5, after arizona's attorney general rebutted claims from the former supporters that voters had their ballots improperly disqualified, she forwarded the tweet to an aide and wrote, told you, useless. the following week, when the same attorney general told fox news there was no evidence of fraud that would change the results in arizona, she texted the same aide, such an ass. joining us to discussion, stephanie ann. it's been a while. >> it's all good. >> she had it seems a very close relationship with the former first lady at the time. she was chief of her staff. wasn't she? >> she was, anderson. she held many positions in the white house. west wing, east wing, residence. she was all around. >> it's ironic that the title of the book is "i will take your questions now" given she's the only modern white house press secretary to neve

i was on the fropts lines with stephanie grisham and she doesn't hold truth or fact in high regard. in the book is relevant to truth and we'll see what it says. >> i think that's fair. i don't think she ever held a press conference when she was press secretary. her time was very unmemorable. she's backed up at least by some of the things that we know. he tweeted this. she was informed of the violence at least an hour before trump tweeted his 2:24 attack on vice president pence. further undercuts the paper thin claim that trump wasn't aware that pence faced danger. it appears that both trumps knew there was danger going on at the capitol. is it believable to you that melania just didn't care. >> coming so personally from someone who was inside the white house, had a personal friendship with melania and there to help children and calling out what was happening. stephanie was the one who the henchman to throw me under the bus and i was fired when i wasn't. the trumps know everything that's going on. they are fully aware of the situation at hand. they remove themselves. they distance th

a book by stephanie grisham, once again, calling that statement into question. >> grisham claims in aes trump told putin, quote, okay, i'm going to act a little tougher with you for a few minutes, but it's for the cameras. after they leave, we'll talk. you understand. cnn's kate bennett joins us. this to me, really one of the most notable. because trump said repeatedly no one tougher on russia than trump, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. here is one that gets to the personal relationship between the two. >> it's interesting. forward facing is different than what's going on behind the scenes. the truth is not always present in the trump administration i. certainly wasn't with putin. grisham had a couple other details that putin seemed to have the upper hand by using a little psychological warfare. he caused a lot in the meeting to the point that he was like, what's wrong with this guy. trump was a germaphobe, so he coughed throughout the meeting. they also put in a very attractive translator to distract trump. the behind the scenes relationship was very, very different. >> no

stephanie grisham is coming out with a tell-all book, paints her ex-boss, melania trump as dismissivee charge of the rigged election. the former first lady dismisses the book as an attempt to redeem herself, after a failed personal reof layings ship and unprofessional he behavior in the white house. a source tells me the personal attack shows that team trump is afraid of the book and engaging in character assassination. the source says grisham spares no one in the book. an expose says facebook doesn't enforce rules for celebrities and journalists, calling it a breach of trust. another document admits that on facebook's instagram we make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls. the company says the paper cherry picked the findings for lopsided reporting of. piers morgan needed a next act after walking out on a british morning show over criticism of meghan markle. now he's siding -- signing with fox where he will do a show. he will write a column for the new york post and london sun. fox has bought the gossip outfit tmz. you know by now gavin newsom beat the california recal

reported in a new book by the chief of staff, the former first lady melania trump, chief of staff stephanie grishamsays that on january six, in the middle of the, attack after the rioters and broken through the barricades, she said she texted the first lady, do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every american? and there's no place for lawlessness and violence? according to politico's reporting in the book, one minute later, one minute after grisham sent that text to the first lady, the first lady reportedly replied with a one word answer quote no. no i do not want to tweet that. melania trump steve staff missed rasheem ended up resigning a few hours later on that same day. on january 6th. now here we are. one of the two political parties in our country, has been trying to contend with what happened, the attack on the country, and investigating, in trying to get to who is behind, and how we can prevent it from happening again and on the other side, well there's a rally celebrating the attackers this weekend, so the fence has to go back up around the capital. the leading repub

that in a new book by the chief of staff to former first lady melania trump, chief of staff stephanie grisham says that on january 6th in the middle of the attack after the rioters had broken through the barricades ringing the capital she says she texted the first lady, "do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every american but there's no place for lawlessness and violence?" according to politico's reporting and ms. grisham's book, one minute later, one minute after grisham sent that text to the first lady, the first lady reportedly replied with a one-word answer. quote, no. no, i do not want to tweet that. melania trump chief staff ms. grisham ended up resigning a few hours later on that same day, on january 6th. now, here we are. one of the two political parties in our country has like been trying to contend with what happened there in that attack on our country and investigating it and trying to get who was behind it and how we could prevent it from happening again. and on the other side, well, there's the rally celebrating the attackers. this weekend. so the fence ha

it's a new one now it's written by his former press secretary stephanie grisham, and it's full of weirdions. like apparently back in 2019, trump's secret trip to the hospital was so that he can get a colonoscopy. [ light laughter ] yeah colonoscopy was no big deal. they only found three polyps and rudy giuliani. [ laughter and applause coming right up. the book also says a white house official known as "the music man" would play trump his favorite show tunes like "memory" from "cats" to pull him from the brink of rage [ laughter ] it makes sense 'cause trump's presidency is exactly like "cats. awkward, bizarre and no one had any idea what the hell was going on [ laughter ] yep, trump listened to "cats" to cheer himself up while the rest of the staff remained "les miserables." [ laughter ] some entertainment news. according to new data released by netflix, people spent 625 million hours watching "bridgerton" in the first month it was released. [ cheers ] what's even crazier is one aunt in dayton, ohio accounted for 600 million of those hours by herself. [ laughter ] and finally, a man in

health, trump's own former press secretary with stephanie griffin, describes quot a temper besides othethings on her new memoir. new york timereports that grisham. with >> trump's handlers designated an unarmed white house official known as the music man, to play him's favorite show tunes including mories from cats to pull him from the brink of rage well tonight the current president who tends to be more of a dog guy is ting to keep legislation based onis domestic agenda from falling apart. biden has canceled a trip to chicago tomorrow so he can stay in washington and continue negotiations with lawmakers in s own party. earlietoday he sat down with senator,tay with us joe manchin and christian kyrsten sinema whosay at the train a lftrillion dollar bent to connect is too expensive for them meanwhile speaker pelosi says that she plans to hold the vote thursd on the trillion dollar infrasuctureill. even though the liberal members of h - caucus are threatening to vote against it democrats are also racing to fund the government so idoesn't shut wnthursday at midnight wee also trying tkeep t u.s.fromoing io defaul treasury secrety janet yid toldlawma