the washington times. the washington post, new york times, the washington examiner, the washington post is a newspaper of over 100 years old, millions of subscribers, with 69 pulitzer prizes. the new york times -- host: can we get to the story about chinese influence operations? caller: i have waited for months to say this. the new york times, one hundred 30 pulitzers. the wall street journal, 37 pulitzers. the washington times, zero. host: we will go to alexandria, louisiana. a republican. do you have a question for bill gertz? caller: i just wanted to say, that guy was nothing. look, i wish you would put on a show about the pardon board. this is my question for the times, because he's doing a fine job. i was a military police officer. i had top-secret clearance. in the 1980's, the russians tried something like this. weapon,e with this bio with this covid-19, to essentially destroyed president trump and the u.s. i would like to know, does he think this is a bio weapon engineered simply to destroy the west and stuff? have written extensively on this. i have interviewed senior officials with access to a lot of

we have this sworn affidavit referred to in the washington examiner, a spike in incomplete nevada files, we are working to get this affidavit independently but this is what they told the washington examiner, an affidavit filed another election coverage, data scientists out a surge of incomplete voter registration in casinos and temporary rv parks at their home or mailing address, in the last presidential election, 28 registrations mission-critical data in 2020, 13,372, do you understand that people have questions they need answers? >> there is a point. john you said the election is over. the election is over and in addition to that, 2016 i didn't see hillary clinton arguing about states she lost by this margin or even a larger margin. when we talk about michigan - >> she said there were things that interceded that prevented her from winning, a number of democrats came forward and made allegations about hacking, said the president was never legitimate, plenty of people never accepted 2016. >> she picked up the phone and said congratulations to donald trump and she did concede. there were

talking to somebody from the washington times because i , theed that the papers washington post, the new york times, the washington journal, the washington times and the washington examiner. the washington post was a newspaper over 100 years old. millions and millions of subscribers, new york times. host: can we get to this story about the chinese influence operations? caller: i've been waiting for a month to say this and am so glad. the new york times, 100 and 30 pulitzer prizes. washington times, zero. washington examiner, zero. washington times, 52,000. host: we will go to alexandria, louisiana, republican. you have a question? sayirst, i just wanted to that guy is just nuts. look, i wish you would put on a pardons, and this is my question for the times man because he is doing a fine job. i was a military police officer and stuff and i had top-secret clearance in the 80's. bioweapon,his was a this covid-19 to destroy president trump in the u.s. i would like to think, does he think this is a bioweapon engineer to strictly to destroy the west and stuff? yeah, i have written extensively on this. i have interviewed senior officials with access to a lot of the most sensiti

the "washington examiner" says senator loeffler arrest opponent rafael warnock past statements praising by louis farrakhan, that should disqualify reverend warnock because farrakhan is accused of making racist, anti-semitic comments. what do you say? >> i totally agree. rafael warnock is an anti-semite, liz. he praises louis farrakhan the he praises jeremiah wright. he compared prime minister benjamin netanyahu to segregationist george wallace. so rafael warnock is a bigot, and is a racist. elizabeth: oak. let's listen to reverend warnock calling farrakhan's nation of islam, quote, important in the development of black theology. watch this. >> well, the nation of islam is significant but its numbers don't come anywhere near the membership of our churches. its voice has been important and, its voice has been important even for the development of black theology because it was the black muslims who challenged black preachers and said that you're promulgating, called it the white man's religion. that is a slave religion. you're telling people to focus on heaven meanwhile they're catching he

the politicsk with editor of the washington examiner and he is with us today to talk about the republican party, the incoming biden administration. jim, good morning. let's talk about what is going on in the news right now. president trump has threatened to veto both the stimulus bill and the defense authorization bill. where are we with those bills right now? the defensetoed authorization bill and he has yet to actually veto the stimulus bill but has indicated he is not happy with it. he would like the payments for individuals to be increased to $2000. this is really going to set up some votes next week in congress because the government funding expires on monday so we are up against a shutdown deadline. for government shutdown potentially and there are definitely going to be votes on whether to override president defense authorization bill. the bill passed by margins sufficient to override a presidential veto, but you never know. the republicans who voted for mightll on final passage not want to vote to override president trump's veto. there is some suspense there. this is generally a m

by my guest and a caucus in greenville she is a newsmax insider as well as contributor to the washington examiner and in toronto we have arthur who wrote he is editor at large and being libertarian dot com all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in in time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go to hunting in greenville in my introduction to ask the question what does it mean to be a conservative today in your mind what does it mean to be a conservative and let's keep in mind the true presidency and the reason general election go ahead well in my mind it means to be conservative what has always meant that we are working to conserve the classical liberal values our country was founded upon but i think there's a role fracture with an conservatism these days i think trump has increased that fracture i think it was a system before he actually came into office but it has become deeper and more visible and i think that there are a lot of conservatives who want to move that movement into the action that he was mostly focusing on which has a lot more nationalism involved and i

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tuesday night, the washington examiner put out a story that source.me white house 7:00 or 715. i said, what? he said, he fired me on twitter. kiara: he was not called? matt: he was not called. he learned it on twitter. he did see it himself when he came across. wanted med him if he to go with him and he said to stay behind, finish the fight with the team and get it done. a 45 secondbly phone call. putting theed places. from the chief. probably heard the news about chris. he said, they are not asking for your resignation. but they don't want you running cisa. i'm paraphrasing. kiara: you were next in line. matt: i was. the secretary have signed and updated it. to his credit, he had not been consulted on this. surprise on the white house decision on this. said let me see if i can fix this. exploding and he was working with white house personnel and others to see if he could get this turned around. he called me back and said he could not. i regrettably told him that i had to leave. and that was that. a pretty frenetic tuesday evening. it is still an experience i really cherish, be

you may have seen his columns in the washington examiner. he is the author of a great many books. one of them seems apropos today, the big ripoff, how big business and big government steal your money. one of the country's leading experts on corporate welfare. happy to have him with us as well today. with all of that i will turn it over to philip harvey to tell us about his book. if you want to tell us bit about "welfare for the rich: how your tax dollars end up in millionaires' pockets--and what you can do about it" and how millionaires and billionaires keep ending up with our tax dollars. >> my pleasure to do that and thank you, thanks to all of you for joining us today. lisa and i are delighted to be among friends and colleagues who are interested and we especially thank michael for being our mc at the cato institute, for hosting the discussion. and of course timothy carney for taking part. thanks to you all. when lisa conyers and i started researching this book, as michael mentioned we had just finished another book on the regular welfare program, welfare for the low income in

by my guest and a caucus in greenville she is a newsmax insider as well as contributor to the washington examiner and in toronto we have arthur who wrote he is editor at large and being libertarian dot com or across something else in effect that means you can jump in in time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go ahead and greenville in my introduction to ask the question what does it mean to be a conservative today in your mind what does it mean to be a conservative and let's keep in mind the true presidency and the reason general election go ahead well in my mind it means to be conservative what has always meant that we are working to conserve the classical liberal values our country was founded upon but i think there's a role fracture with an conservatism these days i think trump has increased that fracture i think it was a system before he actually came into office but it has become deeper and more visible and i think that there are a lot of conservatives who want to move that movement into the action that he was mostly focusing on which has a lot more nationalism involved and isn't

molly: thank you so much, we appreciate your insight on all of this from the washington examiner, thank. eric: is an annual holiday tradition, honoring the brave servicemen and women who gave their lives to defend america. spinning out across the country, gravesites of 2500 veterans. the cemetery hosting the event online because of the coronavirus after president trump reversed arlington's early decision to cancel this event all together. the tradition began their 1992, since then, america has laid down hundreds of thousands of graves, military cemeteries and others across the country. >> today we remember and think the service members who made the ultimate sacrifice to our nation and our thoughts are with their families this holiday season. god bless them all. ♪ new l.a. district attorney under fire for controversial new policy changes that would soften the sentences of some convicted criminals. proposals are getting a lot of pushback from law enforcement groups and families of violent crime victims. christina coleman is live in los angeles following this for us. reporter: l.a. county

let's bring in byron york, she political correspondent of the washington examiner, amy walter of the port and bill mcgurn, columnist for the washington journal. let me start with you. listen to the president's speech on social media he conflated the spending for funding the government and all that is in air and the covid-19 relief, clearly was pushing the direct payment which seems like it will be complex for republicans. >> not the first time he has as done that. in the summer when negotiations were breaking down he kind of said something, he wants even more money to go out. i'm in an awkward place because i didn't even like the $600 payment because i don't think it will do much. i understand the reason people want to do this but let me point out two things that are not getting enough attention both on the covid-19 bill and the ncaa. they put the republican candidates in georgia in an awkward position because senators perdue and leffler voted for the nba earlier and they opposed the $1,200 proposal for the direct payment so now they face the use charges of political opportunism with

. >> trace: here with the reaction, usa founder lisa krause, "washington examiner" newsmakers podcast and jessica tarlov head of research i bustled to civil demand digital group and fox news contributor. we will talk about other stuff including the georgia senate race but i want to get your feedback on this first if i can, charlie, give me an idea if you are the conversation with jenny right there. what do you make of the new allegations and claims? >> i think they are stunning and i want to apply jenny martin on the phenomenal work that she's been doing. the kind of concerted efforts by the powerful people to have this conversation around voter fraud just completely ended. if someone healthy for a country in a variety of different ways. not just that video, but so chilling and shocking that brian kemp reversed course and said that video and him change his mind and now calling for a signature audit in the state of georgia. there is a other questions we have around the state of georgia as jenny mentioned, under aged voters, felon voters, out-of-state and even roethlisberger himself has

it was business as usual and then on tuesday night, about 6:00, it was the washington examiner that put out a story and made kind after crass joke about chris' hair and we were giving him grief about that, 6:00 p.m., maybe 7:15 chris called me. i was playing with my son and he said, that's it, he's done it, you got it. >> i said how what? >> i was fired on twitter. >> he was not called. >> he was not called. and chris with twitter, he did see it himself when it came across. i did not. and i asked him, i can go with you. i said, no, stay behind finish the site with the team and finish it off. >> roger. we'll talk later. probably 45 second phone call and then called the chief of staff and said, okay, we need to start putting in place all hand message to the work force and figure south what we need to do. in the middle of that call acting secretary wolf called me so i jumped off from our chief, got the-- >> that is chad wolf. >> secretary wolf and he said i know you've probably heard the news about chris. i said i have. i said is that me, too. he said no, they're not asking for your resign

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and then on tuesday night, about 6:00, the washington examiner put out a story that cited some white house stories making jokes about chris's hair. we were giving him grief about that. 7:15 or so is when chris called me. and they say wait a minute. he said he fired me on twitter. >> so he was not called? he was not called? >> he was not called. he learned. chris keeps an eye on twitter regardless of what's going on. i think he did see it himself when it came across. i did not. and i asked him. i said i can go with you and he said stay behind and finish the fight with the team. finish offense day and get it done. we will talk later. it was probably a 45 second phone call. the staff said we need to start putting in place an all hands message to the workforce and let them know what we need to do. in the middle of that, call acting secretary wolf and called me, and so i jumped off from our chief. >> this is charitable? >> yes. he said i know you probably heard the news about chris. i said i have. he said me too. he said, no, they are not asking for your resignation, but they do not want

joining me to discuss, anna navorro and a column nist from the washington examiner. thanks for joining this evening. let's see, anna navorro, why don't i start with you and talk about the supreme court with three justices appointed by trump by the way saying the president cannot overturn his election loss. this election is over. republicans with few exceptions cowering in the corner. when will they admit joe biden has won this election? >> i don't know. i hope sooner not later. i hope it's not on january 20th at 12:01. this is so embarrassing. you remember the exercise guru from the '80s, susan powers. she used to hold her head and say, stop the insanity? that's how i feel every day. they keep losing in court. you had the texas attorney general wanting to your turn the elections, not in texas but in wisconsin, michigan, georgia, pennsylvania, you have republican members of congress who say they don't recognize joe biden's victory. you have election officials in georgia whose lives are being threatened. you have state senators in michigan whose lives are being threaten

byron york, chief political correspondent and the "washington examiner." columnist for "the wall street journal." bill, let me start with you. listening to the president's speech, if you complete the spending, but clearly it's pushing direct payments which coulden be complex for republicans. >> not the first time you've done that.im i believe in the summer when negotiations were breaking down between mrs. pelosi and the white house he kind of said something, he wants even more money to go out. i'm in an awkward place because i didn't even like the $600 payment because i don't take it's going do much. i understand that the reason people want to do this but, i want to point out to thing his breath that are getting enough attention both on the kobe to bill and the nda. they put the republican candidate in georgia in an awkward position because senators purdue and loeffler i think voted for the nda or earlier. they opposed a $1200 proposal for the direct payments. so now, they face these charges, for political opportunism, if they switch their votes and take th

"the washington examiner" joints us. siraj, i'll let you tell us the impact of this.or perdue in quarantine. what will the impact be on the race? >> senator purdue tested negative thankfully. we'll have to wait a couple days. it couldn't have come at a worse time. a time where republicans desperately need to hold on to two seats. driving the enthusiasm and blocking joe biden's agenda, undoing donald trump's legacy is key. we're looking at mcconnell's move this week with this poison pill that he's putting in to the $2,000 checks by tying it to election security. i'm starting to wonder if republicans are trying to lose the senate, what will they be doing differently? if president trump and senate minority leader chuck schumer and nancy pelosi all agree that $2,000 checks needs to be done right away, a good chance that established republicans are out of step with the american people. >> sandra: we know the president is planning to head down there on the eve of the election. he just flew back from florida, back to washington. no public events for them today. no word on wh

chief political corresponded of the "washington examiner"," national political reporter and jason riley, wall street journal columnist at the manhattan institute. let's just start there. xes broke this story with the chinese by targeting california democrats. part of biden's defense has been that he says it leaked by the trump, either the president or his allies. it's just, it's interesting that that is the pushback here to the story. it's happening after the election. >> it's visible. i mean, it would be inappropriate for me to talk about my colleague's sourcing, but just use your common sense. even swalwell acknowledges that he first found out in 2019. i know my to colleague, he has n working on this for more than a year. anyone who has any passing understanding of how it works, do we really think that they put out some opposition research and then patiently waste a year with a very well have an respected china correspondent to report it out in a nuanced fashion? give me a break. it is completely absurd. the story is really important. it shows how the chinese communist party operates

nebraska senator ben sasse told "the washington examiner" that the suit was a publicity stunt, that theim, it looked like texas attorney general ken paxton filed, quote, a pr stunt, rather than a lawsuit, in an attempt to gain a pardon from president trump. paxton, currently the subject of an fbi investigation for illegally using the power of his office to benefit an austin real estate developer. texas congressman chip roy outlined his opposition in a string of tweets that read in part, quote, the case itself represents a dangerous violation of federalism and sets a precedent to have one state asking federal courts to police the voting procedures of other states. texas congresswoman kay granger called the case a distraction and told nbc news she's not supporting it. meanwhile, senator john cornyn added to his previous statements, telling nbc news, quote, i don't want other states having a chance to change the texas law based on similar efforts. idaho's republican attorney general, lawrence wasdan, echoed the sentiment. in declining to support the suit, he said idaho is a sovereign state

also out of nevada, the "washington examiner"'s of supporters from reno indian colony were essentially bribing native americans to go vote. we can show you voted. we promise you are going to go vote. we'll give you is a gift card. some jewelry it was all captured on footage. take a look. >> make sure you get out here and get some biden campaign swag masks. we have masks, t-shirts, signs, stickers, all kinds of stuff. hand sanitizer. i also want to mention that if you voted early, we are having a virtual raffle. we are going to have some more t-shirts to raffle off. we have $25 gift cards to raffle off. that's a lot of money. we have also four $100 gift cards to give away. so again, you want to make sure you get out here to vote. >> sean: let me be clear in case you didn't know. i assuming most of you do. if you offer anything of value to voters while actively supporting joe biden, yeah, that could be a serious violation of the law. 597, to be specific. you are not allowed to bribe people for their vote. we have yet to hear back. the media, the democrats, and everybody. there is no evid

byron york is here now, a fox news contributor and chief political correspondent for the washington examiner here. what is most concerning, the most concerning aspect of this story? what's the there there? >> well, what has changed everything in the story is the revelation that the justice department is investigating hunter biden for possible tax crimes and possibly something else. we're not entirely sure. that has shaken loose information in the story. if you go all the way back to the fall of 2019, during the impeachment battle, remember, there were many people saying there was absolutely no evidence of any wrong-doing on hunter biden's part. the same thing happened in october of this year, the last weeks of the campaign. again, these assertions that there was absolutely no evidence of wrong-doing. and now we've learned that all that time prosecutors were actually presenting evidence to a grand jury. so what we've seen now is more inclination in the press to actually pay attention to this and two big questions, one of which is did hunter biden actually commit any crimes and if so, did joe

our panel, the politics editor for national general, chief congressional correspondent for the washington examinerder and president. your reaction to the headline of the hour? >> we are getting details that will be coming in but we shouldn't speculate and get ahead of where the facts will be and the facts will be revealed in the coming hours and days and even weeks to understand what happened here, who did it, what their motive was and why they committed this awful cowardly act. >> sounds like state, local, federal resources are responding very well, working together to get to the bottom of what happened in nashville first thing this morning. >> they can look at the material used to make the explosion happened. the atf is expert at doing this, trying to figure out the nature of material and get an idea whether this is some kind of foreign terrorist act or something someone just put together or a suicide. the most important question they are working on, is this an isolated incident or is there something bigger we need to be worried about? could this happen again? the last 20 minutes, there was an r

. >>> i want to bring in senior political correspondent for the "washington examiner," david druker. >> you've been focusing a lot on the two georgia senate races. give us a quick state of play. >> well, look, i think it is going to be closer. i think it is close. we don't know if it is going to finish close. i think there is a reason why georgia came down to the wire in the presidential campaign. it's because georgia, over the past few years, has been changing, moving from red to purple. i think a lot of republicans presumed it would take a little bit longer than 2020 to get there. i think the issue for republicans is can they navigate all of the things in their party. between senate republicans, mitch mcconnell, handling the aftermath of joe biden's victory. for democrats, can they keep everyone motivated and win the argument, that what joe biden needs is not bipartisanship in washington but full control of the car, you know. the keys to the kingdom with a democratic senate to go along with the democratic house. in both chambers, the heart gma would be narrow, but it'd allow democr

the "washington examiner" piece blames fawning media for letting her get away with it for years. ldwin did not know she was from spain. and where is the heat on alec baldwin? he is this guy, this liberal, who is all for minorities. his wife was playing one and wasn't one, so when is he going to speak? i want to hear what he has to say about "hilaria." >> alec baldwin is kind of reticent and he didn't really speak a lot publicly. what am i talking about him at its opposite. of course, the guy who never met a microphone he doesn't like suddenly is very silent on these questions. of course he knew. she was born in boston and she admits that, yet her >> page, or agency, says she was born in spain. they have since changed that, wipes that whole part out. even on the podcast this year she had the audacity to say she moved to america when she was 19, which was only 19 years after she was born in america. so yeah, all the ridicule here certainly deserved for hillary and not hilaria. i know you love saying that name, julie. >> julie: how do you say "oh, no?" no, no! [laughter] joe concha,

were found near the blast site.dl let's bring our panel, congressional correspondent for the "washington examinertics cofounder and president. tom, your reaction to the headline of the hour? >> well, again, we are getting details that are going to be coming in and we should not speculate and get ahead of where the facts are. the facts will reveal in the coming hour and days and even weeks and understanding exactly what happened here. who did it it's, what the motive was, and why they committed this awful cowardly act on christmas day. >> mike: susan, sounds like state, local, federal resources are responding while working together to try to get to the bottom of what happened in nashville. first thing this morning. >> they can look at the material to make the explosion happened. they are an expert at doing this and trying to figure out the nature of the material and maybe get an idea whether this is some kind of foreign terrorist act or whether it's something that -- someone just put together for the mission of a suicide. it's hard to know weather. of the most important question here that the loca

howie: joining us to analyze the coverage, byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examinerand leslie marshall, radio talk show host. with anderson cooper saying president trump is awol in the war against covid, are the media's trump detractors going too far in claiming it all on him, all the death on him and ignoring or minimizing his roame on the development of these vaccines. >> as always. anderson cooper made the commentary on december 7th, pearl harbor day, in which he likeened the worldwide pandemic, coronavirus, to the japanese attack on the united states in 1941 that started world war ii. and this was happening at a time when the greatest single development of the entire pandemic, that is the approval and distribution of vaccines, is underway as we speak. and i think throughout the pandemic, in some media circles, we have seen a desire for president trump to play a certain role on tv which he doesn't do, and at the same time perhaps de-emphasizing some of the things that he was doing, like starting this p operation warp speed which has led to these vaccines today. ho

implied paxton's efforts to do trump's bidding had more to do with his legal troubles telling the washington examinerote, it looks like a fellow begged for a pardon filed a pr stunt and begged for a lawsuit. >> i told him i'd be happy to and i believe the supreme court should choose to take the case. i think they should hear the appeal. >> reporter: but not all texas republicans are onboard. senator john corner said i frankly struggled the understand the legal theory of it. cay granger called it a distraction and congressman chip roy said i cannot support an effort that will almost certainly fail. other republicans appear ready to move on as well. today north carolina senator tom tillis said he would consider biden pfls been official after electors meet and certify the results on monday. >> yeah, i think he's the presumptive president-elect, but i won't at the same time dismiss that there are filings that deserve to go through the justice system like anybody else in america. >> let's bring in cnn's senior legal analyst laura coats into this discussion. laura, i'm stunned. more than half of the republ

washington next we week. he joins me now. the editor and chief of the "washington examiner." we have a lot of ground to cover right now. thank you for joining me on this christmas eve. we really appreciate your insight. i think that david spunt's report laid things out rather plainly. some of that headlines from the democrats that they would want you to look at, that this $2,000 came to an agreement between the president and democrats, but republicans shut it down. so, it really goes both ways. now we see these dueling efforts going back and forth between republicans and democrats. how do you think it will ultimately shake out next week when we get past the holiday? >> this is a really interesting one, molly. i think that the president to some extent has the upper hand here. by not viewing it, he is just letting it sort of hanging out to dry. if he vetoed it, then the house and senate could try to override his veto, and that would be possible. but by not vetoing it, just letting it sit there, the congress is really up against the deadline because there is a new congress starting on the 3r. if there is no bill passed fo

how did that, we have this sworn affidavit in the "washington examiner." historically strained strike in incomplete nevada voter files can see notes at home. we are looking to get this affidavit independently. it is filed in an republican -- incomplete voter registrations, giving casinos and temporary rv parks as their home address. in the last presidential election, there were 68 voter registrations missing critical data. in 2020, it was 13,372. it leslie, do you understand why people would have questions that they need answers for about this particular election? >> there's a point. it used at the election is over a period that the election is over, in addition to that, in 2016 i didn't see hillary clinton arguing about states that she lost by this margin or even a larger margin. let's look at some of these. when we talk about michigan -- >> shannon: she said there were things that interceded that prevented her from winning that were not legitimate if there were a number of democrats who came forward and made allegations about hacking, said this presidenc

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byron york, chief political will correspond for the "washington examiner" and richard fowler, all arer's. gentlemen, welcome. thanks for being here. i think that, you know, a lot of people who have watched this closely over the last few weeks are getting around to the realization that so much of what was different this time obviously stemmed from the mail-in voting, which was completely unprecedented, we've never dealt with anything like this in our country and also a lot of rules that were changed in the weeks and months leading up to the election in terms of what made a valid allowable and what made a ballot diss allowable and most of us, we got our mail and ballot, really carefully cover signed one side, sign the other. make sure you check all of the boxes on the back in order for it to count. karl, when you listen to strong words from newt gingrich, is he right? do you agree? >> well, first of all i'm involved in raising money to help these candidates. >> martha: you are, thank you. >> but yes, there are lots of things that need to be clarified. state law requires that the signatu

journeyman i was katie pavlich, townhall.com news editor, byron york, political contributor for the "washington examinern williams, cohost of the five and fox news political analyst. thank you very much. katie, the 180 by the post, now clearly taking the story more seriously, what do you make of it? >> well, martha, it's amazing to look back at how far the bar was lowered on journalistic integrity when it came to the hunter biden story. you have a laptop at the time allegedly belonged to hunter biden. we now know the campaign never denied that. 20 by belinsky, a former business partner of hunter bided information, on the record statements about what he knew and what joe biden knew about hunter biden's business dealings overseas, and you had taxpayer-funded journalistic outlets like national public radio going to the lengths of writing memos about how this was a distraction story, not worth pursuing, so now that the election is over and joe biden's president-elect, moving forward, they can cover it in a very soft tone, as you just mentioned, with the family conflict issue, but really, what their goal was

and senior correspondent for the "washington examiner," david druker. good morning to you all. garrett, as you cover capitol hill, what was the reaction from both sides yesterday when president trump released this video and totally blew up this deal? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, this could not have been a bigger debacle for republicans, who barely were able to get this bill over the finish line in the senate with the $600 checks that were in it. remember, everyone left town after this bill passed. i was on the hill all day yesterday. i did not see a single other lawmaker around. they fired off their press releases in the middle of the night the night before, praising the bipartisan nature of this deal, which 92 senators voted for, and then they left. for democrats, i mean, you're effectively dancing in the streets at this. number one, the potential option to get the larger checks across the finish line. talib tweeted a picture of the one-page amendment that will be filed to try to up be number to $2,000. or barring that, to completely embarrass all the republicans who ran on and t

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in a review in the washington examiner, one writer was critical of the fact that you did not includene very prolific diarist, and that was james k. polk. how does he end up on your cutting room floor? craig: first of all, a diary is not a book. i relied on presidential diaries often. john quincy adams wrote wonderful diaries. james garfield wrote wonderful diaries. from garfield's diaries, he was reading and talking about civil war books like grant's and sherman's. diaries are good sources. but i wanted my book to tell a real story and to be a coherent book. to do that, i had to make cuts. there have been a lot of presidents, and they have written a lot of things. but what interested me was the story of their books and how important their books have been to american history. so i focused on their books, what they were reading, presidents reading other presidents. when i made those kinds of choices to tell the best story, no offense to polk, but his story is not one of the best stories. i did not want to waste pages on it. susan: so having spent 10 years with presidential books -- do