sweat good morning i am jonathan opinion writer for the "washington post". lcome to the first look "washington post" lives one stop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing issues of the day are news issues of the day. we are focused on the presidential debate concerning the chief national correspondent and veteran political reporter and editor.ng good morning dan pursuant good morning jonathan. so i read your column on the front page of the "new york post" one should give. [laughter] >> it was a late night an early morning. [laughter] marty. i'm so sorry. the "washington post", gives viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today? ame vice president, mike pence came armed with a case he wanted to make against joe biden and the democratic party and kamala harris. time and again it was clear what undermined significantly as a a person he works for, president trump. that was obvious really from the get go in the discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the administration's handling of it. the vice president recycled statements at the president has

now we have the washington post. the washington post, at least at the top, trump allies publicize e-mail reportedly from hunter biden's computer. that's their story so the story, the story is rudy is the man with the laptop. this must be republican hit. they start out, president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani and top advisor steven bannon retracted the scrutiny of authorities for the political dealings in recent months make public private materials that belong to democratic nominee joe biden son in an attempt to swing support the struggling incumbent. he goes on later, although reminiscent of the 2016 race when russian intelligent operatives hacked e-mails from hillary clinton's campaign manager through wiki leaks, wednesday's report was met with skepticism, particularly from social media companies that sought to limit the spread of the news. what does this have to do with 2016 and what the russians did in 2016. they want you to believe this is another russia trick. they have no evidence for this whatsoever i

now we have the washington post. the washington post, at least at the top, trump allies publicize e-mail reportedly from hunter biden's computer. that's their story so the story, the story is rudy is the man with the laptop. this must be republican hit. they start out, president trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani and top advisor steven bannon retracted the scrutiny of authorities for the political dealings in recent months make public private materials that belong to democratic nominee joe biden son in an attempt to swing support the struggling incumbent. he goes on later, although reminiscent of the 2016 race when russian intelligent operatives hacked e-mails from hillary clinton's campaign manager through wiki leaks, wednesday's report was met with skepticism, particularly from social media companies that sought to limit the spread of the news. what does this have to do with 2016 and what the russians did in 2016. they want you to believe this is another russia trick. they have no evidence for this whatsoever i

one analysis from "the washington post" notes that trump's re-election campaign hinges on having his supporters ignore the pandemic. the ap notes the obvious. this virus is particularly intense right now in the states trump needs most. that would be the upper midwest. nevertheless trump presented a very different picture of the pandemic during his rallies today while president obama offered yet another searing critique of trump's handling of the virus while campaigning for biden in florida. >> we're testing everybody. in many ways i hate it. in many ways i hate it. we test everybody. there are other countries that don't do testing and they show very few cases. it's a very simple thing, but overall it's good to have the testing. we find out where it is and there's a lot of things. but they use it to make us look bad. on november 4th you'll hear it's getting better, it's getting better. you watch, no, no, they're doing heavy covid because they want to scare people. we're rounding like this race crowd, it's perfect. we're rounding the curve. we will vanguish the virus. >> he's turned the

i'm opening and writer for the "washington post." welcome to first look "washington post" one stop shop for news and an analysis on the most pressing issues of the day or the news issues of the day and this morning we are focused on last night's vice presidential debate. as we have on many mornings. we're starting with chief national correspondent and veteran political reporter dan balz. good morning. >> good morning, jonathan. >> i read your column on the front page of "the new york post" [inaudible] >> it was a late night and early morning. my god. [laughter] >> the "washington post." give the viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today. >> i think some, the vice president, mike pence, came on with a case that he wanted to make against joe biden and the democratic party and kamala harris but what undermines the case is the person he works for, president trump. that was obvious from the get-go weather discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and administration's handling of it and the vice president asked to recycle statements

washington post" live.com. it's an opinion writer for the "washington post". thank you for watching washington post live first look. have a good morning. >> who will control congress in january? stay informed that all the competitive congressional races leading up to election day with c-span's campaign 2020 coverage. watch the candidates debate election results on c-span. watch online at c-span.org. or listen on the free c-span radio app. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> we have been working here on c-span2 bringng our viewers conversations with members of the senate judiciary committee ahead of next week's confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett spread we talked earlier this week that senator chris coons the democrat from delaware. were now joined by republican senator marsha blackburn,ac saturday good morning tong perry's >> good morning good to see a thank you. >> good to see you before we get to the substance of the confirmation hearings, can you just talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the setup of the

the c-span radio app. or go to c-span.org/debates. there is a link to each debate question and answer. feeds.ial media >> next, washington post reporters react to the residential debate. this is half an hour. i am jonathang, capehart, opinion writer for the washington post. 2020 presidential debates washington live. one stop shop for news and analysis from last night's debate. i am joined by chief national correspondent. thank you so much for being here. i am going i am going to read the opening paragraph of your fantastic column in today's paper who said no one alive has ever seen a presidential debate like tuesday night between president trump and former vice president biden. 90 minutes of invective -- it was an insult to the public and a set example of the state of american democracy five weeks before the election. go on. we know what happened last night. the president of the united states decided to come in and destroy the format of the debate he had agreed to the terms of. debate the tone for this -- he set the tone for this debate. it was not that surprising even though it was farther over the top one might have expecte

. >> attorney general eric holder and newt gingrich join the washington post a preview election day. mister holder discussed the trump administration, voter turnout and voter suppression. mister gingrich discussed the presidential race in georgia and donald trump's message on the economy. >> i am robert costa of the washington post was welcome back to the postelection daily show. we launched this show just yesterday so you could have up to the minute news at 1:00 pm eastern. i'm joined by newt gingrich who is a strong supporter of donald trump, and attorney general eric holder has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama, and advocating for democratic nominee joe biden. to to my network a bit of the headlines, paying attention to in the final days, and an that is the focus once again. and and going to broward county, i will talk to you about that and voter suppression issues, florida is in the 5 days to go, shows you it is in play. a new poll shows vice president biden is ahead narrowly 51% with likely voters, donald trump is 47% of likely voted. that is in the

the "new york post." what do you give the viewers -- [inaudible] >> it was a late night and early morning, oh, my god, what a -- marty, fred, so sorry, just to be candid. the "washington post." get viewers the thumbnail of what you wrote today. >> i i think the some substancef the debate was the vice president mike pence came armed with a case you were to make against joe biden and the democratic party, and, let harris. but time again it was clear what undermines that case most significant is the person he works for, president trump. that was obvious really from the get-go when the discussion focused on coronavirus pandemic and the administration handling of it and the vice president in essence recycle statements the president has made repeatedly over many, many months which he himself has said pouting with the claim is a great record against all the evidence of how this country has a much higher death toll than any major industrialized country in the world, and as senator harris and moderator susan page both asked why is that the case? it was a tough night for him to try to do what he wanted to do. the administration, the campaign, the trump folks would like to make

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the "washington post" and i write about politics and i want to thank you for joining us for our conversationh senator amy klobuchar. a member of the senate commerce committee and specifically the subcommittee that deals with manufacturing we are testing our technical capabilities here because she is joining us from a car in wisconsin where she is traveling with herin fellow senator and plenty of swing states this year. >> yes, i am in the car and i'm parked so there won't be like a moving background behind me but yes we are doing an event for vice president joe biden but i'm excited to be here today because there can be nothing more important besides moving the country forward and focusing on jobs in the economy and in a big way that includes manufacturing. >> we are here to talk about manufacturing but it also feels like we've had ten years worth of news in the last ten days so i've got to ask you how do you see the state of the presidential race right now and what are the prospects for taking back the senate? >> i think the last few days have kind of summarized the whole year to me and in

i'm david ignatius, columnist with the washington post. welcome to the national book festival.cult time in the pandemic, one thing we can do is to read good books. i wrote a book that was published this summer which is about a cia officer who's struggling with one of the central problems of our time which is knowing what's true and what isn't. and it's my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. first, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at "the washington post," who wrote an extraordinary memoir of husband dealings with edward snowden that led to the rflations about nsa technology and surveillance, and the subtitle of bart's book says "the american surveillance state." i also want to introduce another outstanding author the, thomas rid, who teaches at johns hopkins, whose book "active measures" is a history of what we have come to call disinformation, the ways in which our election systems, our politics, our very

washington post live.com. i am jonathan, opinion writer for the washington post. for washington post live, the wife for watching. >> president trump holds a campaign rally in make on, georgia -- make on, georgia. georgia. >> i had a choice to make -- do i let my people run it really well or badly? i want to help people. cost 10ready has million people their health care that they had before because of this recession. >> with less than two weeks before the 2020 election, watch the second presidential debate between president donald trump former vice president joe biden thursday from belmar university --nashville, universe nashville, tennessee. go to c-span.org/debates for d streaming.eman 61 million americans have some form of disability and yet less than 3% of film and tv shows and i would add the majority of those roles are portrayed by nondisabled actors. with aely, as someone disability, we want to see ourselves represented because not only are we seeing ourselves represented but it will help destigmatize disability. this will get society used to everybody and ul

i'm jonathan capehart, opinion writer for the "washington post" and welcome to first look, "washington post" one-stop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. this morning we are reviewing an action-packed week, amy coney barrett's nomination, , the coronavirus, stimulus talks and, of course, last nights dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump, the other performer vice president joe biden, the democratic presidential nominee. to get it started to talk about all of this is the "washington post" white house reporter ashley parker. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks for having me, jonathan. >> so on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the trump campaign achieve its t aim, scheduling the trump townhall at the same time as biden? >> well, it's the aim in some way was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden. i think yes. anecdotally, or people seems to be watching thetr trump townhall in real time than the joe biden townhall. the real question to me is, if knowing now in hindsight how that townhall went, is t

i'm bob costa, reporter from the washington post. welcome back to the post lives election daily show. daily show. we launched this show yesterday so you could have up-to-the-minute election news every day at 1 p.m. eastern. today, i will be joined by former house speaker, newt gingrich, who is a strong supporter of president trump. in just a minute, i will be joined by former attorney general eric

this from the washington post, the spectacle that nears -- --ealed the nations commission on presidential debates, a presidential debate with a straight up mma cage matches what they write on the commentary section. and to the washington times as well, trump/biden debate baffles the world. those are some of the headlines this morning from the major papers. amid that criticism, this was the statement put out by the commission on presidential debate yesterday. the commission sponsors televised debates to the benefit of the american electorate. last nights debate made clear the additional structure to be added to the remaining format -- added to the format of the remaining debates. will be carefully considered -- considering the changes that it will adopt and will announce that these measures shortly. the commission is grateful for chris wallace for the professionalism and skill he brought to last nights debate and intends to ensure the additional tools to maintain order. both asked about this issue and talked about it while they were on the campaign trail. we start with joe biden yesterday.

i'm bob costa, reporter from the washington post. welcome back to the post lives election daily show. daily show. we launched this show yesterday so you could have up-to-the-minute election news every day at 1 p.m. eastern. today, i will be joined by former house speaker, newt gingrich, who is a strong supporter of president trump. in just a minute, i will be joined by former attorney general eric holder, who has been working on redistricting for years now with president obama and he has been advocating for democratic nominee emma joe biden. two great guests today. first, i wanted to run through my notebook with the headlines i'm paying attention to in these final days. number one, florida -- remember tim russert 20 years ago in 2000 said that was the focus for that election. it seems to be the focus once again. biden andpresident trump in florida today. they know that that corridor is vote rich. you see them going to broward county, making sure black voters come out strong. we will talk about voter suppression in florida and across t

"the new york times" and "the washington post" both report that some unnamed white house officials are explicitly embracing herd immunity. that's the theory that encourages people to actually contract the virus. former harvard medical professor, william haseltine, just offered this stark assessment of that plan. >> herd immunity is another word for mass murder. that is exactly what it is. if you allow this virus to spread, as they are advocating, we are looking at 2 million to 6 million americans dead. not just this year, but every year. >> we will get into that plan with sanjay gupta. meanwhile, "the washington post" reports that the entire unmasking conspiracy that the trump administration has been peddling for years has resulted in nothing. no charges against anyone. and interestingly, no written report. but we begin with the coronavirus pandemic. and joining us now is cnn's chief medical correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, so glad that you're here. before we get to herd immunity, let's just look at that map one more time. because i think that a lot of people need to see someth

what i think you're finding is these guys are making pot shots but the fellow from "the washington post" didn't do the research. he said we got one election right. there's a statistic that the "the washington post" can get nowhere near in their polling so what they're pointing to is they think that our methodling because it's different is wrong. first of all we believe that people aren't honest with pollsters. that's the modern world. it is around for a while. it was in play in 2016. shot trump voters. you have heard this theory and certainly in play in the governor's race in florida last year and why they all got it wrong again and it's great they have strong opinions but facts do matter and if a broken clock is right twice a day then you got to consider we have been right so many times that it's a group of different broken clocks apparently. >> the social desirability issue that you explain, others call the bradley effect. i remember that race and you say people are lying. they're lying to pollsters. then how are you able to get their real feelings and emotions where others cannot? >>

tiresome comparison, but if this were the trump family, you and i both know the new york times, "the washington postuld be all over this thing in an instant. and so would the fbi and the department of justice, i truly believe. your thoughts. >> well, imagine if the washington post had said toed woodward and bernstein in 1972, oh, don't go after this watergate story. let dick nixon alone, you know? it wouldn't be seemly to deal with it. history would be radically different. and it's tragic to see institutions like the post go from actually doing investigative reporting to protecting -- and i think of biden as the bunny rabbit in the basement. and the job of the national press corps is to attack trump so biden doesn't have to and then to protect bind because, after all, he's a bunny rabbit. he can't protect himself. he can't explain anything. he can't even remember some days what he's running for or who his opponent is or the fact that kamala harris has a husband, not a wife. i mean, you go down the list. and so i think you have this weird moment in american history where the media hates trump so much

could do is sit with my mask covered face in the presiding chair and a smile an smile and t the "washington post" article that came out just a few weeks ago when senator harris gave the same lesson about abraham lincoln and the supreme court and the "washington post" wrote an article titled little history lesson about lincoln supreme court vacancy wasn't exactly true. abraham lincoln didn't hold back and say i will wait until after. the senate wasn't even in session during that time period and in the middle of a civil war, he was waiting it out trying to be able to keep his coalition together and not fracture it by naming someone. in fact he ended up naming one of his opponents in the republican party as the nominee that would come after he was reelected. iit's interesting to me how things seem to get it twisted around and some of this debate. i heard last night during the debate time that amy coney barrett refused to answer the mostst basic questions about wht she believes about things. the shocking thing about it is she did the same thing ruth bader ginsburg did during her nomination and every

i spent 20 years at the "washington post" that i went all over the country for the "washington post, " with a wonderful life, education going to visit places and learn new things. and as i traveled around the country writing business stories, i begin to realize how little i knew about the history of the working people of america. it's something that really isn't taught. in the late 1990s, i wrote a series of articles on sexual harassment. and i heard a lot of chilling stories about places where there been an imbalance of power, where people were able to use their power to force people to do things they didn't want to do. there were people who were sort of trapped in a cycle of abuse, and a lot of times the stories were really very bad stories. really much more akin to criminal activity than most of us have realized. and i heard all of these stories all around the country, and i began to suffer myself with psychologist called secondary stress. and i got afraid to fly. i started to feel like authority figures could be counted on to do the right thing. if there were a problem. i suppose

joining us now, reporter for the "washington post," eugene scott. thank you so much for being here this morning. i want to start -- we'll get to ilhan omar in a second, but i want to start with the president's reaction to the debate, which, of course, the main -- one of if main moments out of that was his comments about the proud boys, and for him to come out and say, acco according to these reports, that he's proud of the performance, that it's good for him, i think says a lot about what he was trying to do in the debate. this is something that we know he consistently does. we saw it in charlottesville and in a series of other examples. of course, his staff, afraid to tell him, no, actually, sir, we think this performance was a problem. >> indeed. one of the things that was fascinating about this debate is that if you read some of the comments from former white house aides, they said that president trump gave america a window into how he leads, how he governs. during staff meetings, he talks over people, pushes back on krit sinchs launches personal

of here all right let's catch up with a senate without shockley not alimony who writes for the washington post and has that power up newsletter welcome to you this has all the makings of a truck miracle he's out of hospital we don't know quite how ill he is but apparently fit enough to return to the white house is expected to go back to work. that's exactly what his doctor dr connelly said although he declined to answer several pretty important questions again during this press conference the 3rd of the press conferences that he's held where he's declined to disclose important information such as the status of the president's lumps just how many times he is needed and to be administered oxygen but as you just saw he gave a produce any review of how the president's doing and says that he's going to be taking care of the best doctors in the world he's currently under on several several therapeutics and returning to the white house tonight you you you you mentioned what a weird thing about this the president of the united states in hospital but the doctors have been surprisingly vague about what'

were caught up here all right let's catch up with this senate with jack lean who writes for the washington post and has that power up newsletter welcome to you this has all the makings of a truck miracle he's out of hospital we don't know quite how ill he is but apparently fix enough to return to the white house is expected to go back to work. that's exactly what his doctor dr connelly said although he declined to answer several pretty important questions again during this press conference the 3rd of the press conferences that he's held where he's declined to disclose important information such as the status of the president's lums just how many times he is needed and to be administered oxygen but as you just saw he gave a producer any review of how the president's doing and says that he's going to be taking care of the best doctors in the world he's currently under on several several therapeutics and returning to the white house tonight you you you you mentioned what a weird thing about this the president of the united states in hospital but the doctors have been surprisingly vague about what'

i'm an opinion writer for the washington post. welcome to first look, washington post, one-stop shop for news and analysis on the most pressing political issues of the day. this morning, we are reviewing an action-packed week, any coney barrett-- any coney supreme court nomination, stimulus talks, and last night, dueling banjos of town halls, one for president donald trump and the other for joe biden, the democratic presidential nominee. to get us started and talk about this is the washington post white house reporter ashley parker. ashley, thanks for being here. ashley: thanks for having me jonathan. jonathan: on the town hall, these dueling debates, did the trump campaign achieve its aim, scheduling the trump town hall at the same time as biden? ashley: if the aim in some ways was to compete with biden for airtime and overshadow biden, i think, yes, anecdotally, more people seem to be watching the trump town hall in real time then the joe biden town hall. if real question to me is, knowing in hindsight how the townhall went, his

good talking to thank you so much for joining us such a clean alimony from the washington post thanks for having me. meanwhile the british government is investigating how nearly 16000 new coronavirus infections went unreported because of what they say was a technical glitch health minister says it was critical to ensure a mistake it doesn't happen again the 15841 virus cases from september the 25th to the 2nd of october were not added to official figures prime minister barak's jobson seemed quite delighted about the era the the incidents that we're seeing in the cases really sort of corresponds to pretty much where we thought. we were and to be frank i think that the slightly lower numbers that we'd seen. didn't really reflect where we thought that the disease was likely to go so i think it's these numbers are realistic. so let's take a closer look at this with paul hunter he's professor of medicine at the university of east anglia england welcome to day doubly professor johnson right to be quite so relaxed about failing to count nearly 16000 coronavirus cases. i think there is a seri

this from the "washington post." quote, postal service workers quietly resist dejoy's changes. tell me more. this summer as controversial new procedures snarled the nations mail delivery and stirred fears of how the agency would handle the election. rank-and-file postal workers quietly began to resist. mechanics in new york drew out the dismantling and removal of mail-sorting machines until their supervisor gave up on the order. in michigan, they refused to leave election mail behind. in ohio postal clerks, cold prescriptions and benefit checks from bins to stalled mail to make sure they were delivered. some carriers ran late items out on their own time. in pennsylvania, some postal to buy themselves enough time to finish their daily rounds. one philadelphia postal worker tell "the post" in an intervurks i can't see any postal worker not bending those rules. be strengthened in your resolve today by friggin' postal service mechanics in new york. just not doing it. having a hard time getting around to it when they got to taking the mail sorting machines apart. bestrengthed in your

david, cover up by "the washington post"? under the rug. >> absolutely. it's not the only one that "the washington post" has run today. they ran a very similar one by max booth. let me be blunt. george stephanopoulos' failure to ask joe biden about this bombshell new york postto storys the most egregious example of journalistic malpractice that i have ever seen. and that is a really wide category these days. what makes it so astonishing is the biden campaign is not disputing the basic facts. the closest they have come is, there was no meaning on the official calendar. really, it didn't say 3:30 p.m. you met with hunter sketchy ukrainian business partner? i mean, this is really outrageous and the way the media is trying to turn this into first russian disinformation, maybe it is true, but it's not a big deal. it is extremely bad for the country. >> laura: lara, biden was finally asked about these revelations from "the new york post" about his son, hunter, and here is what he said. >> i know but i have no response. it is right up your alley. >> laura: lara,

the front page of the post. why not give viewers a -- >> [laughter] late night and an early morning. my god, what a horrible mistake. i'm so sorry. front page of "the washington post," give viewers a thumbnail of what you wrote today. >> i think that the sum and substance of the debate is that the vice president, mike pence, came armed with the case he wanted to make against joe biden, the democratic party, and kamala harris. time and again it is clear that what undermines the case most significantly is the prison he works for, president trump. it was obvious really from the get-go when the discussion focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the administration handling of it. the vice president in essence recycling statements the president has made repeatedly over many months, which he himself has said, touting what they claim is a great record against all the evidence of how this country has a much higher death toll than any major industrialized country in the and, as senator harris and moderator susan page both asked, why is that the case? it was a tough night for him to try to do what he wanted to do. the administration, the campaign, the trump folks would

because of people who work at "the washington post" who have completely gone off the rails and they haveple for a very long time. why a lot of people who cover washington have given up, you know what? let's try somebody like donald trump. melissa: let me be the devil's advocate for a moment because this is what she was reacting to at least in part this has gotten so much criticism and we were talking about the it at the beginning of the show. the president saying in a tweet, don't be afraid of covid. don't let it dominate your life. so to some sounds like he is being, cavalier. that that is a dangerous attitude. that you know it is harmful to those who are listening to him. i listened to that and i hear things that we say similarly about cancer. you know we all know how serious cancer is. >> absolutely. melissa: but when you say don't let it dominate your life, you know, that you need to be strong, pull together, fight back, when you say you can beat it about cancer or if i had it, i said i can beat this, i don't think, i wouldn't be disregarding how dangerous it is. so why is it that th

of here all right let's catch up with a senate without shockley now alabama who writes for the washington post and has that power up newsletter welcome to you this has all the makings of a truck miracle he's out of hospital we don't know quite how ill he is but apparently fit enough to return to the white house is expected to go back to work. that's exactly what his doctor dr connelly said although he declined to answer several pretty important questions again during this press conference the 3rd of the press conferences that he's held where he's declined to disclose important information such as the status of the president's lums just how many times he is needed and to be administered oxygen but as you just saw he gave a pretty sunny review of how the president's doing and says that he's going to be taking care of the best doctors in the world he's currently under on several say several therapeutics and returning to the white house tonight you've mentioned what a weird thing about this the president of the united states in hospital but the doctors have been surprisingly vague about what's wro

the washington post reported the federal prosecutor looking into obama era intelligence unmasking has finished his probe and is not bringing any charges. for months republicans, including president trump, behind on masking as the biggest thing since watergate. they pressed the conspiracy theory and it's when in the conducting of surveillance, u.s. citizens who might be involved get their names blacked out in reports and government officials request their identities, they unmask the names in order to better understand the intelligence. this sort of thing happens frequently. bill barr tapped john bash to investigate. barr left the justice department last week and they say his findings fell far short of what trump was looking for. there wasn't anything there so the attorney general chose to not even release them. >>> president trump back on the road again today. he heads to iowa for another crowded event where new coronavirus cases and the positivity rate are at or near all-time highs. after the president contracted coronavirus himself, many in his circle tried giving it an upbeat spin.

in september 2017 he started writing for the washington post. his column extended his readership and influence beyond the middle east. for the saudis i think this was the scariest thing the guy writes for a paper that's already all over the world that would buy this is a makers in the u.s. image mohamed bin someone painted himself in the west in america london and paris with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public relations it was destroyed by casualties one single article in the washington post as we speak today there intellectuals under notice jail no nobody will dare to speak and criticize like. saudi intelligence was monitoring chevy's writing and movements and were briefing the new crown prince and to the throne. of the horn of the world everything i write i write as an honest advisor. to the saudis trying to tempt the journalist to retire from the source close to christianity said that the crown prince's advisor sound a tiny contacted him twice by phone he said that mohammed bin solomon trusted implicitly and that the doors of the r

had that material been provided to "the washington post" before the story was written? >> yes, it had been in fact, "the washington post" had two different journalists who had been conversing back-and-forth with my public affairs individual and what is particularly interesting is there was a very lengthy interview with stacy cummings, who is here with me today who has directed our joint acquisition task force and none of that was included in the article and that is why we very quickly, the next day, put out a public statement reflecting all of the conversations we have h had. >> thank you for addressing this. we really owe it to the america public to use the dollars correctly and be transparent about how they are being used and i'm glad you were able to address this this morning. other members may have additional questions. i want to focus on an item that you and i talked about that you also raised, both you and the chairman raised in your opening statements. covid has made us look at a lot of supply chain issues in different ways and asked ourselves whether there are el

according to the report in the washington post, the federal prosecutor who is looking in to, this hasd there's no significant allegation of wrongdoing that will come out of it. ge again, according to the washington post, that was not news that the president wants to hear. if he was hoping it would be a political boost that he and his allies were building it up to be with all the hoopla around it, it's not going live up to what they projected it would. >> he was saying that, president obama and former vice president biden should be put in jail for what, whatever, i feel like we are back in 2016 again. so, john, they were looking at obama era officials and whether they improperly requested the identities of people named in redacted intelligence documents. according to the post, they found no wrong-doing. this is all part of their obsession with reliving the 2016 election instead of focusing on the issues that we face right now, in this moment. >> 100%. look, donald trump and his supporters in media have been fix ated on trying to relitigate 2016. he wants to be running against hillary c

cat zakrzewski compass technology for the "washington post." we appreciate you both think on "the communicators" ." >> guest: thanks. >> thank you. >> here's a look at congress this week. >> watch coverage of the house on c-span and the senate this week live on c-span2. >> next, the "washington post" recounts the separate town hall meetings held by president trump and joe biden and looks at the state of the presidential race less than three weeks from election day.

. >> tucker: the guy who leaked the access hollywood tape to "the washington post." great to see you tonight, congrats on the story.