the "washington post" broke the news that u.s. intelligence officials have told senator bernie sanders that russia is once again trying to, quote, help his presidential campaign as part of an effort to interfere with the democratic contest. the mueller report revealed that they did the same they know four years ago when it was helping the bernie sanders campaign and the trump campaign. the mueller report found that russia used social media to help the sanders campaign against hillary clinton and to create disengs and division among american voters. in a written statement today condemning the russian attack to help sanders campaign, senators bernie sanders said in 2016 russia used internet propaganda to sew division in our country. and my understanding is that they're doing it again in 2020. some of the ugly stuff on the internet attributed to our campaign may not be coming from real supporters. senator sanders said he was told about a month ago about the russian attempt to help his campaign. and he actually hinted at it in this we

according to reports in the "new york times" and "the washington post" joseph mcguire's staff briefed the house intelligence committee on russia's latest efforts to interfere in the presidential campaign to help donald trump. "the washington post" was the first to report president trump's reaction to intelligence officials following the law and briefing the house intelligence committee on russia's latest attempts to help the trump campaign. "washington post" reports trump erupted at his acting director of national intelligence, joseph mcguire in the oval office perceiving him and his staff as disloyal for speaking to congress about russia's perceived preference. there was a dressing down of maguire said another individual. maguire came away despondent: "the washington post" and "new york times" report that the intelligence briefing of the committee by joseph maguire's staff led by shelby peerson became contentious with republicans on the committee arguing against the intelligence findings that were being presented to the committee. according to "the washington post" one member of the

sports now is very much but culture, too, and that came about, and i was at the "washington post" as -- where you and i knew each other, and after a lot of debate i was presented with this opportunity, and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot, to essentially have a startup within epps jeeps you were managing editor of the "washington post." >> guest: i was. >> host: how much debate happened in your family before you left -- >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly my wife. but it was -- sometimes you just -- you disrupt your open career. and want to do something different and take a little bit of leap off of that cliff, and try something different. so i decided to do that, and it's been fantastic. >> host: just to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches. >> a myoff of the 44th 44th president, and so he was exiting the white house, and we said, we'll do 44. originally called in the undefeated 44. these are our selection, our staff selection, and there was a lot of fierce debate. you can imagine because there are many, many more than 44 great african-americans. we don't say this is t

exile the bookseller who fled hong kong for taipei and the death of kobe bryant the tweet the washington post found institutionally damaging about a week and a half ago on january 23rd the chinese authorities shut down the city of one hot population 11000000 and ground 0 for the outbreak of the corona virus in short order 17 more cities were quarantined the total number of people affected nearly 60000000 the orders issued by beijing were significant but late in coming because the 1st official case of this virus was confirmed almost 2 months ago on the 8th of december 2019 it took that long before china's state controlled news media stopped downplaying the seriousness of the outbreak and started providing the kind of information that can save lives by that stage however millions of chinese citizens had passed through the affected region unaware of the risks involved the death toll is now in the hundreds the number infected in the thousands and the coronavirus like the coverage of this story has gone global our starting point this week is the city of oh hi. no one can control the timing of a vi

if tonight's reporting by "the washington post" and "the new york times" is true. and everything else we know about donald trump and vladimir putin indicates that it is true. >> did you want president trump to win the election, and did you direct any of your officials to help him do that? >> translator: yes, i did. yes, i did because he talked about bringing the u.s.-russia relationship back to normal. >> russia's interference in the 2016 election to help donald trump has been proved far beyond a reasonable doubt, and donald trump was not president in 2016. trump did not have the kind of powers he has now to actively help the president of russia help re-elect the president of the united states. this is a darkly momentous event in the history of this country in the history of this world. vladimir putin has become donald trump's running mate once again. leading off our discussion tonight is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut, he's a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman himes, what can you tell us about this meeting last week that's bei

why do you think it came snout the "washington post"? good friends. >> rick, your reaction to that? >> i think he should have kept walking to the airplane and not answered that question. he was pretty much pitch perfect before that. the point is that the russians do want to sow discord. the russians don't necessarily have a point of view. they want people to distrust reality. distrust the information that they're getting and he shouldn't do that. even when he said it is possible these bernie bros online may be russian bots or russian trolls. that's not supported by any evidence. >> that's part of what the report that, they did get involved on the bernie side on social media. so there's already a pattern for that. >> yeah. when you look at the ways the sanders campaign has been run, he's not running a unity message. he's been talking about a rigged system. we know russia wants people to be skeptical about our institutions, they work for people. so you can see where the alignment is in terms of his rhetoric and what russia wants to us believe about our own government. we have a histor

but the biggest difficulty and the transition like the washington post and then going to a startup that did not have a culture we had to build everything from the ground floor. some encounter all kinds of challenges but it was a great transition. >> why the undefeated. >> it is based on the my angelou quote we face many defeats but we will not be defeated. and really from a spirit standpoint to really come together as an idea our kids lose, we hugged them we know it's not the end of the world and the resilience of what black americans have done in this country with the triumph of obstacles. >> as you mentioned there are six athletes mentioned in the fierce 44. are athletes inherently role models? >> if they want to be or not they are for many people because they are out doing their work in public and they interact with fans people come pay money so kids look up to them. because many kids grow up playing sports and wishing they could become serena williams. so you see that pipeline so i think that athletes look up to them and want to become them so they are a role model. >>host: what abo

wait a minute, you are pursuing "the washington post"? >> i don't have any choice.o you make up a story like this? i went to the white house? i didn't go to white house. maguire was leaving anyway as you just said. let's walk everybody back. john ratcliffe was nominated, the press went to it. mcguire was put in temporaril temporarily. he's acting. they are bringing the german ambassador mr. grenell to be in that position. >> harris: temporarily. >> how are people getting classified briefings, how did as it stand up in the pages of "the washington post" and "new york times"? all i can tell you is that it's total garbage and demonstrably false. i didn't talk to the president, okay? you have cnn, "washington post," all the usual suspects claiming i went somewhere where i did not go. this is not stopped and that's why the courts have to step in. >> harris: you are going to sue "the washington post." you say that a story has been made up with you at the center of it, you are going to sue over that. there's also this idea that russia is getting involved in our elections a

and if you listen to the washington post, you need to posting that and talking about that publicationn washington journal, because jeff bezos took billions of dollars from the cia to plant propaganda in that publication. host: let's look at some of the tweets that came out of congress about this story, when the d thatgton post allege the russians tried to meddle in sanders' campaign. no matter how many times the lies, the reality is clear -- putin is interfering in our elections in 2020, just like in 2016. public's need to explain why they have blocked reflection -- senate republicans need to explain why they have blocked election security bills 20 times. -- donald trump to stay out, something trump has never said, because he is incapable of putting the country's interests before his own. let's go back to our home life and talk to the viewers once again about the washington post story, saying russia is meddling gn.aid sanders' campai in st. louis,rol missouri on the democratic line. good morning. do believe that russia is probably meddling, but i do think they support sanders because

philip rucker, pulitzer prize-winning white house bureau chief for "the washington post," co-author along with his "post" colleague carol leonnig of "the new york times" best-selling book "a very stable genius." shannon pettypiece, senior white house reporter at nbc news digital. and frank figliuzzi, former fbi assistant director, notably for counterintelligence. and, frank, it's because of your life's work that i'd like to begin with you. you read the journalism out tonight. what is being alleged about the russian effort, and it sure reads like this is ball game, frank. >> robert mueller, special counsel, told us when he testified on the hill, brian, it's happening right now. he said it in his written report after his special counsel inquiry. the last actual dni, director of national intelligence, that we had, dan coats, put it in an annual report. it said this is the new battlefield, political/social propaganda and cyber warfare. and yet the trump administration has done absolutely nothing. and now the trump administration reportedly is on notice, and the lawmakers that we put in office

even "the washington post" wrote about this. the president tweeted about it.ally speaking when the president tweets about something, it kind of indicates it's newsworthy. the media loves to beat him up but in this case they are freezing him out. trish: having been in this business for a while, it's reached a level we have never seen. cnn is out there pretending to be journalists. and they are effectively anything but. jim acosta is blaming president trump for bullying that happens in school. saying trump's red rick has changed the way kids are bullied in class. this after a man assaulting a 15-year-old boy who was at the voting booth and wearing a red hot. that man felt entitled to assault him. you see, the escalation in violence. we are the only ones covering it. if it were vice versa, if it were trump supporters going after the left it would be all over the evening news. but you don't see it when it's the left going after the trump supporters, do you, dan? >> this is how the media sets the narrative. this started with a "washington post" piece that talked ab

the washington post first reported the oval office confrontation between trump and mcguire. in the wake of all that, trump yesterday, indeed, fired the acting dni mcguire, removing any hope of getting the job on a permanent basis, and installed richard grenell as the new acting dni. grenell is the current u.s. ambassador to germany. it's a job he plans on keeping while serving as acting dni. he's been a vocal supporter of the president. happens to have no intelligence experience. earlier on this network, former oba obama cia director john brennan expressed his concerns about the man. >> somebody who is a loyalist to trump who is going to oversee the 17 intelligence committee agencies. is he going to filter information, is he going to shape it? there are officials in the intelligence community looking at with a very worried expression. >> tonight a trump official is telling nbc news grenell will not serve as acting director for intelligence for long, and the president who backed this up with a tweet moments ago will nominate a new director soon, possibly within days. this all

>> according to "the washington post," not a right wing source, cutting to "the washington post," thes of jobs greeted by this president, 85% of them have been to minorities. >> laura: we've got to leave it here, but we will be tracking this and following the facts. gentlemen, thank you so much. we will be right back. guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'. well now there's score!, from force factor, to rev your libido and maximize physical response. it's no wonder walmart offers score! in more locations than any other performance enhancer. unleash your potential in the bedroom, with score!. >i spend a lot of time sin my truck.y? it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music >> man: so i'm not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked... my friend recommended safelite autoglass. >> tech: hi, i'm adrian. >> man: thanks for coming. >> tech: oh, no problem. >> tech: check it out. >> man: yeah. they came right to me, with expert service where i needed it. that's service i can trust... no matter what i'm hauling. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, s

>> well first of all the washington post is into public agency, so we can't be fooled, it applies to agencies of the federal government and the inspector general may not like it but the advice goes to his office as well. he has given a lot of different explanations for why he thinks these peoples, these officials who are in charge, their identities in charge, but it's been all over the map, at times their lawyers have called them whistleblowers or criminal informants or consultants or just people who didn't want their names made public because they might be politically embarrassing. but none of those really add up under the law, first of all they are not whistleblowers, these are not people who came to the inspector general to report wrongdoing, this is the inspector general seeking out hundreds of people who are involved in the war to interview them for a public report called lessons learned. these people are being interviewed for something that they knew would be made public, now maybe some of them would say well i prefer my name not to be attached to it but under the law that's no

writes for the "washington post," excellent reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> let's get more on the growing financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. our business editor at large richard quest is joining us. richard, this was a huge hit for the markets not only today, but over the last several days. >> more than 3,000 points over the course of the week. 4.5% just alone today. look at the way the selling accelerated during the afternoon. that's the largest points fall in history. what you have here are concerns, fears, worries and deep uncertainties about what's likely to happen next. that's the core of why the market is falling. and the accelerate rants and flames that go on top of that are things like microsoft, which announced that it can no longer rely on its guidance to the market of last week. microsoft was down 7% so far today. if you look at companies in northern california where this community spread may have taken place shs the mere thought that the california economy may be shut down or people couldn't go to

when i know you were working, "the washington post" delivered a story saying, william barr is telling people he's considering quitting, but i know because you and i communicate during your commercial breaks that you're aware of this story. >> i just got it. >> but i just want to read you this opening. it says attorney general william barr has told people close to trump inside and outside the white house he is considering quitting over trump's tweets about justice department investigations. three administration officials said foreshadowing initial contron tags. the third sentence, he has his limits, said one person, familiar with barr's thinking. >> wait, a person familiar with his thinking? >> he has his limits. >> speaking from a person familiar with attorney general barr's thinking, speaking from inside the attorney general's mouth suggests -- >> possibly, possibly. so, there are so many possibilities with this, including that it's real. there's also the possibility that william barr just kind of wants this out there as a way of kind of declaring, this is as much independence as he

the "washington post," good friends. >> okay.enator sanders suggesting there, you know, david, that the "washington post" may want to hurt his campaign by releasing this information ahead of today's caucuses in nevada, that's kind of the conclusion you come to with the way he answered that question. what is the response from your paper, then? >> yes, so i'm not speaking for the paper but my analysis, fred, is this, that he's basically complaining about people doing their jobs. he is a united states senator with an oath to the constitution, he made a decision about what he did with that sensitive information that he was provided by the intelligence community, that's his job, and the job of my "washington post" colleagues is to report information at the highest levels of government, factually, as they find it to the american people, to our readers. so everybody is doing their job here. his line there on that tarmac is good as a throw away line, but i think in the end it's really just fueling the narrative about him that's the one t

guy benson, charles lane from the "washington post." former dnc chair donna brazile and michael anton. you have the attorney general calling on the president to stop commenting on criminal cases. should the president listen to bill barr? should he listen to bill barr. >> he should listen to bill barr. the president has confidence in bill barr. he appointed him. i think he should listen. but i think this controversy is still overblown. if the president were really intervening. the president thinks andrew mccabe should have been charged and he thought roger stone got railroaded. so i take bill barr's word when he says the president hasn't intervened. back off with the tweets and comments and take the advice of your attorney general. i think the president is right in the opinions he expressions and right to be concerned with equal justice. chris: on this issue of of democratic calls to investigate political interference at the department of justice. we got this on facebook. how can you interfere in an organization you oversee? it's rhetori

we are lucky to have as our moderator sarah ellison, the washington post media writer.arah, over to you. >> thank you so much, john and think to craig and mark for joining us. we are lucky to have you. i want to note that the name of the panel is "wartime allies, secrets and crimes" and we are here in washington were so little is bipartisan but it feels like this is one area where we can say all sides of the political spectrum share in their ability to produce wartime secrets and lies. you have both explored that in your work. i want to start a little bit with the specifics of your investigations and i will start with you, mark, so we are not waiting the washington post side too much. john mentioned some of your investigations into russia's bombing targets of syria and i want to know how did that start? how did you come to that topic to begin with? activerussians have been in syria for years and a lot of people have known that and it has been a bit of an open secret they were involved in the air and on the ground. component was the russians were obviously constantly sto

craig: the washington post is not a public agency. we cannot be -- the freedom of information act apply to agencies of the federal government and the executive branch. the inspector general may not like it, but it applies to his office as well. he has given a lot of different explanations in court for why he thinks these officials who are in charge of the war, their identities should be withheld. it has been all over the map. lawyers have called them whistleblowers or criminal informants or consultants or just people who did not want to their names made public because it might -- they might -- it might be politically embarrassing. but none of those add up under the law. they are not whistleblowers, these are not people who came to the inspector general to report wrongdoing. this was the inspector general seeking out people who were involved in the war to interview them for a public report called lessons learned. these people being interviewed or something they knew was to be made public. maybe some would say, i prefer my name and not

predicting sports now is very much about culture to and so that came about and i was at the "washington post" where you and i knew each other and after a lot of debate presented with this opportunity and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot essentially as a startup. >> host: you were managing editor of the "washington post". how much debate happened in your family? >> guest: a lot of debate particularly my wife but sometimes you disrupt your own career and you want to do something different and take a little bit of a leap off of that cliff and try something different. i decided to do that. >> host: just to be clear why 44 biographical sketches? >> guest: is a playoff of the 44th president. he was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44. was originally called the undefeated 44 so these are our staff selections and there was a lot of fierce debate. you can imagine because there are many many more than 44 great african-americans. we don't say this is the greatest black achievers ever. we don't. put that on it. it's just the 44 that we looked at the fit the sensibility of the first

so i could tell you there was a lot of mind now coming up i can tell you the washington post is facing a backlash for overplaying the importance of the top one percent of the election to talk about that in more detail in about 10 minutes. story from europe next leading politicians in germany of lashed out at the anti gratian alternative germany party in the wake of wednesday's racially motivated mass shootings at 2 bars in harlow in which 9 were killed the lawmakers argue that they have helped create an atmosphere of hatred. at 1st glance it looks like it was a lone wolf what's happening is one man carried it out but there were those who had provided him with ammunition and the a of these definitely among them used it in germany struggles to come to terms with the events of this week's tragic slayings in now we've seen politicians from the christian democratic union the social democrats they really coalition as well as the left party on the greens as well coming out and accusing alternative to mediate if they are funding the flames of far right extremism in the country of course there'

separately the washington post is facing a backlash for overplaying the importance of the leaks ahead of the election moral matter in a little over 10 minutes time. next the leading politicians in germany have lashed out at the anti immigration alternative for germany party in the wake of wednesday's racially motivated mass shootings of 2 bombs in an hour in which 9 were killed the lawmakers argue that the a.f.p. has helped create an atmosphere of hatred. at the 1st glance it looks like it was a lone wolf what's happening when one man carried it out but there were those who had provided him with ammunition and the a of these definitely among them gifted in germany struggles to come to terms with the events of this week's tragic slayings in hull now we've seen politicians from the christian democratic union the social democrats they are really coalition as well as the left party and the greens as well coming out and accusing alternative media day of funding the flames of far right extremism in the country of course there's a direct connection between the growing strength of the a.f.d.

in more on the race for the white house the washington post is facing a backlash for overplaying the importance of the top one percent of the head of the election on that in just a minute. and emergency e.u. budget summit has been seen the blocks leaders fail to agree on just how to make up the 75000000000 euro shortfall left by brics or. what has come out of this is that the differences are still too large to come to an agreement unfortunately we have to suspend this summit. these divisions are there we don't need britain for that they were playing out during the financial crisis a decade ago during the migration prices we're now seeing them on budget issues. the spark calls for compromise on all sides in friday's negotiations member states were not able to overcome 2 fundamental areas of disagreement the 1st they can point is the bloc so-called frugal 4 do not want the e.u. budget to be higher than one percent of its gross national income and those countries denmark austria sweden and the netherlands also want to keep receiving rebates on the contributions they pay to the e.u. in a

sanders is leading the polls ahead of the next nomination vote in the state of nevada and the washington post now claiming then that through our name sources it must be said that he's receiving russian help for his campaign. it was not clear what role they're going to play we were told that russia maybe other countries are going to get involved in this campaign and look here's the message to russia stay out of american elections the do nothing democrats using disinformation hawks number 7 don't want bernie sanders to get the democratic nomination and they figured this would be very bad for his chances it's all reet again against crazy bernie sanders . or one democrat rival maine time billionaire might bloomberg has jumped on the chance to report to target sunday's online posting his 2016 presidential campaign slogan feel the burn in russian the other end of the political spectrum the new york times claim is president trump is also a benefactor of alleged russian help moscow is dismissing that report and says it expects similar claims to multiply in the run up to the election these are just th

formerd our way, a washington post foreign correspondent and writer, many books on the middle east. thed at his brother jim run foundation, which is a sponsor of the polk and without then we would not but -- not be what we are today. the foreign reporting award goes the new york times for illuminating the causes of violence in central america. e ofonal reporting to creol the houston chronicle for revealing the administration's in of inhumane practices dealing with refugees. metropolitan reporting to the staff of newsday for its series, long island divided, documenting widespread discrimination against african-americans in housing. brianreporting to rosenthal of the times for uncovering a scheme in which offiteers inflated the price medallions and sold them to drivers through exorbitant loans. international reporting to mark scheffler and visual investigations team of the times for new techniques in forensic investigation that approved among other things russian pilots armed hospitals in syria. noah, andreporting to david of bloomberg news for revealing that developers can beat huge

trish: "the washington post," they are letting it all hang out, telling us how they really feel.nt and system where the most educated elite members of society are the ones picking the president of the united states. how does that work? >> this shows you where the democrat party is. they are terrified of two things. they are terrified their base which has moved drastically to the left is going to comek nominate a socialist in bernie sanders. and that scares them. but the other thing that scares them is the fact that the republicans did not allow the party insiders to take our nominee last time. the people picked donald trump. do you think paul ryan wanted president trump to win the primary? and president trump will go down as one of the best republican presidents in history. you have them also terrified that bernie sanders is going to win their nomination and ultimately lose to president trump. trish: it shows you the mainstream media is right there effectively with those elites. speaking of the mainstream media and distrust in the system. there are reports tonight that a national

"the washington post"? good friends. >> it's kind of a trump-like play there. really blaming the washington post for reporting -- look, it's reporting. that's -- this is how it works. >> well, look, i mean, i think the media has been, you know, since 2016 to not just bernie sanders, but a lot of the supporters, the outlook has been that they've been unfair and constantly criticizing not just bernie sanders, but his progressive ideas, but i mean, look, at the time if this was a month ago we don't know if the briefing was classified or not and i think the important thing to focus on here is that bernie sanders is standing up to vladimir putin in a way that donald trump never will and i think it's also really important to recognize that this is the day before the nevada caucuses and bernie sanders is the undisputed front-runner nationally and heading into nevada, and the democratic front-runner and that the big focus has to be -- and sanders' foreign policy speaks to that russia does not -- would not be happy with a bernie sanders presidency because of how tough h

what was the intelligence community doing handing that over to "the washington post."rish: we know this now because he told investigators and we have the readout of that meeting. he said yep yep that was me. i did. the idea that they are out there handing this to the "washington post," the "new york times" or any other outlet that will listen tells you the story of an actual coup, kt. >> i think there were people at the highest levels of the intelligence community potentially even the national security council and the obama white house who were setting this up. i was there january 6 when the intelligence community, we call the four chiefs who briefed president-elect trump. and that's where comey handed trump parts of the steele dossier. this was a setup from the beginning by people who didn't think he would win and once he one, they wanted the leak. trish: then it was an excuse to get into the whole steele dossier. >> that's what started the russia investigation, the mueller report, the russia hoax. all this started with the poison sauce fruit of people in the intellig

"the washington post," good friends. >> not exactly sure what he meant by "washington post," godt friends, but shane what do you make of all of that. >> what senator sanders is not saying is that he has doubts about the intelligence he was briefed on. he embraced it and tried to draw a contrast between himself and president trump, who he has repeatedly criticized for in not doing enough to combat disinformation online. i can add our subsequent reporting in the past half hour or so since the story went up, we understand that president trump has been briefed as we say on the story on this assistance to bernie sanders campaign, but also the analysis that russia is trying to sow dissension in the democratic field. that gives more insight into what russia may be trying to do. it's discordtrying to help bernie sanders and having a preference for president trump. there's some thinking that the russian maneuver here is meant to sow dissension in the crowd democratic primary yield. >> the other day last week u.s. intelligence officials briefed members of the house intelligence committee that the r

. >> "the washington post" says trump has had vindman in his crosshairs for some time. stands to reason. they report this. trump has complained about vindman in private, mocking the way he spoke, wore his uniform, and conducted himself during the impeachment inquiry. he has discussed with aides removing other national security officials who testified or cooperated with house democrats with trump calling them disloyal. earlier today senator susan collins, who is still defending her vote to acquit trump, was asked about the possibility that he might retaliate against lieutenant colonel vindman. >> i obviously am not in favor of any kind of retribution against anyone who came forward with evidence. >> now of course that's done. you may recall vindman addressed the issue of retribution and potential consequences from his testimony when he recalled his father's decision to emigrate from the soviet union to the u.s. >> in russia, my act of expressing concern to the chain of command in an official and private channel would have severe personal and professional repercussions. d

howie: washington post with furor repon intelligence official that russia is trying to meddle on behalf 2020 election. >> donald trump is operating in the white house in conjunction with vladimir putin to hide what vladimir putin is doing to help donald trump get reelected. donald trump is a russian operative. >> this is what they do, the democrats, media fell for it and they keep falling for it because they hate trump so much, they are willing to pair it with the kremlin, they are the agents of russia, not donald trump. howie: are the media hyping the russia story, that has a familiar ring or holding administration accountable. the media pounding the president for pardons. >> this doesn't fit the mission of draining the swamp. one of the worst swamp rats, he was selling a seat. >> pardoning infamous people with name value and money. people he's heard about from friends or fox news. >> case of case of commutations and pardons, corruption, rub your face that corruption is fine. >> with roger stone sentenced to more than 3 years in prison, how is media handling case and reports that attor

joining me now are "washington post" political reporter robert costa moderator on pbs. assistant director of counter-intelligence. deputy general during clinton administration and "washington post" editorial editor ruth marcus. welcome all. robert, first to you. this is an enormous from a previous administration, justice department officials. we are, of course, also see the four people who resigned from the case, from the roger stone case, one resigning entirely from the justice department and the mike flynn case which came about on friday probably after this letter was written. what was the challenge now for william barr and how big is the divide between the attorney general and, of course, the president? >> as "the washington post" has reported, the attorney general has real institutional challenges at this point. that's part of why he went forward to talk to abc news in that interview last week was to reassure and to reaffirm to some people that he is operating with an attempted integrity, trying to manage the department in a way that follows the rule of law, not fol

president trump has begun the "washington post" said the articles of impeachment before us were not even the first ones one's house democrats introduced. this was a go-round number. this was a go-round number of roughly seven. those previously alleged misdemeanors mr. president included things like being impolite to the press and national athletes. it insults the intelligence of the american people to pretend this is a solemn process reluctantly begun because of withheld foreign aid. no, washington democrats position has been clear literally for years. their positionas was obvious whn theyel openly rooted for the mueller investigation to tear the country apart and were disappointed, disappointed when the facts proved otherwise. it was obvious when they sought to impeach the president over and over. here's the real position mr. president. washington democrats think president donald trump committed a high crime or misdemeanor the moment, the moment he defeated hillary clinton in the 2016 election. that is the original sin of this presidency that he wanted they lost. ever since the nat

here was the "washington post" headline minutes after the inauguration. the campaign to impeach president trump has begun. the "washington post" says the articles ofot impeachment were t ouen the first ones house democrats introduced. this was a go around number of roughly seven. those previously alleged high crimes and misdemeanors included things like being able to lie to the press and professional athletes. it insults the intelligence of the american people to pretend this is a solemn process because it withheld foreign aid. why should it be clear literally for years. the position was obvious when they rooted for the mueller investigation to tear the country a apart and they were disappointed when the facts proved otherwise. it was obvious when they soughto impeach the president over and over. here is a real position, es. president, washington democrats think that president trump committed a high crime or misdemeanor the moment he defeated every clinton in the 2016 election. that is the original sin of this presidency that he won and they lost. ever si

for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. and let's get started. >>> president xi jinping said on friday the coronavirus outbreak is a big test for china. that may be the understatement of the year so far. the question that remains to be answered is will china pass that test? let me brying in my panel. anna fifield is "the washington post" asia chief, and she's the cnn global economist, and dr. colleen craft is an infectious disease specialist at emory university school of medicine. anna, let me start with you. what does it feel like on the ground there this week compared to last week compared to the week before? >> yeah, it feels quite strange this week and all of the previous weeks as well. there hasn't been really that noticeable a difference. it's incredible to see this country of almost 1.4 billion people essentially shut its doors. when i have been traveling around the country and this week around beijing, you see shops, restaurants, everything is closed. there's hardly any traffic on the streets. 70,000 movie theaters