and what you need to know about this cartoon is that it did not run in "the washington post." the post pulled the cartoon because it was a pro-eisenhower paper. and mr. block was pro-stevenson, and very adamant about that in his cartoons. and they felt that mr. block's opinion of eisenhower failing to control mccarthy and nixon went too far. and might, perhaps, persuade voters not to vote for him and so it didn't run. it did run in the areas where mr. block was syndicated, the other newspapers. what you also need to know about this cartoon is that "washington post" missed it. they knew a cartoon had appeared elsewhere. it hasn't appeared in their hometown papers and they were angry. and "the washington post" ran every single cartoon that mr. block chose to draw after that. he had a lot of power at the "washington post" as a cartoonist. we can see mr. block's art has evolved from that midwestern pen and ink-type drawing to a very loose type style. much less loose with a little of ink blush and coquille board, a stipple board so it grabs the pencil and gives it a nice texture. he

response to the corona virus was delighted by contamination that's according to a report by the washington post which shows contamination at america's leading disease control centers delayed the testing for the novel coronavirus go to washington shortly also on the show. the wind warns the africa could see hundreds of thousands of corona virus but might it did so there are fears that the continent could see millions of infections in the coming months as well also on the program. with the bundesliga targeting a return to action in my look at how realistic plans for matches without spectators in this current coronavirus client. i'm anthony how would welcome contamination at a laboratory in the united states was responsible for the delayed rollout of coronavirus test kits that's according to an investigation by the washington post it says that the kids produced by the centers for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results the faulty the kits then had to be recalled hampering early efforts to contain the spread of the virus in the u.s. . one joined now by david will man from the washingt

response to the corona virus was delighted by contamination that's a recording to it i report by the washington post which says contamination of america's leading disease control centers delight testing for the novel coronavirus we'll go live to washington shortly also on the show. the u.n. warns that africa could see hundreds of thousands of coronavirus related it's there are fears that the continent could see millions of in fictions in the coming months also on the program. that will make the civil defense volunteers and you can cheer up residents on the lookout inspiring the spot of some index. if i'm anthony how to welcome contamination at a low bar a tree in the united states was responsible for the delayed rollout of coronavirus test kits that's according to an investigation by the washington post it says that the kids produced by the centers for disease control and prevention gave incorrect results of faulty kits than had to be recalled hampering early efforts to can contain the spread of the virus in. it states. well i'm joined now by david will man from the washington post the author of tha

so these are just a few examples from "the washington post" that tell us a little bit about what happened here in washington d.c. i'm just going to switch. i'm just going to switch mere to a second slide show and this one will-- this one will run itself. so if it all works, fine. you'll see some images as we talk through. so for today, what i'd like to do is focus on three areas of research that i describe in the book. the first looks at how our treatments of influenza have evolved. what did we do 100 years ago to treat this terrible deadly disease and what do we do today? and i think you will find that actually it's changed less than you would have hoped. the second focus, it's going to be how our understanding of the influenza virus has changed over the last century. what was it that we thought caused influenza 100 years ago and what do we know about that same virus today? and there, i think, we can all agree, there has been an absolutely remarkable evolution and leap in our understanding of exactly what's going on. and finally, we're going to look at how we can prevent ourselves from c

these are just a few examples from the washington post that tell us a little bit about what happened in washington, d.c., i'm just going to switch to a second slideshow in this one will run itself. if it all works fine, you will see some images as we talked through. today i would like to focus on three areas of research, one that i described in the book, the first looks at howard treatments of influenza have evolved. what do we do 100 years ago to treat this terrible deadly disease and what do we do today. and i think you will find that it has changed less than you would've hoped, the second focus is going to be howard understanding of influenza virus have changed over the last century. what caused it and what to be know about that same virus today and i think we can all agree that there has been an absolute remarkable evolution and understanding of what's going on. finally were going to look at how we can prevent ourselves from catching the flu in the first place by looking h at vaccines, what vaccines were like back then 100 years ago and where we are today and will find that we sti

from soldiers and sailors that build momentum more people died and on the front page of the "washington post" we were told the work hours change the federal workday was staggered now washington dc was not the only city to do this by any means most of the cities that were affected so if we could stop people from mingling we didn't know what was causing this but we could understand keeping people away was a good idea. restaurants were closed or staggered. stores had staggered hours. in the attempt to keep people spaced from each other. and then to change around the beginning of october. so it is particularly sobering coming a couple of weeks after the announcement october 13th the "washington post" said the price of cotton skyrocketed this was an example of people taking advantage of a terrible situation. saying it holds this people of the city of washington by the throat and extorting outrageous prices for coffins and disposal of the dead. in fact the "washington post" goes on to suggest the department of justice should step in and instantly put a stop to the high prices of coffins. it cost m

if you read the washington post between 1972 and 1974. between the time the watergate scandal broke out and the time president nixon resigned, you opened the pages to see 174 cartoons attacking the president on watergate alone. he had drawn nixon coming out of his sewer during the eisenhower administration. with the exception of the free shave he gave him as a newly-elected president, which is now in the collection of the washington post, he never relented. he did not see a good time to richard nixon which does not mean he attacked him blindly. it means he had real issues with some of the things, whether it be corruption or wiretapping were things that he disliked. he felt it was his job as a cartoonist to express his opinion and to shirt with others. that is the basic role of an editorial cartoon. it is to express an opinion and persuade people to your point of view. a good cartoonist does more than just illustrate the news. he gets his point across. or she gets her point across. here we have nixon throwing some tapes to an investigator

welcome back to washington post live. i am bob costa, national political reporter at the washington post. joining me is governor gretchen whitmer of michigan. she was elected in 2018 and her long career in state politics including serving in the state legislature. a few months ago, it feels like a long time ago, but she did deliver the democratic response to president trump state of the union address. welcome to washington post live. gov. whitmer: good to be with you. >> based on the data and what is happening in your state, are you thinking about extending the stay-at-home order beyond may 1? gov. whitmer: there is no question we have to be slow and methodical. we have to pay attention to the data, listen to the medical experts and our public health experts to know that we are ready. what does it look like when we do begin to reengage? be mindful there are different sectors of our economy, different sectors and regions of our state. we need -- we are going to be really data driven. exercise wegorous are going through to

going on, what was this terrible disease, so these are just a few -- a few examples from the washington post that tell us a little bit about what happened here in washington, d.c. i'm going to switch -- i'm going to switch here to a second slide show, and this one will -- this one will run itself. :: the second focus is going to be the understanding of the virus has changed over the last center. cost influenza years ago but we know about that same time yesterday? i think we can all agree absolutely remarkable evolution what's going on. finally, how we can prevent ourselves from catching the flu. looking at vaccines, vaccines we are today and will find again we still have a lot of work to do. let's start with the treatments. the treatment were not terribly effective they included mercury tree bark, inhaling factory gases, ups, could actually happen. people reported south of england they took their families and children to munitions factories toxic fumes thought to somehow reduce the likelihood of getting influenza. activist turned out to be as crazy as it sounds because many of these gas work

but as part of our report in the washington post that out. you know there are several problems here that i think demand more answers and that is 1st of all exactly how did these contaminated kits here in. this case the quality of the efforts at the c.d.c. laboratory we now know based on what we brought to light today that the c.d.c. violated its own protocol of manufacturing practices in assembling those carrots so breakdown in quality control there. can confidently was that the c.d.c. used a more complicated design for these kits then for instance the world health organization sponsored design was the c.d.c. kids had 3 separate components 2 of which were focused entirely on detecting the code in $1000.00 strain which is what the pandemic is right now but the 3rd component that c.d.c. put in was seeking to detect a broader family of of corona viruses and it was within that 3rd component that these falls emerge which gets to a 2nd question here on the 1st question has. caught the whole gap with the contamination but once the false positive sta

and so that came about and i was at the "washington post" where you and i knew each other. after a lot of debates, i was presented with this opportunity and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot, essentially have a start up within espn. >> host: you were the managing editor of the "washington post" for it how much debate happened in your family? >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly with my wife. but sometimes you just disrupt your own career and want to do something different. take a little bit of a 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? >> guest: it's a play off of the 44th president. he was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44. was originally called the undefeated 44. these are our selections, our staff selection there's 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 try to put that -- these are 44 we looked at th

>> i'm accurately quoted in the washington post. >> it's just anything that -- it's such a dangerous mind-set. it's such a dangerous mind-set from the beginning, which is anything that sounds like it might be bad in the future has

and so that came about and i was at the "washington post" as you and i knew each other, and after a lot of debate i was presented with this opportunity and and i decided to go in and give a shot come simply have a start up at you spin turn you are managing editor at the "washington post," and how much debate happen in your family before you -- >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly my wife. but sometimes you just disrupt your own career. i mean, i want to do something different, take a little bit of a leap off of that cliff and try something different. i decided to do that and it's been fantastic. >> host: just to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches? >> guest: it was a play off the 44th president. you know, he was exiting the white house and we said we'll do 44. originally called the undefeated 44, so these were 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 don't say this is the greatest black achievers ever. we don't try to put that -- these are just a 44 that w

"washington post," they were wrong. can't overreact to dealing with this pandemic. the trump virus, that doesn't prove up by us. so the president is like okay, you're not going to tell the truth, the american people need to know the truth but they think their truth is right. and never ending lies in conspiracy theories, they think they're right. >> "the washington post" called it the chinese virus until he set it and then it became racist and horrible. look at those that you show calling him angry and unhinged, he was on fire. he was an angry, we have to push back and i think they were he was absolutely right, your monologue was right, they cannot stand to be wrong and they're

washington post interviewed reed last year but did not run the story after times piece. was going to cover the story, quote, we need today introduce it with some reporting and perspective. he says the sexual misconduct allegations against brett kavanaugh were treated differently because he was already in a public forum in a large way with biden on the verge of becoming nominee they weren't, quote heated race from a clock ticking. joining us from new york who now host sexton podcast and leslie marshall. buck, tara reade has more corroborating evidence through washington post and interviewed a friend of reade who was told by reade about the alleged attack by biden and papers waited weeks to publish. your take. buck: it's one of the most egregious instances that we see. in this case "the new york times" and washington post do the same thing and no justification for it which is why when you had "the new york times" interview about this, i mean, the justification was laughable. no serious person would ever think that joe biden is not and he's running for president of the unit

the washington post, quote, within the white house, one senior administration official said, trump has been so insistent on the reopening that some officials worry only a narrow window exists to provide information to change his mind or to ensure the effort to reopen doesn't significantly add to the country's rising number of infections. >>> on the blame game, quote, a scramble is you should way inside the white house to determine how to stagger a reopening of the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic while also protecting president trump from any political fallout. stemming the spread of coronavirus, the post reporting is buttress by trump's untimely attack on the w.h.o. >> today, i'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the world health organization, the w.h.o. willingly took china insurances at face value and defending the actions of the government even praising china for its so-called transparency. our countries are now experiencing -- look, all over the world, tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by truthful and transparent

i was at the washington post when you and i knew each other and after a lost of debate i was presented with this opportunity and decided to go ahead and give a shot especially as a startup with espn. >> host: you were managing editor of the washington post and how much debate happened in your family? >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly my wife but sometimes you disrupt your own career and wants to do something different, take a little bit of a leap off of that cliff and try something different so i decided to do that and it was fantastic. >> why 44 biographical sketches? >> it was a play off of the 40 fourth president and so he was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44. it was originally called the undefeated 44. these were our selection, 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 try to put that, these are just 44 that we looked at that fit the sensibility of the first african american president in the sense that here is something th

investigative reporter with the washington post. this is the story he wrote, rx work together at the dawn of the hiv-aids crisis." you can read it at washington post.com. youbirx talked about what were just discussing, the background and fighting the aids epidemic. this from the rose garden last month. [video clip] >> i was part of the hiv-aids response in the 1980's. we knew from first finding cases in 1980 run, it took us until almost 1985 to have a test. another 11 years to have effective therapy. it is because of the lessons learned we were able to mobilize and bring those individual tests that were key -- individuals that were key to this response. host: interns -- in terms of the role each plays on the task force, how would you describe that? >> -- guest: dr. birx is the data person. she shows where the data is going. weeks ago, president trump said he wanted to get the country back running by easter sunday, that was unrealistic by every estimation. dr. fauci and dr. birx went to him, explained to him with charts. dr. fauci is

and so that came about and i was at the washington post where you and i each other and after a lot of debate i was resented with this opportunity and i decided to go ahead and give it a shot to essentially have a startup within espn. >> you are managing editor of the washington post and how much they happened in your family before you. >> a lot of debate, particularly my wife. it was, sometimes you just disrupt your own career and want to do something different and take a little bit of elite off of that cliff. and try something different so i decided to do that and it's been fantastic. >> to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches? >> it was a play off the 44th president so he was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44, it was originally called the undefeated 44 so these were our selections, our staff selections andthere was a lot of fierce debate . we, 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 try to put that on. these are just 44 that we look at that fit the sensibilit

welcome back to washington post live. i'm bob costa, national political reporter here at "the washington post." joining me this afternoon is governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, a democrat. she was elected in 2018 after a long career in state politics, including serving in the state legislature. she was minority leader of the michigan senate. a few months ago, you may remember, it feels like a long time ago, she delivered the democratic response to president trump's state of the union. governor whitmer, welcome. based on the data and what's happening in your state, are you thinking about extending the stay-at-home order in michigan beyond may 1? gov. witmer: there's no question we have to be slow and methodical and pay attention to the data, medical experts and public health experts to know we are ready, and then what does it look like when we do begin to reengage? and be mindful there are different sectors of the economy, different regions of the state, for instance. we will be really data driven, we have a rigorous ex

quoted america really quoted in the washington post as difficult. but the headline was never. the headline the headline says c.d.c. director warned 2nd wave her fires. likely to be even more devastating it is that when you see. what he said shortly if you have the 2 things i want is i actually think it's actually going to be i think the american public is going to heed the request to really look at their vaccine has and see the vaccine with confidence for flu and i'm confident that the public health infrastructure that we're putting together now across this country so that we can early case they diagnose eiseley and contact trace as i say a block and tackle block and tackle that system is going to be there and we're going to be able to contain this fire was the right thing and they are a part of the theory that if you you're. right i say we talked about this yesterday when you asked me this question and someone i think used the word devastating and i want to really again emphasize to the american public that when we 1st interacted with this virus fo

see when you were the managing editor of washington post. how much debate happened in your family? >> guest: a lot of debate, particularly my wife. [laughter] but sometimes you just rupture 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. it has been fantastic. >> host: just to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches? >> guest: it was a play off of the 44th president. he was exiting the white house, and we said will do 44. it was originally called the undefeated 44. so these were our selections, our staff selections and there is a lot of fierce debate. you can imagine because there are many, many more than 44 great african-americans. we don't say these are the greatest black achievers ever. we don't try to put that on. it's just 44 that we looked at that fit the sensibility of the first african-american president in the sense that here something, they did something pioneering. something disrupting, they were in some cases noisy geniuses are quite innovators. they did something extr

shot. >> host: you are the managing editor at the "washington post." how much debate happened? >> guest: the loss, particularly my wife. you disrupt your own career and want to do something different, take a little bit of a leap and try something different so i decided to do that and it's been fantastic. >> host: just to be clear, by 44 biographical sketches? >> guest: she was exiting the white house and we said we will do 44, it was originally called the undefeated 44 cities where our staff selections and there was a lot of debate. you can imagine because there were many more than 44. we don't say this is the greatest black achievers ever. it's just these are the 44 that we looked at that fit the sensibility of the first african-american president in the sense that here is something they did that was pioneering, something disrupting, in some cases they were noisy geniuses were quiet innovators but they did something extraordinary in their own space and it was believe me, it was knocked down and we did it kind of democratically where to get on the list you have to convince the

, according to "the washington post," will likely be worse. we're getting details on what the director of the cdc has just said to "the washington post." we're also standing by this hour to monitor the white house coronavirus task force briefing. president trump has just finished a meeting in the oval office with the new york governor, andrew cuomo, whose state has been hardest hit in the pandemic and who has frequently clashed with the president. governor cuomo says they discussed testing and state funding. he describes the meeting as, quote, productive. as of this hour, by the way, the u.s. death toll now tops 43,000 with more than 800,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the united states. globally, there are now more than 2.5 million known cases and 175,000 deaths. but as the world searches for an effective treatment, a new study shows the drug often touted by president trump, hydroxychloroquine, provided no benefit to patients and actually a higher death rate. >>> also tonight, more states have announced controversial plans to reopen despit

and yet another from "the washington post" this headline, states department cables warn safety issueswuhan labs studying bats coronaviruses. now we checked and this reid guy hasn't written a single column called out washington post for conspiracy theory i wonder why reid wrote that he was writing evidence free claim now we check to see if reid in last three years wrote that people accusing trump of russia collusion were pushing an evidence free claim. and we couldn't find that either and my guess steve mosher dedicated 40 years of his life to studying china. in fact, he was the first american researcher to study inside rural china as published nine book on the subject. appeared on "60 minutes," and subpoena even testified in front of congress numerous times on this. well reid doesn't know a thing about china infectious disease we with look at his bio, he specializes in left wing blogging and that's about it. and reid wrois that, quote, chinese coverup narrative has become prevalent on the right. okay, every single western government, japan, taiwan, dr. fauci burks, washington post, "n

that is the quote from the washington post.on post as difficult, but the headline was. the headline says based the second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating. i actually think it is going to be, i think the american public is going to heed the request to look at their vaccine hesitancy for the flu and i'm confident that the public health infrastructure that we are putting together now across this country so that we can early case diagnosis and isolate and contact trace, block and tackle, that system is going to be there and we are going to contain this virus. we talked about this yesterday and someone we talked about this yesterday and someone used the word devastating andl someone used the word devastating and i want to really begin emphasise the american public that when we first interact with this virus for the first time in february or march timeframe, we did not have or understand its transmissibility, all of its symptoms. we do now and i think we are building together when we talk about the public he

what microbiologists biosafety expert told the washington post. virus could have occurred as a laboratory accident, and accidental infection on a laboratory worker. liberal columnist, david, wrote in the washington post, scientists don't rule out an accident in a research laboratory and wuhan might have spread a deadly fat that virus. collected for scientific study. another washington post reports that circumstantial evidence supports the lab week theory. and yetno another from the washington post, they warned of safety issues in labs studying that coronavirus is.s. this reed guy hasn't written a single column calling up the washington post for pushing conspiracy theories. i wonder why. reed wrote that they were pushing in evidence free claims. we also checked to see if read in the last three years wrote him accusing him of collusion for pushing and evidence three e claim. we couldn't find that either. my guess, he dedicated his life to study china. in fact, he is the first american researcher to study inside rural china. as published nine books o

it's not just the "washington post." it's not just the united states of america and different states where president trump may want to get some press and make an impact. the entire world is watching the united states, the people of the united states fall to their knees, getting crushed by this virus. we're looking at the worst week ahead. looking across the pond at boris johnson heading to the hospital. i want you to talk about that and how that is impacting the people there. also, how america is seen around the world right now, as they are dealing with this pandemic. >> so i spent the weekend speaking to friends and relatives in italy, the uk, and even morocco. my sister lives in morocco. time and again, they brought up what is happening here. they're all watching what is happening here. they're kind of flabbergasted, mika, that not more is being done. they can't understand why the testing is so weak. why america seems to lack so many ventilators. why on the medical side things are not going well. the other thing they'r

we were colleagues at the "washington post." she was probably the classiest and most intelligent writer to walk through the doors. compared to the rest of us. [laughter] this is aside from what she said, she's done so many wonderful things along with her books including being central to the national book festival in washington, which i go to whenever i can as an author, and which is really sort of one of the premier event in the country and the wisconsin book festival is doing a great job of filling in that line of wonderful books and authors and appreciating. welcome to medicine. >> thank you, david. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you for having me. what a welcome the trip. i'm very glad to be here. >> so, wanted to start with the conception. i know that in some [inaudible] they said okay explain this, so that is the thinking but then how did you go about coming up with what you could call the trip to trinity or what you called the crucible of these three ways to explain this place? >> i always reach into my family somehow t

he put it this way to "the washington post." i could be the last person some of these patients ever see or the last voice they hear. a lot of people will never come off the ventilator. i force myself to think about that for a few seconds each time i walk into the icu to do an intubation. to talk more about this, dr. cory deburghgraeve is with us, anesthesiologist at the university of illinois-chicago. doc, the decision you make to go into this battle the same as is made on the fly by police officers, firefighters, military encountering active shooters, fires, or enemies of this country, they look to their right and left. sometimes they see older folks with dependents and they figure if not me, who? tell me about the normal process. your job, as you point out, you're the last person people see. ideally you hope to be the first person they see when they come out of it. >> yeah, brian, that's right. thanks for having me on. so generally as an anesthesiologist, i'm used to taking care of patients in the operating room where they're

"the washington post" details a powerful network working behind the scenes. quote.new york times" calls it a quiet hands writing this. quote. joining our conversation former rnc chairman, michael steele, and national political reporter for "the washington post" bob costa. michael steele, i'm not even going to ask you what is wrong with bill barr. >> don't. >> conservative attacking state's rights to protect their citizens makes every circuit in my brain blow once and for all. >> this isn't conservatism. this is trumpism. so i think we need to be clear. >> right. >> about the distinction between the two. number one. number two, the only spontaneous thing that has happened in the republican party occurred in 2009 with the rise of the tea party under my watch at the rnc. since then, since about 2012 or so, this is all been a part of a continuing orchestration effort that is funded, that has been manipulated, and pushed out into the public by a host of interests. some financial, some political. operating aside the party which has become even more operationalized in the

we have a lot of midwesterners on "washington post live" this week.thanks for joining us and stay safe. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the white house did not release a weekly update. jeanne shaheen spoke on the federal response to the pandemic. hi, i am jeanne shaheen and i represent new hampshire. the covid-19 pandemic is the worst crisis our country has face m

so here's what the "washington post" said. okay? this is "the washington post." there is a possibility that the assault -- look at the quote -- the possibility that the assault the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through. and when -- when i have said this to others, they kind of put their head back. they don't understand what i mean. we're going to have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus epidemic at the same time. sounds pretty simple. that's what he said. he said what he said. a source telling cnn other members of the task force share dr. redfield's concerns. and listen to what the president says tonight about dr. rick bright. okay. who says that he was dismissed from his post for raising questions about hydroxychloroquine. >> i want to ask you about rick bright. he is the head of the federal agency in charge of getting a vaccine out to americans once it's ready. he says he has been pushed out of his job because he raised questions about hydroxychloroquine and some of your directives on that. was h

>> i'm accurately quoted in the "washington post." >> what dr. redfield clearly was asking for, like we ask for every american, to follow the guidelines. he's saying, "please add to the guidelines getting your flu shot and making sure you're protected." >> there is a chance covid will not come back. >> we don't know. >> if it comes back, it is a confined area that we put out. >> well, the great thing is, we'll be able to find it earlier this time. >> it might not come back at all. it may not come back at all. he's talking about a worst-case scenario, where you have a big flu, and you have some corona. it is all possible. it is also possible that it doesn't come back at all. >> we will have coronavirus in the fall. i am convinced of that. there will be coronavirus in the fall. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> i mean, just unbelievable. i cannot wrap my arms around the fact that you have networks that screwed up months ago, saying this was going to be a hoax. then they screwed up, like, pushing false drugs. now, they're screwing up, saying this might magica

the acting director of national intelligence denies this "washington post" report. the president is trying to blame china for the deaths of 56,000 americans. >> we'll never forget loved one, we'll never forget the great people that sacrificed for a reason of incompetence or something else other than incompetence, what happened at a point where they could have protected the whole world, not just us, the whole world. >> cnn's john harwood is live are us at the white house with more on this. great to see you. so what do we know about the daily presidential briefings that "the washington post" reported on that the president in, as i said, at least a dozen, back in january and february, they were already trying to sound the alarm of what the coronavirus would look like as it headed here. >> reporter: what these reports do is round out the picture that we had already built in reporting by multiple news organizations including our colleagues at cnn that the administration was informed by china on the 3rd of january and from then on the potential threat became more and more

the story was first reported by the "washington post" reporter. and she joins me now. thank you so much for joining us. so, as you point out, this is unprecedented. why is the president's name printed on the checks? >> well, it's unprecedented first of all because the irs is a non-political agency and don't do things like this. why the president wants his name on the check, i didn't speak with him. however, i do know he asked treasury secretary mnuchin he floated the idea a couple weeks ago of him signing the checks. but told that wasn't possible because he's not authorized and really a civil servant in the treasury department who no one has heard of is signing these. but a second option -- president and his aid came up with with the treasury secretary which transmitted this decision to the irs which then just this morning told their i.t. staff they had to recode all the information for the checks. and the decision was that the president's name is not going to be a signature. but his name on the left hand side of the paper checks. that will go out in coming days. and i

and so that came about and i was at "the washington post," as 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, that essentially we have a start-up within espn. >> you were managing editor of the washington post and how much debate happened in your family before you indicated. >> a lot, a lot of debate, particularly with my wife. but it was -- you know, sometimes you just, you disrupt your own career, i mean, and want to do something different and take a little bit of a leap, you know, off of that cliff and try something different. so, i decided to do that and it's been fantastic. >> just to be clear, why 44 biographical sketches? >> well, it was a playoff of the 44th president. and so, you know, he was exiting the white house and we said, we'll do 44. it was originally called "the undefeated 44", these were our selections, the staff selection. there was a lot of fierce debate. we-- who you can imagine because there are many, many more than 44 great african-americans. we don't say that this is the

robert: you just filed a story for "washington post." what is the real sry behind the scenes scenes? he is in line but in odds with the president? toluse: he was able to propel himself tohe top of the ticket. but since he took office, he has clashed with the president in clueding his the new senator. president trump one of his. senator collins and we see them clashing of the opening up o georgia. present trump seemed to be very much in favor of the fact that georgia was going to open up very quickly as late asnd la week a this week. there was pushback that spass nd bowling alleys would be inclooded and they said that isn't what they recommended and that was indirect contrast to guidelinesrump's own which the president has seemed unfamiliar with. e president decided to publicly rebuke governor rebuke and surprising the governor's aids after speaking to president trum but he criticized him on wednesday and doubled down and this. happy how he was handling president trump had called governor kemp asand him to modify his order and governor ke

and confirming, in fact, the washington post had got it correct.edfield did take issue with the headline. but president trump then stepped up to say that this projection of a possible concurrence if you like, of the coronavirus and the winter flu season was the worst—case scenario and said that the coronavirus might not come back. although medical experts remained convinced that it probably will. as far as the cdc director, robert redfield, is concerned and his approach to that article in the washington post, he can't have been too displeased with it at the time, mike, because he retweeted the very same article. many people will have in mind, i think, this rather scary statistic that apparently the 1918 globalflu pandemic, killed 25 times as many people in the second wave as the first wave had done. obviously the president has no medical or scientific background. not for the first time, the science here is politically inconvenient? yes, it is. and of course he's somebody who wants to stress that this is an economy that needs to be reopened because

after another consequential week in america, robert costa, national political reporter for "the washington post." moderator of washington week on pbs. annie karni, white house reporter with "the new york times." and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press. jonathan, i'd like to begin with you. having written about this briefing we witnessed today that sure was abrupt. suddenly it was eefr. the longest among them -- we looked it up -- ran 2:24 minutes at their height. that is well into tarantino territory. and while sub "irishman," it would get scorsese's attention. could it turn out that live television might have been the disinfectant for this kind of briefing? >> this was a short film compared to the longest ones he's done, the ones you just cited, brian. this has been in the works for a while.

and the "washington post" noletted thatobless figures have not been seen. congress responded to this economic pain by passing a an aid package. in short, it includes, $300 billion for the small business program, and hospitals and virus testing. $500 billion was sought by governors. senator mcconnell opposed that request sparking fury from sore governors. and looking to jump start their economies, governor cuomo was at the white houseith the president this week. >> frankly, this is no time to act stupidly, period. i get the pressure. i get the politics. we can't make a bad decision and we can't be stupid about it. this is not going be over. any time soon. robert senator kemp of -- governor kp of georg is opening businesses. it came after pressure from conservatives and this message. president trump: i told t governor of georgia that i disagree strongly with his decision to open certain facilities which are in violation of the phase one guidelines. at the same time,e must do what he thinks is right. is right. to do what but i disagree with him on what he is d

in an interview with "the washington post," he is quoted as saying there's a possibility the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through. white house officials insist redfield was talking about the potential for a coronavirus resurgence at the same time seasonal flu kicks in and the burden that double whammy could put on the health care system. in a new development, the former deputy hhs secretary for preparation and response is filing a whistle-blower complaint tonight claiming he was transferred to a lesser position at the nih after disagreeing with the white house over which drugs and treatment to spend billions of dollars on. in the whistle-blower complaint, he says he insisted the money go to safe and scientifically bedded solutions and not into drugs, vaccines, and other technologies that lacks scientific merit. >> bret: he's asking for the department of health and human services to open up the investigation, nothing from the administration yet on his complaints. >> it will definitely be a question at the