damien and yasmeen everyone for tuning in. i assume you all that pre-ordered the book from politics and prose but here it is. it's fantastic, thank you. your book is so great and i'll ask my question you guys can find out for who answers. your book is so great a part of a just wants to use this our job you recount all the amazing anecdotes in your book. i'm not going to do that but there is one i would you about that is got a lot of attention already basically you report president trump at one point suggested sending inspected cruiseship passengers to guantÁnamo bay -- infected. tells about that. >> this is something that really jumped out at us, for a couple of reasons. one, back in february 2020 there was a lot of focus first on that diamond princess christian those off the coast of japan, and i think there were 500 or 600 passengers on the ship, a lot of americans on the ship, elderly americans and so there was this big fight over what to do and how to get them home. at the time 360,000 people and cruise ships around the wo

yasmeen moved to the post and tipped covering health policy. when the pandemic started she was well-positioned to report on the administration's response from early on. damian established a great representation in 2010 covering financial and economic issues in washington for the wall street journal then joined the post four years ago to focus on white house economic policy. two years ago he was named economics editor though he has a background in the sources to pursue the administration's bungling of the pandemic. in "nightmare scenario", they say their intention was to provide the first complete narrative about what really happened inside the trump administration in dealing with the covid-19 crisis. they interviewed a lot of insiders, including members of the white house coronavirus task force. no one they talked to on the task force intended their collective response and no one certainly held up their work as a model for the future. in general, as they note, a number of systemic problems can be blamed at least in part for what went wrong. a c

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yasmeen, damian and ashley, take it away. >> hi, thank you guys for doing this david, yasmeen, everyone for tune again. i said we all preordered the book from politics and prose. here it is, it is fantastic. they gave it to me and i sped read it. your book is still great spirit i will ask my questions and you can fight it out for who answers but your book is so great part of me must use this to recount all of the amazing anecdotes in your book. i am not going to do that. it's gotten a lot of attention already, you report president trump at one point suggested spending infective cruise ship passengers to guantanamo bay, tell us about that. >> sure, this is something that really jumped out at us for a couple reasons. one, back in february of 2020 there was a lot of focus first on that diamond princess cruise ship that was off the coast of japan. i think there are five header ship.ssengers on the a lot off americans on the ship, elderly americans is that there's a big fight over what to do and how to get them home. at the time three to 60000 people on cruise ships around the world, there w

yasmeen, i have a final question for damien. >> that's a great question.k we found some instances where mulvaney for the short period of time he was chief of staff said some things publicly that were weird and not in line with what they were doing privately where he said that the democrats were using virus in trump in late which are reporting the same time, there were already starting to donate a euro travel ban and they wanted trump to take it more seriously and he told the president at one point you think you're running on the economy andyou're not in early march . it's hard to say for people like mark short and mark meadows. their approach to this was in line with their general belief and approach to government that the government shouldn't have a heavy hand in these type of things and it should be up to people to decide. i think they would probably not change their minds on how they felt about mask mandates because they feel like that individual choice and not something that should be imposed by the government and we know throughout the year they bough

no one knows anything. >> well, yasmeen, want to thank you for joining us.re sorry you're in this predicament and please keep in touch with us. be safe. thank you so much. >> of course. thank you. greatly appreciate it. >>> hospitals in louisiana hit with a catastrophic one-two punch, the pandemic and now the aftermath of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the united states. can hospitals keep up, and what happens if they can't? [♪] if you're only using facial moisturizer in the morning, did you know, the best time for skin renewal is at night? olay retinol24 renews millions of surface skin cells while you sleep. wake up to smoother, younger-looking skin with olay retinol24. hey, i just got a text from my sister. you remember rick, her neighbor? sure, he's the 76-year-old guy who still runs marathons, right? sadly, not anymore. wow. so sudden. um, we're not about to have the "we need life insurance" conversation again, are we? no, we're having the "we're getting coverage so we don't have to worry about it" conversation. so you're calling about the $

right now, as yasmeen was reporting, there is an easier life with taliban 2.0.> you wanted the taliban to accept a 21st century vision of the rights of women and girls. >> absolutely. i think pakistan has played a role in the past and is continuing to play a role, and i would like that role to be much more productive going forward, including on protection of human rights and women's rights in general. i think pakistan, if they have the ear of the taliban, and they must be part of this taliban 2.0, then i would say pushing for women's rights and women's equality, there are studies now showing that the level of conflict in any society is directly related to the level of gender equality, and i think for us to be in the 21st century, that's the way forward r, and i think i would call on the government of pakistan to really influence not only women's rights in the western agenda. i'm also a leader of sharia, it's mostly women-led, and we would call on the government of pakistan to take a lead now on educating and working with the taliban on muslim rights and equality

we have a very informative program for you this evening featuring two washington post journalists, yasmeen new book nightmare scenario, about how the trump administration tragically mismanaged the coronavirus pandemic.

we have a very informative program for you this evening featuring two washington post journalists, yasmeenta, here to talk about the new book nightmare scenario, about how the trump administration tragically mismanaged the coronavirus pandemic. now a couple of brief housekeeping notes first, a pleasant question at any point, just click on the q&a icon at the bottom of the screen. in the check, you will find a link for purchasing copies of nightmare scenario. and how we join the washington post, two years ago and national reporter. previously she had been with writers where she wrote about healthcare and after moving the post, she continued covering of policy so when the pandemic started last year, she was well-positioned to report on the administration's response from early on. and damien established an indication in 2010 summary economic and financial issues in washington and wall street journal read and then he joined the postwar years ago to focus on white house economic policies. in two years ago it was named economic senator so we also has a background of source to pursue the administ