He almost didnt he did in this is going to be a major problem when he decided to pretend it wasnt going to be a major problem and obviously and she 200000 deaths its a major problem why do you think he admitted it now. I cant give you a rational explanation for most of what donald trump does you know he should just start or this new story is worse than the original story most people can understand that their president would make a could have a bad judgment but in this case hes basically saying well i lied to you hoping it was in your best interest but it was certainly in my best interest so he looks worse today than he looked at it 2 days before the book came up. Absolutely why bob woodward you know well but because its a hot piece of. What effect do you think it will have on the election. Its going to bring the pain demick back to the center of the debate weve lost that for a while because of all the racial unrest that and taken the place of the pandemic but this is going to put the p
Watch quote washington journal 7 00 eastern tuesday morning. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Continues. Host we are joined next by former federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator craig fugate. Thank you for being with us on washington journal this morning. Guest thanks for having me. Host a number of items on our plate including the covid19 response. First, to the response to hurricane laura. The hurricane coming effectively the same week marking 15 years since hurricane katrina. What lessons do think fema and the federal government learned in terms of response to hurricanes in particular . Guest i think the biggest lesson was that we dont wait until we are asked to start getting ready. To be ana, there seem lot of confusion about the governor having to make requests and what femas role was going to be. Congress, after katrina launched substantial legislation. Governors are going to be is he dealing with this. The federal
Persona nongrata president nongrata im bring golf in berlin this is the day. We always have room for president s to come to visit they could increase the love and respect for our country but. The timing on this we felt was not true that you cant stop the violence because for years hes fond of the violin writer share bryden same talking points and they share the same agenda for our nation fires are burning we have a president who fanned the flames rather the party the flames the pressure be ashamed of himself and i think the press exactly the media is whats feeling to sports now that even by i think that can no show at this present time needs peace and needs to heal and needs. People to know a lot wants to do that. Also coming up almost one month since the beirut blast lebanon is trying to put itself and its Government Back together with help from abroad the world is now invested the french are very invested in it im stepping up the pressure so we form a government so the reforms pos wi
Only on in this crisis i took what some would say heavy handed approach i actually did use our National Guard to monitor cars coming in from other states and including new york to ask them to go into quarantine if they were coming from a place like new york city that was a hot spot and i did take a little flak at that time for that approach but the truth of it is. Like ive said rhode island the only state in america where weve tested 20 percent of the population hospitalizations are going down business has been open for months and i have to do everything that i need to own in order to keep commerce flowing in my state without hospitalizations going through the roof. And our station has rolled out the innovative crush kovi a Smartphone App which jumpstart its Contact Tracing and Contact Tracing is the ballgame ambitious and successful as all of this has been here we are geographically the smallest state imagine a place where people come from all over the world all the time with all kind
About it. Youll not only get whats written in the book but also exclusive outtakes. So visit audible and download john boltons book as sung by michael bolton. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight justice is flynnished. Plus, stephen welcomes jon stewart featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen lets do it. Okay, lets do it. Thank you, thank you for your burst of energy. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Hey, you guys remember Michael Flynn . Its been a long, strange saga, so let me catch you up. Jim . Previously on Michael Flynn Michael Flynn resigning after the sortest tenure ever in that post retired general Michael Flynn pleaded guilty today to lying to the f. B. I. Flynns attorneys tonight filing a motion to withdraw his guilty plea the other side of the Michael Flynn story today are the actions from judge Emmet Sullivan who is attempting to proceed with possible prosecution.