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Ten days later after talking to chinese president xi, trump called bob woodward and said this about the virus. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air and thats how its passed thats a very tricky one and delicate one its also more deadly than your strenuous flus people dont realize, we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here thats pretty amazing. What are you able to do for this is more deadly this is 5 versus 1 and less than 1 . You know, so this is deadly stuff. And then over a month later on march 19th, remember this is after we lost the month of february to inaction and just as the coronavirus started spreading rapidly in our country, the president had another conversation with bob woodward. Now its turning out it not just old people, bob, but today and yesterday some startling facts came out its not just older yeah, exactly. Its plenty of young people. So give me a moment
This hearing room, youre about to see on capitol hill, where two Top Health Officials are testifying on the race for a Coronavirus Vaccine. And you can bet theyll be asked about the global setback, the trial for one of the leading vaccine candidates on hold, plus what a patient in that trial is telling us. And 2020, with joe biden trying to turn the tide in the one area where polling shows the president is doing better than him, the economy. Biden, in michigan, to talk about his plan to build back better as President Trump gets back from his own battleground state swing. The scoop from what sources are telling me and my colleagues about his debate prep in the show. I was told we have 15,000 people here tonight. I really believe these crowds are bigger than they were four years ago. It is pretty amazing. Im Hallie Jackson in washington. Starting off this hour with nbcs Julia Ainsley at the Justice Department, carol lee at the white house, and were here with Barrett Berger who served as
Tape saying the words. Its all from an explosive new book by bob woodward called rage and the tape recordings are from 18 conversations woodward had with trump. Phillip rucker and robert costa standing by and have reviewed a copy of the book on january 28th, Robert Obryan issued a serious warning to the president about the virus saying quote, this will be the Biggest National Security Threat you face in your presidency. This is going to be the toughest thing you face that was january 28. Ten days later after talking to chinese president xi, trump called bob woodward and said this about the virus. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air and thats how its passed thats a very tricky one and delicate one its also more deadly than your strenuous flus people dont realize, we lose 25,000, 30,000 people a year here thats pretty amazing. What are you able to do for this is more deadly
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. A source says Michael Cohen is prepared to tell Robert Mueller that donald trump knew about that meeting before it happened. He did not participate in any meeting about the russia transaction. The president . The president did not. Im happy to tell him, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. The meeting with the russians. How can you be sure that the president didnt know beforehand . Youre saying its just a he said, he said. Nobody can be sure of anything. Earlier this evening, a long time former Trump Organization employee said this about the possibility of such a meeting occurring without trumps knowledge. Based on my experience working with trump and everybody that worked for trump, something major, something newsworthy, something press worthy, would always go before trump. Always. I think that he would have told donald about the meeting and then if it didnt amount to anything, it would have