Consequences firsthand perhaps. Cnns camilla is in salem, oregon. Officials in that state say that they are preparing for a mass fatality incident. What are you seeing . Yeah, they are, fred. Weve been trying to chase those flames all day. And we get to these road blocks like where we are right now. What happens is that not only is it about the flames but its about that smoke that you were just talking about. The air quality. Governor kate brown here says this is the worst in the world. You can see it just as were trying to enter this area. Officials are telling us that they dont want anybody to go through here because they cant see five or ten feet in front of them. So they say its dangerous not only for the firefighters but, of course, for anyone who is trying to walk around or trying to find their homes. Unfortunately, as weve been here throughout the week, wooe seen some of these homes completely devastated. Weve seen the flames and weve heard the heartbreak and the emotion from so
Those leads are within the margin of error. Well break down the numbers ahead. In about two hours President Trump will hold a Campaign Rally at mindon tahoe airport in nevada a state where the coronavirus case load is inching higher. On monday the president plans to travel to california for a briefing on the historic wildfires there. And peace talks resumed today between the taliban and the Afghan Government one day after the 19th anniversary of the 9 11 terror attacks. Secretary of state mike pompeo is in qatar for the Opening Ceremony of the negotiations. Let us begin with the coronavirus and the president s apparent reasons for downplaying its dangers from the start. He acknowledged what he knew early in the pandemic during a series of interviews with bob woodward. Mr. Woodward no longer works directly for the Washington Post but the paper obtained the tapes of some of those interviews. Now its starting out not just old people, bob, but today and yesterday some startling facts came
Considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court justices. We have this obligation, he writes, without delay. So, what does without delay mean . Certainly means the president is interested in beginning the process of replacing Justice Ginsburg. We know from our reporting here, my colleague Kevin Liptack at cnn says hes been told the president could start interviewing possible candidates for nominee as associate justice as early as next week. So, that at least would be beginning of the process. After that, of course, the nomination and then at the very least would move to the question of hearings up on capitol hill. Confirmation hearings. Who is in play. Well, i did hear from the last hour you talked a little bit about Amy Coney Barrett. She, of course, is an appellate judge out in indiana, about 46 years old. And very popular with social and religious conservatives. She was one of the clerks for antonin scalia, who, of course, is revered, if you will, by social conservativ
Answer completely shocks me. On pardons, can donald trump issue secret pardons . Yes. By the way but. Okay, okay. If i think yes, but if that person tries to use the pardon to avoid being prosecuted for something, they have to make it known to the court so it doesnt stay secret forever. I think thats the answer. Im not a lawyer. I dont know. Well, were going to deliver the answer later in the hour. Then the other one is, is there a form, is there a particular form the pardon has to take . I mean, for example, could donald trump just sit at the desk and hand write it out himself, that would be okay . Probably. I didnt know the answer to either one of these. I dont know. Okay. Stick with probably. Dont youre on solid ground there, but, rachel, it is way wilder than you think. Okay. It is way more than probably. The range of form of the pardon is whatever he wants it to be. We are going to get into details about this later in the hour with a former chief pardon attorney from the justice d
For something, they have to make it known to the court so it doesnt stay secret forever. I think thats the answer. Im not a lawyer. I dont know. Well, were going to deliver the answer later in the hour. Then the other one is, is there a form, is there a particular form the pardon has to take . I mean, for example, could donald trump just sit at the desk and hand write it out himself, that would be okay . Probably. I didnt know the answer to either one of these. I dont know. Okay. Stick with probably. Dont youre on solid ground there, but, rachel, it is way wilder than you think. Okay. It is way more than probably. The range of form of the pardon is whatever he wants it to be. We are going to get into details about this later in the hour with a former chief pardon attorney from the justice department, margaret love. Excellent. Who has shocked me today with her answers to those questions. This is a lot weirder situation than i thought. Were going to be on pardon watch for the rest of his