And at 9 00f truth a. M. , biographer and president ial historian Craig Shirley Discusses Campaign 2020 and the history of postconvention president ial campaigns. Host three months until election day, the candidates and issues come under more intense scrutiny. Joe biden making his First Campaign speech since the convention accusing the president of stoking violence in our cities and that the president forfeited any leadership in our country. Welcome to washington journal for this tuesday, september 1. We will spend the first hour getting your thoughts and reaction to joe bidens speech and we will hear from joe biden, play you this speech and reaction from President Trump. Here is how we are breaking the lines up. If you support joe biden and Kamala Harris that line is 202 7488000. The president and Vice President mike pence, 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate the line is 202 7488002. You can always send us a text, 202 7488003. Make sure that you tell us y
Live streaming and ondemand at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Joining us next is the host of cnns reliable sources and author of the brandnew book, top of the hoax. Thanks for being on washington journal this morning. How soon into Donald Trumps presidency did you realize you wanted to write about his connection to fox news . Guest i was fascinated by this from the first week of his presidency when he started tweeting the banners on the bottom of the screen on fox and friends and when he started chatting with the hosts in ways that were so more casual than other president s have had. I didnt decide to write the book until later on when the impact of fox Foreign Policy and fox influence became more clear. Last year, in my research, talking to sources at fox and the white house, it was clear to foxifi of americac is a bigger storyation in his book and the word hoax is related to the pandemic because President Trump used the word the democrats raising alarms about
Presidency did you want to write about his connection to fox news . I was fascinated about this from the first week of his presidency, when he started tweeting the banners at the bottom of the screen on fox and friends and started chatting hostsosts and ways the in ways that were much more casual than other president s. I didnt decide to write the book until the impact of fox foreign and fox influence became clear. Last year in my research talking sources of fox and in the white house, it was clear to me that america is aion of bigger story than many realize. I tried to put it all in this. The word hopes is related to the tot word hoax is related the pandemic, President Trump decrying democrats raising alarms about the virus. He used the word hoax, sean hannity used the word hoax, suggesting this was an attempt to take down the president when at the time the virus was spreading across the country. Terriblevery real, event, not a hoax. It tells the story of fox and trumpin a new way in
Last night in sweden, sweden. Who would believe this . Sweden. And saying the media is not his enemy but the enemy of the American People. The assassination caught on camera, new Surveillance Footage of the moment two attackers reportedly targeted the brother of the north Korean Leader poisoning him in a matter of seconds. The race to find the suspects this morning. Breaking overnight, a terrifying accident on the track. Can we send another ambulance to the speedway . We have got a pretty big accident. A race car flipping. Flipping violently in turn two. Crashing into a fence and into the stands injuring spectators. One airlifted to the hospital. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Happy president s day. Happy president s day. Did some math for you, 1353 days until the next president ial election. President Trump Holding a Reelection Campaign rally starting too soon and comments about sweden, that incident he
Who would believe this . Sweden. Saying the immediate were is not his enemy but the enemy of the American People. The assassination caught on camera, new Surveillance Footage of the moment two attackers reportedly targeted the brother of the north Korean Leader poisoning him in a matter of seconds. The race to find the suspects this morning. Breaking overnight, a terrifying accident on the track. Can we send another ambulance to the speedway . A race car flipping. Flipping violently in turn two. Crashing into a fence and into the stands injuring spectators. One airlifted to the hospital. We do say good morning, america, on this monday morning. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Happy president s day. Happy preside did some math for you, 1353 days until the next president ial election. President Trump Holding a Reelection Campaign rally starting too soon and comments about sweden, that incident he talked about and what that caused, global headlines because of that.