Learning. Thank you. Really to share as you. Thank thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. And it is such a delight for me to be able to talk with my colleague and very good friend phil rucker and i am going to start out by telling you a story about phil rucker and i am going to tell this story and so why isnt phil telling this story . Because hes too much of a gentleman to tell this story because it makes me look really bad. Election night 2016. Phil had been out with trump quite a bit and he kept saying, you know, somethings going on out there. And i had written a story over the weekend saying, well, theres this little tiny eye of a needle that donald trump could get through. You know, michigan and parts of it. But i didnt really believe it. So its Election Night. I am supposed to be writing the lead off for the Washington Post. The next day. It is 830 a Election Night and i am 80 inches. Its into america elect its first woman president. So phil shows up at my office and
Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. And it is such a delight for me to be able to talk with my colleague and very good friend phil rucker and i am going to start out by telling you a story i am going to tell this story and so why isnt phil telling this story . Because hes too much of a gentleman to tell this story because it makes me look really bad. Election night 2016. Phil had been out with trump quite a bit and he kept saying, you know, somethings going on out there. And i had written a story over the weekend saying, well, theres this little tiny eye of a needle that donald trump could get through. You know, michigan and parts of it. But i didnt really believe it. So its Election Night. I am supposed to be writing the lead off for the Washington Post. The next day. It is 830 a Election Night and i am 80 inches. Its into america elect its first woman president. So phil shows up at my office and he says karen, did you see what just happened in florida . And i said, ph
Carol we are here with bloomberg editorinchief megan murphy and lets start with politics. I cant wait to see how the magazine handles the world of politics in this year. You start here in our home front. Domestic. Team, mikehe trump pompeo has had a good year. Megan you pick out people of had good years. Nikki haley. Mike pompeo is the director of the cia and those names have been mentioned as a potential successor to rex tillerson. Our secretary of state has not had a good year and we will talk about his departure has cooled, there is a widespread feeling that his relationship with the president is not longterm. So mike pompeo has emerged as a personal favorite from the president. This means a lot to the president , who you get access to. How he gets along oneonone. His circle is very, very small and mike pompeo is one of them. Julia how has he managed to cultivate that relationship with the president . One story that comes out is the daily briefings. How normal is it for the cia dire
Of rewriting history, painting a rosy portrait of President Trumps handling of the coronavirus. Its defending itself against of politics interfering with science. My colleague Andrea Mitchell interviewed Peter Navarro who defend eed rushing the process. Are we going to wait to use something that could save thousands of lives . To have a study to tell us what yes, thats scientific practice. Thats the way vaccines are this an important. Thats the test. Effectiveness is the test. This is an important for American People to have. Do you want to wait for a therapy which likely works to get these scientific studies who are going to take three, six months, or do you President Trump is the right. Peter navarro react tock the head of fda cleaning up comments of the benefits of convalescent plasma. President trump hhs secretary alex azar and fda commissioner dr. Stephen hahn focused on this number. In the study of americans already enrolled to receive this treatment and its proven to reduce mort
Know, paving the way for this transition to happen . No, i have not heard anything from President Trump. Now, earlier today the president elect formally introduced his nominees for those Key National Security jobs in his cabinet and white house staff. The contrast with the Current Administration was clear and did not need to be spelled out. Biden, hoping that comparatively, the integrity and intellect and expertise on that stage in wilmington speaks for itself. Biden himself making a point of noting he does not want a team that just says yes. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Theyll tell me what i need to know, not what i want to know. What i need to know. The nominees not only echoed bidens sentiments. There were strong signals there would be no hesitation in speaking the truth. Mr. President elect, you know that i have never shied away from speaking truth to power, and i accept this nomination knowing that you would