crist said something about how he could take it, but you know, desantis is a bully, and he bullied kids at a press conference, et cetera, et cetera. no love lost between those two. not just for the audience, i think the actually loathe each other. also, charlie crist is such a political, interesting political history on both sides of the republican democratic divide. yeah, desantis made a reference to what chris thought but something sixth parties ago, referencing how he had been a republican and independent and now he s a democrat. yeah, tough race. tough race. thanks so much, anderson. appreciate it. and welcome to cnn tonight, i m jake tapper. tonight, an uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected nonpartisan journalist in the world. breaking from 50 years of journalistic tradition to come here and warn you about the threat he says donald trump poses still to the united states. threats to both democracy and to american national security. bob woodward b
releasing the tapes of your interview with trump. and you said hearing the audio is more telling than just seeing the words written on paper. you describe trump pounding in your ears. and that no in that last exchange that we just played, the former president is almost yelling no at you like he is angry. well, in he is dismissing any responsibility he has. and that no is like a thunderclap. i am walking away from this. if there was ever the leadership test of a lifetime for the president, it was this pandemic. it was a health and political crisis like we ve not seen in this country. and he walked away from it. and as you listen to these tapes, particularly on the virus, but on any subject, he kind of goes from denial to
democrats, since. this story is a little different, obviously, donald trump is not running for office this year, but is there any concern about the fallout here, for republicans in this year s midterms or for trump if he does eye 2024? look, i think it s notable, all of those clips that you just played of president trump pounding over and over again classified information, you know, i think the last clip, shoe should have known, she was incompetent for not knowing, and if there was indeed classified information, if they farm this out to other government agencies, and those agencies say yes, that information was classified, and trump should have known better, maybe it was marked classified, that certainly is going to be a political headache for him. i would say a couple of things on the legal angle of this, though, one, we are living in a post-clinton email investigation world at the fbi and justice department. i don t think anyone there is looking back and saying this was really grea