tonight, the bombshell recordings. president trump in his own words admitting to downplaying the coronavirus. early on, calling it deadly, and saying privately, "it goes through the air, that's how it's passed." the president giving 18 interviews to bob woodward, telling woodward in early february he knew the virus was much deadlier than the flu. but later, telling the american people the virus was like the flu. and then in march, he told woodward privately he knew it's not just infecting old people, revealing it's, quote, "young people, too, plenty of young people." president trump admitting to intentionally misleading the american public because he didn't want to cause a panic. tonight, how the president is now explaining the comments. and joe biden's response tonight. the harrowing new images this evening. dozens of devastating wildfires