milley who obviously cooperated with the book. the clash between conservative and liberal media is this. was the chairman of the joint chiefs acting courageously when according to the book he twice reassured china the u.s. would not attack because it was worried about trump s mental state and when milley told senior defense officials to check with him on any presidential order to launch a nuclear strike or was milley out of control and undermining the civilian chain of command. these are crucial questions. woodward is sometimes accused of granting favorable treatment to those who give him access. trump who is denouncing the book wouldn t speak to woodward and c of osta. once the hearings and investigations are underway, we ll see how it holds up to media scrutiny. scrutiny. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. the press quickly divided into two warring camps, those on the left using the book to hail mark milley, those on the right practically calling him a tray traito
begin in mid-september. the new york times says the president pressed biden for an immediate start. why isn t that a bigger story. general austin says it s because the fda hasn t permanently approved the vaccine. i think most people are worried, that s why i m hoping that the fda will say that we permanently ayou prove of approve of these vaccines. howie: the fda s been foot dragging for months, even though it s fine for 160 million americans having gotten full doses. anthony fauci says the emergency approval just a technicality but it s deterring many people from getting the vaccines. nobody s saying biden should overrule the fda on science. but can he press the slow-moving bureaucrats that he hasn t nominated an fda commissioner to speed up what they plan to do may way. the anyway. the media should be asking these questions every day especially in a war time situation. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: the lightning quick collapse of the afghan militar
hurricane, is looking a little less likely of a severe threat to this area of south florida than just a couple days ago but the pause has resumed in the search and rescue operation, all because sometime later today, that s expectly, the remaining part of the champlain towers, the only part that did not collapse, that is going to be demolished by explosives. that s the remaining section. it has been impeding search operations and it is fragile. it s been observed to be swaying or of shifting a little bit. so not only is it fragile, it also threatens the workers in the pile down below looking for either victims and hopefully in their minds, survivors. take a look at the weather radar right now, the satellite loop of this tropical storm. elsa is now blasting winds of 65 miles per hour and marching towards key west. the concern is surfside is that the winds could be perhaps too strong for what s left not to fall down. today is day 10 since the building plummeted into a pile. two
women it was crushing it was a betrayal. on this program six years ago i spoke to barbara bowman, within of his accusers. i told my agent and she did nothing about it. no one believed me at all. eventually i went to an attorney. he laughed me out of his office. howie: that is how things were before the me too movement. i m not challenging the pennsylvania supreme court ruling that binever never should have been charged. the previous prosecutor gave him immunity. in the court of public opinion everyone knows bill cosby is guilty. that the his lawyer said the charges are racial and this is justice for america, that is despicable. i m howard kurtz. this is media buzz. i had a conversation with ari fleischer about the media and the president and former president. after weeks of leaks the manhattan d.a. obtained indictments against the trump organization and chief financial officer allen weisselberg who is alleged to invade taxes on $1.7 million of benefits paid by the company
promoted by donald trump and the right. there are serious lessons that go well beyond the virus. we ll dive into that today with glenn greenwald. anthony fauci, the face of the pandemic response, finding himself at the center of a fierce media storm over the release of thousands of e-mails, which of the questions are legitimate, he s not saying. and which are fueled by growing opposition from conservative commentators. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz. howie: ahead, the naomi osaka mellow drama, i say the highest paid female athlete on the planet shouldn t be able to blow-off the press. as the coronavirus is finally starting to fade in america, the washington post and buzzfeed obtained thousands of dr. fauci s e-mails including praise from an environmental group that funneled federal money to the wuhan lab. some of your critics say this shows you have too cozy of a relationship with the people behind the wuhan lab research, what do you say to that. that s nonsens