Continues right now. You are looking live at new york city, it is a little overcast. Carley my hair is an example of that. Todd i will go right to this. It looks lovely. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Carley thanks for starting the day with us. Donald trump explaining why he did not want to create panic over covid19 after the release of recordings of his interview with journalist bob woodward. Todd the reaction this morning. Reporter the conversations recorded with the president s permission getting a lot of attention full of shocking revelations chief among them the president acknowledging he knew early on how deadly the virus was but downplayed it for the public. To be honest with you. I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic. The president is defending his Coronavirus Response telling hannity the public face was for the countrys second is blasting joe bidens response. What i want to show is calm.