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, thats how its 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 its not just infecting old people, revealing its, quote, young people, too, plenty of young people. President trump admitting to intentionally misleading the American Public because he didnt want to cause a panic. Tonight, how the president is now explaining the comments. And joe bidens response tonight. The harrowing new images this evening. Dozens of devastating wildfires
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seats of government, the seats of power, and embarks on a campaign, a political intimidation, in order to secure outcomes that personally benefit him. and that at the core is part of the sticks of our democracy that are before us today. because once rule of law goes out the window, it is not something that is easy to get back and it is very much a part of the decision that we have to make before us in the next few months. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, congressman jamie raskin, thank you for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight starts now. we have new exclusive audio from the supreme court historical society that lauren winsor has given us and we will be playing that in the hour, so stay tuned. i will pick like i said, exclusive never before heard audio recordings of justice samuel alito speaking to an undercover progressive activist. that is what we have tonight. that is in addition to the bom
time. good to have your insights. now back to the u.s. and capitol hill specifically. the day s other big headline, house gop leader kevin mccarthy today struggling to contain the growing fallout over those bombshell recordings, revealing his conversations with other republicans in the days after the january 6th attack. conversations about then president donald trump. nbc s allie raffa joining us from capitol hill. what s the latest on this front? what are you hearing? reporter: yeah, alex, well, house minority leader kevin mccarthy has been doing some damage control since these audio recordings have surfaced that very clearly contradict his earlier denials of what was said in them. take a listen to some of these recordings here. the only discussion i would have with him is that i think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation he should resign. he told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. and he needs to acknowledge that. i ve had it with this guy.
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
election day. the attorney general responding tonight, with the justice department now defending president trump in a defamation lawsuit, brought by a woman claiming he sexually assaulted her decades ago. the president s defense paid for by taxpayers. and from temperatures near 100 to 30 degrees and snow. multiple accidents. the driving treacherous. good evening and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with those bombshell recordings. president trump giving journalist bob woodward 18 interviews. and during those interviews, the president admits to downplaying the coronavirus in the u.s. early on, telling woodward he knew the virus was deadlier than the flu, saying privately, it goes through the air, that s how it s passed.