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Burnett. The president s disregard for Public Health, i dont say that lightly, but how else can you view it when experts say dont attend large gatherings and hes effectively hosting one tonight. Take a look at the scene at Mount Rushmore this evening. The president is on his way there to south dakota right now where hell give a speech and watch fire works with a crowd expected to be up to 7,500 people. Masks are optional. Social distancing, theres no plan for it. As you can see. The president intentionally flouting his experts own guidelines that face coverings and avoiding large gatherings is necessary at this point to stop the spread of coronavirus at a time when infection rates are at an all time high. 36 states including south dakota are seeing an increase in infections. Alabama and North Carolina reporting a Record Number of cases just today. In california, hospitalization rates are at an all time high and in arizona, the demand for icu beds is hitting a new level. And when the pr
Terrorist groups that use violence to advance a destructive ideology. Tonights address will only be the third time that the president has spoke ton the u. S. From the oval office. Last time was 2010. State of the union host jake tapper, of course, is following this from washington. Jake is with us now. The significance of an Oval Office Address versus one from the east room. Detail that for us, jake. Its a totally different dynamic to be speaking from the oval office as opposed to in the east room where the president told the nation that bin laden was dead or from the james brady Briefing Room where he can interact more with reporters. Its a slightly more intimate setting. The oval Office Setting is more formal. Its a little bit more stiff. Its a place where in the past the president s advisors have not thought he particularly thrived, but it is something that conveys the utmost seriousness. So when he delivers his address this evening, speaking about isis, speaking about the horrific
Of years. These sources we spoke with said, but the white houses review of executive privilege claims, anderson, are within its legal purview, but it could set up this political battle over this perception, at the very least, of President Trump trying to shield certain information from the public about an investigation that has swirled around him since the first day of his presidency. As one source i spoke to close to the white house put it to me, the source said, look, theres always tension between what looks best politically and what represents the interests of the institution. But preserving executive privilege, trumps political optics in the white house in this case, anderson. And President Trumps personal attorney, rudy giuliani, suggested that executive privilege could be used to use parts of the report from public view. Its not up to the president s personal attorneys, though, its up to the white house . The president s outside personal attorneys do not decide whether to assert
Muellers report attorney general barr submits to congress before it reaches lawmakers and the public. And this could be a flash point. And it sets up a political battle over this hotly anticipated document. These attorneys in the white house want the white house to have an opportunity to claim executive privilege over any information drawn from documents and interviews with white house officials over the last couple of years. These sources we spoke with said, but the white houses review of executive privilege claims, anderson, are within its legal purview, but it could set up this political battle over this perception, at the very least, of President Trump trying to shield certain information from the public about an investigation that has swirled around him since the first day of his presidency. As one source i spoke to close to the white house put it to me, the source said, look, theres always tension between what looks best politically and what represents the interests of the instit