Election. And we quote, pelosi reminded milley of the oath he swear to the constitution and asked him to review precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating war by ordering and nuclear strike. Maam, i guarantee you that we have checks and balances in the system, merely told her. He walked her through the process of nuclear release authorities. Maam i guarantee you these processes are very good, he said. There is not going to be an accidental firing of nuclear weapons. There is also important News Tonight about the ongoing story of our time, the pandemic. But was supposed to be our summer of recovery from the pandemic now appears to be in some places at least to be turning into a race to get ahead of the surge of new cases. This is being fueled by the rapidly spreading Delta Variant, which the cdc says is now 58 of all new infections. Nearly every state is affected now and hospitalizations and deaths are rising across the country. Scientists say this latest spread is
Everything on presidential history, especially in the modern era, had read every book, i read a ton in this book and had a hard time putting it down. so to my friend, well done. and that start at the beginning which would mean the most recent past president, who were donald trump s friends and did this most transactional of all presidents in our history have anyone with the title best friend? well first of all, thank you for having me brian it s good to be here. i wanted to do a chapter on trump and engage with some of the people who are closest to him to help me figure it out. i went around and around for about two months till this person finally confirmed that the president doesn t have a first friend. he said basically a friendship just wasn t a part of his emotional makeup. he has people use speaks to frequently, but in the end, his twitter feed that was shut
Case. i think milley was in there, in the room, by the way i ve heard a lot of these reports on that book firsthand, contemporary to the events taking place. so there s no question in my mind that trump walked up to the edge of using armed forces in the federal law enforcement to try and carry out a coup to not leave office. he didn t have the guts to do it, he did have this much to do it, he certainly didn t have any agreement, fortunately, in the executive branch behind them. but we were in some peril during that period of time. mark milley, history is going to be kind to him as a hero of that era. next up, general, i want to play for you and our audience comments today by former president george w. bush. they have to do with the peril and are pull out of our war enough against ten. i m afraid afghan women and
Is on the board with this, the direction of texas anti voting campaign and the fig leaf excuses with which republicans justify it, reflect a lack of confidence in their own popularity, and the toxic disdain for democracy that should offend every american. strong words. with us again tonight eugene robinson, pulitzer prize willing columnist for the washington post and mike murphy veteran republican strategist, could director of the political future of at the university of southern california, also happens to be cohost of the hacks on tap podcast. gentlemen, good evening to both. eugene, i just want to get your reaction, i m gonna put another quote on the pile from the new fill rucker carroll lending book i alone can fix it, this is liz cheney describing being together with jim jordan during the siege of one six. while these maniacs are going through the place, i m standing in the island he said, we need to get the ladies away from the aisle, let me help you. i smacked his hand away and
Because they are not as concerned about it because statistically the virus doesn t affect them as much. that is, has been a statistical fact, they will have to counter that information with the new reality we re living in with the delta variant. so appreciative to our starting frontline tonight a lot of news, shannon pettypiece claire mccaskill and general barry mccaffrey. our thanks for starting us off and coming up up more on those details emerging about the trump white house. eugene robinson, mike murphy standing by. later, maybe the former president just needed a best friend? there s a new book out it s all about an underrated, rarefied small group of americans, the people who have served as best friends of the president. we will talk to the author tonight, we will have all of it as the 11th hour is only getting underway on this wednesday evening. y evening.