investigator reporter and bob woodward of the former president. some of it was played on cnn earlier today but what you ll hear tonight has never aired. from 2016 through 2020 woodward taped his conversations with the former president. he will be releasing all 20 of these conversations on the 25th of this month as an audio book titled the trump tapes which runs for more than eight hours. cnn has obtained a copy and what you ll hear tonight is striking. it speaks to who he was as president, who he is as a person and how completely intertwined the personal and presidential were for him and probably still are. something that s not just apparent in what he says but even more so in how he says it. something the printed word just can t fully convey. the conversations also speak directly to some of what the former president is now being investigated for. namely how he views classified material and a president s responsibility for safe guarding some of the countries deepest secrets a
of this month as an audio book titled the trump tapes, which runs for more than eight hours. cnn has obtained a copy. what you will hear tonight striking. it speaks to who he was as president, who he is as a person, and how completely intertwined the personal and presidential work for him. and probably still are. something that s not just apparent in what he says, but even more so and how he says it. something the printed were just cannot fully convey. the conversations also speak directly to some of what the former president is now being investigated for. namely how he views classified material. and a presidents responsibility for safeguarding some of the country s deepest secrets. that s why these conversations, which have never been heard before, are so significant. cnn special correspondent jamie gangel has an exclusive tonight. she joins us with some of the audio. what stands out to you the most? i think as you said is hearing trump say these words. and you re in the r
just ahead. we will continue to bring gas prices down. they know the economy remains top of mind for voters. the president. hi, bob. my whole life has been deals. it is trump unvarnished, blunt, profane. it will not surprise you that he attacks people he doesn t like. we haven t seen something like this in new york city for nearly a century. these are human beings being shipped all over. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, october the 19th. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in washington. in the coming hours u.s. president joe biden will address voter anxiety over energy prices less than three weeks ahead of the mid-term election. mr. biden is expected to announce that 15 million barrels of oil will be released from the u.s. strategic petroleum reserve in an effort to ease oil prices. it s at the lowest level since the 1980s. despite gas prices going down, crude prices have been rising after opec plus announced plan
to put democrats over the top this november. and that while the nations at strategic will reserve remains in those, we have not seen sinc 1984, the president is planning to tap those reserves once agai in an effort to bring down soaring gas prices. it is a move his critics call political. we decided to have the politica panel way and and it wouldn t d no, three weeks before the midterms that there is an effor to get a handle on the optics o the border crisis fox new @ night investigates how the whit house is turning up the pressur on local politicians. plus the world s leading superpower, that s awesome. has a quote weak military it s an alarming analysis of our military mike and it s raising some big time questions by some big time generals. we begin tonight with the president s top legislative priority and how it is vastly different from the issues of voters is essay is in their top concern. at the white house corn kevin corke s live in nations capital. good evening this
good morning, everyone, i m bianna golodryga. well, we are officially three weeks away from the 2022 midterms. the election season is already in full swing. overnight candidates across the country going toe to toe in heated debates. in ohio senate race democratic congressman tim ryan trading barbs with republican j.d. v vance. if you can t even stand up for yourself how are you going to stand up for the people of the state? the guy who is subservient to the national party is tim ryan. in utah independent evan mcmullin pressing republican senator mike lee about his actions surrounding the january 6th insurrection. you advised the white house find an alternative slate of electors for trump. you were there to stand up for our for our constitution, but when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. i disagree with everything my opponent just said, including the words but, and and the. and in georgia s gubernatorial remark brian kemp linking sta