Woodward and costa paints a chilling portrait of trumps final days in office. And heres the headline. They report, as you said c that chairman of the joint Chiefs Mark Milley was so concerned about President Trumps State Of Mind that he took top secret action to limit President Trumps ability from making a dangerous Military Strike or to use nuclear weapons. Woodward and costa reveal that milley had intelligence, that china was on the edge. He was calling his counterpart there back channel to reassure them, because they were worried that trump might pull a Wag The Dog in all the chaos to try to stay in power. And milley also reports that im sorry, Woodward And Costa also report that milley thought that trump was in serious mental decline. And at one point he turns to his senior staff, and he says, quote, you never know what a president s Trigger Point is. Against this backdrop, milley, its january 8th. Its two days after the assault on the capitol. Gets a Phone Call from speaker Nancy
Brass to refuse orders from anyone including the president unless milley himself was involved. This reporting is from the new Book Peril by legendary Journalist Bob Woodward and Washington Post Reporter robert acosta. An early copy of the book was obtained and jamie joins us now. Incredible to have you. Lets start with the secret meeting that happened on January 8th. What have you learned about that . First of all, the book contains just chilling details of trumps final days in office, but what we know is that chairman of the joint chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was he took secret action to limit trumps ability to order a dangerous Military Strike or use nuclear weapons. Let me just set the stage from the book. It is January 8th, two days after the assault on the capitol, and Woodward And Costa reveal milley is so deeply shaken by the attack that he believes that trump has become increasingly unstable and unpredictable. They also write that milley believed trump was in serious mental decl
1500 americans nearly all unvaccinated, dying daily. And children, they are now being infected and hospitalized at higher rates than ever before. Will the president s new plan get the Country back on track . We know Vaccine Mandates for federal workers are in this plan, but does that go far enough . Will it get us to will dr. Fauci says we need to be . Saying in a Country of our size, you cant be hanging around and having 100,000 infections a day. Youve got to get well below 10,000 before you start feeling comfortable. Lets begin with our senior medical correspondent. Dr. Fauci saying 10,000 cases a day or under to feel comfortable. How does he think we get there . You know what . I think its all the same efforts that weve heard about before. Vaccination, masking, better testing, all of that. But there is a really Long Way To Go to reach dr. Faucis goal. Lets take a look at where we stand in comparison to that goal. So dr. Fauci as you said, just said that well below 10,000 cases a day
Were going to be in real, real trouble. Our kids are going to be in real trouble. In all, 52 people were killed in the northeast. Families drowning and homes, others in cars. And soon the president will speak directly with more officials and residents in the hard hit areas. In New Jersey, and in new york, and were showing you what it looked like just days ago. Todays trip also a critical moment as the president pushes his infrastructure bill. We have Team Coverage of the president s trip. First athena jones in manville, New Jersey where President Biden will visit next. What will he see and hear from officials there . Reporter well, the president wants to come and see the damage firsthand. See it for himself. Coming to where we are now, we saw piles and piles of debris from houses lined up. This is the biggest Pile Weve seen so far. Its been growing. You can see a couch. Theres a door. There are appliances pulled out. The wood from all the walls. The insulation. And that is because this
First ever Flash Flood emergency. Look at this subway platform. Officials say this was a once in a 500year event. More than 8 inches of rain in just a matter of hours in some places. Also in New Jersey, a tornado leveling homes. A Concrete Slab all that remains for some. We have live Team Coverage ready to bring you every angle. First, lets get to pete in philadelphia. Rescues are still happening nearby. Pete, that river is still rising. Thats right. You know, were maybe only at the beginning of The End here in the philadelphia area. This is the schukyl river. Its at 16 feet and could go to 19 feet as the waters are only now beginning to resurge. The Flood Warning here in philadelphia ends at 7 7 a. M. Tomorrow, and the national Weather Service says it will not get below Flood Stage in philadelphia until after midnight tonight. I want to show you the impact of this river. There have been Water Rescues taking place all day. The Governors Administration says there were 500 calls for Wate