Thank you for having me. When i started it this will be too much information i cannot take it in is based on your knowledge and research over 70 interviews. And billy it is not so much about the cia director but the relationship to the white house and the president. Do you agree . Thank you for your kind words because what i really tried to do above all else is to humanize these directors and with his cast of characters those that were the quintessential cia director is a james bond character cigarette in one hand and the dry martini and another to walk into the oval office to tell lbj the domino theory was god and then Going Forward to me was the corleone of the cia and then you have okc and an amazing cast the characters all the way up to gina haskell the first woman to run the cia. The book focuses a lot on the relationship between the president and the cia director its almost an impossible balancing act for a cia director because he or she have to tell the president a hard truth wi
About russian interference in 2016 with republicans and democrats still debating of those investigations were handled properly four years ago and if you do the right conclusions about russian actio action. Your book opens with a scene paid for the delegation and after the election to brave trump entertainment there is a deep partisan divide in congress was the inevitable given the politics of the moment or should something have been done differently . I was asked to brave the gang of eight usually is a members of congress the house and senate who are entrusted with the most sensitive secrets and intelligence the us community has so i went to brave the eight of them. There were is a very strong concern in a curious reaction on of six of those individuals was senator feinstein as well as adam schiff and concerned with they were hearing what the russians were doing and speaker of the house also took the information very very seriously also the cia and to look into this matter to find out
I know you are there. Dr. Fauci i am here, judy. Good to be with you. Miss woodruff lets start with the basics. Where are we right now in the country in the battle against covid19. If you are asked for a status report, what would you say . Dr. Fauci i would say it is a mixed bag. The numbers are very serious and very concerning. We have had now over 185,000 death, sixplus million infections. The country, a large country, there are some areas doing very well right now, got hitarly those that badly early on. For instance, the new york metropolitan area has for at least one month now been less than 1 test positivity. In contrast in other parts of the country, particularly what we saw in some of the Southern States that had big surges when they tried to open up the economy, that brought our baseline number of daily infections up from 20,000 a day to as high as 70,000, we are back now to 30000 and 40,000. In those states, they are starting to level off and come down which is a really good s
Like all week, the president also making an appearance on day three of the rnc. In the year 2020 the American People have had more then our share of challenges. Thankfully we have a president with the toughness, energy and resolve to see this through. Reporter wednesday night the rnc rolling on, Vice President mike pence giving his nomination acceptance speech at ft. Mchenry in baltimore, joined by his wife karen. And President Trump also making the trip before his big speech on thursday, also speaking, one of the president s longest advisers who will be leaving the white house at the end of the month. He picks the toughest fights and tackles them as complex problems. He has stood by me and he will stand up for you. Reporter as for democrats, Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris will speak in washington, d. C. On thursday just before President Trumps rnc speech and fireworks show. They are honing in on the president s handling of the pandemic as the reason he should not have four
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