The Rachel Maddow Show (2008) - full transcript

>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
AFTER 9/11 ATTACK 19 YEARS AGO

ONE OF THE CHANGES WAS A NEW
GOVERNMENT AGENCY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY

NEARLY TWO DECADES LATER, IT
FEELS A LITTLE WEIRD AND AWKWARD

THAT THERE IS SOMETHING IN THE
U. S. GOVERNMENT CALLED

"HOMELAND.
THAT AGENCY IS GIGANTIC.

IT IS SPRAWLING AND IT HAS A
MASSIVE BUDGET AND IN TERMS OF

WHAT IT DOES
STILL A LITTLE NEBULOUS AND

STILL FINDING ITS WAY IN TERMS
OF WHAT COMES UNDER THEIR

UMBRELLA OF SECURING THE
HOMELAND

PART OF WHAT HAS BEEN A TITLE
WAY OF A BIG CONSEQUENTIAL NEWS



THIS WEEK.
THE EMERGENCE OF A HIGH‐LEVELLED

WHISTLEBLOWER.
THE MAN SERVED AS THE HEAD OF

INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS FOR
THAT DEPARTMENT.

HE SAYS THIS WEEK IN AN OFFICIAL
WHISTLEBLOWER'S COMPLAINT AMONG

OTHER THINGS
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDERED

WHAT IS A STAND DOWN ORDER FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO NOT

RESPONSE AND NOT ALERT ANYONE
AND NOT REACT TO ANOTHER SERIOUS

FOREIGN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY.
BRIAN MURPHY SAYS HISIN HIS

WHISTLEBLOWER'S COMPLAINT HE WAS
TOLD NOT TO RELEASE THE REPORT

TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS
ABOUT THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

ATTACKING THE 2020 ELECTIONS TO
TRY TO MESS WITH THE ELECTIONS

>> DON'T REPORT ON THAT.
DON'T WARN THESE OTHER AGENCIES

ABOUT THESE ATTACKS THAT ARE
UNDERWAY, JUST LET IT HAPPEN

SHUT UP ABOUT IT
STAND DOWN



>> IT WAS NEVER GOING TO BE A
GOOD TIME TO LEARN THAT THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS DOING
THIS

HEY, LET THIS NEXT ATTACK ON US
HAPPEN

NEVER GOING TO BE GOOD TO LEARN
THAT

TO LEARN THAT AS WE HIT THE 9/11
ANNIVERSARY IS SOMETHING ELSE.

AS SOON AS WE GOT THAT REPORT,
WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF DETAILS

OF WHAT THIS ATTACK LOOKS LIKE
WE GOT ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS

ATTACK ON OUR ELECTION IS
UNDERWAY AND RUSSIAN CYBER

ATTACK IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE TARGETING HUNDREDS OF

CAMPAIGN RELATED PEOPLE AND
ENTITIES AND MICROSOFT

ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THEY ARE
SEEING

THEY SAY THE WAY RUSSIA IS DOING
IT THIS YEAR IS WAY MORE

SOPHISTICATED AND HARD TO DETECT
THAN 2016.

THIS TRACK IS WHAT WE HEARD LAST
NIGHT ON THIS SHOW HERE FROM

PETER STRZOK
THE FBI TOP COUNTER INTELLIGENT

AGENT WHO LED THE INVESTIGATION
INTO WHAT RUSSIA DID IN 2016

HE SAID IN HIS BOOK "WE KNEW
WHAT THE RUSSIANS DID AND HE

DESCRIBES THE MEETING OF THE
TRUMP'S INAUGURAL.

THEY HAD THE KNOWLEDGE THAT RUSH
SHAB HAD STUFF IN RESERVE.

THEY COULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN 2016
BUT THEY DID NOT

THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN RESERVE
USED AGAINST US AND AT THE NEXT

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
ON THE MORNING OF ELECTION DAY

IN 2016, SEVERAL OF US WERE
CONCERNED THAT THE RUSSIANS HAD

PULLED BACK FROM PLANS TO DEPLOY
DISRUPTIVE ACTIONS IN THE EVENT

OF A CLINTON VICTORY
THAT BOOK CAME OUT ON TUESDAY.

THESE TOP INTELLIGENCE WARNINGS
THAT RUSSIA LEFT STUFF ON THE

TABLE IN 2016 AND COMING BACK IN

THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
NEVER DONE BEFORE.

THE BOOK COMES OUT ON TUESDAY.
BY THURSDAY, THERE IS THESE

FIRST NEWS STORIES OF RUSSIAN
CYBER ATTACKS UPPING THEIR GAME

AND TOUGHER STUFF THEY ARE
THROWING AT US THIS TIME

WHAT IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
DOING ABOUT IT

ACCORDING TO A WHISTLEBLOWER
THIS WEEK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

HOMELAND SECURITY, THEY'RE
SPIKING INTELLIGENCE REPORTS

THAT WARNED THIS IS HAPPENING
AND STOPPING THE INTELLIGENCE

REPORT FROM GOING OUT TO LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT.
ALSO AT THE SAME TIME THE

PRESIDENT'S LAWYER IS REPEATEDLY
MEETING WITH AND TAKING

MATERIALS WHO THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT JUST SANCTIONED AS A

KREMLIN AGENT.
THE U. S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT

SAYS IT IS WORKING ON THIS
YEAR'S NEW ELECTION INTERFERENCE

EFFORTS.
THE PERSON WHOM HE'S BEEN

WORKING DIRECTLY IS RUDY
GIULIANI

AND, TODAY WE HAD A MYSTERIOUS
TOP LEVELLED RESIGNATION FROM

THE TEAM'S PROSECUTOR, TO
BASICALLY MADE IT SEEM LIKE A

CRIMINAL SCHEME IN THE FBI FOR
ANYONE TRYING TO FIGHT BACK AND

INVESTIGATE THE LAST RUSSIAN
ELECTION ATTACK IN 2016.

THE PERSON WHO REPORTEDLY THE
LEAD INVESTIGATORS ON THAT

EFFORT RESIGNED FROM THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT, RESIGNED FROM THE

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT
EXPLANATION.

SO, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
THERE.

THERE IS SOME CRYPTREPORTING OF
RESIGNATION THAT IT MAY HAVE

HAVING TO DO WITH THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL PRESSURING THAT

INVESTIGATION TO MAKE SOME SORT
OF PUBLIC DECLARATION BEFORE THE

ELECTION
THAT HAS NOT BEEN BORN OUT

A LOT OF POP ARE ONEOPLE ARE ON
NOW.

GOOD TIMES, RIGHT?
THIS IS ALL HAPPENING.

THIS IS THE 9/11 ANNIVERSARY
THAT'S HAPPENING

NEWS IS JUST ASTONISHING RIGHT
NOW.

THIS MORNING SUSAN AND I HAD TO
DRIVE SOME WHERE

IT WAS THE TIME OF THE DAY WHERE
I WOULD BE READING IN AND START

READING IN FOR THE SHOW AND
SUSAN SAYS SHE CAN DRIVE SO I

CAN DO THAT WORK
I AM NOT MAKING CONVERSATIONS

WITH HER AND I AM WORKING AND
SHE CAN'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING

WITHOUT BUGGING ME
SHE ASKED ME IF I WOULD READ THE

HEADLINES FROM MY WORK
READ THE HEADLINES FROM THE NEWS

ROUND UP THAT WE DO FOR THE SHOW
EVERY MORNING.

OKAY, HONEY, THIS IS NOT THE BST
WAY FOR YOU TO START YOUR DAY

BUT I WILL START
I STARTED READING HER OUR

HEADLINES.
TRUMP AND BIDEN

COMMEMORATING 9/11
THE NEW YORK CITY MARKS 9/11 AT

A TIME OF HARROWING LOSS
NEXT HEADLINE WAS FROM "THE NEW

YORK DAILY NEWS.
>> TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SECRETLY

WITHHELD MILLIONS FROM FDNY 9/11
HEALTH PROGRAM

WHAT
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS STEALING

FUNDS FROM 9/11 HEALTH PROGRAM
WHAT

WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT LATER.
KEEP MOVING.

PEOPLE HAD TO BE EVACUATE FROM
WILDFIRES.

THAT'S HEADLINE.
TWO OF OREGON'S BIGGEST FIRES

LIKELY TO COMBINE, SAY
OFFICIALS.

THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN
SACRAMENTO IS THE LARGEST IN

HISTORY AND IT MAY NOT BE DONE
GROWING.

NEXT HEADLINE, LOS ANGELES
SUFFERS THE MOST SMOKE MORE THAN

30 YEARS
SUPER MASSIVE SMOKE ARE EXPECTED

OVER THE WEEK.
NEARLY 40% OF THE U. S. ARE IN

DROUGHT.
FAUCI SAYS THE U. S. NEEDS TO

HUNKER DOWN FOR THIS FALL AND
WINTER

THIS IS A NICE KICKER, PUBLIC
TRUST IN THE CDC, FAUCI.

>> AT WHICH POINT I AM READING
THE HEADLINES AND SUSAN SAID

"STOP, PLEASE.
PLEASE READ YOURSELF INTO THE

APOCALYPSE SILENTLY NOW LIKE I
HAD ENOUGH

THE HEADLINES RIGHT NOW AND THE
POLITICAL NEWS IS LIKE BOMB

SHELL AFTER BOMB SHELL AND
SCANDAL AFTER SCANDAL.

IF YOU ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED
BY THE NEWS AND BY THE STATE OF

THING AND HOW EVERYTHING FEELS
SO BAD IN SO MANY WAYS ALL AT

ONCE
DO NOT JUDGE YOURSELF FOR HAVING

THOSE FEELINGS
WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT YOU ARE

AWAKE AND HOW OUR REAL WORLD IS
RIGHT NOW.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND
SURROUND WITH PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN

TALK TO ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS.
THINGS ARE BAD RIGHT NOW IN A

LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE PERSIST THOUGH, RIGHT

WE PERSIST AND WE KEEP OUR EYES
OPEN

MY GOD, ARE THINGS BAD IN SO
MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS RIGHT NOW.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
DOUGH

COVID TODAY.
THE NEWS FEELS A LITTLE OMINOUS

IN A TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
SPECIFIC WAY BECAUSE OF THE

REVELATIONS FROM THE BOB
WOODWARD'S BOOK THAT THE

PRESIDENT DID UNDERSTAND THE
GRAVITY AND THE DEADLIEST OF THE

VIRUS WHILE HE WAS PLAYING IT
DOWN TO THE PUBLIC

PRESIDENT CAUGHT ON TAPE
ADMITTING I WANT TO PLAY IT DOWN

EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS HOW
SERIOUSLY IT IS.

EVEN IN THE WAKE OF THOSE
RESERVEULATION

REVELATIONS THIS WEEK.
I SAID IT EARLIER THIS WEEK IF

THIS WAS A TV SHOW OF AMERICAN
POLITICS, THIS WOULD BE THE

EPISODE WHERE THE PRESIDENT
RESIGNS OF WHAT HE KNEW AND WHAT

HE TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

LIVES HE MAY HAVE CAUSED
EVEN IN THE WAKE OF THOSE

REVELATIONS, THE PRESIDENT IS
STILL CONTINUING TO PLAY IT

DOWN
WE ALL NOW HEARD THE TAPE

EXPLAINING HE DOES HAVE A REAL
UNDERSTANDING OF THE THREAT AND

HE'S PLAYING IT DOWN
WE GOT THAT HAPPENING AND DR.

FAUCI,
FAUCI HAS TO DIRECT PRESIDENT ON

THIS STUFF PUBLICLY NOW.
THAT'S PART OF HIS JOB, BE

STRAIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH

THE PANDEMIC
HOW SERIOUS IT IS AND WHAT IT

MEANS AND WHAT BS SOMEBODY IS
TRYING TO SELL YOU THAT'S GOING

TO BE HURTFUL.
IN HAPPENING TO CORRECT THE

PRESIDENT PUBLICLY NOW
WE ARE ENTERING A NEW SORT OF

OMINOUS TIME IN TERMS OF THE WAY
WE ARE RESPONDSING TO THIS

PANDEMIC
HAVING FOUAUCI CORRECTING THE

PRESIDENT IN PUBLIC, THE WAY HE
HAS TO DO MORE AND MORE NOW, IT

FEELS LIKE THEOVERTURE OF CHG
REALLY

OFSOMETHING REALLY BAD
>> THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE

REALLY WELL.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ROUNDING THE

CORNER
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING

YOU SAID ON WEDNESDAY.
YOU SAID "IT IS TIME TO HUNKER

DOWN."
THE PRESIDENT SAID "WE ROUNDED

THE FINAL TURN."
HOW DO YOU SQUARE THAT THAT

MESSAGE?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE THINGS

THAT WE JUST MENTIONED THE
STATISTICS, ANDREA, THEY ARE

DISTURBING
WE ARE PLATEAUING AT OUR OWN

40,000 CASES A DAY AND THE
DEATHS ARE AROUND A THOUSAND

AS WE ENTER AND WE TURN THE
CORNER AFTER THE LABOR DAY

WEEKEND, I AM HOPING THAT WE DO
NOT SEE A SURGE IN CASES AS WE

SEEN FOLLOWING THE 4th OF JULY
AND MEMORIAL DAY

WHEN YOU HAVE A BASELINE OF
INFECTIONS THAT ARE 40,000 PER

DAY AND YOU HAVE THREATS OF
INCREASE TEST POSITIVITY IN

CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
SUCH AS DAKOTAS AND MONTANA AND

PLACES LIKE THAT, WHAT WE DON'T
WANT TO SEE IS GOING INTO THE

FALL SEASON WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE
SPENDING MORE TIME IN DOORS AND

THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR RESPIRATORY
BORN VIRUS

YOU DON'T WANT TO START OFF WITH
A BASELINE THAT'S SO HIGH.

>> YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT GOING
OUTSIDE HAVING OUTDOOR RALLIES

AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CRAMMED
INTO THESE RALLIES

THERE IS SOME RISK IN INRALLIES.
>> IF YOU ARE OUTDOOR AND ARE

CROWDED TOGETHER AND YOU DON'T
HAVE A MASK.

JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE OUTDOORS
ALONE, JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE

OUTDOORS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU
ARE PROTECTED.

IF YOU ARE IN A CROWD AND YOU
ARE NOT WEARING MASKS.

>> THE PRESIDENT DID RELAY TO
BOB WOODWARD IN EARLY FEBRUARY

THAT QUOTE, "BREATHE THE AIR IS
HOW IT IS PASSED REQUEST."

>> YEAH, ANDREA, THAT'S QUITE
UNFORTUNATE.

WE THE PHYSICIANS AND THE
SCIENTISTS ON THE CORONAVIRUS

TASK FORCE HAVE BEEN STRESSING
CONTINUALLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE

OF WEARING MASKS FOR THAT VERY
REASON

IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD IF
EVERYBODY WEARS A MASK

YOU ARE ACTUALLY CORRECT
WE GOT TO GET THAT MESSAGE

ACROSS
WHEN IT GETS MUDDLED THAT'S

UNFORTUNATE.
>> AND AGAIN NOW IN THE BOOK ON

MARCH 19th, THE PRESIDENT SAID
TO BOB WOODWARD, I QUOTE, "I

WANT TO ALWAYS PLAY IT DOWN, I
STILL LIKE PLAYING IT DOWN."

THOSE ARE HIS WORDS IN HIS OWN
VOICE.

AFTER HEARING THOSE TAPES, DO
YOU STILL BELIEVER HE'S NOT

TRYING TO DISTORT THE REALITY.
>> I HAVE GOTTEN ASKED THE

QUESTION BEFORE.
CERTAINLY THERE WERE

DISAGREEMENTS AND THERE WERE
TIMES I WAS OUT THERE TELLING

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HOW
DIFFICULT IT IS AND HOW WE ARE

HAVING SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THE
PRESIDENT WAS SAYING SOMETHING

BAD IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR WHICH
IS NOT THE CASE.

I CAN'T HAVE ANY EXPLANATION FOR
THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, BOB WOODWARD
AND THE PRESIDENT.

I COMMENT ANYMORE THAN THAT,
WHEN YOU DOWN PLAY SOMETHING IS

REALLY A THREAT.
IT IS NOT A GOOD THING

THE PRESIDENT SAYS SOMETHING IS
GOING TO DISAPPEAR, THAT'S

OBVIOUSLY IS NOT THE CASE.
WE GOT TO GET THAT MESSAGE

ACROSS ABOUT MASKS
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI WITH ANDREA

MITCHELL TODAY
THERE IS DR. FAUCI, THE TOP

INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR IN THE
U. S. GOVERNMENT DELIVERING THE

HARD TRUTH OF HOW BAD THIS STILL
IS

ANOTHER PART OF THE INTERVIEW,
DR. FAUCI TOLD ANDREA TODAY IT

WILL BE QUOTE, "WELL INTO 2021
OR MAYBE TOWARDS THE END OF 2021

BEFORE WE ARE APPROACHING
ANYTHING OF NORMALCY."

THAT'S A BEST CASE SCENARIO WITH
A SUCCESSFUL VACCINE THAT WORKS

AND GETS DISTRIBUTED
WELL INTO 2021 OR MAYBE TOWARDS

THE END OF 2021 WITH THE
VACCINE.

HE'S TELLING US THINGS THAT ARE
HARD TO HEAR THAT ARE BASED IN

REALITY.
BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S

COMMENT ON COVID AS HE
APPROACHED 200,000 DEAD OR

INCREASINGLY DIVORCED FROM
REALITY AND THEREFORE HARMFUL.

HERE IS DR. FAUCI HAVING TO
CLEAN UP AND CORRECTING THE

PRESIDENT'S FALSE STATEMENTS
IT IS A VERY, VERY VALUABLE

PUBLIC SERVICE THAT HE DID THAT,
FINALLY AND THAT HE DOES THAT.

FINALLY SOMEBODY TELLING US THE
TRUTH.

BOY, DO WE NEED HIM?
BOY, DOES IT MAKE ME FEAR FOR

HIS JOB.
ALL THIS STUFF IS HELPING, EYES

OPENED AND NO OPTING OUT
THIS IS OUR TIME AND OUR

COUNTRY.
WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE

THINGS BETTER AND UNDERSTANDING
WHAT WE CAN AND EVEN IN WEEKS

LIKE OVERWHELMING LIKE THIS ONE.
WE GOT NEW NEWS COMING UP ON

THOSE HUGE WILDFIRES IN THE WEST
INCLUDING SOMETHING GOING ON IN

OREGON
WE'LL BE SPEAKING WITH THE HEAD

OF OREGON'S EMERGENCY MANAGE
ISM

>>> IT GOTTEN SO BIG THAT YOU
CAN SEE IT FROM SPACE.

IT CONTINUES TO BELLOW OUT OF
THE WILDFIRES INSTEAD WHIPPING

IT AWAY OUT OF OUR WEST COAST.
ALREADY BURNED 2 MILLION ACRES

IN CALIFORNIA.
THE 20 WORST WILDFIRES HIT IN

CALIFORNIA
THIS JULY WAS THE HOTTEST EVER

RECORDED IN CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY
THAN IN AUGUST

CALIFORNIA SET A NEW RECORD FOR
THEIR HIGHEST RECORD MONTHLY

TEMPERATURE.
THAT SCORCHING HEAT CREATES DRY

CONDITIONS AND THAT IS WHAT
GIFTED CALIFORNIA ANOTHER

RECORD
COMING UP FAST ON THE HILLS OF

WHAT PREVIOUSLY BEEN OF THE
WORST WILDFIRES IN HISTORY

THIS IS CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
YEAR 2020.

GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID TODAY WHAT
CALIFORNIA IS EXPERIENCING ACE

PRE IS
PREVIEW OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN

OUR COUNTRY.
CALIFORNIA IS A PREVIEW OF

AMERICA FAST FORWARD
CHECK THIS OUT

FROM CALIFORNIA FIRE
AUTHORITIES, THERE ARE CLOSE TO

15,000 FIREFIGHTERS ON THE
GROUND IN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT

2200 FIRE ENGINES AND 101
AIRCRAFTS AND 251 BULLDOZERS

FIRS ARE RIPPING THEIR WAY UP
AND DOWN THE WEST COAST AND THE

WHOLE TOWN OF WASHINGTON STATE
HAVE BEEN BURNT TO THE GROUND.

MORE THAN HALF AN ACRES HAVE
BEEN BURNED.

THE SITUATION IN OREGON IS
ACUTELY BAD RIGHT NOW.

YOU PROBABLY SAW NEWS ABOUT IT
IT DOES SEEM LIKE THE FIRES

THERE BALLOONED OVER NIGHT
LET PEME GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE

SCALE IN OREGON.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR,

OREGON WOULD LOSE ABOUT 500,000
ACRES TO WILDFIRES

MORE THAN A MILLION ACRES IN
OREGON HAVE BEEN BURNED AND 90%

OF THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 72
HOURS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SURFACE
AREA LARGER THAN THE STATE OF

RHODE ISLAND
TWICE THE YEARLY AVERAGE UP IN

SMOKE IN THREE DAYS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN

OREGON HAVE BEEN TOLLD TO
EVACUATE THEIR HOMES AND MANY

STRUCTURES DESTROYED
500,000 PEOPLE IN OREGON LIVE IN

AREAS BEEN TOLD TO PREPARE FOR
EVACUATIONS.

THINGS ARE GETTING WORSE IN
OREGON TONIGHT

THERE ARE MULTIPLE FIRES BURNING
THROUGHOUT THE STATE, MULTIPLE

FIRES UNONCONTAINED.
TWO OF THE BIGGEST FIRES IN

OREGON ARE ON THE VERGE OF
MERGING.

THAT COULD HAPPEN ANY DAY AND AT
ANY MOMENT IT COULD TURN INTO

ONE BIG SUPER FIRE
REMEMBER THIS ORANGE SKY IN THE

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND SMOKE
CLOTTING UP THE AIR.

WELL, THIS IS PORTLAND, OREGON
TODAY.

LESS ORANGE, MORE OF A THICK,
GRAY BLANKET OF SMOKE.

AIR QUALITY IN PORTLAND WAS
REPORTED THE WORST IN THE ENTIRE

PLANET
IT WAS SO UNBREATHABLE TODAY,

PEOPLE ARE TOLD THEY SHOULD NOT
LEAVE THEIR HOME UNLESS IT IS

NECESSARY.
AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE HAVE DIED

BECAUSE OF THESE FIRES
DOZENS MORE REPORTED MISSING

THOSE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO
GROW ESPECIALLY IN OREGON.

TODAY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT FOR THE STATE OF

OREGON SAID BASED ON THE NUMBER
OF STRUCTURES BEEN LOSS, THE

STATE IS PREPARING FOR A QUOTE,
"MASS FATALITIES."

ANDREW PHELPS, I KNOW THIS IS A
CRITICAL TIME, THANK YOU FOR

HELPING US
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US,

RACHEL
>> LET ME ASK YOU OF WHAT I HAVE

DESCRIBED THERE, HAVE I SAID
ANYTHING WRONG OR IS THERE ANY

OTHER WAY YOU WOULD PUT THIS IN
TERMS OF HELPING THE COUNTRY

UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS
>> YOU ARE SPOT ON

WE KNOW THE WEATHER IS GOING TO
GET BETTER AT SOME POINT NEXT

WEEK
THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF

THE FIRE THREATS
WE KNOW THAT WE GOT A LONG WAY

TO GET THERE
WE HAVE THAT IMMEDIATE SAFETY

NEEDS WHERE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE
OF EVACUATE AND GETTING PEOPLE

IN SAFETY AND ARE PREPARED TODD
DO SOTO D

SO IN A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
>> SO MANY STRUCTURES HAVE

BURNED, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY
THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK

LIKE IN TERMS OF YOU PREPARING
FOR THAT

>> SO, WE HAD RECENT EXAMPLES IN
CALIFORNIA OF DEVASTATING FAST

MOVING WILDFIRES THAT CAUSED
DOZENS OF CASUALTIES AND

FATALITIES
BASED ON THOSE LESSONS WE

OBSERVED IN CALIFORNIA, WE ARE
SEEING THE SAME CONDITIONS HERE

IN OREGON.
FIRES THAT DAMAGED THE ONLY

MEANS OF GRASS FOR A LOT OF
COMMUNITIES.

WE KNOW THAT SO MANY STRUCTURES
LOST

THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF
FATALITIES AND FOLKS COULD NOT

GET EVACUATED AND GET TO SAFETY.
>> YOU ARE EXPECTING THAT YOU

WILL DISCOVER PEOPLE WHO DID NOT
SURVIVE AS YOU WERE ABLE TO GET

THROUGH THE AREA INSTEAD OF
BEING BURNED

>> THAT'S OUR EXPECTATIONS
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE POSTURING

OUR RESPONSE
WE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEY HAVE
BEEN TREMENDOUS HELPFUL IN

GETTING THOSE RESOURCES HERE IN
OREGON TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF

MANAGING THE SEARCH AND RECOVERY
EFFORTS.

>> JUST DIRE
IN TERMS OF THE RESOURCES THAT

YOU NEED, DO YOU HAVE THE
RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED AND YOU

WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO THIS
CRISIS

THINKING ABOUT IT, I WAS READING
TODAY THAT ONE OF THE FIRES THAT

YOUR CREWS ARE FIGHTING CROSSES
THE BORDER INTO CALIFORNIA

IT IS IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
I WONDER IF THAT CREATED ISSUES

IN TERMS OF BRINGING RESOURCES
AND COORDINATION AND CONTROL AND

THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
>> WE GOT A HANDFUL OF FIRES AND

ANY ONE OF THOSE FIRES WOULD
OVERWHELM OUR RESOURCES.

I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE NOT
JUST OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS BUT

SEVERAL STATES OFFERED
ASSISTANCE

WE GOT FIREFIGHTERS ON THE
GROUND IN UTAH

THIS IS A TIME WHERE EVERY STATE
IN THE WEST ARE DEALING WITH

THEIR OWN WILDFIRE THREATS
WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH

STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IF
THEY CAN PROVIDE AND I AM JUST

INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
THEIR DOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE

SOME OF THE SUFFERING AND LIFE
SAFETY THAT WE HAVE HERE

>> ANDREW PHELPS, BOY, DO YOU
HAVE A SITUATION IN YOUR HAND,

SIR.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU

COME BACK AND KEEP US UP TO
DATE

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF TIMES THE
NATIONAL MEDIA IS EAST COAST

FOCUS BUTED BUT ALL EYES ARE ON
>>> PETER STRZOK, THE FBI TOP

AGENT, INVESTIGATED PRESIDENT
TRUMP HIMSELF IN TERMS OF HIS

CONNECTION OF THE RUSSIANS
PETER STRZOK WAS VILLIFIED BY

TRUMP AND THE PRESIDENT
THREATENED TO HAVE HIM PROSECUTE

AND OTHERS
PETER STRZOK TOLD ME LAST NIGHT

OF HIS CONVICTION THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS CURRENTLY

COMPROMISED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN
AN ONGOING WAY

IT IS MIND BLOW‐BLOWING, RIGHT?
HERE IS ONE SPECIFIC THING I

HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT EVER
SINCE BECAUSE I DID NOT EXPECT

THIS ANSWER FROM HIM
HE SEEMS SO CONFIDENT ABOUT IT

WHILE I WAS HONESTLY KIND OF
SKEPTICAL.

>> IF IT TURNS OUT THAT ATTORNEY
WILLIAM BARR DOING SOMETHING IN

KA
CAHOOTS WITH THE PRESIDENT

THAT'S IMPROPER THAT I AM
SPEAKING HYPOTHETICALLY HERE,

SOMETHING THAT'S DESIGNED OF
FOREIGN INTERFERENCE OR LAW

ENFORCEMENT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
IN ORDER TO ALLOW THOSE THINGS

TO BENEFIT THE PRESIDENT'S CAM
IAN

CAMPAIGN, DO YOU HAVE FAITH
THAT ‐‐

>> WELL, LOOK I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HE IS OR IS NOT DOING AT THE

WHITE HOUSE.
I THINK IT IS FAIR AND ACCURATE

TO SAY THAT HE'S ENGAGED IN A
SERIES OF BEHAVIORS THAT'S

POLITICIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE AND FOR THINGS THAT'S

GOING ON RIGHT NOW WHILE SEEKING
TO UNWHINE THE PROSECUTION OF

GENERAL FLYNN AND ROGER STONES
AND OTHERS

I KNOW THERE ARE MEN AND WOMEN
WITHIN THE FBI WHO WOULD NOT

TOLERATE THE INFLUENCE AND IF
PUSH TO SHOVE, THERE ARE A LINE

OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD
NOT CROSS.

I AM CONFIDENT THEY WOULD SPEAK
OUT RATHER THAN SUBMITTING TO

THAT SET OF ACCS
>> ACTION.

>> I WA IT WAS INTERESTING TO KN
THAT ABOUT HIM AND THAT HE STILL

HAD THAT KIND OF FAITH
I WAS STILL SKEPTICAL BUT HE

BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING IF THEY ARE

CONFRONTED OR BEING TOLD BY
ATTORNEY BILL BARR

THAT WAS LAST NIGHT AND LOW AND
BE HOLD TODAY, IT HAPPENED

HE WAS RIGHT AND I WAS WRONG
I MEAN THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS

LIKE
TODAY A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WITH

DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WHO HAD
BEEN WORKING ON AN INVESTIGATION

INTO COUNTER INTELLIGENCE
CONCERNS ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

TIES FOR RUSSIA, SHE QUIT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TODAY

SHE QUIT BECAUSE ATTORNEY BARR
WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON HER AND

HER TEAM
HERE IS THE LEAD FROM THE

NEWSPAPER IN CONNECTICUT THAT
BROKE THE STORY TODAY.

PROSECUTOR NORA DANNEHY RESIGNED
WHO WAS TOP AIDE TO JOHN

DURHAM'S TRUMP‐RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION RESIGNS AMID

CONCERN ABOUT PRESSURE FROM
ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR.

>> THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS
INVESTIGATION WHICH BILL BARR

SET UP, IT IS ALWAYS
TRANSPARENT.

INVESTIGATING ALL THE PEOPLE IN
THE U. S. GOVERNMENT WHO EVER

DARED TO LOOK AT DONALD TRUMP
AND RUSSIA AS IF THAT WAS SOME

SORT OF TERRIBLE THING TO DO OR
SOME SORT OF CRIME IN OF ITSELF.

THE PRESIDENT LOVES TO TALK
ABOUT LOCKING UP HIS ENEMIES

HE LOVES TO BRING UP THE
DURHAM'S INVESTIGATION

JOHN DURHAM IS GOING TO CHARGE
THOSE GUYS, LOCK THEM UP FOR

TREASON OR SOMETHING
IT IS NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT

IT HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT AND
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE

UNITED STATES BILL BARR WHO HAVE
CONSTANTLY TEASED IN PUBLIC

STATEMENTS OF THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS GOING

TO PRODUCE SOMETHING DAMAGE TO
THE PRESIDENT'S PERCEIVED

ENEMIES AND IT WILL BE JUST IN
TIME FOR THE ELECTION.

BARR GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO SAY
DURHAM'S FINDINGS WILL COME OUT

BEFORE THE ELECTION.
IT IS ONE THING FOR US AS

OUTSIDE OBSERVER TO SEE THEY'RE
SAYING THIS AND SEE HOW IT IS A

POLITICAL OPERATION TO HELP THE
PRESIDENT'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

IT IS AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE
DIFFERENCE

WHEN SOMEBODY INSIDE THAT
INVESTIGATION OF THE JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT UP AND RESIGNS.
HER COLLEAGUE SAYS BECAUSE BARR

IS TRYING TO USE HER AND HER
TEAM TO HELP HIS BOSS GETTING

REELECTED.
I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE.

WE HAVE NOT HAD MANY PRINCIPLE
RESIGNATIONS IN THIS

ADMINISTRATION
IT IS HELPFUL WHEN THEY EXPLAIN

THEMSELVES ON THE RECORD WHY
THEY'RE QUITTING

THERE HAS BEEN FEW AND THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THAT ARE

FEW AND FAR IN BETWEEN
WE DID REACH OUT TO DANNEHY BUT

SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT.
SOMETHING HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSE

DOORS AND THAT CAUSED HER TO
QUIT

SHE HAS NOT EXPLAINED HERSELF IN
HER OWN TERMS.

THE REPORTING SUGGESTED THAT SHE
QUIT FOR A BAD REASON.

JOINING US NOW IS ANDREW
WEISSMANN.

A LEAD PROSECUTOR FOR ROBERT
MUELLER'S TEAM

MR. WEISSMANN, IT IS GREAT TO
SEE YOU, THANK YOU FOR BEING

HERE
>> NICE TO SEE YOU

>> I GATHER THAT YOU KNOW NORA
DANNEHY PROFESSIONALLY

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT HER IN TERMS OF HER JEREZ

RESIGNATION
RESIGNATION?

>> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW
HER BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN A FEDERAL

PROSECUTEOR FOR DECADES
SHE HAD A GREAT CAREER AND STEEP

IN PUBLIC CORRUPTION CASES SO
FOR HER TO TAKE THIS ACTION IS

TRULY SIGNIFICANT AND JUST TO
PUT A FINE POINT ON IT, THERE IS

NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT
SHE'S RESIGNING FOR BECAUSE OF

POLITICAL PRESSURE
IF THIS FOR ANY OTHER REASONS

SUCH AS FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES,
YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WE ALL

WOULD HAVE HEARD THAT BECAUSE
SHE WOULD NOT WANT TO HURT THE

INVESTIGATION BY HAVING
SPECULATIONS

YOU DON'T RESIGN FROM A
HIGH‐PROFILE CASE LIKE THIS

UNLESS THERE IS A REALLY
COMPELLING REASON.

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY
STRUGGLING WITH THIS AND I AM

VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT YOU PLAYED
THAT CLIP FROM PETE BECAUSE IT

REALLY SHOWS THE FINEST IN TERMS
OF THE FBI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE LAWYERS AND AGENTS AND
ANALYSTS WHO REALLY BELIEVE IN

THE RULE OF LAW.
>> WHETHER YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO

EXPLAIN YOURSELF WHETHER YOU
RESIGN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCE HERE

SHE WAS NOT GOING TO ABIDE IT SO
SHE QUIT AND WALKED OUT BECAUSE

OF IT.
WITHIN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

AMONG YOU AND YOUR FELLOW
PROSECUTORS, WOULD YOU LEAVE AND

NOT SAY ANYTHING PUBLICLY ABOUT
IT

OR WOULD YOU LEAVE AND EXPLAIN
THE PURPOSE OF YOUR RESIGNATION?

>> THERE IS NO RULE AGAINST
EXPLAINING YOUR RESIGNATION TO A

CERTAIN EXTENT BUT THERE ARE
OTHER WAYS TO GO ABOUT IT THAN

APPEARING ON TV OR RIDING AN
OP‐ED.

JONATHAN KRAVEZ WHO WAS THE LEAD
IN THE ROGER STONE'S CASE.

HE DID THE SAME THING.
HE RESIGNED OF WHAT WE ALL KNOW

WAS POLITICAL PRESSURE BROUGHT
THIS CASE TO HAVE FAVORABLE

TREATMENT FOR SOMEBODY CLOSE TO
THE PRESIDENT AND HE WROTE AN

OP‐ED IN "THE WASHINGTON POST.
THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO SOMETHING

THE OTHER WAY IS TO RESIGN AND
TO REPORT YOUR CONCERNS TO THE

INSPECTOR GENERAL OR TO
CONGRESS

THERE ARE CHANNELS FOR PEOPLE TO
RECORD MISCONDUCT.

>> IN THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE,
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE HOUSE WANTED

TO ASK MISS DANNEHY TO COME IN
WHETHER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS,

WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE?
>> YES, THAT COULD HAPPEN.

YOU SAW MY FORMER COLLEAGUE WHO
WAS WORKING ON THE ROGER STONE'S

CASE
ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE

PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
NOT NORMAL

IT IS ONE THING FOR PEOPLE LIKE
ME EXPRESSING ENORMOUS

CONFIDENCE IN THE INTEGRITY OF
PEOPLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE BUT PEOPLE ARE NOT
ROUTINELY CONFRONTED WITH THIS

WHETHER IT IS REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION, THIS

IS REALLY OFF THE CHART IN TERMS
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
PARTICULARLY ON 9/11 WHICH IS A

TIME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
DEPARTMENT JUSTICE ARE EXTREMELY

PROUD ARE BEING THERE AND HAVING
ABLE TO DO SOME SMALL THINGS FOR

THE COUNTRY.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH WHAT

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS DOING TO
THE RULE OF LAW.

>> AND ALONG THOSE LINES, ILL
LIKE I

WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE AND IT IS ABOUT

THE MICHAEL FLYNN'S SITUATION.
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER

WILLIAM BARR IS TRYING TO DROP
THOSE CHARGES AND THE JUDGE

FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE
TO INTERROGATE THAT DECISION BY

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
I AM GOING TO READ YOU AND YOU

PROBABLY READ IT BUT FOR OUR
VIEWERS.

I WANT TO READ YOU SOMETHING
WRITTEN BY A COURT APPOINTED

ESSENTIALLY ADVOCATE IN THE
FLYNN'S CASE

APPOINTED BY THE JUDGE TO ARGUE
THAT FLYNN SHOULD NOT HAVE THE

CHARGES DROPPED.
HE SAID TODAY.

"TO DESCRIBE THE GOVERNMENT'S
MOTION TO DISMISS AS IRREGULAR

WOULD BE A STUDY IN AN UNDER
STATEMENT.

IN THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENTS
DO NOT ORCHESTRATE PRESSURE

CAMPAIGNS TO GET THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT TO DROP CHARGES

AGAINST DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE
PLEADED GUILTY."

YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS
UNFOLDED HERE.

THERE WAS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT
THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO

DISMISS THE CASE AGAINST MICHAEL
T. FLYNN REST ON PURE PRETEXT.

THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT
THIS MOTION REFLECTS A CORRUPT

AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED FAVOR.
NOW OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE JUDGE

ADVOCATING A SPECIFIC SIZE IN
THIS FIGHT

BOY, DOES THAT STRIKE ME AS RED,
HOT AND INCREDIBLY DAMMING AS

WHAT ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR IS
TRYING TO DO HERE.

I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
IT

>> IT IS VERY CLEAR WHAT HE
THINKS BUT IT IS BACKED UP BY

FACTS.
THE KEY THING FOR YOUR VIEWERS

TO ASK IS WHY IS THE PRESIDENT
AND WHY IS BILL BARR DOING THIS.

WHAT IS IT THAT IS LEADING THEM
TO DO THIS AND THEY'RE TAKING A

DIFFERENT LEGAL POSITION THAN
THEY TAKE IN EVERY OTHER CASE

THAT RAISES THESE INITIATIVES.
THAT WAS ONE OF JOHN'S BIGGEST

POINTS
WHY ARE YOU FORTURETORTURING THE

AND THE FACTS HERE FOR MICHAEL
FLYNN.

HE LIED TO THE FBI AND HE LIED
TODD THE

TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

WHAT DID HE LIE ABOUT?
HE LIED ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS

HE HAD WITH THE RUSSIANS
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES

TO TELL HIM DON'T OVER REACT TO
SANCTION THE PRIOR

ADMINISTRATION ADD PUT ON RUSSIA
BECAUSE IT BER FEARINTERFERED WI

AMERICAN ELECTION IN 2016.
WHY WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT

ANYBODY WOULD LIE ABOUT AND WHY
WOULD YOU TRY TO REWARD SOMEBODY

FOR THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR?
>> THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY MIKE

FLYNN TOLD THOSE LIES WHEN HE
KNEW, HAD KNOW FULL WELL THAT

THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN
LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION

REMAINS ESSENTIAL MYSTERY HERE
AND FREEING HIM FROM THIS

PROSECUTION DESPITE PLEADING
GUILTY IS OBVIOUS.

IN SOME WAY WOULD CURTAIL ANY
EFFORTS TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF

THAT
>> ONE OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF

SPECIAL
>>> THIS MORNING THE PRESIDENT

IS FACING MOUNTING SCRUTINY
AFTER PLANNING AND THEN ABRUPTLY

CANCELING A SECRET MEETING WITH
THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT AND THE

TALIBAN THAT WAS SET TO TAKE
PLACE SUNDAY AT CAMP DAVID DAYS

BEFORE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
9/11 TERROR ATTACKS.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ULTIMATELY
MADE THE DECISION.

HE SAYS I WANT TO TALK TO
PRESIDENT GOTTI.

I WANT TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE.
>> AND INSISTING CAMP DAVID WAS

AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO HOST
THE TALIBAN, A GROUP WHICH

HARBORED THE AL‐QAEDA TERRORIST
BEHIND THE SEPTEMBER 11th

ATTACKS.
>> IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE

PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD THE GRAND
IDEA OF OPENING CAMP DAVID TO

HOST THE TALIBAN ON THE WEEK OF
9/11

THAT WAS HIS BIG IDEA FOR HOW TO
COMMEMORATE THE 9/11 ANNIVERSARY

LAST YEAR, INVITE THE TALIBAN TO
CAMP DAVID

EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS ULTIMATELY
ABRUPTLY CANCELED AS THE COUNTRY

COLLECTIVELY SHOT COFFEE OUT ITS
NOSE AFTER LEARNING THAT WAS HIS

BIG IDEA, THIS YEAR THE
PRESIDENT HAS BIRTHED A COUSIN

TO THAT GENIUS IDEA.
AT A NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY,

SEPTEMBER 10th, THE PRESIDENT
BRAGGED, QUOTE, WE'RE GETTING

ALONG VERY, VERY WELL WITH THE
TALIBAN.

"THE WASHINGTON POST" THEN
REPORTED THAT SIX TALIBAN

PRISONERS WERE RELEASED FROM
AFGHAN CUSTODY YESTERDAY

THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DID NOT
WANT TO LET THEM GO BECAUSE OF

WHAT THESE PRISONERS WERE
ACCUSED OF, BUT THE UNITED

STATES GOVERNMENT, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, INSISTED

THREE OF THOSE SIX TALIBAN
PRISONERS FREED YESTERDAY ARE

ACCUSED OF KILLING U. S. TROOPS
IN AFGHANISTAN AND SO‐CALLED

INSIDER ATTACKS.
THESE TYPE OF ATTACKS OCCUR WHEN

TALIBAN MEMBERS INFILLTRATE
SECURITY FORCES AND TURN ON

SOLDIERS
EVEN AS THESE PRISONERS ACCUSED

OF KILLING AMERICAN SOLDIERS
WERE BEING RELEASED AGAINST THE

WISHES OF THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT
YESTERDAY, RELEASED BECAUSE THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INSISTED
THAT THEY BE RELEASEDON THE EV

OF 9/11 PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS AT
THAT MOMENT CROWING ABOUT HOW

GREAT HE GETS ALONG WITH THE
TALIBAN AND OF COURSE THERE IS

ALWAYS MORE.
TODAY WE WOKE UP TO THE NEWS

FROM THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

HAS BEEN SECRETLY WITHHOLDING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE

FDNY 9/11 HEALTH PROM.
FDNY IS THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH

DEPARTMENT DESIGNED TO TREAT
FIREFIGHTERS AND MEDICS WHO GOT

SICK BECAUSE THEY WORKED THE
PILE AT 9/11

APPARENTLY THE TRUMP TREASURY
DEPARTMENT STARTING NEARLY FOUR

YEARS AGO, THEY JUST STARTED
SKIMMING SOME OF THE MONEY

THEY JUST STARTED MYSTERIOUSLY
WITHHOLDING PORTIONS OF THAT

FUND
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE

FDNY SAYING THE MONEY WAS JUST
DISAPPEARING WITHOUT ANY

NOTIFICATION
HE ADDED, HERE WE HAVE SICK

WORLD TRADE CENTER‐EXPOSED
FIREFIGHTERS AND EMS WORKERS

WHEN THE CITY IS HAVING
DIFFICULT FINANCIAL

CIRCUMSTANCES DUE TO COVID‐19,
AND WE'RE NOT GETTING THE MONEY

WE NEED TO TREAT THESE HEREOES.
WE NEVER EVER RECEIVED A LETTER

TELLING US THIS.
THEY HAVE JUST BEEN TAKING THE

MONEY AND KEEPING IT FOR
THEMSELVES FOR ALMOST FOUR

YEARS.
AND WE FIND OUT TODAY.

TODAY OF ALL
>>> THAT IS GOING TO DO IT FOR

US TONIGHT AND FOR THIS WEEK
TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF THIS

WEEKEND.
DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU

BIGGER AND STRONGER AND BETTER
AT WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU