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>> reporter: august 6, 2001. president bush receives his daily intelligence briefing. it includes this memberio tigo "bin laden intending to strike in the u.s. al qaeda was preparing to attack american interests somewhere in the world. british spy ammaimen dean said of the warnings came from him. in june he had been summoned at the terrorist group headquarters in afghanistan.
Force 39 in van nuys, california, see more than their share of danger each tour of duty. >> we average 10, 15 calls per shift, and you never know what you will go on. >> one big reason is the 405, a ten-lane stretch of highway havoc just two miles from their station house. >> at night, we have a heightened alert because of the visibility. >> the 405 has earned a bad rep as the most congested freeway in america. august 6, 2001, just after 2:00 a.m. freelance cameraman, paul anderick, is hunting for news. >> i do all of my work at night. >> he spots a broken down van in the carpool lane on the 4...
Disappointed some of his most fervent supporters. there was something singularly disconcerting watching the president tip toe around how this country will fare in his absence. our next guest has a dire vision for what we can expect next. i quote here, donald trump is going to get us killed. joining me now michael moore award winning film maker. >> i'm not smiling, am i? >> you wrote this piece during the election that donald trump will win the election. a lot of people got mad at you. i hope this prediction is much worse than that prediction. why do you think he's going to get us all killed? >...
Professional pundit to say that if you don't know what's going on -- it's one thing when we have bush asleep behind the wheel, when he didn't read the security briefing of august 6, 2001. >> the one determined to strike the u.s.? >> yes. now trump isn't even getting behind the wheel. now, after i wrote that, the day after i wrote that and other people chimed in, his aide announced that he will go to three a week. >> three a week. >> three a week. so the other four days, america -- >> i'm very curious. >> you're on your own. >> you said you watched all that press conference. and the reaction wa...
Trying to get them, republicans, republican electors to try to find a compromise candidate and to get the democratic electors to say we'll go along with that, if you're willing to not vote for trump but to vote for somebody else, a kasich or romney or whatever, that the democrats wouldn't do anything to block that. it's an interesting concept, but right now you need some people on the right, some republicans, to have a stand-up moment and say i care about this country, this man is not attending to national security briefings, on a daily basis, he should be going to these. i showed in my film, ...