Steve from 30 Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests Kevin Hart Josh charles musical guest chika, and the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, Jimmy Fallon Jimmy thank you very much. Thank you very much for watching the tonight show everybody. I appreciate it. Im jimmy fallon lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys bob woodward has a new book coming out about the president and one story is making major headlines today. Turns out trump knew way back in early february how bad the coronavirus was, but he continued to downplay it to the american people. And woodwards got it on tape because trump let him record their conversations. Check this out heres trump in mid march. I wanted to always play it down i still like playing it down yes because i dont want to create a panic jimmy yeah, i remember americans not panicking when they spent thousands for a roll of toilet paper on ebay. [ laughter
Muslims across the world protest against the french president s comments on islam while turkeys leader threatens to sue the magazine charlie a bow. And tanzanians vote amid accusations of electoral fraud and Human Rights Violations in a country once praised as a beacon of peace and. It became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring with entire nations locked down and hundreds of millions of people told to stay at home now tougher measures are being imposed across europe after deaths from covert 19 surged by almost 40 percent in the past week doctors in several countries are warning hospitals are just days away from being overwhelmed germany is imposing in emergency months long lockdown closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools open nearly 15000 new infections are reported there in the last 24 hours italy has also registered a record high of nearly 25000 new cases on sunday the government announced restaurants and bars will not be able to do seated service after 6
The food and Drug Administration during the obama presidency. Moss from theliam Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health talks about the global effort to develop a vaccine. Good morning, this is washington journal for september 10. In the first hour we will take your comments about bob woodward about the early assessments of coronavirus. The president saying that initially he wanted to play it down. If you want us to let us know your thoughts on this release of the audiotapes from yesterday and the reaction to it. If you support the president and Vice President call into 2027488000. If you support joe biden and kamala harris, 2027488001. If you are undecided or supporting others, 2027488002. You can text us your thoughts at 2027488003. Wj and postcspan on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. The Washington Post headline from one of the excerpts from the audio releases from yesterday, i always wanted to play it down. This is coming from Bob Woodwards book say book rage. This
Numbers are going to increase the cause its being blamed on a ship carrying fireworks that exploded while docked at the port there but theres a conflicting report now france 24. 00 had originally reported d about a missile attack were going to have Team Coverage on this story with reports for both israel and from beirut on this massive blast and as we get any other information obviously were going to share it with you right away thats going to be a big part of our coverage here but we here on this newscast have reported on and also kept you apprised of all the unprecedented moves by the u. S. Federal reserve during the economic crisis that was caused by the coded pandemic frankly even before that so we reported on how the fed was mysteriously lowering Interest Rates while we the American People were being told that the economy was strong. Wrong and there was no need for any artificial stimulation stimulation occurred anyway we reported when the fed began pouring tens of billions of dol
With comey, and i was quite struck, charlie, when he said that he would 100 be willing to testify under oath, even to the special counsel Robert Mueller. Rose we continue with mike schmidt to have the New York Times. If the president were to go under oath and bob mueller were to look at all the evidence and conclude comey was telling the truth and the president wasnt, then that would set up a perjury investigation, an investigation into whether false statements were made under oath. You cant lie in an f. B. I. Interview or before a grand jury. You know, those are things that the government takes very seriously. Rose and then turn to mike allen, the cofounder of axios. Its a declaration of war, charlie, in both words and at you just quoted the president as saying is fitting with their strategy and posture. So after yesterdays back and forth, the amazing cinematic testimony by former f. B. I. Director comey, somebody sent me a text and they said, i think aaron sorkin wrote his Opening St