>> SHE GETS TONIGHT’S LAST WORT.
"THE 11th HOUR" WITH BRIAN
WILLIAMS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
DAY 1245 OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION 139 DAYS TO GO
NOW UNTIL OUR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO TALK
ABOUT HERE TONIGHT.
TENSIONS ARE HIGH THIS EVENING
IN THE ATLANTA POLICE DEPARTMENT
NOW THAT AN OFFICER IS FACING
MURDER AND OTHER CHARGES IN THE
SHOOTING DEATH OF RAYSHARD
BROOKS.
MORE ON THAT STORY COMING UP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP MOVING FULL
STEAM AHEAD WITH HIS TULSA
CAMPAIGN RALLY THIS WEEKEND EVEN
AS CORONAVIRUS CASES ARE SPIKING
IN OKLAHOMA AND LOCALLY IN THE
CITY OF TULSA.
BUT WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
TRUMP’S FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR’S STUNNING ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST HIS FORMER BOSS.
IT ALL IN A TELL ALL BOOK ABOUT
HIS TIME IN THE TRUMP WHITE
HOUSE.
NBC NEWS AMONG THE NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS AND HAS
SEEN THE BOOK.
JOHN BOLTON SPENT NEARLY A YEAR
AND A HALF INSIDE THE TRUMP WEST
WING.
EXCERPTS OF HIS BOOK "THE ROOM
WHERE IT HAPPENED" ARE NOW
PUBLIC DESPITE ON GOING JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT EFFORTS TO BLOCK ITS
PUBLICATION SOMEHOW.
THE BOOK WILL BE OFFICIALLY
RELEASED ON TUESDAY BUT TODAY,
EXCERPTS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE
"WALL STREET JOURNAL",
WASHINGTON POST, NEW YORK TIMES.
"THE TIMES" DESCRIBES IT AS A
WITHERING PORTRAIT OF A
PRESIDENT EAGER ABOUT THE FACTS
ABOUT THE WORLD MANIPULATEING HI
AND PRONE TO FALSE STATEMENTS,
FOUL MOUTHED ERUPTIONS AND SNAP
DECISIONS.
AMONG THE HOST EXPLOSIVE
ALLEGATIONS, TRUMP OUT RIGHT
ASKED CHINA TO HELP HIM GET
REELECTED.
JOHN BOLTON WRITES IN JUNE 2019
DURING A ONE OF ONE MEETING WITH
CHINA’S PRESIDENT AT THE G 20
SUMMIT RIGHT THERE, TRUMP LINKED
CHINA’S PURCHASES OF U.S.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO A
SECOND TERM IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
BOLTON WRITES QUOTE, SHE SAID HE
WANTED TO WORK WITH TRUMP FOR
SIX MORE YEARS AND TRUMP REPLIED
THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT THE
TWO-TERM CONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT ON
PRESIDENTS SHOULD BE REPEALED
FOR HIM.
BOLTON GOES ON TO WRITE HE THEN
STUNNINGLY TURNED THE
CONVERSATION TO THE COMING U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ELUDING TO
CHINA’S ECONOMIC CAPABILITY AND
PLEADING WITH XI TO ENSURE HE’D
WIN.
YOU MAY RECALL TRUMP SAYING THIS
ABOUT FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN
OUR ELECTIONS BACK IN 2019.
>> RUSSIA, IF CHINA, IF SOMEONE
ELSE OFFERS YOU INFORMATION ON
AN OPPONENT, SHOULD THEY ACCEPT
OR CALL THE FBI?
>> I THINK BOTH.
I WOULD WANT TO HEAR IT.
IT NOT AN INTERFERENCE.
IT INFORMATION.
IT WOULD TAKE IT.
CHINA SHOULD START AN
INVESTIGATION INTO BIDEN BECAUSE
WHAT HAPPENED TO CHINA IS JUST
ABOUT AS BAD AS WHAT HAPPENED WITH UKRAINE.
WITH UKRAINE.
>> JOHN BOLTON WRITES THIS AND
WE YOETQUOTE I AM HARD PRESSED T
IDENTIFY ANY SIGNIFICANT TRUMP
DECISION DURING MY WHITE HOUSE
TENURE THAT WASN’T DRIVEN BY MY
KAK LAX
KAKCALCULATIONS AND HOUSE DEMOCR
EFFORTS TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
FOR ABUSE OF POWER FOR HOLDING
UP SECURITY AID WHILE PRESSURING
UKRAINE TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCE
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BIDENS.
BOLTON OFFERED TO TESTIFY IN THE
SENATE TRIAL YOU’LL RECALL ONLY
IF HE WAS SUBPOENAED BUT THE
REPUBLICANS, OF COURSE, WOULDN’T
ALLOW THAT.
WASHINGTON POST IS REPORTING ON
A PORTION OF THE BOOK WHERE
BOLTON WRITES HE WAS SHOCKED BY
TRUMP’S LIMITED FOREIGN POLICY
KNOWLEDGE AND THAT QUOTE, HE
RECALLS TRUMP ASKING THEN CHIEF
OF STAFF JOHN KELLY IF THE
NATION OF FINLAND IS PART OF
RUSSIA.
IN A MEETING WITH THEN BRITISH
PRIME MINISTER TERESA MAY IN
2018, A BRITISH OFFICIAL
REFERRED TO THE U.K. AS A
NUCLEAR POWER AND TRUMP
INTERJECTS, OH, ARE YOU A
NUCLEAR POWER?
BOLTON ALSO WRITES THAT DURING
TRUMP’S 2018 MEETING WITH NORTH
KOREA’S LEADER QUOTE SECRETARY
OF STATE MIKE POMPEO PASSED ME
HIS NOTE PAD ON WHICH HE HAD
WRITTEN HE IS SO FULL OF THE S
WORD.
I AGREED.
THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR IS SPEAKING OUT ON HIS
TIME SERVING THE PRESIDENT IN
ONE EXCERPT FROM HIS ABC NEWS
SITDOWN INTERVIEW, BOLTON TALKS
ABOUT TRUMP’S RELATIONSHIP WITH
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> I THINK PUTIN THINKS HE CAN
PLAY HIM LIKE A FIDDLE. I THINK PUTIN IS SMART TOUGH AND
I THINK PUTIN IS SMART TOUGH AND
SEES HE’S NOT FACED WITH A
SERIOUSED A VER ED A VERADVERSAR
WHEN YOU HAVE PUTIN
UNDERSTANDING LIFE AND HIS
POSITION IN THE WORLD AGAINST
DONALD TRUMP WHO DOESN’T ENJOY
READING ABOUT THESE ISSUES OR
LEARNING ABOUT THEM, IT’S A VERY
DIFFICULT POSITION FOR AMERICA
TO BE IN.
>> ONE MORE WORD ON THIS FRONT.
THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT,
YOUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS
SEEKING AN EMERGENCY ORDER TO
BLOCK PUBLICATION OF BOLTON’S
BOOK, WHICH AGAIN, HAS BEEN
PRINTED AND IS IN THE HANDS AND
HOMES OF A NUMBER OF
JOURNALISTS, SOME OF THEM GUESTS
ON THIS BROADCAST.
THE L.A. TIMES SAYS PROSECUTORS
ARE DECIDING WHETHER TO
CRIMINALLY CHARGE BOLTON WITH
DISCLOSING CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION.
INDEED TONIGHT TRUMP CONTINUED
DOWN THAT PATH DURING AN
INTERVIEW WITH SEAN HANNITY ON
FOX NEWS.
>> HE WAS A WASHED UP GUY.
I GAVE HIM A CHANCE.
HE BROKE THE LAW VERY SIMPLE.
AS MUCH AS IT’S GOING TO BE
BROKEN, THIS IS HIGHLY
CLASSIFIED.
THE HIGHEST STAGE.
IT’S HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION AND HE DID NOT HAVE
APPROVAL.
>> >> THE PRESIDENTTHE PRESIDENT
FORWARD TO HIS RALLY IN TULSA
THAT’S EXPECTED TO BRING
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE INDOORS
DESPITE THE ALARMING NUMBER OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES IN THAT CITY
AND STATE.
EARLIER TODAY A STATE JUDGE
TURNED DOWN A REQUEST ASKING
THAT THE COMPANY ORGANIZING THE
RALLY ENFORCE SOCIAL DISTANCING
PROTOCOLS.
TONIGHT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT THE
RALLY AND THE VIRUS.
>> IT’S FADING AWAY.
IT’S GOING TO FADE AWAY.
THERE ARE LINES OF PEOPLE NOW
AND WE WON’T BE THERE FOR THREE
DAYS.
THERE IS A HUNGER FOR THE