LOUISIANA TO HAVE ADMITTING PRIVILEGES AT A HOSPITAL WITHIN
30 MILES.
30 MILES. A LOT TO GET TO.
BUT WE BEGIN, JOE, WITH AMAZON’S
CEO ACCUSING THE PARENT COMPANY
OF THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER" WITH
EXTORTION AND BLACKMAIL.
IT FEELS, JOE, LIKE THEY MESSED
WITH THE WRONG GUY.
>> IT DID BUT IT ALSO SEEMS VERY
FAMILIAR, NOT ONLY TO US BUT I
THINK PEOPLE RAN AGAINST THE
PUBLIC PRIMARY.
PUBLIC PRIMARY. THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN
DONALD TRUMP AND THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER.
ENQUIRER. >> JEFF BEZOS RELEASED E-MAILS
YESTERDAY CLAIMING TO SHOW THE
COMPANY, A.M.I., THREATEN TO RE
RELEASE THE INFORMATION IF HE
DID NOT STOP THE INQUIRY THAT
INCLUDED EXPLICIT PHOTOS,
EXPOSING HIS EXTRA MARITAL
AFFAIR.
AFFAIR. TO FROM GETTING OUT, BEZOS SAYS
THAT A.
THAT A. >> I. DEMANDED HE STOPPED THE
WAUG WHICH HO, BEHIND THE
INQUIRER’S INITIAL REPORTS GED
WROTS IN PART THIS: IF IN MY
POSITION I CANNOT STAND UP TO
THIS TYPE OF EXTORTION, HOW MANY
PEOPLE CAN?
PEOPLE CAN? OF COURSE I DON’T WANT PERSONAL
PHOTOS PUBLISHED, BUT I ALSO
WON’T PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
WELL-KNOWN PRACTICE OF
BLACKMALE, POLITICAL FAVORS,
POLITICAL ATTACKS AND
CORRUPTION.
CORRUPTION. BEZOS ADDS, "I PREFER TO STAND
UP, ROLL THIS LOG OVER AND SEE
WHAT CRAWLS OUT."
AN AMAZON SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED
THE AS YOU THEN ’TISITY OF THE
BLOCK POST, THEY ARE THE LATEST
TWIST OF A LONG SIMMERING FEUD
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE CEO IS FRIENDS WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. A SPOKESPERSON DECLINED TO
COMMENT TO NBC NEWS.
>> LET’S BRING IN THE SENIOR
REPORTER.
REPORTER. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST
EXTRAORDINARY READS, NOT ONLY ON
THE MEDIUM BUT ON ANY WEB SITE
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. SET IT UP FOR US.
TELL US EXACTLY WHAT’S BEEN
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> AND WHAT PIECES FIT TOGETHER.
>> FIRST OF ALL, YOU’RE RIGHT,
IT’S AN INCREDIBLY PERSONAL,
LONG, DETAILED ACCOUNT FROM THE
JEFF BEZOS, THE FOUNDER OF
AMAZON, THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. IT’S A MESSAGE TO DAVID PECKER
TO, THE ENTIRE TABLOID INDUSTRY
ME, DOESN’T MESS WITH ME.
I WON’T BE EXPLOITED, I WOULDN’T
BE BLACKMAILED.
BE BLACKMAILED. FOR A LONG TIME IN THE WEEK OF
HIS DIP VORS THAT SORT OF CAST
HIM NOT AS THE GREAT INNOVATIVE
CEO THAT WE USUALLY THINK OF HIM
AS BUT RATHER AS SORT OF THE
SUBJECT OF SCANDAL AND OF OF A
PARTICULARLY SORTED KIND OF
EXTORTION.
EXTORTION. NOW HE’S GOING TO COME FORWARD
FOR SO MANY WHO DO NOT FEEL THEY
CAN STAND UP AGAINST THE JEFF
BEZOSES THAT THERE’S A POLITICAL
MOTIVATION HERE THAT IS DRIVEN
LARGELY BY PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO
HAS A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I THINK
THAT IS THE THREAD THAT’S GOING
TO BE PULLED OUT OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AND WEEKS.
>> WELL, THAT IS WHY IT’S SO
FASCINATING, WILLIE GEIST, YOU
READ AGAIN, THE NATIONAL
INQUIRER DOING FRED’S KRUT IG
THAT A NATIONALIN CHOIRER STORY
WOULD RUN IF WE DIDN’T CHANG OUR
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. BUT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WERE
THREATENED AS WELL.
BUT THIS MOVES BEYOND DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. NOW SUDDENLY.
NOW SUDDENLY. AND SO NOW SUDDENLY IT IS THE
COVERAGE OF KSHZ, THE CONTINUED
COVER OF THAT MURDER THAT NOW
OBVIOUSLY IS GETTING UNDER THE
SAUDI’ SKIN AND THEIR ALLY NOW
DAVID PECKER.
DAVID PECKER. >> JEFF BEZOS WROTE, QUOTE,
UNAVOIDABLE THAT CERTAIN
POWERFUL PEOPLE WILL WRONGLY
CONCLUDE I’M THEIR ENEMY.
PRUM IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
ALSO THE POST ESSENTIALLY ABOUT
UNDOUBTED BY UNPOPULAR IN
CERTAIN DONE AT THE.
A GUY WHO WE’VE SEEN NOW, HE PUT
IN HIS MEMO THE LIST OF WHAT THE
PHOTOGRAPHS WERE AND THE TEXTS
SAID AND OF ELSE.
BUT THE QUESTION DYLAN RAISED TO
ME IS THE MOST INTERESTING ONE.
WHY HAS THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER
BEEN SO EXECUTIVE ABOUT A TECH
INVENTIVE?
INVENTIVE? >> THERE’S ONLY ONE PLACE TO
LOOK, IT COMES DOWN TO DONALD
TRUMP.
TRUMP. $137 MILLION BUYS YOU A LOT OF
BRAVERY.
BRAVERY. JUST, YOU THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT BEZOS THAT’S NATION NATING
HERE IS IS YOU KIND OF SAY, WOW,
WHAT DOES HE THIS IMAGE TO-ON-SO
KIND OF AND HE’S PLAYING THIS
BRILLIANT WHO HAS BEEN CALLED BY
MUELLER AND HAS BEEN CALLED BY
INVESTIGATORS, THAT HE’S STILL
PLAYING THIS GAME.
THE OR INTERESTING THING TO
UNPACK HERE IS THAT BEZOS HAS
HIRED A SECURITY BROWN AND IT
SEEMS LIKE THE LEADING CANDIDATE
BEHIND THIS IS SANCHEZ HE’S,
SPECIFICALLY ROGER STONE.
SO YOU CAN’T WRITE THIS STUFF.
>> NO, YOU CAN’T.
THE THING THAT SURPRISED ME,
MIKE, WHEN THE FIRST BEZOS STORY
CAME OUT, WAS THE ARROGANCE.
HERE’S A GUY THAT STRUCK A DEAL
WITH ROBERT MUELLER.
AND THEN THEY SPENT WHAT,
$400,000 PEOPLE ON ONE THEM IT
LOOKS IT LOOK LIKE THEY’RE GOING
AFTER JEFF BEZOS THAT 99% OF
AMERICANS THAT RED THE "AMERICAN
ENCHOIRERS" THAT DIDN’T JUMP
COVER, THAT IT ACCUSED GENERAL
FLYNN OF BEING A RUSSIAN SPITE
OF SPIED.
OF SPIED. TRUMP DISCOVERS RUSSIAN SPY
INSIDE WHITE HOUSE AND IT BUT
THE ARROGANCE OF THEM TO TN IT
DO DONALD TRUMP’S BIDDING AND
THEN TO DO THE SAUDIS’ LETTER, I
WOULD THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK MIGHT THINK IT’S EXPORTION.
THE ARROGANCE IS REALLY
STAGGERING.
STAGGERING. DAVID PECKER HAD CUT A DEAL WITH
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, AND HE’S
BACK IN THE PATTER’S BOX
BASICALLY ON THE FRINGE EXIN THE
PAPER THAT JEFF BEZOS OWNS,
RUNS.
RUNS. THIS IS A STAGGERING STORY AND
AS DONNIE POINT OUT BALANCE IN
YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT, THERE’S
NOT MUCH TO FEAR.
HE’S NOT GOING TO GET FIRED,
HE’S NOT GO I THINK WE MAY SOON
REFER TO A.M.I. AS THE FORMER
A.M.I.
A.M.I. IF THEY WANT TO GET INTO THIS
SORT OF A MATCH WITH JEFF BEZOS.
IT’S VERY CLEAR TO ME WHO’S
GOING TO WIN THERE.
IT’S SKRORD THAT HE GOT FWR
A.M.I.
A.M.I. AT THE AND HERE ARE THE PICTURE
WE HAD AND HAVE THOO AND THAT
WHY
WHY WHY.
WHY. >>> AS YOU SAID, JEFF BEZOS IS
NOT AROUND "THE WASHINGTON POST"
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. BY HE LIVES IN SEATTLE AND HE
DOES HIS DAY JOB AND HE LEAVES
THE JOURNALISM TO THE YOURNISTS.
THERE WAS ONE TIME HE CAME TO AN
ALL-STAFF MEETING AND HE WAS
UKING ABOUT THE POST AROUND "NEW
YORK TIMES" AND OTHER PAPERS.
HE SAID THERE’S A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF BAD ASS NECESSARY IS AND
THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BAD
ASSES THAT MAKES US PROUD TO
WORK FORRIA BRO AND WHILE WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT, AS YOU SAID, BAD
ASSES, I READ IT FROM KARA
SWISHER.
SWISHER. >> SHE THE BESS BUT I LOVE JEFF
WES AND JOHN DONE FRRCHL YOU ARE
YOU FIGHT BULLIES AND JEFF
BEZOS, AT LEAST LAST NIGHT ON
TWIT ARE AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND
EVERYTHING THAT I READ, TO A LOT
OF PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH ACTUALLY
HE DID SOME HUMILIATING THINGS,
HE PUT IT OUT THERE AND SAID
HERE I AM, I SCREWED UP AND I’M
NOT GOING TO LET YOU BULLY ME
OVER THIS.
OVER THIS. THE GUY IS A HERO TO A LOT OF
PEOPLE AND MANY POP LIKE CARIA
SWISHER SAID I DON’T LOVE HIM IN
GENERAL AND THEY GO OKAY, YEAH,
I RESPECT THAT GUY.
WHAT A LESSON FOR PEOPLE DEALING
WITH CRISIS MANAGEMENT.
>> TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE PUMP AND
THISES COULD DIRECTLY DONALD
TRUMP’S FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL.
DONALD TRUMP WAS OBSESSED WITH
JEFF BESSOS WELL BEFORE THAT.
AS BEZOS GOT RICHER AND RICH
ARE, IT WOULD DRIVE CLUMP CRAZY.
SO THE ULTIMATE BULLY IS REALLY,
VEAL FEELING THIS ONE.
LONG BEFORE THIS MATTER STARTED,
HE HAD A LOT OF BESS I DON’T
DOING SO WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
WHAT -- WHAT PART OF THE STORY
ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOLLOWING
TODAY?
TODAY? >> SURE.
>> SURE. WELL, IN THE MEDIA THERE’S DOES
HE AMI WEIGHT IN?
BUT THE BIGGER PICTURE, JOE, IS
I WANT TO GO BACK WITH IF YOU
HAVE ALREADY TOPPED TO CATCH AND
KILL STORIES, TO SILENCE
ACURESERS OF DONALD TRUMP.
WHY ARE YOU STILL OUT THERE
PURSUING, LIKE YOU SAID, A GUY
WHOSE NAME MADE BE A HOUSEHOLD
GAME FOR US AS THE NATIONAL
ENCHOIR ARE HAVE ON JEFF ABOUT
BEZOS.
BEZOS. I WONDER WHAT DOES HE JEFF BEZOS
MAYBE HAVE ON THE NATIONAL EN
ENENCHOIRERS.
ENENCHOIRERS. HE’S INVITING ALL OF US TO SUR
SUE THAT LINE OF COULD THE OTHER
THINGS IS YOU’RE RIGHT.
BEZOS IN THE EYES OF SO MANY
TERRIBLE PEOPLE, HE’S ALL OF A
SUDDEN, HE’S A HERO.
HE’S EARNED HIS JOURNALISM WING.
SO HE HAS TULD OFF A MASTER
IMAGE.
IMAGE. SON OF THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE EFFECT ON AMAZON, ON
THE WOLE STAR.
THE ANYTHING.
THE ANYTHING. >> I DON’T THINK ANYBODY
WATCHING THE SHOW IS SURPRISED
THAT THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER IS
SLEEPY AND THAT COMES THROUGH IN
IN -- WHAT’S STUNNING IS THEY
WERE IN A AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS AND STILL CARRYING
OUT THIS INTENT.
>> WHEN THAT HAPPENED, EVERYONE
KEPT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS IN
PECKER’S SAFE.
PECKER’S SAFE. AND I THINK THE ONGOING PATTERN
OF BEHAVIOR WILL STRUCK BON.
>> A GO BUT A GOOD ARE THE TORE
CALL QUESTION IS WHO ELSE?
WHO ELSE AS THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER BLACKMAILED FOR BENEFIT
OF DONALD TRUMP?
ANY HOUSE MEMBERS?
ANY STAT MEMBERS?
ANY POLITICAL HAVE HAD, ANY
EDITORS?
EDITORS? WE KNOW WE TRIED IT WITH TALK
SHOW HOSTS.
SHOW HOSTS. THAT DIDN’T WORK.
WHO ELSE AT THE NATIONAL
ENQUIRER BECAME OF THE WHO
ACTUALLY DIDN’T HAVE THE MEANS
TO.
TO. YOU BACK IN THE SAME WAY.
>> THAT’S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION.
>> AND IT SEEMS THAT NO ONE
WOULD BE -- IF YOU’RE WILLING TO
GO AFTER JEFFS ABOUT WHO ELSE
ALONG THE CHAIN HAS HE GONE
AFTER?
AFTER? >> I’LL ADD MONTH MORE THING,
AND THAT IS THAT YOU REALLY GET
THE SENSE OF THIS SORT OF KEY
STONE TOP NATURE OF DOING
BUSINESS FROM TRUMP TO HIS
FRIENDS, HIS STOOGES.
TO SEND JEFF BEZOS AN E-MAIL
EXTORTING HIM AND BLACKMALE