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>>> THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL HAPPEN ON NOVEMBER 3rd.
>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK EVERY
STATE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
MAIL-IN VOTING?
MAIL-IN VOTING? >> NO, BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE
CHEAT WITH MAIL-IN.
I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD VOTE WITH
VOTER I.D.
VOTER I.D. YOU GO TO A BOOTH AND PROUDLY
DISPLAY YOURSELF.
DISPLAY YOURSELF. YOU DON’T SEND IT IN THE MAIL.
>> THE PRESIDENT EXPRESSING
CONFIDENCE THAT NOVEMBER’S
GENERAL ELECTION WILL NOT BE
DELAYED BY CORONAVIRUS, THIS AS
HE NAVIGATES THE COUNTRY THROUGH
THE CRISIS WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME RUNNING FOR EA ELECTION.
IN A NEW ARTICLES, MY NEXT GUEST
SAYS THE PRESIDENT HAS TURNED
THE ABANDONED BRIEFINGS ROOM
INTO A NEW STAGE, MAKING IT
MUST-SEE TV.
MUST-SEE TV. JOINING ME IS MICHAEL FROM
POLITICOSPLIT --
POLITICOSPLIT -- MICHAEL KRUSE FROM POLITICO.
HOW DO YOU THINK EFFECTIVE THEY
ARE?
ARE? >> THEY ARE ESSENTIAL RALLIES,
AND SOME SOME WAYS BETTER THAN
RALLIES.
RALLIES. THEY WERE NEVER ABOUT
TRANSMITTING INFORMATION, AND
YOU COULD ARGUE NIECE ARE THESE
BRIEFINGS.
BRIEFINGS. THEY’RE THE LATEST SHOW IN THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY, WHEREAS THE
RALLIES HAD STARTED TO FEEL
STALE, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEW
FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE
PROSPECTIVE ARENAS, BUT THE TV
HAD DROPPED OFF.
NOT AS MANY WERE WATCHING, AND
WATCHING THEY BRIEFINGS, THE
RATINGS ARE HIGH, AND HE LOVES
THOSE RATINGS.
THOSE RATINGS. THE CENTRAL GAMBIT FOR THE
ENTIRE ADULT EXISTENCE FOR
DONALD TRUMP IS THOSE WHO GETS
THE MOST ATTENTION ARE THOSE WHO
ARE THE WINNERS.
BY THAT MEASURE, YOU CAN SEE
THESE BRIEFINGS AS SORT OF THE
CENTERPIECE OF HIS REELECTION
CAMPAIGN RATHER THAN SIMPLY HIS
PONCE TO THE PANDEMIC.
>> SO THIS IS LIKE A REALITY TV
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. IS THERE A POINT AT WHICH IT
WON’T WORK FOR HIM, DO YOU
THINK?
THINK? >> TBD.
>> TBD. AS I SAY, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
HOW MUCH ATTENTION AND BAD
ATTENTION POTENTIALLY, IS A REAL
PROBLEM FOR DONALD TRUMP.
HE HAS PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE,
PLENTY OF TRACK RECORD FINDING
WAYS OUT OF TIGHT SPOTS WHERE HE
HAD A TON OF BAD PUBLICITY.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS APPLES AND
ORANGES.
ORANGES. IF THERE IS A PERSON WHO COULD
SPIN HIS WAY OUT OF THIS AND
COME OUT WITH SOMETHING
REASSEMBLING A VICTOR, IT IS
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. AGAIN, THESE BRIEFINGS ARE FREE
AREA TIME.
AREA TIME. WE CAN DISCUSS AND DEBATE THAT.
>> IN FACT THERE’S CONCERN OVER
THE REACH AS WELL OF THESE DAILY
BRIEFINGS.
BRIEFINGS. I WANT TO LYNN TO WHAT CAROL
SIMPSON TOLD "A.M. JOY" JUST A
BIT AGO.
BIT AGO. >> HE IS HAVING THESE
CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE PRESS
BRIEFINGS RIGHT AT THE TIME
LOCAL NEWS IS PLAYING ITS
BIGGEST SHOW SS BETWEEN 5:00 AND
6:00.
6:00. ALL THESE SHOWS ARE BEING
PREEMPTED.
PREEMPTED. MY DAUGHTER IS A MEDICAL
CORRESPONDENT HERE IN BOSTON.
SHE’S BEEN PREPARING STORIES ALL
DAY LONG, AND THEN THE PRESIDENT
COMES ON AND IT KNOCKS OFF THE
LOCAL NEWS.
LOCAL NEWS. THEY STAY ON UNTIL 7:00.
THE LOCAL STATIONS ARE LOSING
MONEY, BECAUSE THEY COULD RUN
THE COMMERCIALS BOUGHT, AND THE
LOCAL FOLKS ARE GETTING TRUMP,
TRUMP, TRUMP THE WHOLE TIME.
>> SO THE TIMING OF THEY WILL,
IS IT STRATEGIC?
THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE
SUGGESTED THAT THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SUNDAYS
TASK FORCE BRIEFINGS ARE PLANNED
TO CUT INTO THE "60 MINUTES."
>> WHEN HE INSERTED HIMSELF ON
THE CENTER OF THE STAGE A FEW
WEEKS BACK, THEY TYPICALLY WERE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.
THEY STARTED TO GET LATER AND
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
NOW THEY’RE NUDGING INTO
PRIMETIME AT TIMES.
THEY HAVE ALSO GOTTEN LONGER AND
LONGER.
LONGER. AT FIRST THEY WERE UNTIL AN
HOUR, NOW APPROACHING TWO HOURS.
JUST THE OTHER NIGHT IT WENT
PAST TWO HOURS.
HE IS INTENTIONAL AND SOME
REPORTING HAS SHOWN THIS,
PUTTING THESE BRIEFINGS AT THAT
TIME OF THE DAY, THAT PARTICULAR
TIME OF DAY TO PREEMPT THINGS TO
NUDGE HIMSELF INTO PRIME NYE.
HE’S A MAST OF THE NATIONAL