9/10: Tapes reveal Pres Trump knew danger of coronavirus while he downplayed risks in public. Deadly wildfires in the West consume entire communities.

We now know President Donald Trump intentionally downplayed the threat of the pandemic for months. On March 19th, on tape, the president told journalist Bob Woodward, "I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic." Since then, the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has risen from 265 to more than 190,000. Bob Woodward also spoke to President Trump in June, amid nationwide protests against police brutality. The president admitted that systemic racism exists, something he's repeatedly denied in public. Woodward spoke with Scott Pelley about his interviews with the president in his first broadcast interview this Sunday for "60 Minutes." CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett joins us to discuss the fallout from the newly-revealed tapes. Nearly 100 major wildfires are burning out of control in a dozen western states. The disaster has destroyed hundreds or maybe thousands of homes in the region and killed at least seven people. The Department of Homeland Security rejects new claims from a whistleblower, who says he faced retaliation for refusing to change intelligence reports that did not fit President Trump's political objectives.

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