Hey I'm Brian Selter live in New York City and this is reliable sources.

Our weekly look at the story behind the story.

Ahead this hour, President Trump's new press secretary takes to the podium and vows not to lie.

Has she already broken her promise?

Plus how heads of state are marking World Press Freedom Day, some wonderful messages there, but

there's one Trumpian exception.

And later, meet two of the most important number crunchers

in the world right now, the women behind

this indispensable coronavirus tracker.

They are coming up, along with Carl Bernstein, Olivia Nuzzi, Brian Liza and Jake Tapper.

The first, a note about uncertainty.

Hard times like these call for hard truths.

The hard truth is that COVID-19 is going to be with us for a long time.

Until there is a cure or a vaccine, it is going to pose a unique threat.

Experts are talking in terms of years. No one wants this, no one likes this, but everyone

needs to know the truth, the hard truth. The leaders who are acting like this is

almost over aren't leading at all. They are failing to tell the hard truth. And that's

irresponsible. I'm looking at you, Jarrett Kushner. He recently said the

federal government rose to the challenge. He called it a success story story but the hard truth is that anyone who

talks about this pandemic in the past tense is lying to you this is a present tense

crisis no amount of propaganda or cheerleading can change that. But it can confuse people. It is confusing people and that is reckless.

The hard truth is that shutdowns and social distancing measures have slowed the spread of the virus.

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