When you go to bed at night, do you worry about going to jail? No, I don't, really. I don't even think about it. I'm built a little differently, I guess, because I have had people come up to me and say, how do you do it, sir? How do you do it? I don't even think about it. These are corrupt people that I'm dealing with. They're destroying our country.

I don't even think about it.

All I think about is making the country great, making America great.

That's just part of Donald Trump's interview with new Meet the Press moderator, Kristen Welker.

We'll have more of his comments, including the delusion that he has taken credit

for following the 2020 election. Plus, President Joe Biden is in New York this morning,

ahead of the speech tomorrow in front of the United Nations. We'll have a preview of what else

is on his agenda for the highly anticipated summit.

And also ahead, the latest from Capitol Hill on the looming government shutdown.

Republicans have a new short-term solution, but it's not clear if they have enough votes from within their own party to pass it.

Thank you. party to pass it. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Monday, September 18th.

I'm John Flemere.

Thanks for starting your day and week with us.

And we'll begin with this.

Forward President Donald Trump takes responsibility for trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Let that sink in. In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with new Meet the Press moderator,

Kristen Welker, Trump said it was, quote, his call to believe the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Take a listen.

Were you calling the shots, though, Mr. President, ultimately?

As to whether or not I believed it was rigged? Sure. It was my decision, but I listened to some people,

some people said that. Like guys like Bill Barr, he was as stiff, but he wasn't there at the time,

but he didn't do his job because he was afraid. You know what he was afraid of? He was afraid

of being impeached. He was petrified to be impeached. And he's, how do you not get impeached?

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