Jake Tapper: Trump has tenuous relationship with the truth but this is something else

https://youtu.be/erImNsuvNE8

Trump's Sharpie Scandal Has Triggered Multiple Investigations: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the growing scandal of President Trump doctoring a map of Hurricane Dorian with a Sharpie.....
https://youtu.be/7nfiyLQwXHE

Trump pushed staff to correct NOAA tweet that contradicted his inaccurate Dorian claim - The Washington Post

The House Science Committee launched a probe into the Commerce Department's role, and any White House role, in getting NOAA to back President Trump's false assertions about Hurricane Dorian's predicted track....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/11/lawmakers-commerce-department-launch-investigations-into-noaas-decision-back-presidents-trump-over-forecasters/

Trump Tried to Bully NOAA. Its Chief Scientist Just Released a Remarkable Letter to Fight Back - Mother Jones

NOAA Acting Chief Scientist Craig McLean sent a letter over the weekend to the agency's staff to address the controversy that ensued after President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Hurricane Dorian was headed for Alabama. On Tuesday, NOAA publicly released that letter, following a wild week when the normally understated agency was in the spotlight. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/trump-tried-to-bully-noaa-its-chief-scientist-just-released-a-remarkable-letter-to-fight-back/

Trump suggested his Alabama deception was a big joke. But NOAA isn’t laughing — and neither should we - The Washington Post: Analysis

The president suggested this weekend that he was toying with the media. Implicit in that is that he's been dishonest, and he knows it.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/09/trump-suggested-his-alabama-deception-was-big-joke-noaa-isnt-laughing-neither-should-we/

NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump - The Washington Post

Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/noaa-staff-warned-in-sept-1-directive-against-contradicting-trump/2019/09/07/12a52d1a-d18f-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html

Trump is now spreading a conspiracy theory that Democrats will eliminate the 2nd Amendment - Raw Story

After a leisurely day spent at Trump National Golf Club, the president of the United States went on an unhinged Twitter rant on Saturday. For the seventh day in a row, Trump brazenly lied that Hurricane Dorian had threatened Alabama at the time he had claimed such on Sunday. But he did not stop there....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/trump-is-now-spreading-a-conspiracy-theory-that-democrats-will-eliminate-the-2nd-amendment/

Federal weather workers are furious at the NOAA's 'utterly disgusting' statement defending Trump's claim Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama - Business Insider

Federal weather workers have reacted furiously to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) defence of US President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that Hurricane Dorian was set to hit Alabama. "Never ever before has their management thrown them under the bus like this," Dan Sobien, president of the National Weather Service Employees Organization said....
https://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-dorian-federal-workers-angry-noaa-defence-trump-claim-2019-9

'He's losing his s---': Trump's advisers are increasingly worried about his mental state following days of erratic behavior - Business Insider

President Donald Trump's aides and confidants are increasingly worried about his mental state after days of erratic behavior and wild outbursts. "No one knows what to expect from him anymore," one former White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations about the president, told Insider. "His mood changes from one minute to the next based on some headline or tweet, and the next thing you know his entire schedule gets tossed....
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-aides-worried-about-mental-state-alabama-hurricane-dorian-2019-9

Shep Smith Torches Trump Over Dorian Map: ‘It Was Fake News Defined’ - The Daily Beast

"Some things in Trumplandia are inexplicable," an exasperated Shep said Thursday....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shep-smith-torches-trump-over-dorian-map-it-was-fake-news-defined

Slow, intense and unrelenting: The science behind Hurricane Dorian - The Washington Post

The science connecting climate change to hurricanes like Dorian is strong. Warmer oceans fuel more extreme storms; rising sea levels bolster storm surges and lead to worse floods. Just this summer, after analyzing more than 70 years of Atlantic hurricane data, NASA scientist Tim Hall reported that storms have become much more likely to “stall” over land, prolonging the time when a community is subjected to devastating winds and drenching rain...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/09/04/slow-intense-unrelenting-science-behind-hurricane-dorians-most-dangerous-qualities/

Trump said he granted a disaster declaration at the request of North Carolina’s Republican senator. It came from the state’s Democratic governor - The Washington Post

With Hurricane Dorian heading toward the Tar Heel State, the president appeared to inject politics into the federal emergency process. Sen. Thom Tillis is up for reelection next year...
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-said-he-granted-a-disaster-declaration-at-the-request-of-north-carolinas-republican-senator-it-came-from-the-states-democratic-governor/2019/09/04/69bd346c-cefb-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html