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President. opposition leaders say thats a sham to give the socialist leader absolute power. what it means for the anti-government protests sweeping the country and caught up in it all, imprisoned american josh holt. his mother has been tirelessly fighting to free him. were going to talk to her later in the show. plus, a brand new u.s. astronaut orbitting around the u.s. in space, but has time for a special message for his family down on earth. what that is. as we look at north koreas test, north...

I heard you report on similar issues in north korea. how pronounced is it when how the officials want or need a relationship with the united states? >> reporter: they say that they really dont care about the united states. what they care about is self preservation was a society. they consider the leader the head of the society. you can cut off an arm or leg, aka, the people that live there, but you cant cut off the head. they want to keep in place the power that gives kim jong-un absolute power....

We are supposed to argue about them but im not just going to a signed book i agree with orchids agree with. we assign those books that are smart. and murray is a a smart guy ande should hear him whether we agree with him or not. >> i have no idea what your political views are. i hope you dont tell me. i hopeon your students dont kn, thats exactly how it should be. in the ten seconds we have left, do you expect a problem. do you expect people to freak out and assault you? >> i hope not. im relyin...

Dont trust us and people think were biased and defending ourselves, which is, even though the press isnt always fair, even though sometimes were biased, when we give people in power a hard time, it forces them to make their point more effectively and makes it harder for them to misuse their power. >> thats our job, and thank you president trump, thank you president trump for speaking up for speaking up for democracy, president bush. absolute power corrupts is what he was saying. he was saying it...

When we look at that idea, president george w. bush is being interviewed right now somewhere else. we wont tell you so you dont change the channel. he said something about going after the press and how dangerous it is. >> i consider the media to be indispensable to democracy, we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive. its important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhe...

Gave us the power to turn this enemy into an ally? microsoft and its partners are using smart traps to capture mosquitoes and sequence their dna to fight disease. there are over 100 million pieces of dna in every sample. with the microsoft cloud, we can analyze the data faster than ever before. if we can detect new viruses before they spread, we may someday prevent outbreaks before they begin. why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell yo...

One absolute power. the constitution says the president shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the united states. congress and the courts have absolutely no control over this power of the presidency. you would think that presidents would use thaws absolute power and use it a lot. a president could issue dozens of pardons a day, hundreds of pardons, thousands or maybe one a day. no president has ever come close to issuing a pardon a day. a modern presidency lives...

Which adds fuel to my bottom line. whats in your wallet? the president has exactly one absolute power. the constitution says the president shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the united states. congress and the courts have

Offing being a different kind of change and hope presidency where things werent going to be done in a circumventing way around the people and the law to get things done. >> are you telling me, shockingly, absolute power corrupts absolutely? [laughter] as i said, yes, guys absolutely right. the president also campaigned very strongly against the so-called use of the signing statements that i alluded to earlier that george bush really took advantage of. and then, of course, he -- martha: does that...

Have a chance to vote on that bill. that is a discharge petition and that is technically how you get around the speaker if youve got a popular bill that the speaker wont let you vote on. this is something thats almost never used. the last time it worked was more than ten years ago on an overhaul of campaign finance laws. but at least on paper this is an option. and house democrats said today that theyre going to try to. theyre going to start one. start a discharge petition on the minimum wage ne...