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More light on the abuses that are chipping away at our democracy and eventually bring a measure of justice to those responsible. he joins us now. author of "new york times" best seller, here, right matters. we turn to you a lot these days for your thoughts and knowledge and expertise about putins russia and his designs on ukraine and i am never not struck by the loss to the u.s. government that youre here available to us and not them. is that on your mind as you go through this legal process? >>...

Is the biggest abuses in the world. >> this as republican lawmakers promised sanctions if any harm comes to participants earlier this week here at the cpp is more brazen and more damaging than ever before. so the chorus is complete when it comes to china, that is for sure. >> griff: cheryl, it seems not everybody is liking facebook. a harsh day for the stock. what happened? >> it was a mess thursday for sure with meta-platforms to my facebook 230 billion market wiped off. shares plunging and the...

Hundred years? thats a crime against humanity. >> chinas abuses are mostly hidden from western eyes. >> why are you here? >> were here to form what we believe is a camp for uighurs. >> journalists have been shut out of the camps. xi warned the uighurs is part of a larger campaign to snuff out separatist threats everywhere. from xinjiang to tibet to hong kong. its one of the final pieces of chinas revolution under xi jinping. >> for years china had had an almost apologetic approach to its human r...

Senator dick durbin explained how the two sides came together to make this deal. >> our bill is a compromise, it doesnt include everything that senator feinstein and i wanted, or everything -- wanteds, there are provisions that all four of us very much wanted to include, like an end to a loophole that allows abusers who harmed their partners to continue to have access to guns. but we agreed, that we had to introduce a bill, that would both -- deliver the critical assistance survivors against the...

Back then they were trying to meet the worlds terms. this time china is telling the world to accept theirs. >> the abuses in xinjiang are well documented by journalists and credible by a number of governments around the world, including this one. selina wing, nic robertson as well. as the athletes compete, the world is grappling with the olympics. >> white house press secretary jen psaki underscored the u.s. diplomatic boycott. any official representation would treat the games as business as usu...

Complex a humanitarian crisis. can rikers be fixed. joining me now, retired officer and retired lapd sargent. rikers island has become more disfunctional in the last year. why do you think that is? >> there seems to be plenty of blame from administrations to the inmates. it sounds like the mayor may be on the road to recovery. if you dont hold those committing abuses of inmates, encouraging and looking the other way when theres inmate on inmate violence and corrections officer on inmate violence...

Against them? >> these two athletes, the figure skating was set up to fame. its tough to skate and be the representative, she was for the swims competition. she fell, of course, she has just been getting a torrent of social abuse. with gu, its the opposite. its the perfect ending for her. now, she will be faced with questions the rest of her career about why she chose to living herself with china and, of course, its repressive government, human rights violations that we all know about the abuses...

When someone you trust abuses you. >> every victim needs to know that there can be a path to justice, that is whats some -- >> the reason many people started to leave abusive situations, is that they have been made to feel worthless. when there is silence from a congress, too busy to renew the violence against women act for a decade it reinforces that sense of worthlessness. passing this law is one of the most important votes u.s. senators will cast this year. most of all we, i want to acknowled...

>> judge jeanine: nancy pelosi carrying water for communist china after repeatedly telling american athletes to keep their mouth shut at the olympics and not to call out beijings many abuses. >> i would say to our athletes coming here they are to compete. do not risk incurring the anger of the chinese government, because they are ruthless. i know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there. i respect that, but i also worry about what the chinese government might d...

Personal wrongdoing. insisting he only served as archbishop of munich for less than five years in the late 70s and 80s. but acknowledging mistakes in how abuse cases were handled. offering his heartfelt request for forgiveness. ive had great responsibilities in the catholic church, he writes. all the greater is my pain for the abuses and the errors that occurred in those different places during the time. benedicts letter follows an independent german investigation that found then cardinal ratzin...