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threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. >> most of the discussion heading into todays hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former presidents request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state....

>> i would like to keep that friendship. >> the massive ethics scandal unfolding at the supreme court as clarence thomas copps to the luxury chips he took with his billionaire buddy. tonight, the amendments to his financial disclosures, the reporting that led to it, and the ongoing issues with justice thomas. >> it really is good to be me, it really is. >> that is his former chief of staff gets arraigned on charges of trying to steal the election. trump takes his vengeance towards dr. ...

theyll be getting that check soon either by direct deposit or a check from the treasury, and theyre going -- some will get it as early as this weekend. the moment of jubilation came just one day after the presidents first prime time address where he set some bold new goals for vaccine distribution and the path to recovery. >> ill direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults, people 18 and over eligible to be vaccinated no later than may 1. i need every american to do ...

Clinton saying her steadiness makes her the best choice. Trump tried to take clinton and the rest of the current administrations judgment to task. President obama meanwhile striking back at donald trump, speaking from laos this morning. The president repeated his feeling that trump is not qualified to be president. To begin our coverage with sun l reporter what really turned into a small preview of how they could potentially handle themselves, their first real faceoff which will come later this ...

Action is possible in a system is broken and deadlocked as ours is, to me, the central question. it is kind of why this is not just a crisis of legitimacy and democracy, because there is very little way for people to, even if you have the majority of people, i dont know that the majority of people are outraged, but even if they are, there is very few avenues in which they can exercise sovereignty. >> can i ask you a personal question? have you ever in your career had a year where a gift from a r...

>> very diversified. this is an imperical fact about this. it is just the case that your median viewer, has a lot of sources. reading a bunch of newspapers, reading a bunch of websites. for folks who consider themselves conservative thats just much less the case. >> thats exact little -- thats exactly right. they just go and say we trust these people on the right that doesnt exist. on the right, its fox news and therefor it is fair to draw more of a connection. >> do you think that, i mean part ...

Is a standard that law students learn about, this is a standard that lawyers must adhere to, this is a standard where the justices are not above the law, even though the supreme court has seen itself as being above the law. and clearly, justice thomas during his confirmation hearings and since that time has shown little regard for codes of ethics, either then or now. >> yeah, and this question about above the law gets back to the accountability question. you have uproar, political pressure, move...

Just as fordyce resigned in disgrace. in fact, the american bar association then introduced a new code of conduct for all judges, including new regulations on, wait for it, outside income. although it did not apply to the supreme court itself. but at the end of that scandal there was a public reckoning in response to a crisis of legitimacy at the court. and i dont think it is crazy to say we need another public reckoning like that right now. because the supreme court is contemplating some of the...

Midday. the direction of travel from the government appears to be that they are considering, alex chalkes words, the justice they are considering, alex chalkes words, thejustice secretary, actively considering doing something unprecedented and extraordinary, to pass a law exonerating through an act of parliament all of the outstanding postmasters you have not had their convictions appealjudges the vast majority of those who have been convicted in the first place. it they are then moving forward ...

Werent there. do you realize what a gift that is? >> no. im glad. im glad i am able to help people. but honestly one of the things -- like i say, selfishly, me talking about this, it helps me. it helps me heal. like i said earlier, i know people probably wish wont this dude just shut up? no, i wont shut up. i am going to continue to talk about this because it helps me heal. i feel like i am going to be that annoying girlfriend that brings up stuff -- why you bringing up old stuff, you know? >> i...