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I will say unlike some previous briefings on this and other foreign topics, youve got the top level folks here from the secretary of state, the head of the department of defense. the people who are going to have the answers to their questions are here today. what you typically see from lawmakers is frustration that administrations, this one, previous administrations, they all do it, send lower level staffers who cannot provide the answers that lawmakers want. but in this case the senate leaves t...

Microcosm of the right wing. >> the oath keepers have been on my radar for a long time and i actually think that that is a bill bit of whitewashing of their origins. the oath keepers were always pretty radical and sort of treated democratic administrations as somewhat illegitimate. something that they might have to rebel against. and so i think that what we saw with trumpism is these trends in the republican party going back decades, going back to the john berk society, to the tea party, to the ...

What were seeing is these strong gusts of wind that you heard brian talking about. not so much the snow fall as the biting wind. the city is getting streets cleared at columbus circle. you can see snow still on the ground. we have seen cars going by, slipping and sliding. thats exactly why officials have been saying, of course, stay at home. we know they pretreated all these streets. theyre ready for the storm. we have a new mayor, of course, as you know. this will be a test for him. its been ki...

Administrations, we see and hear more details about what was transpiring in the situation room in the moments before and leading up to that raid. can you talk about what youre hearing and what white house sources are telling you transpired last night? >> so this is something that was months in the making. it is the a very difficult, complicated situation at times. administration officials said especially in this situation given where haji abdullah was living. in the building, the president refer...

Three leading economists analyzed data from 24 studies and determined travel bans and mandatory school and business closures early in the pandemic. reduced covid deaths by only 40.2%. >> i think its important that we try and remove all the politics and really talk about what the data shows. what science shows and in support free people asking important questions about how to get pandemic policy correct. this isnt federal health bipartisan task force to investigate the pandemics origins and the r...

Think this would be an investigation of donald trump because its unlikely he was the one that loaded up all the boxes from the white house. presidents dont usually do the moving chores when it comes to leaving the white house. for all those reasons, katy, i think at this point it doesnt seem like its going to lead anywhere, but its too soon to tell. >> too soon to tell, but if it does lead anywhere, it would be politically hairy by this doj? >> it shouldnt be a show stopper if they feel theres a...

That are being committed. how do we get everybody on the same page? >> i think you start with the facts. that is republican mayors in cities like ft. worth, texas, jack onville and miami are experiencing increases in crime also. senators on both side of the aisle in 2018 knew that when they passed reform for the first time and signed into law by president trump including things like early release. it sound like you are against. it included things like job training and included things like modifi...

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Barrel of a gun. think of the hypocrisy there that they want to preach social justice and good governance at home. look at their website but total blind eye when it comes to a mass atrocity as defined by two administrations. >> bill: hypocrisy smacks you in the eye. you cant miss it. >> we wont let them get away with it. thanks, bill. >> dana: think of where all the covid tests came from that you ordered from the government. >> bill: thank you, government, thank you, president biden. i got mine ...

And bill kristol, author, writer, thinker at politico. and a veteran of both reagan and bush administrations, as well as editor at large at the bulwark. great to have you here. what do you think of the former president and vices that kind of aversion what we heard from some democrats, which is quick, talk about this that we havent gotten in talk about what we have accomplished? >> i think thats a big part of it. i think the president is also directing them to get additional things that they cant...