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Different jobs in two different administrations. i was thinking in preparing to talk to you today, jim, about what was it that made colin the unique man he was. what i came up with in my mind was first of all the fact that he was the son of immigrant jamaican working class parents. and i would put the emphasis on working. because colin was a very hard worker. and he wasnt class conscious. he could get along with anybody, from the top to the bottom. from anywhere in our society. so that was one t...

The time a grand jury has sat three days a week, for six months. theyre done, they dont want to continue, they want to get on with their lives, theyve done their service, and so this may just be a situation where the district attorney had more evidence to produce, and they needed a grand jury to come in and continue. the one that sitting now just did not wish to continue. >> the district attorneys, the office of district attorney, the elected office of district attorney, does not change hands ve...

Continue. >> the district attorney -- the office of the district attorney, the elected of us of district attorney does not change hands very often. we have had some very long runs. and so theres not a lot of experience with changing administrations, but what do you expect to happen in relation to this investigation as we change with the newly elected district attorney taking office in january? >> sure. so i was in the d.a.s office under mr. morgan thaw, and then when sigh cy vance came in, i t o...

Administrations, but particularly at the pentagon where the pentagon is -- the pentagon -- the american military is one of the most integrated places in the institutions in the american country, in the country. but thats at the enlisted level. when youre looking at the ground. when you get up to officers, its very much still a bastion of white. and colin powell broke that. and african americans who are in the military today look at him as sort of instill in -- still in awe. i remember just recen...

Distinguished guests are on the way. our chief national correspondent john king is with us here. our cnn special correspondent jamie gangel is here. one of the amazing things were seeing, john, this is a rare moment of bipartisanship here in washington right now at this very, very point gnant moment. >> because the remarkable life of colin powell was itself a bipartisan jourp ney. not sure of his politics back in the days coming out of the army. became a reagan/bush republican, but would endorse...

Say durham is described as either painfully methodical or positively glacial as a prosecutor but marches on in his legal case. jonathan turley, nice to see you. >> dana: democrats are moving full steam ahead on bidens massive social spending plan with a vote later today. has anyone looked at the thousands of pages of fine print released only last night? newt gingrich weighs in next. the biden administration passing the buck to the private sector as the supply crisis gets worse by the day. jonath...

A person present in this country to whom a civil wrongs done, a tort, judge. these people have been wronged. i believe there should be a mitigation of the migrants coming in. i think the drones revealed how overwhelming the problem can be. you cant rip a kid from a parent and not expect liability. >> you are required to. let me in and give me food, shelter and clothing and healthcare and a job and i will sue you. >> [overlapping talking]. >> you may not like they are here, but they have civil ri...

All of the available safety and efficacy data before recommending this vaccine for your child. >> back in washington, how do you feel? >> half way vaccinated. >> reporter: eight-year-old carter already looking forward to his second dose. >> way to go, carter. thats nbcs tom costello reporting. this is the last year or so has been so politicizepoliticized, l families living in fear, the father said 600 days for their child and theyre worried any time their kids go to school or to a dance or whate...

Crisis and i certainly felt as someone who has served before in the government, i was national intelligence officer for russia back from 2006 to 2009 under both the bush and obama administrations that something had to be done, and so that was my motivation, was to in to do something of the national security front, greatly concerned about the impact of what the russians had done and i would do it again, for sure. ultimately, though, youre working for a boss who from the very get—go patently did...

As of course as we all know, that created chaos in us politics. it became a massive domestic crisis and i certainly felt as someone who has served before in the government, i was national intelligence officer for russia back from 2006 to 2009 under both the bush and 0bama administrations that something had to be done, and so that was my motivation, was to in to do something of the national security front, greatly concerned about the impact of what the russians had done and i would do it again, f...