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Thanks so much leader mccarthy for joining me tonight. i know this is something that has been a recurring issue in prior democrat administrations. they have never really had a problem flouting the constitution when it gets in their way. but this one seems particularly egregious because the president himself acknowledged that what he was doing was likely unconstitutional. >> it wasnt just the president the supreme court said it the white house went back and told congress that they had to take act...

The government abandons plans for an amber——watchlist of countries for international travel — after warnings the system was becoming too complex. fighting is raging in helmand province between taliban militants and afghan government forces for control of the southern the southern city of lashka ga. labour has urged the government to provide the full data behind its coronavirus travel restrictions system, after ministers scrapped plans for an amber watchlist, which would have indicated whic...

Conservative mps working for people to be able to go away on holiday this year and the training industry to get going as much as it possibly can. theres an from the prime minister saying that balance needs to be struck but they wanted a system that was simple to understand and know have confirmation that that is not going to happen and there will be no further categories added to the traffic light system. the first passenger _ to the traffic light system. the first passenger arriving in the uk a...

On that end, the other end of this to change the situation. so what are some of the things that can be done in the short term? >> in the short term, jonathan, the current secretary of dhs controls the border patrol, controls immigration enforcement, controls assets land, sea and air, and there is emergency authority in times like this for the secretary and fema to coordinate a broader response that includes the defense department, hhs. i know that from my own experience when we had a similar but...

Sitting president telling the attorney general, the acting attorney general, call it a corrupt election. >> ever since watergate, every white house, democrats and republicans, have had policies in place that say when the white house officials and the justice department talk about individual cases, certain procedures have to be followed because the opportunity for undue influence is so great. this is exactly why these policies are in place. now, those policies are not laws. they are not binding. ...

Going to hold a vote on the bill assuming it passes the senate until the much larger $3.5 million reconciliation. they say they should vote on the infrastructure bill as soon -- >> i will never give speaker pelosi on how shes running the place. i believe every bill should go up on their own merits. >> senator warren described them as really one big package. is that how you view it? >> i never did view it that way. i respect senator warren and everybody else who has a different perspective of thi...

Moving immigrants who are undocumented. he says, the governor says, to stop the spread of covid. but the way the justice department responded to this is this could actually increase the spread of covid-19. right now, a lot of immigrants are in overcrowded shelters, detention centers. in order to move them out, whether its to go live with their families or to go to other detention centers, they need to be able to put them on buses. this is very common, not new to the biden administration. immigra...

D.o.j. sued to stop the governor executive order that would have allowed troopers to stop vehicles suspected of hiding illegal immigrants. governor abbott saying the biden administration created a constitutional crisis between the federal government and the state of texas. this stems from the by the administrations refusal to enforce immigration laws and about illegal immigrants with covid-19 to enter our country. the texas defending his order to the attorney general writing your actions combine...

And "politico", veteran of the reagan and bush administrations and editor at large at "the bulwark." great to see you both. bill kristol, put it in perspective for us. how does trumps pressure on the doj reveal how close we came to usurping the presidency? >> you know, chris, the events of january 6th are so dramatic and, of course, brought back into high relief by the very moving testimony of the capitol police officers this week. one tends to forget a little bit what happened between november ...

Fires. and he was calling on the biden administration to do more like revoking certain high level visas. the response from the white house is pretty tricky. not just politically at home but also in terms of engaging cubas reaction and avoiding a greater crack down. so right now the white house saying they are considering many possibilities for cuban citizens including the possibility of sending vaccines to the island and figuring out a technical work around to fully restore the internet. as you ...