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>> were not declaring victory, but we are stating affirmatively that we can responsibly live with this thing. >> given the declining cases, given declining hospitalizations that is why we feel comfortable to lift this in effect. >> everyone wants to get back to their normal life. whatever normal s i mean, its been two years. so i think the time has come and im service dent we have analyzed the appropriate data and have made the right decision. >> j. mart, as you said -- >> how much more data do ...

His political future and the state of his party ahead. plus, changing tune. with covid cases calling, democrats switch gears and roll back public health restrictions. >> we are stating affirmatively that we can responsibly live with this thing. >> is this being driven by science or politics? our panel breaks it down ahead. hello. im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is bracing for potential war in europe. the white house warning in stark terms this weekend that russia is...

That you have to sort of welcome these moments. i dont know how real it is. thats really the thing. the one thing i keep coming back to stuart, and this is again, to think tactically, strategically, more machiavellian fashion, youre an ambitious republican politician who would like to be president. thats a category that includes a lot of people. theres just no way to be in his lane. and i understand that everyone thinks they are dead if they cross him, theyre dead if they crosses voters, politic...

>> that does not mean i plan to sit on the sidelines. >> maryland republican governor larry hogan joins me to discuss his political future and the state of his party ahead. plus, changing tune. with covid cases falling, democrats switch gears and roll back public health restrictions. >> we are stating affirmatively that we can responsibly live with this thing. >> is this being driven by science or politics? our panel breaks it down ahead. hello. im jake tapper in washington where the state o...

The citys schools were close think by covid for over a year. >> even in 2021 -- >> people dont give us credit for participating in this at this city in san francisco has been -- >> reporter: were used to red state rebellions against covid closures. this is very blue. >> parents of every sort, every economic class, every racial background, every ideological background. they want the schools open. >> reporter: seven in ten americans now say we just need to get on with our lives. a slew of once cov...

The idea was that the former prosecutor could trip up judge marshall with his one question. mclelland asked marshall, i would ask if you do not agree with me that the mounting incidents of crime in this nation has reached a critical stage. doesnt that sound for mayor? twitch marshall replied, i agree with you absolutely. not satisfied by calling kept going, do you regard crime as happening reach proportions britain dangers orage apprized internal security of our country? marshall responded in pa...

Move as a broader measure that establishes broader standards. the for the people act establishes minimum standards for voting by mail, access to early voting. the john lewis voting rights advancement act allows the department of justice civil rights division to preclear changes to voting laws. what my legislation would do for the first time is establish affirmatively as a matter of u.s. law that every american citizen has a fundamental right to vote and any state that would impact, restrict and ...

Of the trump era was when -- i laugh now -- but it was when bill barr came out quickly with his memo which, you know, shocked robert mueller. it misrepresented the findings that hed put together. >> it didnt shock him enough to have him not come out immediately like he should have and said, the attorney general of the united states used his position to deliberately undermine the authority of the special counsel and all of the investigators who went to work on behalf of the justice department. it...

Jumping off a cliff here. there was a belief in the days that followed they would be sort of bound together in the hstory books. what weve seen in the months since is a sharp divergence. youve had a handful of these folks who have gone silent and almost pretended as though the vote didnt occur. you have some folks who have gone in the other direction who have continued to attempt to lead the party away from trump and really lead the party into a confrontation with trumpism and lies and conspirac...

Saying but does president make any sense according to laws of physics and gun safety. >> martha: why not? >> a gun is a machine. machines are inanimate. if i take this gun and i cock it back like that and leave it undisturbed 1 1/2 million years, the gun will not discharge itself. guns dont discharge themselves. you have to do an intentional act. when i say intentional, you have to affirmatively have to have done the act. you cannot simply look at the gun, hold the gun, stare at the gun to make ...