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day. >> it is challenging. let me go to charlie sykes. charlie, it was -- by the way, the mikes had it. mike johnson, mike mccaul, mike turner, and mike rogers. the mikes had it. i'm curious how you feel. you know, this congress, joe biden has passed so much through this congress, more than any other president as far as bipartisan legislation, in decades. let's focus really quickly on the party that we once knew. certainly seems that at least in the form of mike johnson and these other national security and intel leaders, they certainly -- i'd say they've found their bearings, but those chairman never lost their bearings. i don't think we can understate
transportation, increasingly, we're ramping up our plastic production. every piece of plastic that we have ever made is still in the environment because it never degrades. >> former assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, monica medina. and coordinator of noaa's coral reef program, thank you for coming on. >> so important on this earth day. ahead, we're continuing to follow donald trump's historic criminal trial as opening statements are set to begin in just a few hours. he will be back in court. plus, a "new york times" investigation finds 23 top chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the tokyo olympics. but they were still allowed to compete. we'll talk to one of the reporters behind that article. and democratic senator reverend raphael warnock will be our guest as the senate takes up
actually take the effort to understand the complexities of something that seems simple, you get to a different place. that's what we want in leadership and in citizenship. >> yeah, we will -- ed luce, as we say here all time, meacham and i, of course, being from the south, protestants from the south, we take conversions anytime, anyplace, anywhere. if you want to go down to the river and pray, you do it, sir. looks like mike johnson, at least on this one issue, stopped sounding like donald trump and started sounding like ronald reagan and dr. brzezinski and others who have understood the danger of an aggressive russia. >> yeah. i think it was not so much a come to jesus moment as a come to bill burns, the director of cia, moment. clearly, the briefings speaker
been taken. president biden addressed the unrest in a statement marking the jewish holiday, passover. writing in part, quote, in recent days, we have seen harassment and calls for violence against jews. this blatant anti-semitism is reprehensible and dangerous and has absolutely no place on college campuses or anywhere in our country. donny, first i want to get your take on this. reverend al sharpton joining us, as well, and would love to hear from you, too, rev. >> yeah. >> donny. >> it's sad. we're in 2024. the upper west side of new york city, jews are told by their rabbi, or suggested they should leave because it is unsafe. these are not protesters. these are violent, hatemongerers. the things coming out of their mouth, "burn down tel aviv." october 7th, we'll do it again,
cases, the voters are having difficulty kind of, you know, teasing them out, understanding the difference. because this one right now, basically because it contains the word porn star in the description, sometimes voters take it less seriously than they do some of the ones that we aren't sure will actually come to trial before the election. what we wanted to do with the ad is really underscore that donald trump's level of legal liability, this guy couldn't get a job at the local mall, right? the idea that -- you know, a fast food restaurant wouldn't hire him with his record. the idea that we would make him president of the united states again, like, we get numb to it, right? we get sort of numb to who donald trump is. because it's always so much, it's so many charges, it's so many, you know, felonies, it's easy to just let it wash over you, but we really wanted to
they threw some out. if that's all you've got, and this is somebody who is potentially a vice presidential choice for donald trump, if that's your answer, you've got problems. the republicans have problems. you know, the "post" headline earlier of marjorie taylor greene, you know, they're on the wrong side of just every issue. you mentioned abortion. you mentioned -- >> they are. >> they're literally on the wrong side of every issue. at some point, voters vote, yes, for candidate, but they vote on what's best for them, for the country, for their family. the republicans are on the wrong side of every single issue. that's why it was so refreshing this weekend to see what mike johnson did. >> yeah. >> you know, and republicans have long done very well. you know, they talk about guns, gays, abortion, whatever, and democrats were always painted as the radicals. it is amazing what the radicalism of donald trump and the radicalism of elements of
million bond has the funds to back it up. lisa, what's the mash she's doing here, and is it possible the bond could be voided? if it is voided, what happens? >> let's start with if it is voided, what happens? the current bond would stay in place until donald trump posts new security, either by posting $175 million and putting it in escrow with the court himself or finding another bond company. one of the things that tish james has said here is that donald trump's folks have hid the ball, that they did have an offer from don hinkie, who is the insurer here, to cover all of the bond had it remained at $454 million plus, but they never told the court that. instead, what they told the court was, we have 30 different bond companies we went out to, and none of them would cover the entirety of it. so let's start with today, what judge engoron has to decide, is whether this existing $175 million bond is sufficient.
policies, the lack of gun policies and the overturning of roe, in real time. then it will ultimately turn back against them. a new ad from the group republican voters against trump is focusing on how the former president's legal issues may be a liability for the presidency. let's take a listen. >> i was wondering if you guys are hiring. i was applying for a job. i was thinking about applying for a job here. i'm currently faing 88 felonies. for detention of classified information. falsifying business records. i was wondering if that was going to be a problem. >> we have diamonds and jewelry, yes. >> we'll do a background check. >> probably not? >> yeah. >> do you hire people that sexually assault other people or -- >> no. >> we do a fullback ground. wouldn't go through.
and it should remind people, not of his victimhood, but the thomas paine incite, that we don't have a king. in america, the law is king. what we're seeing in the new york courthouse, however tawdry the narrative around it is, the facts of the case, that doesn't matter. what matters the law itself is supreme. it's not just about the appetites and ambitions of one person. >> lisa, there's more coming in other courtrooms pertaining to donald trump. also today, a hearing in former president trump's civil fraud case. remember that? on friday, new york attorney general letitia james asked a judge to void the bond trump secured so he can appeal the decision. james is questioning whether the company that issued the $175