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Was president. they dont want to solve inflation by lowering the costs. they want to solve it by raising taxes and lowering your income. >> so i am sure that donald trump and the maga movement will take that as a compliment. what do you think when you hear that? >> well, i think its buck passing in terms of president biden wants to obviously find other villains in this story. i dont think most americans will buy it, you know, because it feels like its a manufactured argument in many ways in orde...

Even know about their existence, i could not even tell you how many of these institutions exist in the state of missouri. >> they are invisible? >> correct. until something that happens. >> its not just missouri. a 2021 nbc investigation found gaps and investigations around the country. with at least 21 states that did not require religious boarding schools to tell their education departments that they exist. so, who is looking out for these kits? >> currently? >> yes. >> i would say theres been...

There are cultures where people take personal responsibility for failures, and leaders step aside even for what we would consider frivolous reason.

So i couldnt even tell you how many of these institutions exist in the state of missouri. >> theyre invisible? >> correct. until something bad happens. >> and its not just missouri. a 2021 nbc news investigation found gaps in regulation around the country. with at least 21 states that did not require religious boarding schools to tell their education departments that they exist. so who is looking out for these kids? >> currently? >> yeah. >> i would say that theres been a lot of buck passing. >>...

Code for misdemeanors she could charge because she wanted it go away and didnt want to charge him with the felony. they were just trying to avoid, it appears, that they were just trying to avoid publicity, they were trying to avoid drama, for lack of a better term for the prosecutors office. but youre right, willie, your job is to protect the public. and, again, thankfully the southern district of new york has taken -- it took a decade do so. and i guess one additional point in just responding t...

Seemed like really unfortunate buck passing. take a look. >> our stations are not built for that group that is crossing today. they were built 30, 40 years ago for single adult males. we need a different approach. we need help from congress. we need to budget for medical care and mental health care and for children in our facilities. >> your view of that response and where congress does fit in? >> all im hearing is that they want to fund more of our taxpayer dollars to hold children in detention...

Given what we have reported and the loss to these lives, this seemed like really unfortunate buck passing. take a look. >> our stations are not built for that group that is crossing today. they were built 30, 40 years ago for single adult males. we need a different approach. we need help from congress. we need to budget for medical care and mental health care and for children in our facilities. >> your view of that response and where congress does fit in? >> all im hearing is that they want to f...

Just given. thats extraordinary if white house officials are saying, i cant be certain if im telling you the truth. >> absolutely. its a welcome caveat after so long of them pretending they knew things, that either they knew were not true or had no basis for. this has been a symphony of buck passing. everybody is trying to cover their ass. nobody knows the truth. a few people know the truth. thats not their primary concern. their primary concern is saving themselves or making themselves look goo...

Are they aware of it? >> i think they dont -- they got two things handed to them in the last 24 hours. one is do something about health care. make it work. the other is figure out something to do about iran. you know, theres some level of buck passing by donald trump. as aaron points out, he is trying to thread a very fine needle here. they believe this is about donald trumps personal politic. aaron noted it. donald trump doesnt have any iran policy. he didnt run on an iran policy. barack obama ...

Buck passing. the stories were wrong. the paper did defend you when you were on trial. >> absolutely. >> if i had a story and it was wrong -- >> i said that. what i wanted to do was go back. its there. what i want to do is go back and show how and why the sources and i got it wrong and the "times" wouldnt let me do that. that is what is rep pre-henceable. you have to correct the record which is why i wanted to -- >> george tenant got to do after the 9/11 report. >> and thats why i went back to l...