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Smears and Counter-smears.

Today, a group of over 1,400 Americans, including 24 Attorneys General, sent a letter to Dean Heather Gerken of Yale Law School urging her and her

White house where his vice president is now the guy in charge. >> well, it sort of seemed to me like it was a genial class reunion. but you werent quite sure what class it was. was it the class of 2008? was it the class of 2020? was he vice president? was biden president? but what really struck me was the good nature of it all. and we dont see a lot of that. we havent seen a lot of events at the white house at all inside because of covid, of course. but sort of this was a reunion between two men...

During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Republican senators accused Democrats of playing politics.

As institutionally corrupt and its commissioner censured for obstruction of an independent inquiry into the murder of the private detective Daniel Morgan. And cornwall once famed for its g7 summits now playing host to a different kind of visitor. The egyptian vulture not seen on these shores for 150 years. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. President biden has landed in geneva ahead of his meeting with President Putin tomorrow. It will be a tense and tightly choreog...

The waitress at may coney island who talked about the way she was being treated now to the person in total tears at metro airport. were being rude to each other. we need to think about that. we need to think about what is happening. were all frustrated. were all angry. it has been a hard two years. but civil society is a society that i want to work. i do think that most people, you know, i was in bellville, michigan, this summer, talking to some union workers. when we have a discussion, they did...

Siege, and political partisanship, do you feel like its gotten worse, and if so, how possibly do we change that? >> i work very hard, as you know, to reach across the aisle, to talk to people and respectfully say, hey, what are you thinking? why are you taking this opinion? yes, i do think its gotten worse. i think that there are people that dont even think about an issue. they make that most outrageous hurtful statement so that they can could raise money. they are creating a national identity f...

Civility. >> i think one of the things, at least in talking to members -- you talk more to them than i do on a daily basis is that the voice mails you just heard from congresswoman dingell are starting to break through. they are used to taking flack. they are used tock criticized but thats a visceral, personal, violent voice mail, and i think thats been the thing that i picked up from members like, whoa, this is very different and kind of a scary moment. >> right, right, and these threats are ce...

Like betty white, we could get behind this." this is something that is kind. this is something that really, really has a conscience and has a heart for inclusiveness. so, you know, i definitely mourn the loss. she had an amazing, long life. she lived two lives. im glad she had this long with us, and i believe there was a part of america -- ill go as far as to say this -- i believe there was a part of americas civility and kindness that died yesterday. >> well, thinking of america dying, unfortun...

What about civility. in your column, you say civility is a fraud. what do you mean? >> yeah. you know, the argument that we can disagree but we should always be civil i think usually is in the hands of hypocrites. this argument is designed for distract from what is being said. even if its being said isnt the most forceful, possible way. so, yeah, when we hear about these people have died, theyve left family and friends behind them, we should be civil about them, i think the problem there is that...