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What it goes on to say, and we will have to see what contextual contextually they mean, we will get reaction in the news breaks. >> michael: i havent read the report yet, its not public at this point. but i have read some news clips about what is alleged to be in there and i think the fbi deserves its share of criticism. im a big supporter of the fbi, its a great law enforcement agency and great men and women work there. but clearly there were issues during dates prior to the election, and i tho...

Question. >> great. >> we thats what we do on this show. >> well, so every professional society has a code of ethics. like the first canon is about engineers holding par mount the safety health and welfare of the public. but its really hard to define what those words mean. what -- you know, what public are we talking about? whose health are we talking about? what does safety actually mean? engineers i feel and firms need to be equipped at least contextually answer those kinds of questions. i mea...

Justice department in a new way. youve got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we dont have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the president feeling more comfortable now, and you think of the feedback loop he would have received over t...

Fissures inside the white house, the president really opening up, really sort of going after the justice department in a new way. youve got the firing of mccabe, which whatever the merits are of the ig investigation, which we dont have access to, was the product at least contextually of a president bringing tremendous pressure to bear. what do you make of that as a kind of turning point? >> you know, i think that that story in "the new york times," if you think about that story about the preside...

Talking about it getting out into the press. >> right. >> but whats going to matter is who said what to mueller. >> her lawyer, trout, an established guy, used the language that would exactly echo a carveout in the statute for obstruction of justice. he used those words on on purpose. and zealously representing his clients interest that she wasnt doing what would trigger that statute. understood. >> thats right. >> on the other side of this equation, you have someone equally respected. corollo w...

Shared facts, president trump, our democracy will not last. >> thats republican senator jeff flake rebuking president trump on the senate floor, accusing the president of echoing joseph stalins attacks on his enemies. he said america under his leadership is charting a a dangerous path. joining us now are professors of government at harvard who know about the dangerous path. they are authors of the new book "how democracies die,". its good to have you both here, professors. theres a lot in this b...

Trying to. even if it doesnt change your work it raises the emotional, mental and sometimes monetary costs of doing so. i think this is really important, because a lot of working journalists are not rich. they dont do it for the money. they dont even do it for the fame. do it in pursuit of truth and this kind of thing does actually have an affect on people. once someone found out that someone has tried to hack them or is trying to get their information, it makes you think twice about everybody y...

Contextually, youve seen the arc of what a hurricane can do to this area. any reflections and perspectives? >> yeah, you know, they are very different storms, as all hurricanes are. and katrina made its landfall to the west of here, much like it appears nate is doing. i will tell you that during katrina, it was a slower moving storm and so we saw a longer period with the sort of storm surge being pushed ashore and coming into the streets here. i havent seen anything that really resembles that ye...

Theyre doing the right thing or that they had the right to do it, not that theyre doing the right thing. but i think that i read that differently, that poll differently than you did. van, im not sure if thats what you wanted to comment on. >> well, what i want to say is whats surprising -- its not surprising that the majority of americans look down on this protest. if you look at the 1960s, 1963, 67, 70% of white americans said, hey, stop this black protesting. this freedom rights, youre hurting...

To get along with each other. go to the next question. go ahead. >> its just that contextually thats why i brought it up. its not that we have some untoward fascination with an investigation. we do it because it threatens the foundation of the democracy. you know that. you know it matters. >> i know it matters. >> the president should know -- >> kellyanne conway has said it. ill say it. the president has said it. >> its an odd strategy for the president. >> if theres smoking gun proof, hell take...