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hey, everyone. its 4:00 in new york. im in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. thats why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trumps claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. its an argument that trump was taking to the c...

Because in each of these, the president could awe certificate he was simply executing the laws for commuicating with the department of justice or discharging his powers as commander-in-chief or engaging in foreign diplomacy. talk to us about the dangers of the courts here if they were to side with trump, the pandoras box that could then open. >> whats important is what care they took to delineate pandoras box everything that tim says about the argument is right. but its very interesting and comp...

Criminal conspiracy to thwart the very foundation of democracy. the transfer of power. we heard this argument with the select committee again and again and again. witnesses who would say, this is executive privilege. its part of my official responsibility. you, congress, cant reach it. and the consistent response that we made is the same response that jack smith is making to the supreme court. that is not everything that you do is connected to your official responsibility. it just cant be that a...

To long-term peace. they did that in 2014. they gave up crimea. it led to peace for a while. didnt lead to permanent peace. so, if it were true and it could happen, maybe it should be considered, but until i see evidence that putin wants a deal, it seems like these are all just creative ideas from the west that have nothing to do with what putin is thinking back in the kremlin. >> ambassador michael mcfall, thank you for your time. whether we return, nearly 400 people on board a japan airlines j...

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Winning ab election. not by subverting the results of the vote. a response from trumps team could come down at any minute now. thats where we start today with former deputy assistant attorney general and former u.s. attorney harry litman, plus lead investigator for the january 6th select committee tim haity is here and with me at the table director of the public policy program at hunter college basil smikle. it seems that trump claiming to be president is a get out of a jail free card for crimes...

I wonder what you make of this argument. this is about the health of democracy. >> i think tims point is well taken. not everything you do as president is about carrying out the official act of the presidency. its clear to so many of us that so much of what donald trump was doing is trying to further his hold on power. im on the trusty of the roosevelt presidential library. i remember some months ago, a number of the libraries calm together to talk about the importance of our democracy in this m...