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Because the u.s. president has never before done a thing even remotely like what president trump did tonight in the context of this storm. i dont know what would count as relevant historical context here if i tried to make up that story. so we just gotta take it at face value and try to assess how we deal with this coming from the top of the federal government now. today, the president of the united states did what he called a hurricane update. the official white house twitter account posted a v...

Remotely like what president trump did tonight in the context of this storm. and so i dont even know what would count as relevant historical context here if i tried to make up that story. so we just got to take it at face value and try to assess how we deal with this coming from the top of the federal government now. because today the president of the united states did what he called a hurricane update, the official white house twitter account posted a video of what the president did tonight, an...

I want to speak to the only two panelists but you out rank me. ill go to you first. what is your view of this both in the way the government should run? you have extensive service in the government and the military piece. is it good for the u.s. military to have policy re-routed like this? >> just at face value these m l military construction budgets are fought out over five years. to get the first year of funding for what is always a multi-year project. this is an incredibly inefficient way to ...

Gouging. i know the attorney general has in the past, they will do their best to prosecute any business that is going after residents. >> mayor, might be early here, obviously the storm can and does change tracks here. but if were to believe face value that fema might adjust their aid to other communities more to the north of you than around you, what do you think of that? >> thats a great idea. you know, us at the local level, we have the best eyes on the scene. so hopefully fema will take our ...

Prosecution. what would the president do? presumably he would issue a preemptive pardon to stop that official from being prosecute bade subsequent administration. here is the catch. if that subsequent administration concludes that that pardon was actually invalid and unconstitutional because it was in violation of the presidents take care clause and decides to prosecute and let a judge or court answer that question, if youre a federal official, do you want to gamble your freedom on whether a cou...

Folks who are actually affected. you know, to all of those people, keep in mind that my citizenship is a creation of federal statute. it is not constitutional. congress giveth and congress can taketh away if it so chooses. >> so, look. there is -- there is an argument that the administration is making, matt. they say it is really about keeping the regulations within law. you heard the statement that they said. this is an update, kind of a clarification to make sure were following the letter of t...

Intervene with doj to stop a prosecution. what would the president do? presumably he would issue a preemptive pardon to stop that official from being prosecute bade subsequent administration. here is the catch. if that subsequent administration concludes that that pardon was actually invalid and unconstitutional because it was in violation of the presidents take care clause and decides to prosecute and let a judge or court answer that question, if youre a federal official, do you want to gamble ...

Either of them. there is a tall candidate, mitt romney who you worked for who isnt getting in right now. why do you think people with higher stature who may not be publicly supportive of the president hasnt jumped in? >> its a tough thing being an incumbent president. you have to be willing to strap that on and think its really an uphill battle all the way. you know, at face value, governor weld is much more of a sort of person the republican party would nominate. former reagan appointed u.s. at...

Error. 5.7%. and its clearly in conflict with the cnn poll last week, which had biden at 29%, sanders, 15, elizabeth warren, at 14%. so what do you make of this? >> yeah, its early in the race, right? polls will change. and as we knew from 2016, sometimes they can be wrong. but if you take this at face value, its clear, a couple of things. number one, joe biden is no longer your front-runner if this poll is correct. and hes been the front-runner this whole time. sort of pitching himself as the c...

Whats been done with japan, but, again, i think hes got to kind of show that hes, you know, with us in the -- in the rest of the world and didnt come from some other planet, which is beginning to be what people are concerned about. >> and, jason, i think that the atlanta sums up a lot of his critics as they watch whats happened just over the course of these three days. they wrote trumps narrative encapsulates a larger problem whether he can be taken at face value, means what he says, and knows h...