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the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trumps claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroo...

were watching the white house where the president is set to deliver a speech any moment now. touting what he calls the achievement of the last 18 months. and while, yes, there are plenty of achievements for the biden administration to harold, like any leader, he faced his share of setbacks. if he runs, would he have the political momentum needed to win re-election. regardless, any 2024 plans announced by president biden will come under a cloud of covers. the dojs investigation into the...

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Americans in the south and midwest as juneteenth is in two weeks. its been a state holiday in texas for around 40 years. last year you introduced legislation to make it a federal holiday, finding allies in democratic senator ed markey and perhaps, surprising to some, republican senator john cornyn of your home state of texas. the bill was reintroduced in february, and ill let you tell us if you see it getting taken up again before the 19th. but for those still unfamiliar with the significance of...

Whats possible. what do you do with that struggle against the limitations? >> well, i mean, again -- >> for an idealist struggling. >> my story is not one of dashed expectations. youre right. it was kind of like oh, there are the constraints. now whom am i going get to be my allies so we can circumvent them? a lot of it entailed building coalitions within the government. finding allies in the pentagon, for example, where people are thats interesting. i wouldnt have expected the human rights voic...

Coalitions within the government, finding allies within the pentagon, for example, where people would be like oh, thats interesting, i wouldnt have expected the human rights voice to be so aligned with the chairman of the joint staff on this issue or that issue. some of it was about, you know, being able to prove internally that you think you have the support you need from other countries in the world to get the job done because people might start to say no, you cant do that. and you say, well, ...

With theresa may in the uk, for instance, i think it will be a very transactional relationship where he looks to see what he can get from france. >> so, boyd, do you see president trump as being rather pliable on the paris climate accord? because while he has said steadfast he wants to dismantle it, see it gone, it is another thing to meet face to face with president macron whos very much in favor of it. weve seen that president trump has changed his mind on other things, nato being one of them....

Family. >> boothe made the four-hour trip to raleigh half a dozen times. last year she spoke to her neighbors, nearly one in five of whom lives below the poverty line at a moral monday demonstration. how do you neighbors feel about whats happening in the state? >> ill be honest, its hard for people to follow it. politics. theyre angry. sometimes they dont know who sure to be angry at. they know its not fair, but thats an honest answer. >> but its not just in yancey county the moral monday moveme...

They know its not fair, but thats an honest answer. >> but its not just in yancey county the moral monday movement is finding allies. its neighboring mitchell county, too. >> after 15 weeks of moral monday last year, i got an invitation to go to mitchell county. at first i said im not going to mitchell county. in 1920, all the blacks were run out of mitchell county because of an alleged rape, okay? put on a train, get out of here. in my practical mind, it says thats a waste of time, its a strong...

starting with the mall. theres a big walmart over there. here is a strip mall. this was a cell phone store if you walk in here, you can see there they are, cell phones, all the inventory still here. it is well guarded with police help. i have to tell you, instead of looking at the daniel and destruction like this heres what people are looking forward to, to the clean-up as you can see the workers over there cleaning this town up. theyre putting on new roofs, theyre securing what they h...