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Read you two, marjorie taylor greene, calling to defund the fbi, and paul gosar, again, a sitting congressman, calling to, quote, destroy the fbi. does that rhetoric make it actually in your mind more dangerous for these officials for the fbi to do its job every day? >> i think the two politicians just named, we got to put them in condition text. it context. it is not just the right or left, it is both sides. what ive seen doing this is both sides get a vote here, and the two politicians you nam...

>> ive been saying for months democrats should be doing that. every jobs report and historic they hit should give it context that people are not yet feeling the positive trends. the first part is to say and name they understand people are still struggling in this multi-year pandemic and costs are going up at the stores and gas pump when they are paying rent. thats the first step. we are seeing that in ads rolling out. senator warnock said, i see you.

And arrested. >> the state passed a bill making it difficult to force payments from people who dont have the money. following all this, the numbers have dropped dramatically. for instance, take st. anne one of the municipalities afternoon city defenders is suing. the city denying wrong doing and believes traffic enforcement reduced accidents and did not racially profile drivers. in 2014 st. ann brought in about $3.3 million from fines and fees. by 2019 it was $426,000. an 87% drop. >> are these ...

Taliban. no response from them. but i think to give it context, to give the generals statement context here in kabul at the moment, it was friday today, the main friday message in the mosque that we could hear being broadcast within the mosque and the streets around. was an anti-american message, and it said the problems of this country are as a result of the united states. were not hearing taliban officials go on camera very much at the moment. but i think, in that context, we could expect them...

But has now been fired from that role too — over offensive and sexist comments he made on a podcast several years ago. for more on this, were joined now by anastasia tsioulcas who is an arts correspondent at npr. she joins us live now from new york. a very warm welcome to the programme. forthose a very warm welcome to the programme. for those outside the united states, put this in context for us. this is a huge story, isnt it? it context for us. this is a huge story, isnt it?— story, isnt it...

List on this memorial day? >> well i think for a lot of us combat veterans its an intensely personal kind of memory. by the way brian, i always object with the notion of families -- they end up putting it context. they understand that they admire the people that theyve lost but its never really healing process. the first time i ran into casualties in vietnam was in 1954 and i was an airborne school and my brother in law captain dave reagan was killed in action along with three other soldiers in ...

Feeling. >> how many terms have you served in the united states house of representatives? >> this is my fourth, but lets put in it context, chris. i was first elect today the statehouse of representatives in 1976, 43 years ago. and ive been out of public service more than in it. but i have been in and out of it my entire adult life. so this is actually the end of a very long journey of the privilege to engage in public service. >> congressman, its really refreshing to hear someone speak this hon...

Handful of people and while they were not able to or willing to speak up about it is what they felt in their heart. take a contributor carlos car bellow from florida who was defeated and hes pretty explicit in his criticism now hes been eliminated from the prospects of electoral punishment by a vindictive president. and i think he says what a lot of republicans who have departed voluntarily are thinking and feeling. >> how many terms have you served in the united states house of representatives?...

Whether or not they were going to release this. there were some officials who were concerned about -- >> yeah. >> reporter: -- what this call would show. so here we have the contents. it is quite gray and, of course, democrats are pouncing on this and saying it is highly problematic if not impeachable, chuck. >> i dont know how gray it is. anyway, kristen welker -- >> doesnt seem gray. >> i dont know if theres gray area in here, but thats very generous there. kristen welker covering the presiden...

Today to secure the votes. that would help him with undecided voters. >> how about new citizens? >> im looking through his reelections. he mangled an issue. these people he was targeting. these four who were extremely unpopular. youve criticized them for their policies and their actions. >> he doesnt do finesse or nuance and hes insensitive. >> lets be clear, i will defend to the death the right for omar to say what she says. >> that came right back to me from like up, many years ago. >> you tal...