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classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. well have more on that later in...

laura, what happens when a countrys leader makes a bad, unpopular decision? apparently, that depends on the country. because, british minister resigning today after only six weeks in office. her economic plan plunged britain into turmoil, and her own conservative party, turned against her. >> you know, in this country, the voters decide, but the candidates are nominated by the two major parties as you all know, which limits the leadership choices. tonight, dueling panels are back. alli...

many consider a complete debacle. one op-ed says fauci should cash out or remain a celebrity and should just simply fade away. the "new york post" editorial board bidding good ridance to dangerous dr. fauci. another piece with, quote, keep your january schedule open, tony. a nod to the republicans promising accountability. louisiana senator john kennedy with this. >> dr. fauci, retirement or not, is going to be spending a lot of time in front of a congressional committee. we will ask h...

Good evening, alex. Good evening. Okay. What would it look like if a republican president took office and then immediately set about replacing all the Career Officials with rightwing ideologues seeking to upend the way the federal Government Works . There has recently been a lot of speculation about just that kind of scenario. But we dont actually have to imagine because Something Like that has happened before. In july of 1981, here is the headline. Reagan, reversing many u. S. Policies. The New...

Gerrymandering. >> we will not be signing any congressional map that has an unconstitutional gerrymander in it. and thats going to be the position that we stick to. so just take that to the bank. >> that was heading into the weekend. as for gerrymandering, the post explains republicans could win 20 out of 28 seats in a state trump won by just three percentage points. translation, you have all the voters voting, republicans win by 3%, but then control a 20% edge in the state seats or congressiona...

Rosen points out in this issue that james madison if he came back to life today would be horrified by what he would see in the way our business is conducted. the hyper partisanship, the direct emotional appeals by a president to the people, gerrymandering, all of the rest. we are losing the habits and were losing our early knowledge of what makes democracy viable and sustainable. >> jeffrey, its richard. besides happy new year, let me raise the question of why this is happening. to what extent i...

Benefits one political party or another. >> we all know the idea of gerrymandering, going back to the original gerrymandering, has do with districts that look abusive. >> the stranger the shape, the more we have an intuition that somebody is trying to do something. >> the word comes from 1812. its weird that we call it gerrymandering. he signed into law a map in massachusetts which created a funny shaped district which to many people looked like a salamander. the term gerrymandering springs from...

Something. >> the word comes from 1812. its weird that we call it gerrymandering he signed into law a map in massachusetts which created a funny shaped district which to many people looked like a salamand salamander. the term gerrymandering springs from that and a cartoon that criticized him. >> theres a standard rogues gallery of congressional districts that people like to talk about. some of the famous ones, north carolina one and 12. 12 looks like a river but its land locked cutting through c...

In my view it is a misconception of the so-called special interests. >> gerrymandering bad for your congress or acceptable way to do business? >> you can call it gerrymandering, but in ohio, the democrats have the pencil in their hand 50 years. now the republicans had it the last 20 years. our turn to draw the lines. >> tit for tat, you dont mind it? you dont think there is a better way to do it? >> it passes constitutional muster and it does. >> too much money in politics? >> we spend more mone...

>> congressional dysfunction. the idea washington doesnt work. do you think there are too many special interests here in washington? too many lobbyists? >> everybody has special interests. when i get home everybody has their own interest. >> the organized special interests can kill things like that. import, export. look at the way the health care bill was made. >> every american belongs to dozens of special interest groups. whether they want to or not. if theyre older -- >> it is what it is? >> ...