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before they were even reported missing, monday, lunchtime. >> this is a peace-loving family, and running a small business in the mersed area. >> the suspect is manuel jesus delgado. he was tried for robbery. he attempted suicide before he was taken into custody after a tip from his own family. >> you really want to wish we were in the wild west to take this guy out and string him up. but we have a judicial system. with goerg use the judicial system. >> he is now talking to investigator...

Judge gertner, how do you think judge cannon has handled everything so far in terms of the decisions shes made. >> the notion she met with the senators before she was confirmed. we all met with senators before being confirmed. thats par for the course. that doesnt suggest shes tilting in any direction. put it this way. she appoints a special master because shes concerned about the appearance of partiality. and then she intervenes in the decisions that the special master makes. she appoints the s...

Republican cannon is linked to. she met with counsel for republican senator rick scott just before she was nominated. >> my sincere thanks to my home state senators. >> reporter: and records show she donated $100 to republican governor ron desantis in 2018. shes been a judge for less than two years, but she said her judicial philosophy will be to follow the history and text of the constitution. and she shared her personal story to stress the rule of law, talking about her mother fleeing venezuel...

Partner in governance, weve never seen a president and his administration this blatant and this bold. you can say what you want about nixon, nixon was still an executive of the state of california. he had some paranoia issues, however, i dont think -- >> under statement. >> under statement of the century. but i really dont think he dis -- like had the same level of disrespect for the office that donald trump has. and unfortunately were in a moment right now where trump somehow is able to bully s...

Kavanaugh to the supreme court. joining us now, john ewe, uc berkley law professor and jonathan serley, fox news contributor. welcome to you both. >> thank you. shannon: ill start with you, john. we talked about this during the initial confirmation hearing. you got name checked during that because of some time that judge kavanaugh spent in the george w. bush white house years ago. and today even still im getting e-mails from the left saying we uncovered more documents that we need the know about...

Birther issue or insulting a judge or apologize to a a gold star family, he stops talking about them. often these pivots take arguably way too long, but he does do it eventually. so ultimately, watch what the president does with this travel ban over the next week or longer. it may not match what he says or said today. im joined now by john ewe who served as a deputy district at the department of justice during the bush 43 years. hes a professor at uc berkeley and a scholar at the american enterp...

Regime and rightly bemoan the lack of accountability from george w. bush to dick cheney to david addington and john ewe. the entire culture and society shifted in a dark direction. dick cheney said famously and ominously, we would have to work the dark side. he was giving voice to a voice being articulated in oub papers and cable news channels. i remember the second tower has hardly fallen when i started reading commentators openly contemplating or advocating for torture. the suspension of due p...

Swasive evidence that torture produced vital information that couldnt have been otherwise legally obtained and confirms new torture the cia has not admitted to. it says it damage ed the standi of our nation and potentially increased the danger to u.s. military personnel taken captive. we look back at the torture regime and rightly bemoan the lack of accountability from george w. bush to dick cheney to david addington and john ewe. the entire culture and society shifted in a dark direction. dick ...

Anticipated in the washington legal community than this one. its a four-year investigation of the lawyers who wrote those members in 2002. >> john ewe. >> and now a federal appealate court judge that looked at the waterboarding and other interrogation techniques used by the cia against al qaeda suspects. at the very end of the bush administration, little more than a year ago, conclude e ed that and bybee violated standards when they crafted these opinions, used faulty legal reasoning and should ...

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