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This happens, what is your take on what happened yesterday? >> big picture, you cant all the information you get in the intelligence circuits. some is good, some is not good. and in my experience, you take in the information, you weigh it, you make a judgment call and you go from there. im mindful of the fact 20 years ago, we went into afghanistan precisely because the landlords at that time, the taliban, allowing terrorists groups, in that case, al qaeda to run amuck and use sanctuarys to perpe...

Were following the story. it is certainly, the fact that intelligence reports are a judgment call. this is our best assessment. but the reason that the commander-in-chief is there is because its to make the decision. you have to make the decision. its a decision-making job, i think that when you add tension between intelligence community in the that is never good for anybody. >> former president trump, he came out and have a statement that said basically you get the equipment out, then you get t...

About where they were making a judgment call. 8 months is not written in stone. the third thing i appreciated today is usually the covid priestings are -- briefings are more of a campaign commercial for the president. the most important population are those who have not been vaccinated and who have not had covid. those are the people in danger. i support the booster shot after 8th months. it will help keep the rest of us safer. we have to focus on the unvaccinated population who have not had cov...

Can happen but the research is worth it, even if an accident were to cause a worldwide pandemic, the research is worth it. that judgment call is something that most americans or people who have family members, the 4 million people who died would say, you know what? maybe that research isnt worth it if it actually came out of a lab where they are doing this research. they also do this research in the united states. they do it in galveston and in north carolina. so this is a big debate, not just o...

Were to cause a worldwide pandemic, the research is worth it. that judgment call is something that most americans or people who have family members, the 4 million people who died would say, you knowy what? maybe that research isnt worth it if it actually came out of a lab where they are doing this research. they also do this w research in the united states. they do it in galveston and in north carolina.h so this is a big debate, not just over blame, but over whether or not this could happen agai...

Were making. in fact the arguments that he made at the time also found their way towards the criminal trial with an eye towards being able to even use that. the defense attorneys believe that that statement alone did not somehow transform into an admission that could be used at trial. they did not have a particular reference point to the actual victim whose case was being litigated and tried at that time, andrea constand, and teed this issue up. thats why this is not surprising it was an appella...

Would move to a preponderance of evidence standard from a clear and convincing evidence standard for a court to be able to say that -- to find fraud in an election and perhaps call a new election. some critics say, oh, it would make it easier for trump and others to overturn the results to have election. what do you think of that criticism? kyle: well, i think its a judgment call on n my mind. theres a portion to have bill that says if the number of illegal ballots exceeds the margin or matches ...

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Ex-daughter-in-law, kind of this concern of her credibility. would she be someone that they would want to have testify in front of a grand jury? >> yeah, thats a very, very sophisticated question, yasmin. its a great question. as a former prosecutor, heres how i think about it. if i completely trusted you or in this case her to tell the truth, regardless of venue or setting or circumstance, if i believe she would tell the truth in the grand jury, in a trial and anywhere else she was asked to tel...

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