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Politics? >> i think it is and the way to look at this is hes taking what might be a bookkeeping error from almost ten years ago a misdemeanor in new york law and claiming its a felony because he now says it was a violation of federal campaign finance law. well, the problem with that is hes a local da. hes got no authority over they recall campaign finance law. the two agencies that do, the u.s. justice department and federal election commission where i served as a commissioner, both of them loo...

Suggest that hes gonna use th full weight of the legislative branch of government and certainly the committee or the committees under his control, to go after alvin bragg. and that sends chills i thin for most americans down thei spine. that you would weaponize the legislative branch to go after fda doing its job? >> well thank goodness we have the united states constitution which has the separation o powers and the legislative branch cannot interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation in th...

Of, course the former president has not been arrested yet. that didnt seem to stop many republicans from going on the attack. >> your thoughts on the possible indictment from president trump? >> its a political exercise. voter wouldnt thing is what i call the criminalization of politics. i think its disgusting. i think its terrible for our country. its bad for america generally. >> this i believe supplementation of the weaponization of the federal government and the departments against political...

Congress woman gallego of arizona -- i was struck by the unprecedented line in jamie raskins -- what do you think about this letter that was sent to the das office? >> look, its just a letter that shows the hypocrisy of the republican party right now. first off, they talk about local control. and now theyre trying to take control away from a local da and the grand jury. by the rule of law -- they are trying to basically overturn the rule of law because they want to really -- to a former presiden...

Applying the law. we spoke with oversight chair james comer and asked him about calling alvin bragg to testifying, here is what he told us. >> this is a local da trying to prosecute presidential candidate based on federal election law. he is two levels of government below the appropriate level that would have potential to look at this case. it is not constitutional what the da, mr. alvin bragg is trying to do. i believe this is a political stunt and disappointing. his job is to prosecute bad guy...

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Preserving life at what poin do we consider mental illness crime? >> unfortunately, it is no just the family of otieno that is dealing with this i want to give a head tip to m colleague chris jansen who pointed out some of the recent fatal police and counter dealing with mental health whe i was on her show. in new jersey, 31 year old naj seabrook was killed after he called 9-1-1 himself to report a mental health episode. in indiana, a man was shot one day after submitting himself t a mental eval...

Is it because he is a former president that might not happen? >> now, its not, that jonathan its more so that again, thi is another indication on alvin braggs intention here you cant subpoena someone t testify against themselves because i have the right t prevent itself incrimination subpoenaing him will only be a issue if hes a potentia witness. youre talking about a local grand jury here. this is not state. this is not federal. the subpoena power doesnt necessarily work the same as for example...

Rachel: we are purposefully weak because were allowing our oil independence to slip between our hands which we did under the joe biden administration. we have much more oil and cleaner oil than venezuela but were begging them for it and i will also mention, senator, that the maduro family, they have been stealing from that country, they are so corrupt. so so unfortunate we have to deal with them. i want to bring you another topic thats been burning for me and that is the fbi saying that they did...

I worked on saturday and sunday, full days, but i partied friday and saturday nights, and i still live my life somewhat like that. >> partying friday and saturday nights, just like david axelrod, maybe or maybe not, who joins us now. seven years, 500 episodes. >> congratulations. >> thank you. thank you. a lot of conversations. >> and theyve been amazing. i do want to listen to your most recent one, your 500th episode available for download now. you spoke with john legend. >> yes. >> right? and ...