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But fear not, someone with a lot of experience in local government is stepping up to turn it around. nick offerman, known for role of ron swanson in "parks and recreation," is set to testify before congress on wednesday, urging americans to get vaccinated. he joins me now. hes an actor, author, woodworker and catch season three of his show "making it" premiering june 3rd. pleasure to speak with you. when looking at vaccine hesitancy, one of the most difficult groups to reach are white, lesser ed...

Be convicted of killing a black person. police brutality and racism in whats believed to be the biggest protest movement in american history. the president at the time george floyd was killed, who sent in federal officers, agents to break up protesters, who advocated for a stronger police presence. >> americans want law and order. they demand law and order. they may not say it. they may not be talking about it, but thats what they want. some of them dont even know thats what they want, but thats...

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Billion of military aid every year. so, we are basically paying for the israelis to bomb gaza, then pay for palestinians to rebuild it. makes no sense. same with the saudis. we sell weapons to saudi arabia, then we send humanitarian aid money to yemen. heres a thought. maybe we should stop arming and funding foreign militaries, and in the case of gaza, one of the most densely populated strips of land on earth. maybe we wouldnt have to spend so much on aiding people if we didnt spend so much on a...

People to know is senior people are entitled to rely on accountants and lawyers, if they are misled or led to believe that what they were doing was not criminal because their lawyers signed off on it. not as part of the conspiracy, but legitimately signed off on it or the accountant signed off on it. you know, that is not blaming other people. that is actually a legitimate defense. if youre a criminal prosecutor, what you need to be able to show is either that the lawyers or accountants did not ...

>> one last question, just on the police reform bill we were discussing earlier in the show. its not going to pass, the george floyd policing act, by tuesday, as president biden wanted. theres sticking points over qualified immunity, whether to drop that request from the bill, to get rid of qualified immunity. you said youre okay with compromising. you would rather with a good bill passed even if its not perfect. youve said that. isnt it a false choice? its not just a bill with compromises yet n...

And subsequent removal and arrest of a journalist in minsk. we demand his immediate release. the shocking act perpetrated by the lukashenka regime endangered the lives of more than 120 passengers, including u.s. citizens. theres a reason hes known as unaffect atly as europes last dictator. coming up, top of the hour, "the week with joshua johnson." new york citys pride is telling uniformed officers theyre not welcomed, not even in the prayed. joshua will speak to nrk city pride interim directo...

Compromises yet no bill at all, isnt it get rid of the filibuster and pass the bill you want to? >> if you got rid of the filibuster you have to have all democrats on board and the question still remains will sinema be on board shall will manchin be on board? i dont know. if they go section by section and say this is what were going to do on qualified immunity, qualified immunity as it is would be -- qualified immunity, getting rid of it, thats the full loaf. somewhere between those two extremes...

Eric, the accountant, weisselberg, calamari me. he will blame anyone else not to accept responsibility. >> donald trump may well throw his own kids under the bus. i wouldnt be surprised if he did that. the question is, if quur prosecuting this case, would you go after anyone but donald trump? hes the big fish here, right? the biggest fish of all. >> he is, but you obviously have to wait and see where the facts lead you. one thing thats important for people to know is senior people are entitled t...

And vaccine hesitancy threatens to halt the progress weve made. but fear not, someone with a lot of experience in local government is stepping up to turn it around. nick offerman, known for role of ron swanson in "parks and recreation," actor, author, woodworker, and season 3 of "making it" june 3rd. pleasure to speak with you. vaccine hesitancy, one of the most difficult groups to reach, white, lesser educated men and men living in rural communities. why is that? and what message do you have to...