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Youre trying to make a difference in the battlefield. >> if i were the ukrainians i would say the same thing. and president zelenskyy has been extraordinary as a leader. and in trying to galvanize the international community along with us to provide them what they need. but there is this, there are 50 some odd coalition in support of ukraine. lloyd austin has been leading this process on the military side and different countries do different things at different times and it all complements each ...

We did everything possible to participate actively in society but have no more protection. the show is over. everyone is going home and we left the streets. todd: the work of getting these girls and their families out. an odd coalition of teammates became together, you had rabbis, kim kardashian but at the end of the day was you. how do you pull this off? >> it was so difficult. to take the risk and the leadership, to cross the border, to take one step after another but to coordinate and support...

I know youre no longer a republican, but you probably talk to more republicans than do i. joe biden talked about jobs and he said the majority of the jobs that the infrastructure will create does not require a college degree, he called it the blue collar blueprint, non-college educated people were hard core sticking with the republican party and when you look at this bill that would certainly impact them, only 13 members of the house voted for it. how do you explain that in. >> yeah. i think its...

Because in this toxic whos worse battle, there is an opportunity for someone who says im just going to get something done. trump comes up with these easy, quick answers. this is a solution. and off they dont work out. people will learn this about the tax plan when it goes on. thats what tariffs are. he said i told you id help you. here i am. this will hurt people, they just wont know it for a while. >> the presidents negotiating and political strategy is to take extreme positions and then someti...

Piece of this puzzle. >> ben, in terms of the president, sort of who he is, hes a constitutional law professor. im sure none of these decisions were made lightly. im sure hes at his best, these are tough choices. he brings transparency to the issue. given how his hands are tied legislatively in terms of passing any laws in the second term, it seems like this is one area where he can really dig in and sort of substantively try and change things in a way that comports with who he is morally with a...

Smarter and tougher on crime. [applause] >> holder also endorsed so-called smarter sentencing legislation introduced in the senate by an odd coalition of liberal and tea party conservative senators. >> anybody raising objections to the changes? >> yes. some prosecutors think theres much ado about very little here. to begin with, 95% of all criminal prosecutionses are handled by state and local prosecutors, not the u.s. attorneys. they say state and local prosecutors already exercise the kind of ...

Cannot refuse them recognition. now comes the ruling in the california same-sex marriage ban, proposition 8. and its an unusual ruling. its one that brings together an odd coalition of justices, two conservatives, three liberals. jeffrey toobin, what exactly did the court decide here? >> you know, im not afraid to say, jake, that this is a puzzling decision. its a puzzling lineup of justices. let me just say whos on which side. this decision in the california proposition 8 case is written by chi...

>> ive accomplished some things in my life that allow me to have that kind of discretion to be able to think about it. >> senator rand pauls filibuster stole the show, however, winning praise from an odd coalition of conservatives, many of whom dont even support what hes trying to do. >> a man who is, i believe, going to be the logical choice for president of the united states -- >> this is a terrific performance of leadership, of courage, of stamina, determination. >> the e-mails came flying in...

By themselves without any scrutiny because thats not how american democracy works. >> senate majority leader harry reid tried to put an end to pauls effort. >> the rest of the body needs to know if were going to finish tonight or tomorrow or the next day. >> as the hour got late, an odd coalition formed around paul including several senators who havent agreed with him on this issue in the past. as it was clear, the filibuster was popular on twitter and grassroots conservatives, as midnight appro...