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victim of political persecution. this is an attack on the fabric of our system. his opponents say no one is above the law. this is about accountability. how strong is the case against him? there really is a question about whether this is a valid prosecution. should he be invoking his right to remain silent and in the race for president, his would be 2024 rivals are forced to defend the man they want to defeat. the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states is a...

Trump wins in court? and he wins the election. lets discuss all of this with our great political panel. cnns david chalian laura baron lopez of the pbs news hour sarah long well of the bulwark and cnns jeff zeleny and jeff whats striking to me? its not that theyre defending him. obviously i think that we would expect, especially those individuals to defend him. but its the tone of it, uh, dialing up the outrage meter as high as they can possibly get it, which seems to me to be right out of trump...

And now thats barr. so there were things outside the justice department that barr wanted to see or have access to that he may have been impeded. and that is why he has these new authorities. that is sort of our best guess at this point because theres no other, you know, explanation i guess. >> there is no other explanation, joyce. there is no other explanation than what has been articulated in the last ten minutes. this is a political power grab. this is so outside the norms of law enforcement a...

This moment and this development? >> you know, i do think that this is shocking. and the problem is that this whole administration is so sh k shocking sometimes the outrage meter its hard for the public to read where we are. but i think were off the scale today. i sat on the doj side of the table a time or two when i wanted to use evidence in a criminal prosecution. there were talking about a case that everyone was certain there was a criminal violation we wanted to talk to, aside from this, tha...

Of him. hes the president. i think it also grows, the question of why people dont feel loyal to donald trump in many respects, loyalty starts at the top. so weve seen people, once they are out of his or ridge, they turn on him. this is something you often see in washington. >> bret: guy, the outrage meter is always at 11 in washington. it seems like every day is another thing. heads explode. whether they should or shouldnt, we leave it to the viewers at home but god, what do you think of the pol...

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Consequences and back fire. the new book "outrage" author. >> good morning. thanks for having me. ed: what do you think about this week? it seems to me a turning points where you think about last weekend where sarah sanders being kicked out of that restaurant. maxine waters talking about this is just the beginning. and then you had a series of supreme court decisions and now this nomination suggesting you know what? instead of some of that other side business, this president is about to reshape ...

This is all situational ethics. we see that all the time. i think when people get too offended by comedians they are directing their anger in the wrong place. on a number of occasions when sarah huckabee sanders she recommended get a sense of humor. that certainly applies here. if feelings are hurt i feel terribly. if it is being used to play the victim to get an edge on the outrage meter of the day doesnt serve anybody. lets be real about what is offensive, whats not and how to judge a comedian...

Everything nunes said out of the water. nobody is saying that. you would think someone would say that. i am enthralled by carter page. he looks like a kid who is on a raft at six flags hurricane harbor. hes having a great time. he is going for it. happy as a clam because he knows he is innocent. that is a happy man. >> dana: he always buys the picture at the end. >> greg: he has got them all over his wall. here is me at six flags, disney world. >> kimberly: the hair blowing. >> greg: i will shut...

So i think on this one it doesnt get my outrage meter going like some of the extreme rhetoric. >> bill: you talk about bill maher over the weekend? >> he didnt call anybody the n word. he talked about himself. that word is completely and totally unacceptable and im glad he apologized. hbo gives its artists a lot of freedom. i dont see as much of a backlash. if any of this was directed at lets say barack obama using some of the language that reza aslan used there would be a media uproar and i dou...