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The case. at the last minute. they didnt look like it did at the think -- >> capri: if i may, just simply because -- and im glad to hear prosecutor perspective on this, but ive done a lot of policy work on the issue of human trafficking and we worked extensively on the issue of minors in particular. one of the issues that does concern me outside of the fact that the victims bill of rights was not followed is the fact that epstein was filed with when it is really should be human trafficking case....

Office governor well have to hear something better than we heard in this interview the past weekend. a policy work to move the state forward are. >> are we in a new day? what does it tell you that he is still in office? i dont think despite what we predicted is not going anywhere. >> i would not have predicted he would have lasted that weekend. his answers were unintelligible and i think i agree with andrew that the teachable moment here is for him to resign. but, were now in the era of trump wh...

Rights and protecting the right to vote. we also have a transportation and infrastructure package that is paid for that well be introducing to create more jobs and address the infrastructure needs in our country. let us not forget the number one issue that most americans wake up to every day, the escalating cost of health care. we have a plan to reduce the cost. so well do the oversight and the policy work together. >> its funny. it is interesting. you brought up hr-1 which is what democrats wou...

>> well, if you remember there was that early cabinet meeting where trump forced his cabinet to go through a series of hosannas to his leadership. a kind of cringeworthy moment like the north korean dear leader every cabinet member and reince priebus and chief of staff and mike pence talked about a great man trump was. james mattis was the only person that didnt. he said im grateful for the opportunity to serve the people and to serve our troops. you see that again here. he is not thanking trump...

He is not thanking trump in a slavish way. hes thanking the country for the opportunity to lead the forces. >> why this point, then? it wasnt the muslim ban. why is this the straw? >> probably he felt he had had these conversations with trump. they had a policy implemented and alliances into making that policy work. i think that with every cabinet official, youre always choosing, you dont win every battle and you make a recommendation, the president goes with it sometimes and doesnt. these are b...

Microsoft innovation and policy center to meet with students included in microsofts council for digital good. the students provide ideas and the feedback for microsofts youth focused online safety policy work. they had designed art projects to presenting their individual ideas of what it means to be civil in this digital age. there are many programs across the country that are doing great things for children, and i believe we can replicate many of those programs overseas. this is why im pleased ...

P pre-t pre-textual, and it was really about russia. >> the policy work jeff sessions has done at the department of justice, anna and gabby, a lot of it is exactly what the president wants to see. we have just a little bit of a list of all the things that sessions has done. including, for example, issuing new priorities for immigration judges, defining daca as an unconstitutional exercise, reviewing policies with police departments. the doj is doing trumps agendas. >> hes been one of the most ef...

Ordinary white houses. to what extent do you think the russia, the mueller investigation, the manafort trial, how much of that is affecting the actual administrative work, the policy work of the administration? >> i think they are raising what the russia investigation is the defining fact of the trump white house because it involves and consumes the president and his legal team and it is a big concern of his chief of staff. and a scandal of any sort, the iran/contra scandal, the monica lewinsky ...

Done about it. policy work to impact the bottom others blamed omarosa for this. line and the inspector general has to decide whether to she is gone since december. >> right. >> they havent replaced her. investigate and whether it refers the department of justice with anyone. because its a criminal call jeron smith is doing his job. gags. jake? >> thank you so much. i feel a lot of us reporters were hum to believe announce know him because when theres today that "the lead" making a something remo...

Veer toward those places today unexpectedly. the swerve toward russia took place while prosecutors were conducting their examination of rick gates. so rick gates is their own witness. theyre doing a direct exam of rick gates. in that direct examination, prosecutors walked him through something we previously had not known about paul manaforts work in the soviet union. this is from the transcript. you testified earlier about payments from ukrainian businessmen to mr. manafort. did that include pay...